On Tue, 14 May 1996, Hal wrote:

It might be interesting to make a list of all the problems people can think of why this idea won't work, paired with proposed solutions and workarounds - sort of a mini FAQ for this important (some might say ultimate) cypherpunk model.

Another interesting question is how you do personnel selection for an anonymous enterprise. One possibility would be anonymous reputation passing, but I don't know any protocols for this. A participant would also want to take any positive reputation accruing away when the enterprise finished. (And the rest of us would want any negative reputation to stick as well.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Frantz | The CDA means | Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 | lost jobs and | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | dead teenagers | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA