> OK, Ive an idea. We can intentionally corrupt the never-forgetting
> permanent internet database with a little game: we can declare a
> specific day for writing parodies of each other and posting them.
> Then at any time in the future, if Dan F. asks "do you deny having
> written the following..." then we must truthfully answer, I dont know,
> let me see it. This scheme will provide truthful deniability, forever.
>
> Heres how it works. Since April fools day is coming up and extropians
> do everything a little more than others, let us declare Sunday 2 April
> extro fools day. On that day we pick our favorite extropian(s), write
> a parody of their posts, immitating their style, etc, preferably with
> a comic twist. We send that person the parody at which time, if
> they are in a playful mood, they post as is, or modify, etc.
I like the idea, but I'd leave it on April 1: that's been kind of a
net-head holiday for along time anyway, and rather than sending the
parodies to their subjects I'd just post them forged (of course those
of us without a dedicated server will have to get a friend to do that).
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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