Felipe T. Dorado (2:345/702) wrote to Steven Horn at 23:25 on 20 Dec 2002:

 FTD> So we have to content ourselves with our mails, inet e-mail, being
 FTD> filtered and stored for further possible use because we do not
 FTD> have the means for privacy. I'll stick to Fido. Here at least the
 FTD> possible responsible for leaking are listed weekly.

Apart from the fact that you can encrypt your e-mail, where do you acquire
this notion that your mail is being filtered and stored?  Even ECHELON and
CARNIVORE can't accomplish that feat.:-)

And since a fair amount of Fidomail is carried on the Internet (the number
of ION nodes are now over 50%), you could find that your Fidomail is being
filtered and stored the same way.

 FTD> Where are the alternatives?  You have _it_, not them. The
 FTD> mayority of the rest of the planet doesn't.

You keep on saying that.  But prove it and prove that there are more
Fidonet nodes than Internet domains in the rest of the planet.

 FTD> Ah, so you look at the pictures and not listen to the text  };? TV
 FTD> and the rest of the media is as muddy as the beaches. One has to
 FTD> listen with various filters and then pass it to the evaluating
 FTD> room to get a bit of possible veracity.

Apart from the fact that our radio coverage was not extensive, at least the
TV pictures provided a visual impression of the impact of the spill.  The
only thing better than that would have been to be there and see the scene. 

 FTD> Books are better than movies because they leave you room to think.

Books give you differing opportunities but are they better?  Good films
certainly give room to think and one also has to recall that certain works
were written to be performed and not to be pondered by someone who did not
understand what the intent really was.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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