Re: Undermining government power and authority

2001-05-04 Thread Faustine
Quoting James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED]: James Donald wrote: So all of us are full bore paranoids? Faustine Is that really what you got out of what I said? Yes. You are so persistently catty and insulting that you could not speak without a nasty meaning hidden in your words even

Re: Undermining government power and authority

2001-05-03 Thread Faustine
Faustine wrote: Too true. But if we want to actually reach people who *would* care if only they knew, it's important to talk about it without coming across like a full-bore paranoid. It seems like a bad idea to risk losing credibility with careless rhetoric and sloppy thinking. More than

cypherpunks in Desert Island gaming scenario

2001-05-02 Thread Faustine
? And what about the people who strike out on their own? Any takers? :) ~Faustine. 'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).

Re: [Fwd: YOU ARE INVITED: Will Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete? -- Next Independent Policy Forum (4/24/01)]

2001-04-30 Thread Faustine
Quoting William Vogt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Faustine replies: Quoting William Vogt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [David Friedman has published in ...] Journal of Law and Economics (more than once) Journal of Political Economy (more than once) American Economic Review AER is usually

Re: [Fwd: YOU ARE INVITED: Will Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete? -- Next Independent Policy Forum (4/24/01)]

2001-04-30 Thread Faustine
Quoting James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 03:37 PM 4/27/2001 -0400, Faustine wrote: We should hold ourselves and our friends to HIGHER standards if we want to get somewhere in the long run. You could start by holding yourself to the standard of actually having some faint glimmering

Re: Technological Solution

2001-04-30 Thread Faustine
textbooks to come up to a level that is sufficient to understand the real issues.) I erred. I got Aimee mixed-up with Faustine. It is Faustine who argues for reading Samuelson instead of the books we normally recommend. For the record, I also said that any econ 101 textbook would do just

Re: [Fwd: YOU ARE INVITED: Will Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete? -- Next Independent Policy Forum (4/24/01)]

2001-04-26 Thread Faustine
Quoting James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Faustine demonstrating his (SIC) cheerful ignorance of economics, and who is who in economics: No need to get personal. I know how well-regarded Friedman is in Libertarian circles. Ignorant in many respects, certainly; about economics in general

FT editorial: When Theft is Justified

2001-04-26 Thread Faustine
When theft is justified The limited abuse of copyright is a spur to scholarship, innovation and democracy Published: April 25 2001 19:36GMT | Last Updated: April 25 2001 19:48GMT Financial Times http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=Viewc=Articlecid=FT3RFUPBZLC 'We live in a

Re: The Well-Read Cypherpunk

2001-04-23 Thread Faustine
guess some people are just more hard core than others! ~Faustine. 'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).

Re: The Well-Read Cypherpunk

2001-04-22 Thread Faustine
Quoting "James A. Donald" [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 04:08 PM 4/20/2001 -0400, Faustine wrote: I still think the quickest way to get a firm technical grasp of micro and macro economics is to sit down and work through problems for yourself with textbooks like Samuelson's and

RE: Interventions r gud

2001-04-22 Thread Faustine
? Think about it. The one thing I know is this: Everyone deserves a fair trial. Even lunatics. Even you. ~Faustine. 'We live in a century in which obscurity protects better than the law--and reassures more than innocence can.' Antoine Rivarol (1753-1801).

Re: The Well-Read Cypherpunk

2001-04-20 Thread Faustine
Quoting "James A. Donald" [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- At 08:28 PM 4/18/2001 -0400, Faustine wrote: True, but my point was that the 'Samuelson technical stuff' has its place. All that technical stuff is in the Friedman's books, I still think the quickest way to get a firm techn