Quoting Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Quoting Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > [Platt] > > > > > As if radio and TV were simply electromagnetic radiation. > > > > > > > > > > [Case] > > > > > As if these boxes of electronics were anything more than piles of > > > > > junk with out properly attuned electromagnetic radiation. Receivers > > > > > do not require licensing transmitters do. > > > > > > > > [Platt] > > > > As if nature created receivers and transmitters. > > > > > > > > [Case] > > > > What the heck do you think we are doing right now? > > > > > > [Platt] > > > I give up. What are we doing right now? > > > > > > [Case] > > > Skreeeech, earth to Platt: Transmitting and Receiving. > > > > [Platt] > > Screeech, earth to Case: As if transmitters and receivers "emerged" from > > pond scum. > > > > [Case] > > Well here we are. I suppose you think we just popped through some > > dimensional wormhole? > > [Platt] > At last you bring some creative people into the picture, not simply > electromagnetic radiation which to the caveman meant nothing. > > [Case] > Cave men, after emerging from pond scum or popping through their dimensional > wormholes, transmitted vocally or by banging drums or sending up smoke > signals. They received through their eyes and ears. It still works like that > only it's slightly more complicated and you sometimes have to pay for the > privilege.
I don't mind paying creative individuals for the benefits they provide by learning of and taking advantage of the free, nature provided electromagnetic spectrum. It's when the police power of the state is called upon to tell such individuals how to use the spectrum and what we can receive from using in that I object. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
