[117655] in Cypherpunks
Re: finally done!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petro)
Wed Sep 8 03:01:59 1999
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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 23:47:58 -0700
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From: Petro <petro@suba.com>
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>At 1:46 PM -0700 1999-09-07, Ryan Lackey wrote:
>>(My machine crashed mysteriously in the middle of the night during the
>>index build, but I just reran, and fixed httpd, so it's all working.
>>Automatic updates to process incoming messages are the next step; right now
>>it ends in late august 1999.)
>>
>>http://cypherpunks.venona.com/
>>http://cypherpunks.venona.com/YYYY/MM/
>>
>>Monthly search functionality up.
>>
>>Interesting games:
>>* Find the oldest and newest posts by a given person; compare
>>* Determine the period of the list (I believe it is 18 months)
>>...
>
>What do you mean by the "period of the list"?
>
>Guess that you mean something about the "average lifetime of posters," that
>is a better description: lifetime. Well-established in the physical
>sciences and population/sociology fields.
I thought he meant the average length of time between repeats
of the same subject.
--
Interfaces matter. You need mathematical bones; engineering muscle;
but you won't replicate without beautiful skin. Bits, transistors,
wires, code, gummint velveeta is free. Will is expensive. Gutenburg.
Smith. Ford. Moore. Postel. Steam engines were neat. Steam
engines pulling trains were amazing. Computers were neat. Computers
networked were amazing. Warning grunts are useful. The ability of a
charistmatic speaker to fuck with your head is disastrous.--Blank
Frank(anonymously)
