[109075] in Cypherpunks
Re: Someone taking photos of my house today
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Tue Mar 9 21:40:03 1999
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990309152509.0084d540@idiom.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:25:02 -0800
To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 3:25 PM -0800 3/9/99, Bill Stewart wrote:
>- it could be a newspaper reporter looking for a picture of
>Tim's Y2K-compliant citadel in the mountains
Probably not. I've turned down the last half dozen requests for interviews
(including CNN, Fox News, the San Jose Mercury News, USA today, Australian
television, and an LA t.v. station...they are interested in "no work"
video, not investigative reporting on someone who is not doing anything
especially out of the ordinary...once I told them I had no interest in
having a video crew film my "stockpiles," they immediately lost interest).
>- The view from Tim's backyard is really gorgeous, though
>you couldn't see much from the road on the way up due to trees.
Thanks. Yes, I picked my knoll-top home mostly for its view out over hills,
out toward Monterey, Pacific Grove, and hills of Big Sur.
>
>I met David Brin recently at a conference, which prompted me
>to find where I put his book and read it :-)
>"The Transparent Society" has a lot of discussion on
>encryption and cypherpunks issues vs. accountability,
>cameras being cheap, universal, and networked,
>and information being widely available whether people want it or not.
I really do dislike Brin, as should surprise nobody here. I dislike him
even more for his comments on various mailing lists, and for his sloppiness
in giving credit on certain ideas and thought experiments he develops in
his book.
--Tim May
Y2K: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, enjoy the ride.
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Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments.
