Re: Archive on Goggle
Re: Archive on Goggle
- Subject: Re: Archive on Goggle
- From: Timothy Bates <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 12:57:13 +1000
people wrote
>
things about how terrible it is that google are archiving the list so we can
all search it.
If anyone is worried that things they have said are "now" "public", realise
that everything is public.
If you don't ever want anyone to hear what you think, don't say anything. If
you want to be strict about who hears you, you need a closed list and
encryption.
If you are worried about the simple act of making this archive public,
realise that anyone of us (thousands of people) could simply mbox their
archive and SQL it onto the web: Google just doing it fast and for free.
They are decreasing entropy and it is a Good Thing (tm)
If you are worried about spam, realise that it will happen. If you are truly
concerned about having to set up some junk mail rules, spam-proof your own
headers like the spammer do. Realise however, that this is pretty
anti-social behaviour - kind of like putting barbed wire on your front yard:
it decreases the value of your neighbours lives more than it increases the
value of your own life.
tim