Re: Print question

From: edgrsprj (edgrsprj_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:38:56 GMT

"Matt Garrish" <matthew.garrish@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:b1lGd.67107$TN6.2319397@news20.bellglobal.com...
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> "edgrsprj" <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:OM5Gd.7168$C52.2430@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > "Michele Dondi" <bik.mido@tiscalinet.it> wrote in message
> > news:9rlfu0taqvcm9gqck09qpg772tiqr4l69c@4ax.com...
> >> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:24:18 GMT, "edgrsprj" <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com>
> >
> So why don't you provide any specific names? People who aren't crackpots

It is both my opinion and my personal experience that the Internet can be an
extremely dangerous place. When you post notes to Internet Newsgroups,
bulletin boards, and Web sites there are certain risks involved. Each
person needs to decide how much risk he or she is willing to tolerate. I am
constantly working on a variety of humanitarian projects. And I try to make
certain that the risk levels associated with them remain as low as possible.
That helps protect people that I work with and correspond with as well.
Some live in countries where public discussions of earthquake forecasts for
example can land a person in jail.

Such a policy has its rewards. An important member of one international
disaster mitigation group has repeatedly told me that those people feel
comfortable with sharing confidential information with me because I am
fairly protective of the interests of the people that I work with. For
another example, back in 2003 I believe that I was the first and only
American scientist ever invited to have a presentation made on his
earthquake forecasting research at this one annual disaster mitigation
conference in the People's Republic of China.

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