Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Faustine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim wrote: >C-A-C-L's would let people die from thirst before interfering in a 'free >market'. Others would say screw the market and give that man a drink. I'd give that man a drink out of my last canteen--but I sure as hell wouldn't force anyone

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Re: CDR: Re: HOWTO Build a Nuclear Device

2001-11-19 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
And you might mention for the nuclearly impaired that the fuel used in RTGs is not the same as the fissionables used in reactors and weapons. Marc de Piolenc Eric Cordian wrote: > > Peter Trei wrote: > > > I have a vague memory of seeing a photo of a ?3 inch? ball of Pu (isotopic > > compositi

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Faustine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eric wrote: >> I think the real flaw there--what keeps >> me so uncomforable with it (even though my gut tells me it's a logical >> conclusion)--is reflected in the sheer number of people I've seen change >>their minds once they found out a little m

Gold

2001-11-19 Thread Julian Assange
> Yes, but what this thread has ignored is that gold (and other > densely precious things) were valued *in and of themselves* and so > using them as money was not symbolic. You traded your goat > for a goat's worth of gold; if trust evaporated overnight > the gold is still worth something. Simi

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, David Honig wrote: > At 03:15 PM 11/17/01 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > >on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:36:32PM -0800, alphabeta121 > >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> what does C-A-C-L stand for? > > > >Crypto-Anarcho Capitalist Libertarian, per archives. Shorthand for a > >c

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, alphabeta121 wrote: > what does C-A-C-L stand for? Crypto-Anarcho-Capitalist-Libertarian It's the recognition that these approaches to social engineering are united by a shared interest in maximum profit and a failure to take human psychology as a boundary condition. --

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Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Julian Assange
> "In and of itself" is a very vague and intangible concept. > > --Tim May > "As my father told me long ago, the objective is not to convince someone > with your arguments but to provide the arguments with which he later > convinces himself." -- David Friedman Quoting Jews again, Tim? -- J

In praise of gold

2001-11-19 Thread georgemw
On 19 Nov 2001, at 17:40, Tim May wrote: > On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 05:03 PM, David Honig wrote: > > > > Yes, but what this thread has ignored is that gold (and other > > densely precious things) were valued *in and of themselves* and so > > using them as money was not symbolic. You trad

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Re: HOWTO Build a Nuclear Device

2001-11-19 Thread !Dr. Joe Baptista
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:15:39PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i must admit i'm warming up to Tim May's tall pipe means of attaining > > critical mass - much easier then playing with explosive and timing > > devices - my only question is do o

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Eric Cordian
Faustine writes: > Right. I suppose there's not much that can be done for people who expect > "security" to be handed down to them from the sky on a silver > platter. I'm sure it couldn't be more obvious to most here that if you > don't put out the effort to take responsibility for your own secur

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Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Tim May
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 05:03 PM, David Honig wrote: > > Yes, but what this thread has ignored is that gold (and other > densely precious things) were valued *in and of themselves* and so > using them as money was not symbolic. You traded your goat > for a goat's worth of gold; if trust

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Faustine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote: >Companies have been trying to convince the home computer user that they >should be encrypting for years. Doesn't work. And for not very >surprising reasons. Same thing seen in the home security business, >backups, etc. >(The average us

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread David Honig
At 01:27 AM 11/20/01 +0200, Sampo Syreeni wrote: >On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>It's amazing how many people assert this, even though it's clearly >>wrong. A gold standard does NOT mean that the amount of currency in >>circulation equals the amount of gold in the vaults, it mea

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Re: Virtual Bhurkas ( was : Re: Nuclear Pipe Bombs )

2001-11-19 Thread Tim May
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 02:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 1) I thought spherical shells were the usual geometry? > > Define "usual"? And explain why that matters. We are discussing low-yield, non-optimized, basement nukes. Little Boy was a gun device, firing a wedge (of some fr

RE: Nuclear Pipe Bombs

2001-11-19 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote: > Won't work on Berkeley, though. The City Council declared Berkeley a > "Nuclear Free Zone." Guess that leaves only conventional weapons. > > > S a n d y > Those restrictions usually also prohibit the *design* of nuclear weapons (don't know if Berze

Re: Cypherpunk failures

2001-11-19 Thread mmotyka
"Roy M. Silvernail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >On 19 Nov 2001, at 19:43, Ken Brown wrote: > >> Much too 1990s. These times suit more loyal-sounding names. >> "Programmers Rally Against Terrorism"? > >I wonder how many non-Brits will get this... > > >-- >Roy M. Silvernail >Proprietor, scytale.com

Virtual Bhurkas ( was : Re: Nuclear Pipe Bombs )

2001-11-19 Thread mmotyka
Ken Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : 1) I thought spherical shells were the usual geometry? 2) It sure as hell looks like it's time to start creating private archives of public data and seeing to it that the data are propagated. Sneakernet revisited only now with CD's instead of floppies. > >S

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 10:14:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 19 Nov 2001, at 2:54, Neil Johnson wrote: > > > There are still a lot people that believe the U.S. should return to > > the "Gold Standard" meaning the amount of money in circulation > > should equal the

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Tim May
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 12:39 PM, Ken Brown wrote: > Tim May wrote: > >> So, here's the punchline, >> >> Regardless of companies trying to make money, not be run out of >> business >> by money laundering laws, trying to be banker- and Homeland >> Fascism-friendly, IS THERE A FUNDAMENTAL

Re: Cypherpunk failures

2001-11-19 Thread Roy M. Silvernail
On 19 Nov 2001, at 19:43, Ken Brown wrote: > Much too 1990s. These times suit more loyal-sounding names. > "Programmers Rally Against Terrorism"? I wonder how many non-Brits will get this... -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Nuclear Pipe Bombs

