Beware of geeks bearing 'presence'

Yeah, Yeah, that's the ticket: We could have Verisign handle the central authentication/tracking database. After all, they'd never abuse their position. Or ICANN. They could do it without a lot of political baloney. Or use Micorosft PASSPORT. It's proven very secure. We could even let SCO handle the infrastructure.

How many ways have you heard to speed things up by NOT using a central authentication mechanism?

Most of all, I shudder to think of all that spam catching up with me wherever I could hide.

Throw the meat on the floor, watch the carnivores gather around.; Posted by: mxyzyptylk@... Posted on: 03/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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a secure cloud? buddhistMonkey | 03/16/04

Yeah, Yeah, that's the ticket mxyzyptylk@... | 03/20/04

Bring it on dpayne@... | 03/16/04

Huge overhead US Chistian | 03/16/04

Harassment Factor Nullifidian | 03/16/04

Makes one wonder Monkey_MCSE | 03/16/04

Such a lengthy article michael-t | 03/16/04

Remember when... Spoon Jabber | 03/17/04

Touring Test Your Fired ParadigmOdyssey | 03/16/04

??? Not average Joe | 03/17/04

Youll have to forgive ParadigmOdyssey | 03/17/04

I should be the Chief Architect! Not average Joe | 03/17/04

The Bitchin' Society.... boomslang_z | 03/18/04

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