Re: NYC’s Biggest Taxi Insurer Is Insolvent, Risking Transit Meltdown
On 9/5/24 22:14, Gunnar Larson wrote: NYC’s Biggest Taxi Insurer Is Insolvent, Risking Transit Meltdown https://assets.bwbx.io/s3/readings/SJ96B4T0G1KW1725401416311.mp3 <https://assets.bwbx.io/s3/readings/SJ96B4T0G1KW1725401416311.mp3> In an unassuming white and blue office building in Freeport, a few miles into Nassau County, sits the headquarters of American Transit Insurance Co. If you don't feel like listening to a synthesized voice for 5 minutes and 23 seconds or so: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/nyc-s-biggest-taxi-insurer-is-insolvent-risking-transit-meltdown/ar-AA1pZEeA -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Norfolk Southern Torched In NTSB Final Derailment Findings
On 6/27/24 00:59, Gunnar Larson wrote: Norfolk Southern Torched In NTSB Final Derailment Findings <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1797042?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e-a411-413bce38e654&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=compliance&utm_content=2024-06-26&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=2> This requires a subscription to access. -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Microsoft Will Use Intel to Manufacture Home-Grown Processor
On 2/23/24 03:43, pro2...@yahoo.com.au wrote: On indulgence I'll take this crisis in Shawn's pantyhose For the record, I do not wear pantyhose. as an opportunity to shake down these two silicon valley sharks. If folks at Intel and MS don't want to wind up like Mongo and/ or Bill Henry they will pledge 10 million USD each on Thiel, Zuckface and Musk. I don't like them any more than you do but I don't think financially-induced violence will solve the problem. -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Microsoft Will Use Intel to Manufacture Home-Grown Processor
On 2/22/24 05:47, Gunnar Larson wrote: Microsoft Will Use Intel to Manufacture Home-Grown Processor https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-21/microsoft-will-use-intel-to-manufacture-home-grown-processor <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-21/microsoft-will-use-intel-to-manufacture-home-grown-processor> Intel Corp. has landed Microsoft Corp. as a customer for its made-to-order chip business, marking a key win for an ambitious turnaround effort under Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger. Microsoft in the CPU business? That can't be good, given what their requirements were for ARM-based computers and "Secure Boot" (they required that it be locked down). -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Cpunks List: Remove The Spammer From The List
On 1/5/24 19:16, Karl Semich wrote: I'm sorry about this. I hope this is a fake internet and in the real internet the grassroots hackers defeat the spammers, instead of the other way around. Whose side are you on (from your point of view)? -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Cpunks List: Remove The Spammer From The List
On 1/5/24 00:38, Greg Newby wrote: Hi grarpamp. I appreciate your passion for the cypherpunks list, and your contributions so it. For your request below: In short, it is my belief that subscribers who don't want to see content from other subscribers are expected to have the capability to block those subscribers from their personal mailboxes. Those spams will still count against any bandwidth quotas. This response isn't all that far from "shut up and eat your spam". Many gmail users have been automatically unsubscribed as a result. This is unfortunate, but it would not be fixed by banning or censoring the people mentioned below. Instead, the solution is for those subscribers to not use their @gmail.com addresses to receive the list. I do not have a soft spot for Google or Gmail, but I find the proposed solution to Gmail's spam filtering (which apparently has tagged the entire Cypherpunks list as a spam source) to be quite tedious, if not odious. I personally pay for this email address at Fastmail. I have the spam filtering turned down to its lowest setting to avoid losing any legitimate email (some of which is work-/income-related). There are plenty of other free email providers. I hear that protonmail.ch works reasonably well. I'm sure there are many other free email providers out there but sooner or later, Cypherpunks list email will trip their spam filters as well if the root cause is not dealt with. Allowing the entire Cypherpunks list to be tagged as a spam source is close to the worst possible outcome; were that to happen, it basically means a few bad actors have the power of censoring *everyone* who would otherwise like to post to the list, a true tragedy of the commons. Look at what happened to Canter & Siegel. Look at what happened to Sanford Wallace. Many, many other spamming operations have come and (thankfully) gone, as the internet community at large deems that conduct unacceptable. I remember writing untold numbers of messages to abuse contacts hosting Sanford Wallace, who apparently negotiated a contract with AGIS (a backbone provider of the era) where he couldn't get kicked off even for the most blatant, egregious, and vile conduct in violation of the former's AUP/TOS. It took months for AGIS to find a way to boot him. I've been fighting the anti-spam fight for years. graramp later writes: Not mine, but on behalf of the list, on behalf of all who have complained about these spammers and personal abusers over the years. That would include me as well. -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Miami Beach Aims to Kill Spring Break Image With $100 Million Bond
On 7/11/23 13:50, Gunnar Larson wrote: Miami Beach wants to do away with rowdy spring break crowds in favor of ballet and botanical gardens. Miami Beach Aims to Kill Spring Break Image With $100 Million Bond https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/miami-beach-aims-to-kill-spring-break-with-100-million-bond <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/miami-beach-aims-to-kill-spring-break-with-100-million-bond> Not sure what the connection is to cypherpunks here, but here's my take. From the story, it's looking like the spring break crowd has killed the city's reputation for the other 50 weeks out of the year. The performing arts (ballet, orchestra, live theatre, etc) don't get enough respect as it is, and have a stereotype of being embraced by old and/or wealthier people (ticket prices have figuratively gone through the roof). -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: For trustless architecture - Against Marxist governments
On 6/30/23 17:56, pro2...@yahoo.com.au wrote: > [blank message] The text of this didn't make it through. -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: DONALD J. TRUMP, vs. HILLARY R. CLINTON
On 7/24/22 15:16, Gunnar Larson wrote: DONALD J. TRUMP, vs. HILLARY R. CLINTON: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zggK7lgptlZ6Qn11EndzbDloqqVxRifv/view?usp=drivesdk <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zggK7lgptlZ6Qn11EndzbDloqqVxRifv/view?usp=drivesdk> <https://ia802507.us.archive.org/11/items/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157.1.0.pdf> Is this the same document? I cannot get it to download from the Google Drive link for some reason. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Microsoft could finally kill HDD boot drives for good
On 6/9/22 19:53, jim bell wrote: Microsoft could finally kill HDD boot drives for good https://share.newsbreak.com/192x4v8n <https://share.newsbreak.com/192x4v8n> It's typical Microsoft: take choices away from the consumer. If one is using a mechanical HDD for a boot drive, chances are that's all that's available and even $40 for a new SSD is not in the budget. GNU/Linux, *BSD, etc have never cared what kind of storage medium they boot from, and for good reason. -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: A quantum computer has solved a 9,000-year problem in 36 microseconds
On 6/4/22 20:05, jim bell wrote: A quantum computer has solved a 9,000-year problem in 36 microseconds https://share.newsbreak.com/1803gybq <https://share.newsbreak.com/1803gybq> "The page cannot be found" -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Karl real identity
On 5/19/22 12:11, zey...@keemail.me wrote: > > This borders on doxxing and has no place on this list. > > -- > Shawn K. Quinn mailto:skqu...@rushpost.com>> > > It's okay for you to have agents on this list to ruin the list. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm certainly not rich enough to afford to hire "agents". > The people here have been doxxing for years, and when I did it, it was a > problem? It's a problem when anyone does it. I would like to think we're above that kind of thing, in general. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Karl real identity
On 5/18/22 17:35, zey...@keemail.me wrote: Does this area look familiar to you, the idiot who said his name was Karl? This borders on doxxing and has no place on this list. -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Censorship: Twitter Takeover Totally Panics Political Regime of LeftLibDemSocMediaTechPol
On 4/25/22 15:47, grarpamp wrote: > Twitter Liberation Day - April 25, 2022 > > Twitter Board Folds - "Unanimously Approves" Musk Taking Firm Private > For $44 Billion > > In a glorious day for FreeSpeech and dissenters against the > Coordinated Conspiracy of the LeftProgLibDemSocPol's Internet Platforms > and their Fake News Medias Control Cabal for Mind Programming, > Narrative Steering, Cancel Culture, Foreign and Socialist Influence, > Violence Inciting, Election Fraudulating, Censorship, and worse... Pretty soon, I'll be done with Twitter. I mean, if I wanted what Twitter was about to become, I'd have just gotten a Parler account and been done with it... -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Free E-Book Service
