On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, David Honig wrote: > At 08:59 PM 4/16/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: > > > >On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, David Honig wrote: > > > >> At 02:06 PM 4/15/01 -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote: > >> >regard to contract enforcement. There has to be a hook where someone > >> >who does a ripoff can be punished, or else there is no deal. > >> > >> In infospace, there is only reputation, not meat and bones, that > >> can be damaged. > > > >Tell that to the insulin pump or the aircraft auto-pilot... > > > >What a naive view of 'bits'. > > > > We're not talking about life-critical apps. And why not, they certainly aren't excluded by your earlier commentary above. Is your contention that crypto-anarchy only works in non-life-critical apps? Somehow I doubt that. ____________________________________________________________________ The ultimate authority...resides in the people alone. James Madison The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------