PHILIP ZIMMERMAN ARRESTED [NOT!]

[Peter Hendrickson]

Stewart Brand writes:
> The Zimmerman prank---I'm sure not funny for him---hardens my line
> further against anonymity online.  At its best, as here, it is an
> unholy nuisance.

> Thanks for posting the correction, John.  I'm moderating a panel
> with Zimmerman later this week, and would have been confused.

I once read a story in the newspaper about a popular mayor who, it was
reported, died in a massage parlor.  I didn't realize that it was a
prank for some time.  I felt sheepish.  Should we monitor newspapers?
I don't think so.

Healthy skepticism of random messages on the net is a better way to
solve this problem.  Is this really Stewart Brand?

Peter