On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 10:48:24AM -0500, Scot Wilcoxon wrote: > If you personally don't understand the code, you always have to trust > someone else's opinion. The "someone" might be a friend, a known > professional, a trusted business, a trusted software company, a trusted > accounting firm such as Arthur Andersen LLP...
Neal Stephenson is (or was?) a rapid crypto libertarian. That is to say, he strongly believed in the individual's rights to privacy and freedom, especially in the world of computers, where encyption implements those ideals. Unfortunately, Stephenson is also an author in tune with social dynamics and how people work together. Two years ago, he gave a speech basically coming to the conclusion that it is still a matter of who you trust. -Qaexl- http://www.next-horizons.com/qaexl/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: viaVerio will pay you up to $1,000 for every account that you consolidate with us. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4749864;7604308;v? http://www.viaverio.com/consolidator/osdn.cfm ------------------------------------------------------- (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
