[CTRL] Hackers can turn network cameras, microphones on you

1999-04-21 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- Remember the April Fool's Joke perpetrated by PC World not too long ago? They made up a bogus news story about an employee / employer conflict which led to the revelation that all recently made computer motherboards had a tiny microphone on them which could be activated by an

[CTRL] Melissa writer uncovered?

1999-03-31 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- Melissa writer uncovered? Check out: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2233931,00.html HOFFA DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing!

[CTRL] Divine and the Dry Quote

1999-03-30 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Mon, 29 Mar 1999 16:45:32 -0800, Divinewill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though this is quite cute , I do believe the original quote was " a million monkeys at a million keyboards for a million years could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare " , none the

[CTRL] Tim Griffiths and the Dry Quote

1999-03-30 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Tue, 30 Mar 1999 18:22:57 +0300, Tim Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because you're not reading it properly. *Your* version of the quote didn't have the '...for a million years...' part, and therefore is *not* the same as that given by Divine. If you're

[CTRL] Divine -1 / HOFFA - 0

1999-03-30 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:25:35 -0800, Divinewill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well well well , it seems I've unknowingly started a war ... first of all let me clarify that my use of the word mute instead of moot was an intentional play on words , please forgive

[CTRL] excellent dry quote

1999-03-29 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." --Robert Wilensky DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list.

[CTRL] MICHAEL SPITZER Free Energy

1999-03-18 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Thu, 18 Mar 1999 03:11:35 -0700, MICHAEL SPITZER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just why do you think he calls it "the holy grail of energy research"? Precisely because no one has found it yet ! Well, don't tell the Japanese that the BILLIONS of dollas they

[CTRL] D. C. Williams Free Energy

1999-03-14 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Sat, 13 Mar 1999 13:05:48 -0800, David Crockett Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My first exposure to physical evidence on this topic of free energy devices began in summer 1979 witnessing the first proof-of-concept test results of Bruce DePalma's n-Machine

[CTRL] Osama Free Energy

1999-03-14 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Mon, 15 Mar 1999 01:16:44 +0200 (EET), Osama Bin Laden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! I heard of your search for free energy devices, and I have one for you that actually works. I'm only afraid, that the energies involved haven't yet been succeeded to be

[CTRL] Colleen's Question

1999-03-14 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:54:57 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colleen Jones) writes: Whats a dork. Well, it's an insult. In today's slang, it means a "goof," "bone- head," etc. There is an older meaning of the word. However, I wasn't using "dork" in that

[CTRL] Free Energy Devices, Davey Crockett, and Reality

1999-03-13 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Fri, 12 Mar 1999 23:25:20 -0800, "David Crockett Williams" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found the piece forwarded by Hoffa and Carter to be amusing and uninformed. I found your reply naive and based purely on a combination of heresay and circumstantial

[CTRL] Ric Free Energy

1999-03-13 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:14:13 -0800, Ric Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The validation of energy devices occurs when/if they WORK, not when they're promoted on GOOD MORNING AMERICA or congressional speeches. If cold fusion, zero-point generators or other such

[CTRL] H. Davis Free Energy

1999-03-13 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:41:36 -0500, "Howard R. Davis III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I found your post about free energy devices very enlightening. Thank you for taking the time to do the research and to write it. I, also have had some interest in this, though

[CTRL] Hennessey Free Energy

1999-03-13 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:59:28 +, Andrew Hennessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: hi, I'd like to have a go a verifying the 'lie' of Free Energy. I have a Unifying Theory of Relativity that is mathematically sound, and a newer particle physics model that

[CTRL] H. Davis Free Energy

1999-03-13 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:41:36 -0500, "Howard R. Davis III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found your post about free energy devices very enlightening. Thank you for taking the time to do the research and to write it. I, also have had some interest in this, though

[CTRL] A Reply to Howard Davis, III

1999-03-13 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Sat, 13 Mar 1999 15:52:54 -0500, "Howard R. Davis III" [EMAIL PROTECTED]writes: Good answer. I especially like the part about being "arrogant". I will have to use that one myself. Let's one state one's position strongly and then when accused of being

Re: [CTRL] Sex Security Risks

1999-03-12 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Fri, 12 Mar 1999 07:44:14 EST, "Prudence L. Kuhn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, since my response to you, I have recalled telling someone something I wish I had not said. It was an occasion in the military. A black friend was experiencing some problems

[CTRL] The more things change...

