chill wrote: 
> :)
> 
> I spoke too soon regarding the 2-minute updates.  After a few hours this
> rate also triggered the 'too many in 10 minutes' service denial.  So I
> guess the acceptable rate might vary depending on the server load.  I've
> messaged the site to see what's acceptable for a regular update.  I
> discovered that the person who runs the fourmilab site is also a the
> founder of Autodesk and co-author of AutoCAD (of which I'm a huge fan) -
> wow, a seriously talented individual!

Thanks for the reference chill.  Quoting without comment other than,
hard to believe this was written in 2003, could have been penned
yesterday...

https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/ wrote: 
> 
> Over the last two years I have become deeply and increasingly
> pessimistic about the future of liberty and freedom of speech,
> particularly in regard to the Internet. This is a complete reversal of
> the almost unbounded optimism I felt during the 1994–1999 period when
> public access to the Internet burgeoned and innovative new forms of
> communication appeared in rapid succession. In that epoch I was firmly
> convinced that universal access to the Internet would provide a
> countervailing force against the centralisation and concentration in
> government and the mass media which act to constrain freedom of
> expression and unrestricted access to information. Further, the
> Internet, properly used, could actually roll back government and
> corporate encroachment on individual freedom by allowing information to
> flow past the barriers erected by totalitarian or authoritarian
> governments and around the gatekeepers of the mainstream media. 
>


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