[89341] in Cypherpunks

home help back first fref pref prev next nref lref last post

Re: Washington Times: "FCC wants to extend V chip to computers"

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Mon Nov 3 12:49:52 1997

In-Reply-To: <v03007800b0836554aece@[204.254.21.242]>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 08:59:52 -0700
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>, fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu,
        cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>

At 4:34 AM -0700 11/3/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>Front page:
>
>"Not content to monitor the progrom on your television set, the FCC now

Progrom?

This could mean either "program" or "pogrom."

Or both. So "progrom" is apt. Declan has coined a neologism.


--Tim May

The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography
---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:----
Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES:   408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA  | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
Higher Power: 2^2,976,221   | black markets, collapse of governments.
"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."




home help back first fref pref prev next nref lref last post