W3 Self-Regulation?
Simon Spero
ses at tipper.oit.unc.edu
Tue Oct 31 21:34:48 PST 1995
On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, Dave Del Torto wrote:
> [Where's Tipper when you need her? Answer:]
Hey! Lay off the divine Ms. G!
There's actually a big difference between labelling and censorship,
though there's always the danger that once material has been labelled,
Ralph Reed and his merry gang of cross burners will try to ban
information bearing certain labels (the ol' gateway effect).
Of course, if the labeling information isn't signed, the it's useless.
Oh, and if people vote on labels, you really, really need secret voting
protocols; this information can be very sensitive if it can be tied back
to the voters.
Simon
p.s.
What if instead of approving or banning drugs, the FDA instead just
issued labels, and left the choices to the customer and his or her
insurance agency...
---
(defun modexpt (x y n) "computes (x^y) mod n"
(cond ((= y 0) 1) ((= y 1) (mod x n))
((evenp y) (mod (expt (modexpt x (/ y 2) n) 2) n))
(t (mod (* x (modexpt x (1- y) n)) n))))
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