[105191] in Cypherpunks
Re: IP: Crunch Time for Y2K Suppliers (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Sun Nov 8 12:43:10 1998
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 11:12:57 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 00:35:04 -0500
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
> Subject: Re: IP: Crunch Time for Y2K Suppliers
> Seems to me that it would have been just as easy for "believer" to send the
> URL to the story as the whole thing. Same with ol'VZ.
>
> Not only is it in poor taste, but it means less people will read the
> article on wired.com, which is what pays the rent.
True, but since when is freedom of speech, association, and press related to
wired (or you) making a profit?
I feel zero social responsibility to tell people to go there and read it
when I can send a snippet of it to them directly and save them the time,
effort, and bandwidth. I personaly absolutely *HATE* to recieve a piece of
email that contains nothing but a URL, it's worthless - lacks all context.
Don't like folks sending partial or whole articles to foster discussion,
learn to love it or live with it.
____________________________________________________________________
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
Confucius
The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate
Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com
www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087
-====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
--------------------------------------------------------------------
