[46478] in Cypherpunks
Re: Will the real Anonynous please stand up
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Brickner)
Thu Jan 4 13:28:27 1996
To: tallpaul@pipeline.com (tallpaul)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: (Your message of Wed, 03 Jan 1996 22:32:56 EST.)
<199601040332.WAA24066@pipe6.nyc.pipeline.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 12:08:30 -0600
From: Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net>
tallpaul writes:
>Even English monarchs, in centuries past when monarchs like Anonymous only
>had one name, were given some additional signifier to keep them separate
>(e.g. "Donald the Fat" vs. "Donald the Terribly Ugly" vs. "Donald the
>Wonderful With A Really Good Ad Agency").
Get a grip. Those monarchs didn't make those names. Others did.
You're free to make up your own relative clauses to attach to
"Anonymous" --- if they're good enough maybe others'll start using
them.
Meanwhile, *you* need to consider what reputation statements from
anonymous sources are worth. One needs some degree of reputation to
make a useful comment on another's.
