Re: Announcement: The "info" URI Scheme

Patrick Stickler scripsit:

> >> You are aware, of course, that "Shakespeare" is a bunny? :-)
> 
> I challenge you to prove to me that that is true, based
> solely on that stream of bits.

Nobody can prove anything based solely on a stream of bits.  For all
you know, you are (and have been since the beginning of your net.life)
the victim of a man-in-the-middle attack by evil beings from Beta Hydri.

> What trust can I place in the mnemmonic characteristics
> of the URI? Perhaps the URI actually denotes a picture
> of rabbit named "Fred" taken by a local plumber named
> Shakespeare. Perhaps "Shakespeare" means "this is
> what's for dinner" in some bizarre language, which
> is what is really the linguistic basis for the URI.

Any of that could be true.  A little investigation of context shows
that "Shakespeare" is the name of the rabbit.

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