Re: The "Future" Fallacy

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>]

On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Ernest Hua wrote:

> >
> > I think Duncan was mad at the 'soon.'  Why not today?
> 
> I think I can answer this question because I was an obnoxious little
> hacker with an Atari 800 when I was a kid.  The only thing I did not
> have was a modem and an Internet connection (thus ability to read
> sci.crypt.research etc ...)

[...]

> means, a super-smart person.  Therefore, it is not a stretch to
> believe that kids today can perform powerful encryption in the
> privacy of their own homes.

Not a stretch?  I'd say it was proven fact two years ago.  This, I 
believe, was Duncan's point.

[...]

> Ern
> 
> 

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