1993-10-08 - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm)

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From: Patrick O’Callaghan <poc@usb.ve>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 14131eab8ca33b0f3e8152ed76e30942f0aae761a07d532073c1e203d72ba98c
Message ID: <9310081719.AA25273@shaddam.usb.ve>
Reply To: <9310080056.AA27566@dink.foretune.co.jp>
UTC Datetime: 1993-10-08 17:11:10 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 8 Oct 93 10:11:10 PDT

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From: Patrick O'Callaghan <poc@usb.ve>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 93 10:11:10 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm)
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In message <9310080056.AA27566@dink.foretune.co.jp>, Robert J Woodhead writes:

> A humble suggestion: someone undertake to create alt.cyperpunks and shadow th
> e
> newsgroup and the mailing list (so that posts to one also go to the other).
> In my case this would cut my reading time in half and increase my "harvest"
> by a factor of two.  The mailing list would still be available for those who
> cannot get the group.

I strongly support this idea, so I'll mention a further advantage:
kill files! No more wading through boring message about anonymous
remailers, digital cash an so on (or RSA weaknesses, or
crypto-legality or whatever your personal bug happens to be).

Patrick O'Callaghan			Internet: poc@usb.ve
Departamento de Computacion		NICNAME: PO22
Universidad Simon Bolivar 		Tel: +058 (2) 906 3242, 906 3254
Sartenejas, Baruta, Edo. Miranda	FAX: +058 (2) 93 71 28
Caracas, Venezuela			"Just messing about in quotes"

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• 1993-10-08 (Thu, 7 Oct 93 17:59:20 PDT) - The death of the list as we know it (tm) - Robert J Woodhead <trebor@foretune.co.jp>
  • 1993-10-08 (Thu, 7 Oct 93 19:25:35 PDT) - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm) - Jim McCoy <mccoy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
    • 1993-10-08 (Thu, 7 Oct 93 19:49:22 PDT) - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm) - ferguson@icm1.icp.net (Paul Ferguson x2044)
  • 1993-10-08 (Thu, 7 Oct 93 21:05:37 PDT) - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm) - “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
  • 1993-10-08 (Fri, 8 Oct 93 10:11:10 PDT) - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm) - Patrick O’Callaghan <poc@usb.ve>
    • 1993-10-08 (Fri, 8 Oct 93 10:45:53 PDT) - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm) - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
      • 1993-10-09 (Fri, 8 Oct 93 17:59:29 PDT) - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm) - “Robert J. Woodhead” <trebor@foretune.co.jp>
        • 1993-10-09 (Fri, 8 Oct 93 18:25:48 PDT) - The death of the list as we know it (tm) - Eric Blossom <eb@srlr14.sr.hp.com>
        • 1993-10-09 (Fri, 8 Oct 93 19:19:30 PDT) - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm) - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
        • 1993-10-09 (Fri, 8 Oct 93 19:35:48 PDT) - Re: The death of the list as we know it (tm) - ferguson@icm1.icp.net (Paul Ferguson x2044)