[51871] in Cypherpunks
re: PA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Informati)
Sun Mar 10 18:45:46 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 18:42:17 -0500 (EST)
From: "A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security" <PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Tim rote:
>(By the way, I also figured out the anonymous markets for assassinations
>bit, too, in 1988, and discussed it in detail then with Eric Drexler, Marc
>Stiegler, Mark Miller, Robin Hanson, and others.
Long enough ago that I have forgotten the citation, I read an even older
SF story about explosive necklaces worn by politicians. If their electronic
agreement percentage (and think this was in the sixties folks) dropped
too low, a vacancy occured.
Warmly,
Padgett
ps if you have strong principles, and stick by them, sooner or later you
will manage to offend everyone.
