[ NNSquad ] Did "Father of MIME" just resurface failed idea of micropayments to stop SPAM? Not exactly.

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Did "Father of MIME" just resurface failed idea of micropayments to stop SPAM?  Not exactly.

http://j.mp/HdeLYQ  (Google+)

   "And let me clarify as well: People who think we can do this today are
    naive, if not crazy. My position is somewhat subtler than the article
    conveys -- I believe that we will turn to economic solutions only when
    we have gotten all we can out of every other approach to spam, which I
    believe will happen because Moore's Law is on the spammer's side.
    Based on no data whatsoever, my wild guess would be that this will be
    in the 2025-30 time frame. So almost all implementation-related
    arguments are irrelevant if they're based on today's capabilities. In
    other words, it's a prediction so far in the future that it's
    irrelevant for any practical purpose. I still believe it, though."

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--Lauren--
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