Re: Directory of 'punks

Perry writes:
>"Jim Sewell" says:
>> 
>>  Thank you for the preliminary (<2 hrs) response to the posting.  I have
>>  not gotten a "that's a bad idea" letter yet of the 7 replies so I will
>>  assume this is a "Good Thing" tm.  
>
>Here is my vote for "its a bad idea". Cypherpunks is NOT an
>organization. Leave the organizational fronting to people like CPSR
>and EFF who have good PR people and know what they are doing. They've
>done a great job thus far.
>
>If we want to answer blowhards who claim we are a small number of
>nuts, we can just show off the Time magazine poll.

Yeah, what he said.

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"Jim Sewell" says:
> 
>  Thank you for the preliminary (<2 hrs) response to the posting.  I have
>  not gotten a "that's a bad idea" letter yet of the 7 replies so I will
>  assume this is a "Good Thing" tm.  

Oooh.  I don't know about a good idea.  I was never much in favor
of giving my name out for free.  I mean if someone want's to read this
list and find my affiliation from the sporadic posts that I enter and
then make random associations about me that is one thing.

But to do it for them?  Nahhh, that is part of the reason I entertain
ideas like cryptography, and practices like only withdrawing my money
from one bank in person while writing out of state checks for all
mail purposes.  I'd just rather that people didn't know my business.
Thus, personally, I think it is "a bad idea".

Andrew Prock
prock@teetot.acusd.edu

On Thu, 28 Apr 1994, no depression wrote:

> 
> Oooh.  I don't know about a good idea.  I was never much in favor
> of giving my name out for free.  I mean if someone want's to read this
> list and find my affiliation from the sporadic posts that I enter and
> then make random associations about me that is one thing.

Keep in mind, anyone can 'who' the list from majordomo and get a list of 
who is subscribed.  You face the assumption that you are a pencil-necked 
geek who was too busy doing your trig to attend Woodstock.

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<In mail no depression said:>
> 
> Oooh.  I don't know about a good idea.  I was never much in favor
> of giving my name out for free.  I mean if someone want's to read this
> list and find my affiliation from the sporadic posts that I enter and
> then make random associations about me that is one thing.
> 
> But to do it for them?  
 ...

 Good point, and well taken, but would the directory do much more than 
 requesting a "whois" from the mailing list robot?  It is a matter of
 one's priorities and it is obvious (and good!) that they vary from
 person to person.

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