[117140] in Cypherpunks
Let the eat entropy!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Morris)
Fri Aug 27 01:28:40 1999
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:01:37 +1000 (EST)
From: James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Anonymous wrote:
> I just figured it out.
>
> There are 9 distinct posters on cpunks. Most discussions take
> place between pseudonyms of the same meatperson.
>
> The last time real interaction happened was Feb 12, 1997.
>
> The last widely-used open crypto code that I saw is still PGP 2.*.
> I said *widely used*.
Perhaps things would be clearer if you stopped using crypto as bourgeois
wanking device.
Given that approximately 5 billion people don't have computers at all,
I suspect that you may be placing more importance on the current value
of crypto in the general scheme of things than it deserves.
>
> Fucking pathetic.
>
> Oh, yes, and fuck you (insert your name here), I do write crypto code.
>
Well, congratulations.
Bonus points for working out how many people starved to death in the time
it took you to read this email.
- James.
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James Morris
<jmorris@intercode.com.au>