On 4/4/22 17:12, Karl Semich wrote: Regarding alternatives to PDF, a clear format is plaintext. This is easier to read and trust from a text-only environment, and can be smaller and easier to transfer. There are tools to convert pdfs or epubs to plaintext, but often the output needs a lot of hand-massaging to look nice. It is difficult to include illustrations, diagrams, etc in plain text. At best, it's an alternative for only the simplest of texts where formatting, page numbers, font selection, etc are not as important as the text itself. Maybe I should have asked, instead: what's wrong with PDF? What makes something like (for example) DJVU so much better? -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: Free E-Book Service
On 4/4/22 16:22, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 19:22:26 +0200 (CEST) book...@keemail.me wrote: pdf, not the smtartest of choices... Alright.Do you have a solution for this? yes, do not use the pdf format. I think he means: what format to use instead? -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: META Logo (Facebook) and Moscow Stock Exchange Logo
On 3/24/22 07:56, Gunnar Larson wrote: Reading the morning news today, I came across a Reuters story discussing the Moscow Stock Exchange, has any Cypherpunk saw the Moscow Stock Exchange Logo: https://tinyurl.com/3v2fd3y2 <https://tinyurl.com/3v2fd3y2> Comparing the Moscow Stock Exchange logo with Meta's (Facebook) logo, seemingly is a shocker: https://tinyurl.com/2p8csm8u <https://tinyurl.com/2p8csm8u> Different colors, and the corners are rounded in Meta's logo. Far from a striking similarity, if you ask me. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: We missed Dan Kaminsky
On 3/16/22 23:28, Karl Semich wrote: For others, I was excited readin this product name, but the product does not appear to be actual libre hardware or software at all (no source links), but rather just a product name. For better or worse, most medical hardware like this isn't. I hope I never need one of the things, but I'd like an option that has less tedious and odious options than an Android (or, blech, iOS) app blob. I already have to deal with enough proprietary apps as it is. -- Shawn K. Quinn
Re: [log] dns/ssl misbehaviors to google today
On 3/4/22 15:39, Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many wrote: Was stuck with this error doing a casual activity: Downloading android ndk... curl --fail --retry 3 -o ndk.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r23b-linux.zip <https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r23b-linux.zip> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 88 691M 88 609M 0 0 67.2M 0 0:00:10 0:00:09 0:00:01 63.9M curl: (56) OpenSSL SSL_read: error:1408F119:SSL routines:ssl3_get_record:decryption fail ed or bad record mac, errno 0 The error means the ssl stream has been mutated, possibly by a third party. Note: it's hard for me to believe that, I kind of just feel it as paranoid fear. I got it every time I tried the download, at about the same amount into the stream. It could be third party interference. It could also be your network interface (wired or wireless) failing by flipping bits at that point every time. I have had network interfaces fail this way; this is why I am currently using a USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter on my laptop and not using the built-in Ethernet. I think there are better solutions for routing, like cjdns or something, where connects are solid and prevent such things. Not set up with them. $ host dl.google.com <http://dl.google.com> dl.google.com <http://dl.google.com> has address 142.250.80.110 dl.google.com <http://dl.google.com> has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4006:80d::200e I went on the web to get other information on the ip address of dl.google.com <http://dl.google.com> and ended up at whatismyipaddress.com <http://whatismyipaddress.com>, which also has host lookup. It said the ip address was 142.250.72.238 . Since it starts with the same two numbers, I figured it was just some load balancing system. $ cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 208.67.222.222 nameserver 1.1.1.1 nameserver 84.200.69.80 I tried each nameserver in sequence like: $ host dl.google.com <http://dl.google.com> 8.8.8.8 for each one. The first three gave the same ip address that fails for me, each request, which seems strange to me for a load balancing system. The fourth gave a different ip address. I have 172.217.19.238 in my scrollback history but presently am getting 142.251.36.14 . I moved this nameserver to the top of my list and the download finally completed successfully. This could be a coincidence, but didn't seem one at the time. As of a few minutes ago this is what I get for reference: skquinn@:~$ host dl.google.com 9.9.9.9 Using domain server: Name: 9.9.9.9 Address: 9.9.9.9#53 Aliases: dl.google.com has address 172.253.124.91 dl.google.com has address 172.253.124.136 dl.google.com has address 172.253.124.190 dl.google.com has address 172.253.124.93 dl.google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4002:c08::5b dl.google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4002:c08::88 dl.google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4002:c08::be dl.google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4002:c08::5d skquinn@:~$ host dl.google.com 8.8.8.8 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: dl.google.com has address 142.251.45.46 dl.google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4000:800::200e skquinn@:~$ host dl.google.com 1.1.1.1 Using domain server: Name: 1.1.1.1 Address: 1.1.1.1#53 Aliases: dl.google.com has address 142.251.33.14 dl.google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4000:806::200e skquinn@:~$ date -u Sat 05 Mar 2022 06:25:53 AM UTC As of this writing I prefer to use Quad 9 (9.9.9.9) over the others for various reasons. I would say deliberate third-party interference can't be ruled out conclusively yet, but neither can simple hardware glitches triggered by certain sequences of bits/bytes, which include the IP address. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Crypto "pig butchering" scam
On 2/10/22 13:31, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:24:42 -0600 > "Shawn K. Quinn" wrote: >> Thank you for the clarification. It's a thousand times more useful than >> David's own reply as the original poster. > > No problem. And let me rephrase so as to avoid censorship. It's [a > video I really don't fucking like and will label as anything derogatory that > I can just for shits and giggles]. Obviously, I was being sarcastic. [whoosh!] -- the sound of it flying right over your head. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Crypto "pig butchering" scam
On 2/10/22 09:21, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:30:32 -0600 > "Shawn K. Quinn" wrote: > >> On 1/31/22 20:37, David Barrett wrote: >>> Super interesting video: >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KSVKOaZL2to&ab_channel=inspiroue >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KSVKOaZL2to&ab_channel=inspiroue> >> >> Executive summary, in text format? > > US [video I don't like] Thank you for the clarification. It's a thousand times more useful than David's own reply as the original poster. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Crypto "pig butchering" scam
On 2/10/22 09:15, David Barrett wrote: > In short, there are Chinese criminal organizations that have produced > fake crypto exchanges, who reach out to men and women via dating apps as > well as just randomly texting people or hitting them up on WhatsApp. > > I've seen it myself many times, some suspiciously attractive Chinese > woman who just casually mentions that they also invest in crypto. > They'll talk for a while without asking for anything or pushing > anything, they'll present themselves as highly successful business > people, maybe even send you gifts to show that they are real. They will > research your town and make references to local landmarks and > restaurants and such to make it seem as if they are there. [...] This explains why I see so many Chinese or otherwise Asian-looking women on Facebook Dating, and why they are so quick to want to move the conversation to WhatsApp. A few of them make sure to obscure their faces in photos. Some of them even have profiles with male-sounding names and don't answer when I ask how they ended up with that name (spoiler alert: they probably took over another profile and just used it for dating without thinking to check gender). I've also had a Facebook friend request where she tried to make it seem like she was from my area. But she never answered when I tried to confirm the park in question was in a completely different part of town than it actually was. Funny, that... -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Crypto "pig butchering" scam
On 1/31/22 20:37, David Barrett wrote: > Super interesting video: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KSVKOaZL2to&ab_channel=inspiroue > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KSVKOaZL2to&ab_channel=inspiroue> Executive summary, in text format? -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Ex- Tor devs
On 2/3/22 22:06, lolwut wrote: > *That* is how men handled things on the wild, free, and chaotic > expanse that is cyberspace. That's the law of the jungle, analogous to two cavemen banging each other with the equivalent of the biggest clubs they can find until one dies surrenders. I'd like to think we as a society are more civilized than that. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Ex- Tor devs
On 2/3/22 20:38, lolwut wrote: > This is one of the least cypherpunk things I have ever read on this list. > Why the hell are you even here, Shawn? Because the moderator hasn't removed me yet. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Ex- Tor devs
On 2/3/22 20:51, lolwut wrote: > Meanwhile, you were the one who advocated for getting law enforcement > and the government involved over something as innocuous as ban > evasion. Ban evasion for the purpose of continuing to post off-topic garbage to an online forum (email list), so effectively ban evasion for the purpose of furthering censorship (hindering legitimate use of the forum). -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Shawn Quinn is emphatically NOT a US advocate of murder.
