[86962] in Cypherpunks
Re: US Senate bans laptops
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kelsey)
Tue Sep 23 02:14:16 1997
From: "John Kelsey" <kelsey@plnet.net>
To: "Lucky Green" <shamrock@netcom.com>
Cc: "cypherpunks" <cypherpunks@algebra.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:06:27 -0500
Reply-To: "John Kelsey" <kelsey@plnet.net>
> From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
> To: Cypherpunks Lite <cp-lite@comsec.com>
> Subject: US Senate bans laptops
> Date: Sunday, September 21, 1997 10:37 AM
> These people banning laptops amongst their peers are the same people who
> will decide on the future use of crypto by the masses.
This is really encouraging news! Computers would likely lead to increased
efficiency in Congress, and *that* isn't in the interests of any of us.
These folks
are in the business of taking peoples' life, liberty and property, for fun,
profit, and ideology. Just about anything that slows them down, including
their own mind-numbing stupidity, is a good thing.
--John Kelsey, Counterpane Systems, kelsey@counterpane.com
PGP 2.6 fingerprint = 4FE2 F421 100F BB0A 03D1 FE06 A435 7E36
