<nettime> re: gated communities [waz, nathan, van belle]

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From: waz@easynet.co.uk
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 15:59:23 +0100
Subject: a question on antiorp

so, has antiorp passed the turing test?

wayne

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From: P Nathan <pacoid@fringeware.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:25:53 -0500 (CDT)

re: gate(way)ed communities, etc.

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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 19:17:21 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Guy Van Belle <Guy.VanBelle@rug.ac.be>

O dear, a very thrilling and interesting story! The maths were convincing.
The storyline very strong. This should be in the netime bible!
Especially the middle part: I was sobbing my way all over the
screen seeing almost in front of my eyes, little ted doing all that work
and that bad wicked antiorp inundating the world with dirtily encrypted
codes and statements! But then there came the good ending! Nettime was
saved! We were left pure in our untainted discussions about free speech
and technology and society and that bloody war in the Balkan. 
Thanks to Ted, Knight of the order of the Round Firewall. 
So it was inevitable, this Moldred was not to be allowed in!
In the end I was truly touched by the parential advice Ted gave to antiorp
to start his own list. The problem remains though, who will moderate it to
protect it from evil nettimers' decrypted, cleaned up, restored and
rebuilt neat messages? 

My favorite quote in all this also came from Ted in true film noir style: 
"But I can tell you one thing: I gave antiorp *exactly* what it  
wants, a new toy fascist." 
*boooohoooo* beuauuuuuuuuutiful!

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