Allan Balliett wrote: "Nor would they ever want to do that. The US government has been working since the early eighties to get EVERYONE on the internet - snip - the internet is an awesome tool in the hands of an oligarchy."
Thanks for the use of oligarchy, a word I did not know and made me hit a dictionary. My first new word for 2002! I note the seizure of the hard drives from the "Shoe Bomber's" internet cafe, that could not have been done in the days of snail mail, pigeons or runners with cleft sticks....... With all the sense of anonymity, every thing we put to the internet ends up stored on hundreds and sometimes thousands of computers. Have you ever done a Google search on your own name and found how many times you have material posted that you did not expect to be listed in a search engine? In an attempt to get back to the business of BD, you may like to invite David Chamberlain to talk about his cattle, compared with the others in the district. He is in a drought and reports his animals are standing it much better than other properties. Gil
