Re: "Once We Squeeze All We Can Out of the United States, It Can Dry Up and Blow Away."

nemo_outis wrote:

Try as I might, I can't resist...

>> And if you care to argue the merits of open source further, I suggest
>> you take up the thread in a place inhabited by notable professionals
>> like David Chaum, Ståle Schumacher, Ron Rivest, Niels Ferguson, Bruce
>> Schneier, Yadda, Yadda, Yadda. Maybe their studied opinions could turn
>> your head. Obviously, common sense and history have failed miserably.

> Ahh, the appeal to authority - the desperate last refuge of those who
> have lost faith in their own arguments and persuasive skills :-)

I'm sorry, but wasn't that you who recently launched into a diatribe about
wanting names and credentials?

Why yes, I believe it was ya' hypocrite.

If you'd have invested a little effort, or even a modicum of thought, you
might have suspected that some of the names on the above list were
precisely what you were whining about... authoritative, disinterested
experts who have/do keep track of tor. Chaum in particular has picked it
apart pretty thoroughly in the past.

But hell, it's a lot easier to just sling around match book caliber
psychoanalysis than it is to examine your arguments with a critical eye,
now isn't it Nemo?

<sigh>

Don't bother, I've already killed this thread. I'm just too much the sucker
for a good pointless argument. ;) The open source debate is old and tired,
and you and I won't solve it here. Ignoring the rest of it might at least
remove my temptation to ask you what flavor ice cream you'd prefer with
your pie. :)

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Hand crafted on September 22, 2005 at 12:23:49 -0400

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx

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