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
I don't agree. One thing we do know is that, although Crypto is available and, in special contexts, used, it's use in other contexts is almost counterproduct, sending up a red flag so that those that Protect Our Freedoms will come sniffing around and bring to bear their full arsenal of

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.

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