"Rigorous and objective" (if at first...)

[Declan McCullagh]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 10:31:24PM -0800, Petro wrote:
> 	Part of the energy in those days was people pushing in to vastly 
> new territories, figuring out how to solve the hard problems--and there 
> were a whole bunch back then. There are still lots of hard problems, but 
> they come in dribs and drabs, and often one of these new problems can be 
> reduced to one or two old problems--which isn't nearly as interesting.

I may have started reading the list in 1994. To add something to the
above: Also in the early days, folks were still thinking through the
implications of the technologies, the future was a bit sunnier than it
is nowadays, and there weren't quite as many (this may be just wishful
thinking) loserflamers around. In addition, the FBI and Secret Service
and TIGTA and whatnot hadn't been interrogating and arresting list
members.

Things have changed.

-Declan