[cap-talk] Boebert's quote, Beobert attack on DVH, conspiring communicators

[Ka-Ping Yee]

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Jed at Webstart wrote:

> At 05:35 PM 7/19/2006, Toby Murray wrote:
> >...
> >The problem is that Boebert's quote is ambiguous. Depending on how
> >one interprets its meaning, we can draw different conclusions about
> >its correctness and applicability.
>
> Why does it matter how we interpret Boebert's quote?  Isn't what
> matters whether or not the attack applies?

There are two issues being discussed, i think.  One is the question
of how to make a correct statement about what capability systems are
capable or incapable of.  The second is to understand the impact of
Boebert's paper on subsequent research.

> I don't agree.  Here's Boebert's attack (from
> http://www.erights.org/elib/capability/duals/boebert.html
> Kudo's to Ka-Ping Yee, many thanks - in spite of the minor typos...):

Thanks -- and thanks for catching the typo.

I seem to recall being very meticulous about this transcription, so
there's a slight possibility that the misspelling of "with" at the
bottom of page 292 is copied accurately from the original.  Does anyone
have the actual paper or the proceedings in which it was published?


-- ?!ng