[13101] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: DRM technology and policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Walker)
Sat Apr 26 11:56:16 2003
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 00:34:12 +0100
From: Paul Walker <paul@black-sun.demon.co.uk>
To: David Honig <dahonig@cox.net>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 04:24:17PM -0700, David Honig wrote:
> Oh please. Of course you wouldn't believe any 1 random (reputationless)
> person. But if lots of people saw it, you'd probably believe something was
> there vs. a brainfart or deception. That's also how we distinguish
> others' hallucinations and deceptions from reality.
A good point. But then lots of people still believe the Good Times virus
will fry their CPU, so just having it in lots of places doesn't mean it's
true. :-)
In general I agree with the original poster, I'm just trying to make the
point that online sources are already unreliable in this way.
--
Paul
... leafing through Yellow Pages at 1AM Sunday in a desperate search for a
24-hour goatherd can be highly frustrating.
-- Tanuki the Racoon Dog in the Monastery
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