Richard Moore

1995-09-20 Sender: Michael Boyle <•••@••.•••> On Sat, 16 Sep 1995 •••@••.••• wrote: > > Sender: •••@••.••• (Don Porter) > >Sender: Heidi Howard <•••@••.•••> > >[…snipped – about access issues…] The issue of access to network services and what that might look like is one that is relatively better developed here in Canada, IMO. It has … Read more…

1995-09-20 Sender: •••@••.••• (Jerome Thorel) Hello Kurt and all the crypto fans, You will surely have some news from one of your pair at the University of Hamburg, to which I forwarded your request, Ulf Moller. For several months, he has put on his web page <http://www.thur.de/ulf/krypto> essential information about crypto policy and laws. For … Read more…

1995-09-19 Sender: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> On 14 September Kurt Guntheroth wrote: > “Free market” capitalism has the same advantage as the internet; distributed > control. Nobody makes central decisions about load or content on the > internet. Nobody makes central decisions about price in the market. > What, pray tell, is “distributed control?” The … Read more…

1995-09-19 Pointer from moderator: Mark Stahlman has sent a message on the subject “Technocrats and the Mind” which, because of its length, I’ve put on our ftp site. I’ve learned better than to summarize it. It’s in the Essays directory as Stahlman-Technocrats. Andy @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) Subject: Web Review on Aspen PRESS … Read more…

1995-09-19 Sender: Gary Weston <•••@••.•••> With regard to the idea that deregulation and competition in the telecom business will be a boon to consumers, I’d like to point out a tiny bit in the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat (owned by the NYT) today. Both Pacific Bell and GTE have filed for increases in local telephone rates. … Read more…

1995-09-19 Sender: •••@••.••• Craig A. Johnson” wrote: >Without knowing all the details, I think we can cautiously applaud >this bust by the Feds. While I would have to applaud the apprehension of anyone who abuses children, I hope we don’t get carried away and miss the zinger at the end of the times article and … Read more…

1995-09-19 Sender: •••@••.••• (Off the edge ) >In an online vote, the polls can be open for days or weeks before >election day. People can vote at their leisure and change their votes >when a new scandal is exposed. The server won’t divulge the tally >until the vote closes. Continual voting like this stimulates >discussion … Read more…

1995-09-16 Sender: •••@••.••• I was told recently by a friend that if I wanted to know the truth about something, to “turn off the sound and watch the picture”. Since the sound levels are so high (as stated by Bob Jacobson), this might be good advice. High sound levels are distracting, but that is the … Read more…

1995-09-16 Sender: •••@••.••• I agree with Kurt that no single authority should dictate content of the Internet and that no one entity should set prices. The Internet, although I don’t understand every aspect of it, seems to be most threatened by big conglomerates setting prices too high for access by all to be feasible. If … Read more…

1995-09-16 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Jaeger aka PI) Hi! Looks like I did the foolish thing to accept writing a paper on crypto for a soon-to-be-established committee at the german federal parliament on crypto issues. It will be part of a larger “reader” on info society issues, which is the topic of the committee itself. So, … Read more…