[47308] in Cypherpunks
Better diversity through Perrymoose.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca)
Tue Jan 16 14:09:59 1996
From: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 13:56:06 -0500 (EST)
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: <199601161745.MAA02159@jekyll.piermont.com>
(Sorry Perry, I just couldn't resist :-> )
On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Sorry, but no.
>
> If you know that your posting is off topic, you shouldn't be posting
> it, period. Reply in private or some such. The S to N ratio in these
> parts is dropping rapidly, and its largely the fault of people who
> think "just one more off topic post can't hurt". One person doing it
> causes little damage, but unfortunately dozens upon dozens feel the
> urge every day.
What is a toad machine?
In the spirit of John's evolutionary programming post, I submit that
cypherpunks and all its components (on topic posts, jya's news reports, sheer
paranoia, clueless newbies wanting to join or leave, Klaus! VFP, flamewars,
perryflames...) constitute a dynamic and evolving optimizing computational
(enough fuzzy words for you?) system of which we are the calculators.
Think of toad.com as an input/output box to interface us cells(not to
mention a strange attractor for every cook on the net). We have a
topic (or goal) of cryptography and anonymity, codewriters to give us
something other than politics to talk about, a persistent random noise
function to increase diversity, and Perry as a factor of noise limitation.
Obviously massively parallel. Is this a genetic algorithm, a semantic net,
or some other model? I dunno. As I hear the *plonking* sound of killfiles
closing in on me and my inane post, I wonder...where will it go?
A topic for further study.
;-)
