At 12:12 AM 2/14/00 -0500, Lucky Green wrote:
>Reese wrote:
>> I doubt that a true cypherpunk has ever mistaken anothers car,
>> for his own.
>> Forget the precise lat and lon coordinates maybe, but not mistake someone
>> elses property. The balance of your text is based on this false premise,
>> and is both snipped and unaddressed.
>
>I've mistaken somebody elses car for mine more than once. Heck, many years
>ago, I got into a car with the same side-long dent my old junker had. As I
>am trying to turn the ignition key, I notice all these half-smoked menthol
>cigarettes in the open ashtray. Same year, same model, same interior. Parked
>three cars down from my car. If it hadn't been for the cigarette butts in
>the ashtray, I might have found myself disassembling the ignition lock while
>the real owner walked up. Instead, I quietly exited the car.
Anecdotal, and heresay to boot. Point is, you weren't paying attention to
detail when you walked up, got in and tried the guhnition switch --- these
are not cypherpunk qualities, as I've come to understand them,,,
Reese
