Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Errata

From: Brandon Blackmoor <bblackmoor@spamcop.net>

Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:15:30 +0000

Paul Walker wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:29:24 -0400, Brandon Blackmoor wrote:
>
>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>> --------------030903040904060902040203
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> This needs removing.

That's not in the message I sent, nor in the message as delivered by my
news server (news.individual.de). So I can't help you with that one.

> Besides, there's no particular reason to trust
 > either one of those servers.

"Trust" is not a binary proposition. There are several types of trust,
for one thing. Trust the results to be free of manipulation by the
person requesting them? Trust the results to be random enough to be
useful as a game device? For another, there's a question of
proportionality. If you want someone or something to roll dice where you
can't see it, and tell you the result, which do you trust more? Do you
trust a remote server, administered by an impartial stranger, more than
a friend you know only through email?

It's not necessary for everyone to want the same thing. For people who
want an email dice service, or a web-based service that stores all of
its dice rolls and allows players to verify them later, those services
are there. For people who do not need or want those services, well,
there's no harm in having them available anyway, is there?

--
bblackmoor@blackgate.net
2006-04-13

References

rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:01:01 +0000
rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Errata
Brandon Blackmoor <bblackmoor@spamcop.net>
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:29:24 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Errata
Paul Walker <usenet@blacksun.org.uk>
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:29:42 +0000

Referenced By

rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:01:01 +0000
rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Errata
Brandon Blackmoor <bblackmoor@spamcop.net>
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:29:24 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Errata
Paul Walker <usenet@blacksun.org.uk>
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:29:42 +0000