bitcoop wrote:
>
> [Non-member submission]
>
> > > I see complaints like this on the list continually, surely if as
> > > Transhumanists we wish to be at the bleeding edge we should
> > accept and try
> > > to accomodate all emerging forms of communication technology.
> > I'd quite like
> > > a voice/video mail list with text summaries to enhance my
> > extropian learning
> > > experience (and see what you all look like). Harking back to 'pure text
> > > only' seems a little conservative/entropic.
> >
> > Until all email systems are impervious to malicious code in messages or
> > attachments, text should be standard. Many of use have a large
> > amount of our
> > lives on our computers, and accepting messages that could contain
> > malicious code
> > for the sake of a little prettier message does not outweigh our
> > right to keep
> > our systems secure. By posting, you are asking others to welcome your
> > communication into their home. The least you can do is show
> > respect for their
> > desires. Take your shoes off at the door, that sort of thing. Its
> > about respect.
>
> But I'm a memeber of this list and thats not my desire, I'll take my own
> precautions rather than have them culturally imposed thank you very much.
>
Then expect to get killfiled. Someone tries to walk into my house with
muddy feet, they are gonna get kicked right back out.
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