Re: An Exchange on the RSA PKC Patent (Entertainment)

Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com)
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:56:35 -0500

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At 11:01 AM -0500 on 11/19/98, Mike Rosing wrote:

> For somebody who has never posted a line of code your comment is way
> out of line.

With only the occasional indiscretion, (this one, included, it appears) I
have only posted cryptographically-related meeting notices to this list.
And, after this message, those notices only are what I will continue to
post here.

> I found Vin's arguement pretty damn solid, which is
> better than anything you've come up with.

I have not come up with *any* "arguements" in this matter, anywhere, other
than the mistaken attribution of an apparent net.nym to the wrong person.

I just think Mr. McLellan's "Exchange" belongs on cypherpunks, where it
came from, and I said so.

> And it is about code, albeit
> indirectly.

As indirectly as *your* missive is? Or mine, for that matter? Please.

> I'd rather see more posts from Vin than from you, that's for damn sure.

Yes, I know. And I'm ugly, and my mother dresses me funny...

> Patience, persistence, truth,

The humor of this escapes me completely.

Cheers,
Robert Hettinga

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