On 2/3/22 09:37, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > Did you know that the US has the highest incarceration rate on the > planet? That's quinn's 'legal' system. Same system he wants to use to > defend the tor criminals. Shocking. I'm not proud of this and I am working to change it. > Criticism is to be aimed at people who promote the use of power, like > quinn clearly does. He wants to use the US 'legal' system "Get rid of" is inaccurate. "Ordered by a judge to cease and desist" would be closer. I will concede our government is far from perfect and I don't necessarily approve of every single thing they do (read the first blog linked in my sig for examples, particularly my outrage at shooting innocent family dogs because they bark one too many times and the like). > to get rid of people who criticize tor(==the US military). The Tor Project is not a branch of the US military. I do find it a subject of unease that they are accepting funding from the US government if that is indeed the case. To say the least, I can see possibilities of conflict of interest. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Shawn Quinn is a target of libel and a staunch advocate of ending slavery
All the rubbish binned once again, and oh shit, nothing left to respond to. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Shawn Quinn is emphatically NOT a US advocate of murder.
All of the odious rubbish that would have been quoted has been snipped... Oh shit, there's nothing left to respond to. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Ex- Tor devs
On 2/2/22 20:21, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > you are a government agent because you advocate all kinds of > government crimes. It doesn't matter if you get directly paid and are > listed on their payroll or are paid by 'indirect' means. And even if > you didn't get any benefit, you would still be an agent if > you amorally sided with them. Like you do. I don't know what you're under the influence of, but please don't ingest these substances before posting in the future. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Ex- Tor devs
On 2/2/22 19:56, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > > > quinn wrote : >> I support the Tor Project taking legal action against any such >> offenders if that becomes necessary > > quinn wrote : >> There was no mention of murder in that message, and I despise >> violence in all its forms. > > > so quinn is calling for US government * to take 'legal actions' > while at the same time pretending that he 'despises violence'. It > looks as if quinn doesn't understand that the 'legal actions' of the > US government are just violence and will ultimately result in the > targets of such 'actions' being murderer, if they try to assert their > human rights. If you are so stupid as to believe this I don't know what else there is to say. Legal remedies are undertaken so as to avoid the use of violence. > so quinn claims "I despise violence" while calling for violence. That > is how stupid government agents are. I'm not calling for violence, and once again: I do not now and have never worked for any government agency, and further, I likely never will. This includes Federal, state, city, county, whether United States or foreign. If you had actually read my blogs, you would know that I'm far too vocal of a critic of idiotic government actions (particularly local police) to express that viewpoint openly and remain employed in whatever cushy government job you think I have. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Ex- Tor devs
On 2/2/22 19:13, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > quinn, another cookie cutter US government agent. Again, false. In case you missed it: I DO NOT NOW, NOR HAVE I EVER, WORKED FOR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. If this fixation of yours that I'm somehow working for the government wasn't so sad, it would be hilarious. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: 2022 resolutions
[accidentally sent as private message originally, resending to the list. oops.] On 12/27/21 23:16, jim bell wrote: > Jim Bell's comment: > > I have used PACER in the past, although not within the last year or so. > It seems to have a limit: For free, you can use an amount, maybe it > once was $30.00 over 3 months, for downloading Federal cases. I don't > recall the usual per page charge, because I've never downloaded so many > pages that I've exceeded the 3-month limit. > > Jim Bell Most recently I remember it being $15 over a quarter (3 months). I'll have to go fishing for the last email I got from them to be sure, as it's been a while since I've needed to use PACER. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Plandemic blues
On 10/13/21 20:44, professor rat wrote: > Subject: Re: Plandemic blues The word is "pandemic" and is spelled without an "L". > https://twitter.com/Giannoulias/status/1448276169988710407/photo/1 > > I know math is hard for some people, but maybe they could have a > friend explain it to them. With this data it boggles my mind why > anyone wouldn't get vaccinated. Maybe now that even the Fox News^WNoise Channel hosts are getting vaccinated, some of the more reluctant right wingers will figure it out. Then again, this is the same country where a 1/3 pound burger didn't sell because the customers thought 1/3 pound was less than 1/4 pound, so I'm not exactly holding my breath... -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Please help!
On 9/22/21 12:34, zeynepaydogan wrote: > ? > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com/> Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > Gunnar Larson 22 Eylül 2021 Çarşamba saat 03:59 tarihinde yazdı: >> ! > %&$*#^@ -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Ms. Leah Wald needs killing ( My 200$ USD )
On 9/20/21 14:30, \0xDynamite wrote: > I'm fine with the assassination politics and all, but can we keep > anything further off cypherpunks mailing list. Go make a list called > assinate-l, or something. +1 This is only tangentially, if at all, related to the nominal topic of the cypherpunk movement and related matters such as privacy and security. (BTW, Dynamite, is that an intentional typo? Hilarious if so.) -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Fwd: [ PFIR ] ProtonMail provides Swiss authorities with user data
Oh, this is lovely... Forwarded Message Subject: [ PFIR ] ProtonMail provides Swiss authorities with user data Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 18:28:11 -0700 From: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List Reply-To: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List To: pfir-l...@vortex.com ProtonMail provides Swiss authorities with user data https://proprivacy.com/privacy-news/protonmail-authorities-user-data - - - Request invite to my private discussion forum: g-forum-requ...@vortex.com --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 ___ pfir mailing list https://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: archived pandemic (including HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY COVID-19) propaganda
On 7/31/21 16:53, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: [nothing worth quoting, except:] > US government propaganda Nope. I'm not a government employee. This is just my view as an informed citizen. I have seen what COVID-19 does. If this really was "just the flu" I'd say so. It's not, it's far worse, and the vaccine is the best shot (pun intended) to get us past it. We definitely know this originated outside of the US (in China, specifically), so there's no way it could be a US government "false flag" operation. That's the biggest load of bovine excrement I've ever read. Sheesh. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: archived pandemic (including HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY COVID-19) propaganda
On 7/30/21 11:37, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > > > > So, a couple of days ago I learned about this cute smoking gun > > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11244670/ > > "the next plandemic", by pentagon mouthpiece gates. Episode aired Nov > 7, 2019. Just in time. It's "pandemic". There's no "l" in it. > Then I did a search for "pandemic" in the cpunks archive. There are > only 3 messages in the first 5 years, and then these two : > > 1) > From schear.steve at gmail.com Sat Apr 28 15:42:07 2018 > > https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-27/bill-gates-warns-millions-could-die-if-us-doesnt-prepare-next-pandemic > > and my reply > 2) > From juan.g71 at gmail.com Sat Apr 28 16:27:18 2018 > ^ advertising for the next pentagon false flag ^-^ > > Haha! so it turns out *I* predicted this false flag in april 2018. This is not some "false flag". This is a very real disease affecting the entire world, it did not originate from the US, it is most definitely "not just the flu" as it is MUCH MORE LIKELY TO KILL YOU OR CAUSE YOU SERIOUS PROBLEMS if you get it (particularly if you are not vaccinated), and it is MUCH MORE CONTAGIOUS than the flu ever was. That's what the scientists are telling us, even the ones not being paid by the US government. > Interestingly enough the zerohedge turds deleted their 'article' The full archive is only available to subscribers. So it may well be there, but I'm not in a position to spend money to subscribe and find out. > and archive-NSA.org The Internet Archive is not a government agency and has no connection to the NSA. Fine, you hate archive.org for whatever reason, but that's a really lame reason to falsely imply it's a government agency to try to scare some people away from using it. Not everything is controlled by the NSA or whoever just because you hate it. Grow up. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: California bans some high-power computers.
