[48354] in Cypherpunks
Re: An Enigma - Wrapped In a Circle
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Sun Jan 28 15:51:05 1996
To: liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Jan 1996 21:59:04 EST."
<199601270257.VAA40304@osceola.gate.net>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 15:46:31 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Jim Ray writes:
[An article about CROP CIRCLES for chrissake, and then has the
temerity to say.]
> If you think that this post has "no
> cypherpunk relevance" you can:
> 1. Flame me, in *private* e-mail. [I'll happily ignore you.]
> 2. Go hump a tree.
What the hell is the cypherpunks relevance here, anyway? I mean, other
than trying to elicit a response from me, which you surely knew would
show up, was there any purpose to this? Why are crop circles important
to people worrying about cryptography and cryptography policy? What
possible linkage could there be?
Perry