1999-03-12 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- "The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of

[CTRL] Free Energy Devices

1999-03-12 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:11:25 -0800, Ric Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FREE ENERGY: STATE DEPARTMENT OPENS ITS DOORS TO NEW AGERS. Something called the Integrity Research Institute has announced the First Internatio- nal Conference on Free Energy (CoFE), April

[CTRL] Free Energy Devices

1999-03-12 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:11:25 -0800, Ric Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FREE ENERGY: STATE DEPARTMENT OPENS ITS DOORS TO NEW AGERS. Something called the Integrity Research Institute has announced the First Internatio- nal Conference on Free Energy (CoFE), April

[CTRL] Sex Security Risks

1999-03-11 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Thu, 11 Mar 1999 10:57:12 EST, "Prudence L. Kuhn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What's that got to do with being a security risk? You mean when George Bush was having his affair with Ms. Fitzgerald, his clearance should have been lifted? Prudy I am certainly

Re: [CTRL] Sex Security Risks

1999-03-11 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:59:20 EST, "Prudence L. Kuhn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We're not talking about secret fears here. No, but I thought a common example would help in generalizing the psychology of sharing something confidential with someone who is close.

[CTRL] China, the USSR, and Germany

1999-03-10 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- Also, you have called china and russia the worst mass murderers of all time. Anybody can admit that China is easily a brutal regime, but how can you say that they are the worst mass-murderer of all time? Did the nazi holocaust fail to engage your attention at all? Andrew:

[CTRL] Nessie and her Synecdoche alert!

1999-03-10 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- Synecdoche alert! To compare Mao, Hitler and Stalin and to compare China, Germany, and the USSR are quite different things. To compare the Chinese, the Germans and the Soviets is a third. Yes, I know the lives of people, the times they live in, the political forces that shape

[CTRL] Nessie: Pompous Ass Alert !

1999-03-10 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- Logical inconsistencies and redundantly unrevolutionary revelations in Nessie's "Synecdoche alert !" : Statements: "If we limit our count to the Twentieth Century it gets a little more dicey. First and foremost, we must remember that there is no such thing as a "historical"

[CTRL] Clinton, terrorist attacks, Y2K, and the M/I complex

1999-03-08 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- Recent news article: = TODAY'S THING WE DON'T UNDERSTAND Lots of people apparently believe Chicken Little is right. Crain's Chicago Business reports sales of generators and freeze-dried food are booming - thanks to concerns the "millennium bug" will

[CTRL] Edinburgh

1999-03-08 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- In reference to the following: {BIG SNIP} In town/very near at the moment we have: the heads of the following; Martinists, KKK, Theosophical Society in England, Scottish Grand Lodge, and we even have The Bermuda Bank new in town. Whilst extreme american Pat Robertson has

[CTRL] Edward Win 98

1999-03-08 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- All of a sudden, the Apple platform is starting to look real good. Anybody know where I can download a good operating system in the mean time? I realize that, from the beginning of this latest phase of the electronic age, privacy has been an illusion, but, damnit, I want my

[CTRL] JoAnne: txt files

1999-03-08 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- You can save word-processing files as plain text files, and then they can be opened by other WP programs. So it depends on what you're doing with your computer as to how easy it will be to change over to a linux OS. -JoAnne Plain text? Do you mean a .txt file or an ACSII

[CTRL] JoAnne: WIn 98--yadda, yadda, yadda

1999-03-08 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- The .txt extension is just a convention for straight ASCII files, so we're talking about the same thing. You can conceivably give a .txt extension to any file -- there's nothing special about the extension that changes the kind of file it is -- but what I'm talking about is

[CTRL] Rosslyn

1999-03-06 Thread J. Hoffa
-Caveat Lector- If this is true of the 3 men - and the 3 witnesses were interviewed by Garry Woods a prominent media figure and UFO researcher, then it would appear that the mystery of Rosslyn; with its devotion to Bloodlines, Blood worship, Genetics, Occult, Lunacy, Satanism, Animism [there