Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 02:02:57 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: matthew dillon Message-ID: <a05200f35ba6f4d2bf08e@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <200302111248.h1BCm7133936@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> References: <200302111248.h1BCm7133936@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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At 4:48 AM -0800 2003/02/11, Dave Hayes wrote:
>> Before you can force everyone to use your fair allocation
>> system,
>
> The notion of "force" is misleading when dealing with the internet.
That's my point.
> No one is forcing anyone to do anything. Incentivizing, now that's
> different.
You can create all the incentives you want to try to keep people
from making assassination attempts on the president, but you'll never
completely stop them. You may be able to reduce the probability and
the frequency of actual known attempts, but that's the best you can
hope for.
> Not for me. That would be something to get off the freeway about. ;)
> A better use of the energy, wouldn't you agree?
Nope. I've got a right to be there, too.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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