Re: postage without licking or sticking -- just clicking.

Bill Stewart (bill.stewart@pobox.com)
Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:57:26 -0700

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>> http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9804/10/t_t/smart.stamp/index.html
>> (http://www.estamp.com/)
>> This is an article about a new postage stamp that can be printed
>> by your computer. This is the first I've heard about it. Anyone
>> know what type of encryption it uses, or anything about the hardware?

My first reaction to the estamp was "traffic analysis" -
the estamp has enough room in its bar code to keep track of
who bought the stamps. The web site doesn't indicate the
data formats....

>If Ziggy says "Time is what keeps everything from happening at once",
                ^^^^^ Well, it's not working....
>and Newton teaches that Gravity brings all matter together, could we
>say that Time and Gravity have an antagonistic relationship?

                                Thanks!
                                        Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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