Spike wrote:
> > > Merriss, hit reply and tell him to go to hell...
> >
> > "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> >
> > This is no longer even a question of whether or not your mysterious
> > attacker deserves anonymity (s/he doesn't); this is quite probably a
> > covert attack on the Extropy Institute.
>
>Ja, I suspect so. Ive been expecting something like this. If
>anything I am surprised it hasnt happened before now. We
>do discuss a lot of unpopular topics, some with titles about
>debunking religions, etc. Is anyone here surprised if the
>extropy list is under attack? spike
Actually, until just recently I have been enforcing security on the list by
gathering the "true names" and phone numbers of all those coming on the
list. After that I would call to ensure their residence. Of course, this
wasn't totally foolproof, but it was much more so than it previously had
been. It does take a fair amount of work to do this (calling, keeping
track etc.) but it seems that if the above is true, then I will continue
doing this.
I would say, though, that if this was an attack, we would probably have
heard more responses from newer list members in the past day since L B's
post. Still, if anyone receives this kind of threatening message, please
let me know.
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E. Shaun Russell Operations Officer, Extropy Institute
e_shaun@extropy.org http://www.extropy.org
COO and Director, Kryos Biomedical
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