-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: cypherpunks@toad.com, perry@piermont.com, cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com Date: Fri Nov 15 03:15:03 1996 - From http://www.research.megasoft.com/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html ... Snake-Oil Warning Signs ... Technobabble If the vendor's description appears to be confusing nonsense, it may very well be so, even to an expert in the field. One sign of technobabble is a description which uses newly invented terms or trademarked terms without actually explaining how the system works. Technobabble is a good way to confuse a potential user and to mask the vendor's own lack of expertise. And consider this: if the marketing material isn't clear, why expect the instruction manual to be any better? Even the best product can be useless if it isn't applied properly. If you can't understand what a vendor is saying, you're probably better off finding something that makes more sense. ... Dear Matt, Maybe something about needing a thesaurus to translate their marketing stuff needs to be added to this. ;) JMR Please note new 2000bit PGPkey & new address <jmr@shopmiami.com> This key will be valid through election day 2000. PGP id.A7D63DA9 98 1F 39 BA 93 86 B4 F5 57 52 64 0E DA BA 2C 71 Please avoid using old 1024bit PGPkey E9BD6D35 anymore. Thanks. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEPAwUBMowmjDUhsGSn1j2pAQE8+AfNFzbsFx76mrkA8h2KruRspX3T23s6xla2 Vi7dbHBsFlRe5H6rpZ/deUYY4w9TYZ3ItV5uD6Gk6NQwh72Qv2x9CBnBaf0Sp6gO Zjym5LxM0tyvAcbmLCkAIGf96LSuCbg5/MnRKwlvxyXKyQVzXtQ979i8WlUqRS8j Qst/fZPeO8pTWGo7E37Ag44c69csPAwlSZbBgKsEONdt9Z5aIKfphjDmLWoVCTa+ pYhP3F1EZvGP9EaG4oVXYv0W+ZzsFDqO8uc+wCuTPl4/1Vdp+XK2W8M7yy5twGey 08tqJ5XMTUGWzsW2/90mLsmEHh6J0o0KkNVjKBexED/MKw== =SzY/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----