Re: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2005-10-31 Thread John Kelsey
From: James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 28, 2005 12:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Return of the death of cypherpunks. From: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. The list needs not to stay dead, with some finite effort on our part (all of us) we can well resurrect it. If there's

RE: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2005-10-31 Thread Tyler Durden
for Cypherpunks in some form or another. -TD Only when Crypto is used ubiquitousl From: James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Return of the death of cypherpunks. Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:09:36 -0700 -- From: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] While I

Re: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2005-10-31 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Since cryptography these days is routine and uncontroversial, there is no longer any strong reason for the cypherpunks list to continue to exist. John Kelsey The ratio of political wanking to technical posts and of talkers to thinkers to coders needs to be

Re: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2005-10-29 Thread John Kelsey
From: James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 28, 2005 12:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Return of the death of cypherpunks. From: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... The list needs not to stay dead, with some finite effort on our part (all of us) we can well resurrect it. If there's

Re: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2005-10-29 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Since cryptography these days is routine and uncontroversial, there is no longer any strong reason for the cypherpunks list to continue to exist. John Kelsey The ratio of political wanking to technical posts and of talkers to thinkers to coders needs to be

Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2005-10-28 Thread James A. Donald
-- From: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] While I don't exactly know why the list died, I suspect it was the fact that most list nodes offered a feed full of spam, dropped dead quite frequently, and also overusing that needs killing thing (okay, it was funny for a

RE: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2005-10-28 Thread Tyler Durden
for Cypherpunks in some form or another. -TD Only when Crypto is used ubiquitousl From: James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Return of the death of cypherpunks. Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:09:36 -0700 -- From: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] While I

Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2005-10-28 Thread James A. Donald
-- From: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] While I don't exactly know why the list died, I suspect it was the fact that most list nodes offered a feed full of spam, dropped dead quite frequently, and also overusing that needs killing thing (okay, it was funny for a

Re: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2003-10-02 Thread John Young
James overlooks the agricultural virtue of cypherpunks death and rebirth for the natural cycle gets rid of old growth and allows for a new improved version. No doubt the old crop doesn't get much satisfaction being taken for manure, nor do the new sprouts see any reason to hail the shit

Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2003-10-02 Thread James A. Donald
-- When a mailing list is full of crap, it dies, even though the regulars set killfiles to silence the offending posters. The reason is, no new people arrive. New people subscribe, see nothing but crap, unsubscribe. A mailing list or newsgroup needs a strong personality who is a

Re: Return of the death of cypherpunks.

2003-10-02 Thread John Young
James overlooks the agricultural virtue of cypherpunks death and rebirth for the natural cycle gets rid of old growth and allows for a new improved version. No doubt the old crop doesn't get much satisfaction being taken for manure, nor do the new sprouts see any reason to hail the shit