1996-01-28 - Re: An Enigma - Wrapped In a Circle

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray)
Message Hash: 8797a479fb12f9e04aeff67ac6c9b2379120d18f27fbab58b1f88c28a7e0e44b
Message ID: <199601282046.PAA26188@jekyll.piermont.com>
Reply To: <199601270257.VAA40304@osceola.gate.net>
UTC Datetime: 1996-01-28 21:04:54 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 05:04:54 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 05:04:54 +0800
To: liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray)
Subject: Re: An Enigma - Wrapped In a Circle
In-Reply-To: <199601270257.VAA40304@osceola.gate.net>
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Jim Ray writes:
[An article about CROP CIRCLES for chrissake, and then has the
temerity to say.]
> If you think that this post has "no
> cypherpunk relevance" you can:
> 1. Flame me, in *private* e-mail. [I'll happily ignore you.]
> 2. Go hump a tree.

What the hell is the cypherpunks relevance here, anyway? I mean, other
than trying to elicit a response from me, which you surely knew would
show up, was there any purpose to this? Why are crop circles important
to people worrying about cryptography and cryptography policy? What
possible linkage could there be?

Perry





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