Web of Trust (a revolution)

[Steve Lindemann]

David wrote:
> On 4/1/2009 10:13 AM, Craig White wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 14:49 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>>>> I use a state issued picture driver license, a birth certificate, and a US
>>>> Passport.
>>> Which doesn't prove you are not one of identical twins ;)
>> ----
>> which is an important distinction if you happen to be the paranoid
>> schizophrenic twin...
> 
> True. But I also have concealed carry permits in four different states and
> they take fingerprints and run background checks.  :-P
> 
> Maybe I should have said that my mother assured me that I am me?
> 
> Only the paranoid I guess.
> 

When I was in the military I held a fairly high security clearance.  The 
kind of thing where they check your background back before you were 
born.  I worked with folks with the same clearance levels or even 
higher.  Curiously enough, despite having such deep background checks we 
still had people stealing from the coffee fund.

There is *no* check that can certify you are a truly honest, ethical and 
reliable person... only time and observation will tell others if you can 
really be trusted, everything else is a wild ass guess.  I know I'm a 
trustworthy person, but no one who doesn't know me well can ever be sure 
of that... no matter who else says so (hell *they* could be lying) 8^\

...who ya gonna trust?
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