[14241] in Cypherpunks
Re: Unicorn vs. tmp@netcom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Thu May 26 20:28:09 1994
From: paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
To: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 20:26:18 -0500 (EST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199405270000.BAA11641@an-teallach.com> from "Graham Toal" at May 27, 94 01:00:27 am
gtoal writes -
>
> Of course, no-one has considered the possibility that the tmp@netcom persona
> was manufactured and played out over time solely in order to boost the
> credibility of the 'uni' persona :-) [does anyone have any proof that
> *either* of these people exist in real life or that all this flurry of
> pseudo-legal action ever took place???]
>
> G(in the spirit of Detweiler, since LD isn't around to suggest it himself :-) )
>
Actually, I find it hard to lend credence to any soap-opera-type-scenarios
of this caliber played out by anonymous personas.
And I am a staunch supporter of anonymous-based systems, to say the least.
It does, however, give me my recommended daily allowance of chuckles in
the newsgroups. ,-)
- paul