Comments on: Announcing: Harper’s Law http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/comment-page-1/#comment-49131 Ryan Fri, 25 May 2007 04:18:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/#comment-49131 <p>Admiral Greer from Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, "The likelihood of a secret being blown is proportional to the square of the number of people who're in on it."</p> Admiral Greer from Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October, “The likelihood of a secret being blown is proportional to the square of the number of people who’re in on it.”

]]> By: Ryan http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/comment-page-1/#comment-38358 Ryan Fri, 25 May 2007 03:18:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/#comment-38358 <p>Admiral Greer from Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, "The likelihood of a secret being blown is proportional to the square of the number of people who're in on it."</p> Admiral Greer from Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October, “The likelihood of a secret being blown is proportional to the square of the number of people who’re in on it.”

]]> By: george http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/comment-page-1/#comment-49130 george Fri, 25 May 2007 02:59:19 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/#comment-49130 <p>i am inquiring about court cases involving spying using psychic esp to obtain information. i believe that this is intellectual theft. i have looked and could not find any court documents pertaining to this. do you know where would be a good place to start thank you</p> i am inquiring about court cases involving spying using psychic esp to obtain information. i believe that this is intellectual theft. i have looked and could not find any court documents pertaining to this. do you know where would be a good place to start thank you

]]> By: george http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/comment-page-1/#comment-38357 george Fri, 25 May 2007 01:59:19 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/#comment-38357 <p>i am inquiring about court cases involving spying using psychic esp to obtain information. i believe that this is intellectual theft. i have looked and could not find any court documents pertaining to this. do you know where would be a good place to start thank you</p> i am inquiring about court cases involving spying using psychic esp to obtain information. i believe that this is intellectual theft. i have looked and could not find any court documents pertaining to this. do you know where would be a good place to start thank you

]]> By: Richard Bennett http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/comment-page-1/#comment-49129 Richard Bennett Thu, 24 May 2007 22:37:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/#comment-49129 <p>Some people have to over-complicate everything. The only thing that matters is that the larger the network, the greater its value to its users. We can never say whether the value increases quadratically or linearly or by leaps and bounds, nor to we need to. The larger the network, the greater its value. Value breeds like bunnies.<br><br>Similarly, the larger the number of eyes on a database, the greater the risk of abuse. we already have a federal new-hire registry for child support enforcement, and it's already been co-opted for other purposes. Once you invite the government into your house, it never leaves. And it breeds like bunnies.</p> Some people have to over-complicate everything. The only thing that matters is that the larger the network, the greater its value to its users. We can never say whether the value increases quadratically or linearly or by leaps and bounds, nor to we need to. The larger the network, the greater its value. Value breeds like bunnies.

Similarly, the larger the number of eyes on a database, the greater the risk of abuse. we already have a federal new-hire registry for child support enforcement, and it’s already been co-opted for other purposes. Once you invite the government into your house, it never leaves. And it breeds like bunnies.

]]> By: Richard Bennett http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/comment-page-1/#comment-38356 Richard Bennett Thu, 24 May 2007 21:37:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/23/announcing-harpers-law/#comment-38356 <p>Some people have to over-complicate everything. The only thing that matters is that the larger the network, the greater its value to its users. We can never say whether the value increases quadratically or linearly or by leaps and bounds, nor to we need to. The larger the network, the greater its value. Value breeds like bunnies.</p> <p>Similarly, the larger the number of eyes on a database, the greater the risk of abuse. we already have a federal new-hire registry for child support enforcement, and it's already been co-opted for other purposes. Once you invite the government into your house, it never leaves. And it breeds like bunnies.</p> Some people have to over-complicate everything. The only thing that matters is that the larger the network, the greater its value to its users. We can never say whether the value increases quadratically or linearly or by leaps and bounds, nor to we need to. The larger the network, the greater its value. Value breeds like bunnies.

Similarly, the larger the number of eyes on a database, the greater the risk of abuse. we already have a federal new-hire registry for child support enforcement, and it’s already been co-opted for other purposes. Once you invite the government into your house, it never leaves. And it breeds like bunnies.

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