Rilke, etc. #1, OR, A Strong Leftist Reading of the Maestro
David Casseres
casseres at apple.com
Tue Jan 26 10:53:14 CST 1999
Paul Mackin sez
>Intel Corp. evidently takes the possible return of silent Trystero
>seriously. Maybe they got an advance copy of Derek's essay or something.
>Intel, through whose chips many p-messages flow, yesterday announced an
>abrupt backaway from its new Pentium III processor's ability to
>automatically issue a unique identification number on the internet.
>Privacy advocates were threatening a boycott. A boyott might have
>some real teeth if there were an alternative way to communicate. A number
>of privacy advoctes I know at least rhetorically dream of old Trystero's
>silent return.
Paul gets an Instant Connection Point. Yes indeedy. And Intel's backdown
may be abrupt, but it sure doesn't go deep; it's a miserable bandaid.
Of course, I will just barely mention that not all computers have Intel
processors in them. But more to the point, today's standin for the
Trystero is strong encryption technology, which every politician, secret
policeman, and free-range Fascist in America is trying to suppress.
Cheers,
David
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