[107534] in Cypherpunks
RE: Babbage's Revenge; Patenting any algorithm reducible to softw
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harvey Rook (Exchange))
Fri Jan 15 20:11:53 1999
From: "Harvey Rook (Exchange)" <hrook@exchange.microsoft.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:55:32 -0800
Reply-To: "Harvey Rook (Exchange)" <hrook@exchange.microsoft.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Geer [mailto:geer@world.std.com]
>
> Premise : On the Internet, no one knows where you are
> Conclusion 1 : No one's laws apply
> Conclusion 2 : Everyone's laws apply
>
Since the conclusion leads to a contradiction, the premise is incorrect.
Therefore...
Scary isn't it.
Harv.
