...what gets on Slashdot about Freenet:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/08/0052200&mode=thread
FreeSQL seems like a cool project and all, no mistake. It's got to be
the most ambitious application built on Freenet so far
(notwithstanding the IRC program -- you can drop a chat mes
Laughable subject matter - but here's my worth of pension funds concerning
W. Eric C. Ferguson's comments
>Are either of these examples
>'bad' or 'worthless' because they do not occur with your musical preference?
+ No examples are bad or worthless but usually what we have a problem with is
forc
Wow! What an enthusiastic defense of capitalism!
My only concern is:
v
I had a discussion with a local radio DJ about local music once. She
insisted that I should support local artists. They were apparently worthy of
my support just because they were local and had no steady contra
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Music makes people better human beings. NOT pop music , not commercial
music. Serious art music. Not your crap Madonnas, Michael Jacksons,
Stings, Eminems, Smarties, House, Garbage, Paul Ankas, Frank Sinatras, Perry
Comos, I could go on and offend a lot of people. What I'm talking about is
From: "Travis Bemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Can you THINK outside of your Libertarian/"anarcho"capitalist box for
>a second?! Anarchism (not that "anarcho"capitalism shit, which really
>isn't anarchism) is socialist, but does not use government (socialism
>is worker control of the means of produc
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Travis Bemann wrote:
> Anarchism (not that "anarcho"capitalism shit, which really isn't
> anarchism) is socialist, [...]
Obviously. Property requires a government to enforce it (anything less is
barbarism). But who said he was an "anarcho"capitalist?
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"...it must be held
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 01:48:44PM -0400, Mikus 29 wrote:
> >From: "Mark J. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >How can you maintain equality in a system where goods and services are
> >freely given without some means of keeping track of how many goods and
> >services each person has received?
>
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 04:42:09PM -0400, Mark J. Roberts wrote:
> This doesn't address my question. Without a system of currency, how can I,
> a carpenter, know if my doing free work for customer X would give him more
> than his fair share?
Why must Homo Economicus enslave us all?
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On Mon, 7 May 2001, Travis Bemann wrote:
> > To argue in favor of what you feel is right is good. But to enforce what
> > you feel is right upon others through violence is not.
>
> And WHERE did I say that I'd use violence to force no currency on
> everyone else?
Um, "what we need to do is to de
At 4pm today (US Pacific Time), I will be
interviewed on Tech TV (San Franscisco) about the Freenet client FreeWeb, and
its ramifications etc.
Sorry about the short notice, but final
confirmation only came through last minute.
If you can't get the station, or you miss the
interview, it s
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 07:29:00AM -0400, Mark J. Roberts wrote:
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Travis Bemann wrote:
>
> > > Because efficient trade cannot exist without currency. You are the only
> > > person I've ever met who thinks it's just fine to make everyone else live
> > > according to your whims
Well, I can't wait to read the whole thing. Just to say
that I am an artist. I am a musician. I chose to be an artist by the
time I finally reached the age of 5 years. I chose to be a musician later,
at the much advanced age of 8 years. I have, on the anniversary of the
Sunday back in 1
>From: "Mark J. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>How can you maintain equality in a system where goods and services are
>freely given without some means of keeping track of how many goods and
>services each person has received?
Who says there must be equality? That leads to socialistic government
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Travis Bemann wrote:
> > Because efficient trade cannot exist without currency. You are the only
> > person I've ever met who thinks it's just fine to make everyone else live
> > according to your whims.
>
> Geez. No, I am not the only person who subscribes to the view that
>
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 06:25:54AM -0400, Mark J. Roberts wrote:
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Travis Bemann wrote:
>
> > Why do we need secure, anonymous digital currency?! Why do we need
> > currency at all?!
>
> Because efficient trade cannot exist without currency. You are the only
> person I've ev
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Travis Bemann wrote:
> Why do we need secure, anonymous digital currency?! Why do we need
> currency at all?!
Because efficient trade cannot exist without currency. You are the only
person I've ever met who thinks it's just fine to make everyone else live
according to your w
> Let me be more clear: what I mean to express is my personal
> opinion
Me Bad makes some very articulate and persuasive arguments here.
As a musician in the early 80's, I had a screaming fight with a recording
engineer.
He argued that popularity was the main measurement of quality for music.
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