On 7/30/21 23:59, jim bell wrote [quoting a Republican Daily article]: > Americans know California is fond of banning all types of pleasure and > progress. So it may come as no surprise that the state has adopted new > regulations that have ended up effectively banning a new top-of-the-line > gaming PC from Dell. The reason? The new technology uses too much > energy. That’s right, a highly advanced PC cannot be sold in California > – the state with the fifth largest economy in the world and that is home > to the heart of the tech industry – because it uses a lot of power." I'm confused by this article. If it's just energy consumption related to actual computing power and these computers are no less energy efficient factoring in the higher computing power, I have a huge problem with it. However if it's really about energy efficiency, as in these computers could be built with the same amount of computing power and use less energy to do the same work without sacrificing performance, then that's a problem Dell needs to fix. I'm hesitant to make any kind of decision based on a blatantly right wing story, that actually has "Republican" as part of the publication title no less (!). I'd like to see a more balanced story from, say, Wired. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: The Verge: Police ticket driver for sticking Starlink terminal on car’s hood
On 7/3/21 14:05, grarpamp wrote: >>> https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/2/22561264/california-driver-ticket-spacex-starlink-antenna > >> that's unsafe and the driver should get a ticket. > > You're a biological blob prone to disastrous biological failure > and extreme mental processing errors on variety inputs, > nowadays also fully distracted via phone / video / drugs, > driving hardly maintained mechanical blobs prone to random failure, > at whatever speed above zero, on roads littered with terminal risks, > including other vehicles, drivers, bridges failing, sinkholes, > mudslides, insecure loads, tens of people clinging to sides > of buses etc, cows in the road, terrorists, retards, road pirates, etc. > > By your logic, everyone should "get a ticket" > for "unsafety", by definition. Even the cops. No, not for "unsafety", but for recklessly making the operation of that vehicle much more dangerous than it is and already needed to be. > Yet no one was hurt, no damage occurred. Not this time. What happens when a pedestrian or bicyclist is out in front of that vehicle and moving at the exact speed to stay in the unnecessary blind spot made by a gigantic satellite dish which has no reason to be on the FSM-damned *hood* of the vehicle? > So which is it... everyone goes to jail, or no one? > > Logical Answer: No one. No, logical answer: the idiot that put a satellite dish on the hood. > Else you are creating victimless paper crimes, > and an unfree and unsafe police state. > > Stop doing that. I stand by my original assertion, which matches that of the CHP. Driving is dangerous enough *without* adding to it. It's really no different than driving with burned-out brake lights or bald tires. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: The Verge: Police ticket driver for sticking Starlink terminal on car’s hood
On 7/2/21 22:24, jim bell wrote: > The Verge: Police ticket driver for sticking Starlink terminal on car’s hood. > https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/2/22561264/california-driver-ticket-spacex-starlink-antenna Well yeah, if it's in the field of view, that's unsafe and the driver should get a ticket. It doesn't matter if it's a Starlink antenna or the big pink bunny prize won at a carnival. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Remailers
On 6/11/21 12:51, Karl Semich wrote: > Thank you. I found the sentence "The CDR architecture is now defunct, > though the list administrator stated in 2013 that he was exploring a way > to integrate this functionality with the new mailing list software." on > wikipedia at > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk#Origin_of_the_term,_and_the_Cypherpunks_mailing_list > <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk#Origin_of_the_term,_and_the_Cypherpunks_mailing_list> > and > must have misunderstood what it meant. That's referring to having multiple mailing lists linked together for the cypherpunks list. Basically, you would mail one address and it would mail the other mailing lists, sort of like an old school FidoNet echomail board if you remember that. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Remailers
On 6/11/21 06:31, Karl wrote: > What happened to the old remailer network? > > It sounds like every single node came down, and new operators are needed? http://www.tahina.priv.at/~cm/stats/ Four Mixmaster remailers still appear to be up, of the eleven being pinged by this site. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Coronavirus: Thread
On 5/25/21 18:47, grarpamp wrote: > This brings us back to the 1990s when there were restaurants offering > smoking and smoke-free sections. The division is clear, and the > vaccine is dividing us all. This quote just came to mind: "Having smoking and non-smoking sections in the same room is like having urinating and non-urinating sections in a swimming pool." -- Ross Parker -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
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*SPAM* Monty Python
Monty Python Scripts The Spam Sketch The cast: MAN Eric Idle WIFE Graham Chapman WAITRESS Terry Jones The sketch: Scene: A cafe. One table is occupied by a group of Vikings with horned helmets on. A man and his wife enter. Man: You sit here, dear. Wife: All right. Man: (to Waitress) Morning! Waitress: Morning! Man: Well, what've you got? Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam; Vikings: (starting to chant) Spam spam spam spam... Waitress: ...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam... Vikings: (singing) Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor au Crevettes with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam. Wife: Have you got anything without spam? Waitress: Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it. Wife: I don't want ANY spam! Man: Why can't she have egg bacon spam and sausage? Wife: THAT'S got spam in it! Man: Hasn't got as much spam in it as spam egg sausage and spam, has it? Vikings: Spam spam spam spam (crescendo through next few lines) Wife: Could you do the egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam then? Waitress: Urgghh! Wife: What do you mean 'Urgghh'? I don't like spam! Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Waitress: Shut up! Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can't have egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam. Wife: (shrieks) I don't like spam! Man: Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your spam. I love it. I'm having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam! Vikings: (singing) Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off. Man: Well could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then? Waitress: You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam... (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words) Vikings: (singing elaborately) Spam, spam, spam, spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spaaam! Lovely spam! Wonderful spam. Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am! Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am! Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am! Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am! Lovely spam! (Lovely spam!) Lovely spam! (Lovely spam!) Lovely spaaam! Spam, spam, spam, spam! -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: COVID-19 Fake Vaccine Causing Magnitism
On 5/14/21 18:46, Se7en wrote: > Today, after hearing the comments on COVID-19 "Vax" leading to odd > reports of magnitism and hightened EMF Radiation, I tested my > grandfather's arm using refrigerator magnets. He has had "both" jabs, > in the same general area (his upper-right arm). I can confirm that his > arm is magnitized, and the multiple magnets I used to test the > alligations all stuck to his arm using the magnetic force. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/magnets-covid-vaccine/ -- this is false per the Snopes rating. (Not sure what happened to the previous reply I sent. Apologies in advance for any duplicates.) -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: *SPAM* RE: DAN KAMINSKY DIES FROM VACCINE
On 4/28/21 16:50, lolwut wrote: > Shawn, you should take a look at [link removed] I looked at it, and it looks like the typical conspiracy theory horseshit. COVID-19 is real, it can definitely kill you, and it is definitely "not just the flu". Thankfully, the pandemic (note, no "l") appears to be almost over. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: DAN KAMINSKY DIES FROM VACCINE
On 4/27/21 20:00, b...@sdf.org wrote: > > > > https://twitter.com/dakami/status/1374107732500905985 > > https://twitter.com/dakami/status/1381716799905886210 > > https://twitter.com/dakami/status/1383695209687502849 > > https://twitter.com/dakami/status/1383704252963459079 > > https://twitter.com/BlackHatEvents/status/1386021366424506370 > > https://imgur.com/a/qcorhsh "This tragedy has nothing to do with the COVID-19 vaccination and unfortunately everything to do with diabetic ketoacidosis." Dan did not die from the vaccine and to suggest this is misleading at best. Oh, and I'm getting my second shot on Saturday. This attempt at misinformation will not change that plan one bit. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Italian president + now Pope, allegedly arrested -- USA 2020 Elections: Thread
On 1/10/21 05:34, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > VATICAN BLACKOUT: Pope arrested on 80 count indictment for Child > Trafficking, Fraud > https://www.conservativebeaver.com/2021/01/10/vatican-blackout-pope-arrested-on-80-count-indictment-for-child-trafficking-fraud/ https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/01/fact-check-vatican-blackout-pope-arrested-on-80-count-indictment-for-child-trafficking-fraud-conserv.html > No credible news sources have confirmed the story and Pope Francis was active > on Twitter during the time he was said to be in custody: [...] -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: For anarchists and for Anglin -- 6 Jan Martial Law test run -- on Gab - Petition to President Trump to Declare Martial Law
On 1/6/21 04:03, our Bible thumper wrote: > Yes Shawn, "the statute law must come before our conscience". And you call > yourself an anarchist? Libertarian perhaps? Constitutionalist? > > By all means feel free to continue to abide immoral, unjust, unconstitutional > and downright evil man made laws. Our laws aren't perfect, in fact some of them are damned tedious and odious. But many of "God's laws" honestly make the laws in the US and many states look like a libertarian paradise. (BTW, I'm a secular humanist. I realized long ago religion does zilch for me.) -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: For anarchists and for Anglin -- 6 Jan Martial Law test run -- on Gab - Petition to President Trump to Declare Martial Law
On 1/5/21 23:17, some dude forgot he was posting to the Cypherpunks list and wrote: > Christians who learn their bible, who learn the teachings of Jesus > Christ, do not hang on the tree of the (statute) law - it's the > ultimate anarchist religious truth: [thump thump thump "Praise da Lard!" "fire n' brimstone" thump thump thump etc] The Bible talk list is over -> that way. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Please review: Petition to President Trump to Declare Martial Law
On 12/19/20 05:31, some guy from Australia wrote: > Hi folks, if you have a few minutes, please review this proposed petition to > Trump. > > It also needs a destination for each "signee" to send their copy to - perhaps > this is somewhere at WhiteHouse.gov ? What standing does someone from Australia have regarding martial law in the United States of America, and what is the legal basis for such standing if any? My hunch is "none" and "not applicable" but I'd like to hear the other side. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Can't Route to Most of Internet
On 12/14/20 18:30, Karl wrote: > i can get to the real internet on wifi using my phone in airplane > mode, so obviously my linux system has a virus that blocks the > internet. sorry for the big alarm. need to archive this thing and > eventually figure out how to do incremental backups of a new system. > > adios until next time ! On GNU/Linux systems, it's highly unlikely to be a virus. More than likely, some kind of misconfiguration or intermittent hardware/software failure. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: NAZI MORON's like Gramps, Batshit and Zendy all need killing. I will pay 200$ each.
