Re: virus: Silence

Howard Rothenburg (hrothenb@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us)
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 23:52:16 -0400 (EDT)


>
> > "Those who know, do not speak,
> > and those who speak, do not know."
> >
> > Don't know where that originated, but it has a certain something!
> >
> > Here's another, vaguely similar, which I think comes from the
> > Xtian Bible (which is not all bad, far from it in fact):
> >
> > "Be still, and know."
> > --
> > Robin
>
>
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Sodom wrote:

> No matter how aesthetic I find the saying, it doesnt seem to make much sense. I
> mean, the benefits of knowledge dont exist unless the knowledge is spread
> around.
>
>
Thank goodness, knowledge is worthless if it isn't spread. No more
trade secrets, secret military technology research, anticompetitive
conspiracies or insider trading or hush money payoffs... What a relief.