Re: Bankrupt Digicash Made $481K in 1999

2002-08-20 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 12:12 PM -0700 on 8/20/02, Steve Schear wrote: > Perhaps its my ignorance, but doesn't this form merely mean DC paid the > Chaum Family Trust $481K, not that the company made $481K? An even more interesting question, to be forever unanswered :-), is exactly how JYA got a copy of that 1099..

Selling Privacy for ETC

2002-08-20 Thread Duncan Frissell
A Faraday Cage for your EZPass: EZShield.com EZPass is an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system used in the Northeast. A small white box is attached to your windshield and is queried by radios in passing toll booths. Your account is debited for the toll. Your account lists all the booths passe

Re: Bankrupt Digicash Made $481K in 1999

2002-08-20 Thread Steve Schear
At 12:33 PM 8/20/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Digicash 1999 IRS forms: > > http://cryptome.org/digicash-481k.htm Perhaps its my ignorance, but doesn't this form merely mean DC paid the Chaum Family Trust $481K, not that the company made $481K? steve

Bankrupt Digicash Made $481K in 1999

2002-08-20 Thread John Young
Digicash 1999 IRS forms: http://cryptome.org/digicash-481k.htm

Re: Declan McCullagh on politics and DMCA

2002-08-20 Thread John Young
Bear in mind that Declan has always favored the copyright industry, after all that fits his ambition to be a star in that field, not that he is alone in seeking media celebrity by seducing others with the allure of attention and fame. He drops way too many names not to come across as an accomplish

Re: Startups, Bubbles, and Unemployment

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Cordian
Tim philosophizes: > I read with interest the comments on the "why are so many applied > cryptographers unemployed?" thread. > I know a _lot_ of unemployed folks. Or folks looking for more than "part > time consulting" work. > Lots of issues, lots of possible reasons for the high unemployment

Re: get me the fuck out of oz

2002-08-20 Thread Bill Stewart
Click your heels together three times and say "There's No Place Like Home" and you'll be back in bed in Kansas. And yer little dog, too

Declan McCullagh on politics and DMCA

2002-08-20 Thread Nomen Nescio
Congratulations to Declan McCullagh for two recent articles which challenge the conventional wisdom of the cyber rights crowd. Last week it was http://news.com.com/2010-1071-949275.html?tag=politech, arguing the futility of political participation in a world where government is dominated by power

Data Security class programming project

2002-08-20 Thread Jason Holt
I'm working on designing the programming projects for a data security class. What do you think of this one? I love its intrinsic irony, but can we actually get away with requiring it for a university class? I mean, Elcomsoft really is in court for this. My University is unfortunately not the