On 12/7/20 07:06, this list was blessed with the depositing of this rubbish: > "... There are people with power, who act once they notice you. We call > them GovCorp ..." > > " We" meaning Batshit, Gramps and the Darkness, right? > > You actually follow these Nazi-Fag-Moron-Eunuch conspiracy-mongers! > > Jesus Fucking Christ. Lie down with dogs - get up with fleas, KARL! > > NAZI MORON's like Gramps, Batshit and Zendy all need killing. I will pay 200$ > each. I never thought I would say this, but this time, we don't need a moderator on this list... we need an exterminator. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: The friends of jamesd
On 11/28/20 20:25, jam...@echeque.com wrote: > On 2020-11-28 19:41, professor rat wrote: >> ZENDY seems remarkably well informed ( probably lives in the smartest place >> on whatever continent he's domiciled in ) >> But I'm curious what his friends at the Daily Stormer think. Do they all >> agree with you Zenaan? >> >> I've seen some oppose Israel and some support it, for example. >> >> Which camp are you in on that? > > Zeenan should not care. > > Jews should rule Israel, Christians should rule America, and Hindus > should rule India, but if Jews don't, that is their problem, not ours. I disagree with all three of these. Religion and government should be separate, especially in the US where the Constitution specifically says so. In general theocracies are problematic for world peace (which I'd like to see happen in my lifetime). Of course, some corporations (military contractors) profit more off of war than peace... -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
The truth. Not a bunch of lies. Straight from the man himself.
On 11/22/20 22:41, [bleep] wrote: > > for the record : > > the US [G]overnment agent [S]hawn [Q]uinn False, I have never worked for the US Government. I have never received any monetary compensation as wages to work for the US Government, nor have I received any other non-cash consideration to work for the US Government. I have stated this on the list in the past. > and [J]ew-fascist [S]hawn [Q]uinn False, I am not Jewish. False, I am not a fascist. > has repeatedly ignored the fact that [J]ews have been commiting > crimes against humanity in [P]alestine since the [A]nglo-US-[J]ew[ish] [N]azis > invaded [P]alestine in the 20th century. I have not ignored this, it just has not been relevant to anything regarding the cypherpunks movement. I am in favor of a two-state solution to the long-running Israel-Palestine conflict. To say the least, I think it is unfortunate the conflict has raged on this long. I prefer peace to war; the harsh reality, though, is fewer people make money off of peace than war. Also, Jewish Nazis seems to be self-contradictory, last I checked it was the German Nazi party that committed the atrocity of killing millions of (Jewish) people. Not that this has any relevance to the nominal topic of the list, but I cannot let obvious lies go unchallenged. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Karl Marx on the Rothschilds
On 11/22/20 21:28, [bleep] wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:49:14 -0600 > "Shawn K. Quinn" wrote: > >> On 11/22/20 12:25, [bleep] wrote: >>> On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 01:00:55 -0600 "Shawn K. Quinn" >>> wrote: >>>> I don't get it. Why even the mention of what religion they are? >>>> What the hell does being Jewish have to do with anything, >>> >>> [Judaism] isn't just a [] variety of theocratic totalitarianism. >>> It's a tribalist racist supremacist political doctrine. The fact that >>> [people] like the [R]othschilds, [S]oros, [G]oldman-[Sachs], [G]reenspan, >>> and a >>> long list of other [] criminals are [Jewish] isn't just an >>> 'irrelevant' 'religious' 'detail', let alone a 'random coincidence' >> >> What specific crimes have they committed, > > theft to the tune of trillions of dollars, pounds and other > 'currencies', for starters. [bullshit deleted] >> and what courts of law have adjudicated these crimes? > > what you're calling 'courts of law' are the very same political > criminals who work hand in hand with the financial mafia. [more bullshit deleted] To everyone: There are good and bad people of every religion/world view, nationality, skin color, gender identity, and income level. Labeling an entire nationality or religion as criminals only serves to divide humanity, not unite it. Labeling anyone as criminals, when they haven't actually committed a crime under existing laws, comes dangerously close to slander/libel, if not right smack over the line. I will admit many of our legal/judicial systems aren't perfect, but conspiracy theories like this aren't helping. I'm also trying to figure out what relevance this has toward the cypherpunk movement as I see it. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Karl Marx on the Rothschilds
On 11/22/20 12:25, [bleep] wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 01:00:55 -0600 "Shawn K. Quinn" > wrote: >> I don't get it. Why even the mention of what religion they are? >> What the hell does being Jewish have to do with anything, > > [Judaism] isn't just a [] variety of theocratic totalitarianism. > It's a tribalist racist supremacist political doctrine. The fact that > [people] like the [R]othschilds, [S]oros, [G]oldman-[Sachs], [G]reenspan, and > a > long list of other [] criminals are [Jewish] isn't just an > 'irrelevant' 'religious' 'detail', let alone a 'random coincidence' What specific crimes have they committed, and what courts of law have adjudicated these crimes? >> except for possible justification of anti-Semitic slurs when >> correlated with (perceived) wealth? > > speaking of shills, [Q]uinn is yet another [] shill. That is false, I merely asked a question. I'm not shilling for anyone. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Karl Marx on the Rothschilds
On 11/22/20 00:22, jam...@echeque.com wrote: > The Rothschilds were out of power shortly before the start of world war > II, they have been running out money since then, their descendants are > no longer very rich, and their descendants are, for the most part, no > longer Jewish. I don't get it. Why even the mention of what religion they are? What the hell does being Jewish have to do with anything, except for possible justification of anti-Semitic slurs when correlated with (perceived) wealth? -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: HELP us fight globalized cyber surveillance and geolocation
On 11/17/20 01:34, Karl wrote: > When I think of this, I'm not thinking of whether technology is good > or bad. I am thinking of how easy it is for normal users to have > their devices compromised by those with the interests of suppression. > If you're working on something important, which hopefully everyone is, > you don't really want to be surveilled or secretly influenced by > people who wouldn't want it to develop. I agree, and this is perhaps the strongest argument for free software (in the sense of the GPL), particularly free security and communications software. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: HELP us fight globalized cyber surveillance and geolocation
On 11/16/20 17:04, someone who I will refer to as "#$%&#$%&# $%&" wrote: > Here's one really easy way to fight the ever ratcheting technofascism... > > GET OFF THE FUCKING INTERNET YOU CHICKENSHIT MORON! There are ways to protect yourself without throwing the proverbial baby out with the bath water. The internet is a tool, and can be used for both good and evil. Using the internet does not necessarily have to imply a naked clearnet connection (i.e. no VPN, no anonymizing networks). I'm not a fan of a lot of things the FAANG companies (and significant minor players like Twitter, Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, etc) are doing, but that doesn't mean all technology is automatically bad, and everything done with technology is automatically bad. Spamming a list like this with a bunch of death/violence threats against public figures definitely *is* bad, though, and does not serve any constructive purpose. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Zenaan Harkness from Victoria, au?
