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   From: vagans@inanna.eanna.net   
      
   Wy  wrote:   
   > *laugh*   
   >   
   > Let's try it this way. I'm about as integrated into the hivemind as   
   > one can get, really. Wearable computer and all. But, like all things,   
   > it is a tool, an interface, my deck to do as I wish, and not the other   
   > way around.   
   >   
   > That it's my deck, custom firmware and all, is important to me.   
   > There's a ton of information out there, mostly garbage, but   
   > filterable. I'm glad there's a group that helps me collate and filter   
   > it, one that *IS* friendly to cyberpunk interests. But ya gotta have   
   > interface, man. Or you can firewall yourself off, but that's not the   
   > edge at all.   
      
   Have we reached the day when the mainstream is the edge? Or, when making   
   one's own decisions is anti-social?   
      
   I thought there were very good reasons for firewalls. Perhaps I'm wrong   
   and The Rapture is upon us.   
      
      
      
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