2001-11-19 Thread Sandy Sandfort
Ken Brown quoted Tim May (I think) saying: > > A way too expensive way to spread mere > > radiological terror, which could be done > > much more cheaply and easily by taking > > spent fuel rods and blowing them up, or > > just by grinding up spent fuel rods or > > other nuclear waste and then dum

Re: Nuclear Pipe Bombs

2001-11-19 Thread Ken Brown
Tim May wrote: [...] > As I made clear in my post, it's not _my_ idea. It's one of the standard > "basement nuke" proposed designs. Same here of course. [...] > > I will mention that Ken Brown's "many pieces along the length of the > pipe" is the worst way to do this: it buys nothing over th

Re: your mail

2001-11-19 Thread Jim Choate
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Re: Nuclear Pipe Bombs

2001-11-19 Thread Tim May
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 12:37 PM, Tim May wrote: > > By the way, some calculations are still needed (by basement nuke > designers) on what the closing speed needs to be to get a reasonable > chain reaction yield. The rough calculations I saw said that a fall > from 40 feet, with good t

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Tim May
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 12:36 PM, Faustine wrote: > But then, that sounds suspiciously resonant with "if they're too lazy > or stupid > to get it, then screw em", doesn't it. I think the real flaw > there--what keeps > me so uncomforable with it (even though my gut tells me it's a logic

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Ken Brown
Tim May wrote: > So, here's the punchline, > > Regardless of companies trying to make money, not be run out of business > by money laundering laws, trying to be banker- and Homeland > Fascism-friendly, IS THERE A FUNDAMENTAL REASON WHY TWO-WAY > UNTRACEABILITY IS NOT "POSSIBLE." > > I believe c

Nuclear Pipe Bombs

2001-11-19 Thread Tim May
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 12:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > exactly right Ken .. as i said before to Tim May - propaganda is the > key. Example - antrax theatre. > > i must admit i'm warming up to Tim May's tall pipe means of attaining > critical mass - much easier then playing with ex

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Faustine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote: >Companies have been trying to convince the home computer user that they >should be encrypting for years. Doesn't work. And for not very >surprising reasons. Same thing seen in the home security business, >backups, etc. >(The average us

PALS : renaming DC CP

2001-11-19 Thread mmotyka
>> >True. The DC cypherpunks are thinking of changing their name to >> something >> >more cuddly. >> >> Harmless Little Nerds? >> Cryptotubbies? >> Happy Fun Infosec Society? > >Much too 1990s. These times suit more loyal-sounding names. "Programmers >Rally Against Terrorism"? > Programmer's Asso

Re: HOWTO Build a Nuclear Device

2001-11-19 Thread baptista
exactly right Ken .. as i said before to Tim May - propaganda is the key. Example - antrax theatre. i must admit i'm warming up to Tim May's tall pipe means of attaining critical mass - much easier then playing with explosive and timing devices - my only question is do our experts see a problem

Re: HOWTO Build a Nuclear Device

2001-11-19 Thread Ken Brown
A propaganda weapon doesn't have to work, it just has to present a threat of working to people who may or may not understand how it is meant to work. It doesn't have to be a credible military weapon. A kamikaze airliner isn't a credible *military* weapon against anyone who can afford artillery. Th

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Tim May
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 10:29 AM, Adam Shostack wrote: > | 6. The failure to get true digital money. Call it what you like, > | "digital cash" or "ecash" or even one of Hettinga's pet names, but the > | fact is that for both political and technical reasons we don't have > | digital cash.

Re: HOWTO Build a Nuclear Device

2001-11-19 Thread mmotyka
"!Dr. Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > Where did this bullshit come from? Did someone take a ravioli recipe and do some search and replace? Is Dr. Joe Baptista really Jim Choate in disguise? My favorite short quote : "The trick is to bring the U-235 masses together at the same tim

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 10:00:05AM -0800, Tim May wrote: | Also, I plan to reply only to folks who make a serious effort to debate. ok, so this is just some nits, because your analysis is generally good. | contributors have arrived. We had a guy from Germany, whose name I have | spaced out on,

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread georgemw
On 19 Nov 2001, at 2:54, Neil Johnson wrote: > There are still a lot people that believe the U.S. should return to the > "Gold Standard" meaning the amount of money in circulation should equal the > amount of gold held by the U.S. government. That's what Fort Knox was > originally for. > It's

Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread georgemw
On 18 Nov 2001, at 20:37, CDR Anonymizer wrote: > >Anonymous: > >> but why did governments engage in the vigorous and frequent > >> application of bayonets and batons to render their money > >> independent of precious metals? > > > >Because they could. > > This goes beyond gratuitous demonstrat

Re: Pricing spare resources and options?

2001-11-19 Thread georgemw
On 18 Nov 2001, at 22:30, Greg Broiles wrote: > It seems like there ought to be an interesting market here, but I know and > worked with several people (with good financial backgrounds) who flogged > this for awhile and never got anywhere. I guess a big part of the problem > is that there's s

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Re: Who Authorized This?

2001-11-19 Thread Ken Brown
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RE: CDR: HOWTO Build a Nuclear Device

2001-11-19 Thread Trei, Peter
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Re: The Crypto Winter

2001-11-19 Thread Neil Johnson
Well (jamesd's "because they can" comment not withstanding) the stated reason for uncoupling money from precious metal was to allow the government greater flexibility in controlling the supply of money. Supposedly they could increase the amount of money available when times were bad (to make thin

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