On 11/13/20 21:18, professor rat wrote: > Before filtering his crap to deleted mail, I did a search and found > someone of his unusual name living here where I do. > > Seems I get in the local papers for trashing McDonalds and > assassination politics while he gets in them defrauding the public. > > https://dailyreview.com.au/artists-court-win-unpaid-performance-fees/ Whether or not this is the same person, I have no issue making it known I have a very low opinion of someone who would defraud or cheat artists, regardless of artistic medium (performing or visual). -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
On 10/13/20 11:24, coderman wrote: > hey Zeenan, getting bounces but not going to jump through the "report false > positive" rube goldberg. > > your subjects and diatribes might be generating lots of bounces? :) > > best regards, Maybe they really are spam? :-) Just kidding... I've been involved with anti-spam efforts for a while so I know false positives do happen. We have made progress since the Wallace/C&S era but yet some things never change. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Paper on Assassination Markets
On 9/30/20 16:07, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:44:05 -0500 > "Shawn K. Quinn" wrote: > >> On 9/30/20 15:51, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: >>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:22:26 + >>> "b. water" wrote: >>> >>>> This website does not require Javascript to download the pdf >>> >>> >>> yes it does. >> >> I was able to download it with Lynx a few moments ago. No, it does not. >> > > > can you paste the link? Or, you could always try this link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e703dfe40b7b9bbc218b121ed6be5533fdeb58af&dn=can-prediction-markets-bring-about-the-end-of-the-state.pdf -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Paper on Assassination Markets
On 9/30/20 16:07, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:44:05 -0500 > "Shawn K. Quinn" wrote: > >> On 9/30/20 15:51, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: >>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:22:26 + >>> "b. water" wrote: >>> >>>> This website does not require Javascript to download the pdf >>> >>> >>> yes it does. >> >> I was able to download it with Lynx a few moments ago. No, it does not. >> > > > can you paste the link? Try: https://www.docdroid.net/file/download/fTYVUqf/draft-can-prediction-markets-cleaned-pdf.pdf making any necessary corrections to get this all on one line. You may need to give a referrer of: https://www.docdroid.net/fTYVUqf/draft-can-prediction-markets-cleaned-pdf -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Paper on Assassination Markets
On 9/30/20 15:51, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:22:26 + > "b. water" wrote: > >> This website does not require Javascript to download the pdf > > > yes it does. I was able to download it with Lynx a few moments ago. No, it does not. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: horse business (was: USA 2020 Elections: Thread)
On 9/4/20 17:28, Debian Community News Team wrote: > The Melbourne Cup is one of the world's biggest horse races > > Let the best horse win > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Cup https://horseracingwrongs.org/ -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: USA 2020 Elections: Thread
On 9/11/20 22:12, Cecilia Tanaka wrote: > Thank you for all the tenderness, nekko-chan! But your bad mood is > worse than Juan's and it is definitely not sexy, la la la... (^ _^) The US elections are serious business this time around; there's even more riding on them than there was in 2016. Not just for the US, but for the world. As a US citizen, I don't particularly like that our country has such a strong influence on the rest of the world, but it is what it is. It still boggles my mind that someone denied a casino license in Nevada still managed, somehow, to not only win a major party nomination but the general election as well. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: POLITICO: Court rules NSA phone snooping illegal — after 7-year delay
On 9/3/20 01:58, jim bell wrote: > POLITICO: Court rules NSA phone snooping illegal — after 7-year delay. > https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/court-rules-nsa-phone-snooping-illegal-407727 Gee, it took them long enough. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Censorship: ShadowGate Documentary Banned by FaceBook and YouTube
On 9/2/20 01:59, jim bell wrote: > Be VERY cautious about buying the larger-capacity USB drives, say 128 GB > to 1 TB drives. Unless you buy a few name-brands, like PNY, Sandisk, > Samsung, it looks like the majority of the devices are fake. What they > do is to re-program the devices (which were probably weak or defective > to begin with) to make it look like they have far more capacity than > they really do. If you try to write to them, at some point they will > simply over-write the much-smaller capacity that they really have, which > might be 4 or 16 Gigabytes > > There are free programs which check these devices to see if they > actually have the capacity they claim. Personally, I swear by Micro Center branded devices, they seem to be quite reliable for the price point. Not too long ago I rolled the dice with some no-name 16 GB disks from Amazon (at about the same price point as Micro Center's media) I was intending to use as boot media, and other than being rather slow even for USB 2.0 and identifying as "VendorCo ProductCode" they are decent. I'm hearing modern DVD+R/DVD-R media can be a bit more finicky, though, particularly the dual layer variants. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Censorship: ShadowGate Documentary Banned by FaceBook and YouTube
On 9/1/20 03:08, the following dropped into my email box via the cypherpunks list: > grarpamp's call is the right one - to do your own due diligence, get > a plan/program of regulaly downloading that which is the newest > latest "leak" before it disappears, and replicate for others not as > quick as you. The link via banned.video works if you access it via infowars.com, and of course there's always setting sail for The Pirate Bay (*cough* magnet:?xt=urn:btih:08b61431e5927f690ef3b22d727f559f7f353bbc&dn=ShadowGate.Millie.Weaver.2020.1080p.WEBRip.h264.AAC2.0.mp4&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2F9.rarbg.to%3A2920%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.internetwarriors.net%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.pirateparty.gr%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.cyberia.is%3A6969%2Fannounce *cough cough*. Decentralized BitTorrent, even if lacking in the anonymity protection department, is surprisingly censorship resistant if enough people seed a given torrent. I've tried to seed it, but no takers so far. It's just under a gigabyte, admittedly not that much space in an era in which 32GB thumb drives can be had for under US$5 if you know where to look, so something I'll keep around for a while in case anyone wants it, and to laugh at in 10 years when it's patently obvious it's the load of bovine excrement it's been made out to be. As far as due diligence, I tend to trust USA Today and Politifact over sources with a questionable track record of neutrality. Evaluating the sum total of what known reliable sources have to say about a given documentary film (or other item) *is* my due diligence. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Censorship: ShadowGate Documentary Banned by FaceBook and YouTube
On 8/17/20 15:08, grarpamp wrote: > https://banned.video/watch?id=5f37fcc2df77c4044ee2eb03 ShadowGate > Documentary Full Version Politifact rates the film's claims as "Pants on Fire": https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/17/facebook-posts/viral-shadowgate-video-makes-sweeping-unfounded-cl/ USA Today calls it "misinformation": https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/18/fact-check-shadowgate-spreads-misinformation-major-events/5601742002/ Alex Jones himself (!) has disavowed Millie Weaver and the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hehsQlHxt2M >From the above I gather that this was taken down not because of some NSA-FBI-CIA-DoD-MI5-UN-NATO-Google-Facebook-Microsoft-Apple-Amazon-Adobe-NBC_Universal-CBS-Disney/ABC-Fox- coverup and conspiracy... but because it's a steaming pile of bovine excrement that some people are passing around as though it's the truth. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: "We don't control our lives" - smartphones - tinkerphones - debian on smartphones
On 7/29/20 11:12, this fell into my inbox by way of the cypherpunks list: > The average Android and iOS Apple phone, is a strict walled garden > into which only authorised software may be installed. iOS, sans jailbreaking, yes. Every Android phone I have seen, however, will allow you to install from other sources (e.g. F-Droid) after enabling the appropriate option. > So Debian on mobile phones? It's possible. That's basically what Purism's Librem 5 is, as PureOS is a Debian fork. This is the phone I hope to be able to order by the end of the year (meaning I'd likely receive it sometime in spring/summer 2021). -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Red Bull - Official Drank o' The Alt-Freakin-Right - "you know you love 'em Ossie sheilas"
On 7/21/20 19:46, this fell into my inbox:> Oh yeah, the BLM awareness raising campaign is starting to bear fruit, grape drank fruit to be precise :D> > I ain't sure Red Bull does grape drank, but it looks like it on day agenda now muffaduckas ;)[etc] Welp, looks like Coca-Cola Energy it is for now, if I should be in the mood. Though I'm trying to cut the sugar/carbs and caffeine as much as circumstances allow, anyway... -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: tmpfs is not a ramdisk (was: delimiters with more than one character? ...)
