From: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
To: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-26 09:29:09 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:29:09 +0800
From: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:29:09 +0800
To: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
Subject: Re: TOP_tap
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> This *is* a real problem. They take very highly skilled geniuses and
> tell them "no one will ever know what you've done.." & their morale does
> suffer...
>
> Just suppose YOU discovered (say) a new factoring method... and
> could only watch others getting Nobel prizes.....
Maybe they think that anyone who is worthy of knowing - works at NSA.
As Wittgenstein noted, "where the masses also drink, all wells are poisoned".
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