On 7/18/20 00:18, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > If you're current RAM+swap is say 8GiB+8GiB, one alternative is to > consider upgrading RAM to 16GiB and ditching swap entirely. That > could save your lazy butt from having to learn how to encrypt swap - > and just so you know I do in fact want you to feel good about your > choice, it will also mean a faster overall user experience ;D Some of us out here are stuck on older systems with a maximum of 8GiB of RAM. Others may be using systems like the Raspberry Pi that can't be upgraded (that I am aware) and that typically max out at 4GiB or 8GiB. Sure, it will be a bit faster having 16GiB of RAM and no swap than 8GiB RAM + 8GiB swap if that is an option. However, modern operating systems are designed to swap out out certain things to make the best use of all available RAM and so you will technically not get the full benefit of a RAM upgrade going this route. It may be, however, that your usage patterns only max out 16GiB of virtual memory usage either way, in which case it may not matter as much. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: recommendation for offline Markdown renderer (for GitHub .md)?
On 7/5/20 16:51, jam...@echeque.com wrote: > I use Visual Studio Code with the markdown addon. > > But precisely because most people cannot read *.md files off line, and > they tend to get distributed as part of the project, hence in practice > read offline, I write in html. > > It is less readable than markdown, but more universal, and after you get > used to it, it is OK. > > Trouble is that you frequently make errors in html, so you need tidy. I > have a batch file that runs tidy on all my offline html files to check > for html5 compliance. Any time I edit an html file, there is usually an > error - it is harder to write correct markup than correct markdown. Markdown was originally written with the idea of being converted to HTML easily when needed. If GitHub has screwed it up to the point where this is no longer possible, then I'd say its implementation of Markdown has failed. Somewhere, GitHub should have published its code for converting to/from its Markdown variant, I would think. If they didn't, then that's a pretty big "oops" on them. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: If you wanna make your own open-source chip, just Google it. Literally. Web giant says it'll fab them for free • The Register
On 7/4/20 16:30, таракан wrote: > >> Granted, I'm not sure I'd trust Google with something like this (I >> actually disable Google Chrome on my Android phones and use Firefox >> instead), > > I hope you're aware that basically android = google/alphabet... so disabling > chrome on Android won't protect you much from 'evil' google... I'm aware of that... until I can afford a Librem 5, Android phones are really the only viable option, as iOS (Apple) is far worse in terms of user freedom. It does keep Google away from my browsing history, though, even if otherwise it's mainly a symbolic gesture. I get a kick out of how Google tries to warn you that your phone won't work right if you disable Chrome, too... -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: If you wanna make your own open-source chip, just Google it. Literally. Web giant says it'll fab them for free • The Register
On 7/4/20 15:41, [Gong Show OOPS!] 2.0 wrote: > hilarious - the [people] from google are offering to 'fab' your [...] > chip for 'free'. It's touching to see how the google [people] stick > to their foundational principle : "everything we do is evil" It's amazing how nonsensical this sounds when all the slurs/slams are taken out and replaced with neutral terms. Granted, I'm not sure I'd trust Google with something like this (I actually disable Google Chrome on my Android phones and use Firefox instead), but at least I can say this without needless anti-Semitic slurs and incorrect implications of connections with a political party from WWII-era Germany. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Any Cypherpunk there ?
On 6/27/20 06:10, Bob Hettinga wrote: > Was Tim May. > > I suggest you go find him in the Usenet and cypherpunk archives, and > read what he said himself. I'm familiar with what he said. I believe it more likely than not that he would roll over in his grave over the antisemitic and racist cesspool this list has become over the past few years. > Come back after you’ve uncurled your hair. My hair is straight, always has been. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Any Cypherpunk there ?
On 6/26/20 23:30, #$%&-#$%&# 2.0 wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 19:27:44 -0500 "Shawn K. Quinn" > wrote: > >> Yes, this specifically includes Jews and people of color, as well >> as LGBTQ+ populations and other marginalized groups. > > quinn is just your typical jew-fascist and outright asshole > pretending that jews - who are obscenely 'overrepresented' in all > criminal enterprises, are 'marginalized' . This is exactly what I am talking about... I am exactly 0.000% Jewish. Not that it should even matter. I also do not support fascism and any attempt to indicate otherwise is at best dishonest, and at worst libelous. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Any Cypherpunk there ?
On 6/26/20 18:19, таракан wrote: > I am a Mathematician and involved in "industrial" cryptography. > However, I am interested in the Cypherpunk movement as described by > the Cypherpunk's manifesto. > > I am unsure if this mailing list still relates to the original > Cypherpunk movement... Obviously it contains many inordinate > messages containing vulgar terms. I'm still scratching my head wondering what flagrant racism, antisemitism, etc have to do with the cypherpunk movement and/or securing technology through encryption. Just kidding... they don't, but apparently since a certain other list is moderated (or if you'd believe some people, "censored"), all that stuff just gets posted here. I've even seen this list cc'd or even threads outright redirected here when it wouldn't pass muster on the other list. Yes, that list is a "technical" list, and I'm not saying this list should become a carbon copy of it, but this is what I'm talking about regarding topic drift. > I also do believe that a public mailing list would be the last place > on earth Cypherpunks would choose to meet and discuss but who knows? I support the original mission of the cypherpunks movement. As stated in the Wikipedia article: > A cypherpunk is any activist[1] advocating widespread use of strong > cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a route to social > and political change. There are times and places where one must protect themselves from security risks wearing blue and carrying badges and guns as much as the ones wearing black and balaclavas, or whatever disguise garb criminals wear these days. In a perfect world the cops could be trusted to obey the same laws they are supposed to be enforcing and living up to the standard of "'s finest" as they are often called. We, unfortunately, do not live in anything close to a perfect world. The way it's looking though, regularly slinging antisemitic, racist, and other slurs, and sticking up for the right to spew outright bullshit where it's not wanted, appear to be someone's idea of de facto qualifications to be a "true cypherpunk". I refuse to do either; I see the ideal form of the cypherpunk movement as egalitarian, where those of all ethnicities and backgrounds are treated equally and given the same chance to participate in beneficial social and political change. Yes, this specifically includes Jews and people of color, as well as LGBTQ+ populations and other marginalized groups. Honestly, if you're going to shut out some people, or use exclusionary language such as well-recognized slurs that are avoided by people who use the word "fuck" like they would use salt and pepper on bland food, then you're no better than the authorities you pretend to hate. United we stand, divided we fall. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Can Law Enforcement Really Recover Files You’ve Deleted?
On 6/24/20 01:47, grarpamp wrote: >>> https://www.howtogeek.com/675784/can-law-enforcement-really-recover-files-you%E2%80%99ve-deleted/ >> >> Bleachbit, shred (from GNU coreutils), and zerofree > > Critical data doesn't have time in situations to fuck around with > that wiping bullshit. You need a strong crypto filesystem when > powered down, and when up, a keyboard combo rigged to blacken > keys and reboot. Then cron/keyboard run whatever wiping tools inside > that regularly. If you can spare the extra overhead to run a crypto filesystem, yes, do that. (On systems as old as my current laptop, it's barely a workable option, and I did notice better performance when I went back to an unencrypted filesystem. Then again, my threat model was strictly protecting against my laptop getting stolen when out and about, less of a concern now especially with the COVID-19 pandemic limiting the need to take it out of the hose.) However it still can't hurt to wipe deleted files and free space as a matter of routine privacy protection. However, do be aware of things like encrypted filesystems complicating data recovery in the event of software/hardware failure. Sure, maybe the cops can't get your data, but it can bite you in the ass when Shit Happens(tm) and as a result *you* can't get your data either. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Can Law Enforcement Really Recover Files You’ve Deleted?
On 6/24/20 00:59, jim bell wrote: > https://www.howtogeek.com/675784/can-law-enforcement-really-recover-files-you%E2%80%99ve-deleted/ Bleachbit, shred (from GNU coreutils), and zerofree (if you have a way to easily remount as read-only before and remount read-write after) are your friends. On a mechanical drive, overwriting once with zeroes beats not overwriting at all, though I would definitely do more than that if there's data you really can't risk falling into the wrong hands. On an SSD, TRIM early and TRIM often, and the drive takes care of this for you (even on Windows, which will helpfully TRIM for you up to once per day). -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Attempt to Log Handling Compromise Severely Resisting Discovery
On 6/17/20 17:14, Karl wrote: > I have just videotaped bash removing a command from my bash history > every time I execute it, using a phone that has been in airplane mode > since factory reset, and also most of its life since purchase. If you start a command with a space, bash will not add it to the history. They apparently consider this a feature. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Lessons to be learned from the Nordic countries?
https://theweek.com/articles/918143/what-america-learn-from-nordic-police > The Nordic countries, as usual, have an instructive example for > America. These nations have both enormously smaller police > departments and prison systems than the United States, and much less > violent crime, especially murders. Emulating their basic approach > could allow American cities to cleanse themselves of police abuse and > still enjoy lower crime. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Chat History and Contact Mysteriously Erased In Telegram
On 6/4/20 07:14, Karl wrote: > Just to clarify, I'm still using the Telegram account on other channels, > and Cecilia had sent a message a few hours before the sudden disconnection. > > The UI-experience was of opening the messenger in the morning, seeing a > new photo had been sent but had not downloaded yet, and then I don't > remember if the application closed itself or I closed it to try to make > the photo load, but Cecilia was no longer present in it when I reopened > it. I put her contact back in and never received a reply to a new message. > > My memory's not perfect: I thought Cecilia warned us on this list she > might disappear for a few weeks due to hospital, but I don't seem to be > able to actually find that anywhere. Okay, that's a horse of an entirely different color. That could very well be an actual Telegram bug. I lack the experience with Telegram to be able to diagnose it further, though the fact that Telegram lets you delete messages and have them disappear *from the history of the account you sent them to* should be noted (and that this is actually intended as a feature, though I consider it much closer to a bug). -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Chat History and Contact Mysteriously Erased In Telegram
On 5/17/20 01:48, Karl wrote: > Chat History and Contact Mysteriously Erased In Telegram Per the Telegram FAQ: Q: How does account self-destruction work? Telegram is not a commercial organization, and we value our disk space greatly. If you stop using Telegram and don't come online for at least six months, your account will be deleted along with all messages, media, contacts and every other piece of data you store in the Telegram cloud. You can change the exact period after which your inactive account will self-destruct in Settings. -- This is one reason I don't usually use Telegram except when there's no other choice, that and it's difficult to keep a permanent record of what was said (designed in on purpose). -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Houston -- Fwd: Downtown Services Suspended Due to Protest
Meanwhile, in Houston (George Floyd had significant Houston ties)... Video and other news reports when I find them. Forwarded Message Subject:Downtown Services Suspended Due to Protest Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 22:47:00 -0500 From: METRO Reply-To: rideme...@public.govdelivery.com Downtown Services Suspended Due to Protest You have subscribed to Service Alerts from METRO. Below is a change in the route you selected for updates. *Downtown Services Suspended Due to Protest* We will not be providing METRO services in downtown due to the protest and police activity. We appreciate your patience. ^S /Notice: Service interruption start and end times are approximate. Please plan extra time in your trip to allow for delays./ [links snipped] -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: [OT] Has anyone news about Steve Kinney, please? (Cecilia Tanaka)
On 4/2/20 4:38 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 14:48 Rob Avina <mailto:alxbe...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I don't know him, but his insta, twitter and git names are all > stevekinny and steve.ki...@gmail.com <mailto:steve.ki...@gmail.com> > is a valid hangouts account. Try him there? > > > Oh, thanks a lot, my sweet, but this guy here > (https://github.com/stevekinney?tab=repositories) is not our Steve, dear. Your spelling is different than the one Rob gave. It is possible someone beat Steve to the "correct" spelling of his name on Git. I had this happen on Instagram so I had to take the much-more-obscure i45shawn as a username there (I-45 being the closest Interstate to where I grew up, and incidentally is one of the few Interstates to run entirely within one state, that being Texas). -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Cryptome Ponders Releasing Archive In Preparation For Corona Meltdown
On 3/28/20 16:28, grarpamp wrote: > Corona's global meltdown and human removal potential > leads some risk and preservation analysts to call for the > immediate internet / list distribution of the complete > and brought to current date 150+GiB Cryptome Archive. > Including... Inscom, Kill-maim, Eyeball, NYC buildings, Venezuela, > FISC, other series, files, updates, supplements, historicals, > intros, outros, presentations, indexes, collaborative works, etc. > > Cpunks list available for implementation consultation. I have a copy of the archive through 2016 June if that would help get the ball rolling. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus
On 3/19/20 14:02, Cecilia Tanaka wrote: > http://washingtonposttimes.com/donald-trump-virus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ (The only response that makes any sense to me.) -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Joyce Meyer yanks fire alarm to cover mistaken 1 Timothy 2 reference
On 2/27/20 7:44 PM, someone wrote: > WICHITA FALLS, TX—In a major faux pas for the female preacher, Joyce > Meyer misspoke at a local Bible conference Tuesday, mistakenly telling her > audience, “Open your Bibles to First Timothy, Chapter 2,” when she was > supposed to say Second Timothy, Chapter 1. In other news, at this same church, there was also an announcement of a peter-pulling contest at St. Taffy's. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: WIRED: One Small Fix Would Curb Stingray Surveillance
On 1/28/20 21:18, Razer wrote: > Federal lawz require a cellphone without service to be able to dial 911 > for some period of time after service is discontinued. After some period > of time the battery is dead and no, the Stingray won't turn it on. It might be any phone without a working SIM card (or its CDMA equivalent); this is one reason that organizations that help domestic violence victims ask for old phones. I have had phones which have never had a working SIM card in them at all be able to make an emergency call (at least according to the display; I haven't tested this). -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: This is the Opportunity-cost of NOT implementing my AP idea
On 1/13/20 10:41, Razer wrote: > On 1/13/20 1:12 AM, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: >> When was the change made to only allow subscribers to post? > > WTF kind of listserv allows posts from non-subscribers? Never heard of > any such thing, and the only reason I can see for that arrangment is to > destroy the usability of a list and clog it's servers with spam instead > of posts on the topic(s) relevant to the list. Previous incarnations of the cypherpunks list did allow non-subscribers to post, particularly anonymous remailers. As far as "destroy[ing] the usability of a list and clog[ging] its servers with [off-topic or irrelevant posts]", that's orthogonal to whether or not subscribers can post though it does raise the bar ever so slightly. I'm still trying to figure out why generic posts about politics, particularly those that highlight race, religion/national origin, or beliefs of certain people more so than the actual issue, have to do with the nominal topic of what I'd expect a cypherpunks list to be. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Vermont: Year in prison for anyone under 21 in possession of cell phone - tentative legislation
On 1/11/20 18:44, Razer wrote: > Ps. The first time I ever saw a calculator allowed in a classroom, no > less a test area, I knew American children would be a global math fail. > You need to learn the mechanics, just like you need to learn Text is > spelled TEXT not TXT, first. Then you can fake it. Which is what I > always told the class A drivers I trained. Learn to do it MY way first, > THEN you can do it your way. It is important to know how to do basic math using only pencil and paper, but beyond addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square roots (which can be done on paper, just nobody teaches them anymore), a lot of the calculations start to get really tedious when you have to work out each step by hand (trigonometry functions, logarithms, etc) and the chances for errors go way up. Yes, if you need a calculator to do 2+2, you deserve to fail math. But that's not why calculators are allowed on modern math tests. -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: This is the Opportunity-cost of NOT implementing my AP idea
On 1/12/20 20:15, Greg Newby wrote: > You're not unsubscribed, otherwise you would not have been able to post this > message. When was the change made to only allow subscribers to post? -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: Looking for a word
On 1/6/20 20:52, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > to mean stolen from a record but still in it, ie integrity and > availability are preserved but not confidentiality. > > "Stolen" is too laced with implications of the stolen object not being > there any more, "copied" does not imply the theft aspect enough, > "pirated" is too silly. > > > Any other suggestions? Thanks. "Leaked" maybe? -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
Re: There is No Point to Beautiful Women
On 1/5/20 00:43, someone I'd rather call "Zeep the Bleep" wrote: > Truth from Kek.. > > There is No Point to Beautiful Women > http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/there-is-no-point-to-beautiful-women/ How about a normal web address? Oh wait, they don't have one anymore, do they? -- Shawn K. Quinn http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
