Re: Another John Young Sighting

2004-08-31 Thread Tyler Durden
> You may laugh but 74% (or whatever is the % who believes Saddam personally > piloted all 9/11 planes) of americans will believe it. > > So Mr. Young is anarchist for all practical purposes and consequences. > And you are all his associates. Well, they did have the little info-stripe under John

Re: Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators

2004-08-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/77 is up Seems its due to an intentional, insider job, and not just as an "engineering backdoor" (c) Cisco Consumer Report: Part 2 - Problems with GEMS Central Tabulator Submitted by Bev Harris on Thu,

Re: Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators

2004-08-31 Thread John Young
No problem accessing blackbox.org and Parts 1 and 2 of the file at 5:15 PM EST. Perhaps there are blocks on some incoming routes.

Re: Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators

2004-08-31 Thread sfurlong
Quoting Eric Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 11:30:35AM -0400, Sunder wrote: > > Oops! Is that a cat exiting the bag? > > > > > > http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78 > > > Apparently so. Going to www.blackboxvoting.org now just gives: Don't break out the tinfo

Re: Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators

2004-08-31 Thread Sunder
A-Yup: "We're sorry, the server is currently experiencing load issues. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later." Got the above off this blog: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/08/31/diebold_voting_machi.html related links: http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&sub

Re: Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators

2004-08-31 Thread Eric Murray
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 11:30:35AM -0400, Sunder wrote: > Oops! Is that a cat exiting the bag? > > > http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78 Apparently so. Going to www.blackboxvoting.org now just gives: This Account Has Been Suspended Please contact the billing/support department as so

Re: Tilting at the Ballot Box

2004-08-31 Thread Steve Schear
At 10:10 AM 8/31/2004, Justin wrote: On 2004-08-30T17:40:25-0700, Steve Schear wrote: > At 05:23 AM 8/30/2004, Justin wrote: > >Are States "geopolitical distortions" as well? Are countries? > > > >If you're going to propose an alternate system, please clearly identify > >1) the voting pool, and 2)

Re: Tilting at the Ballot Box

2004-08-31 Thread Justin
On 2004-08-30T17:40:25-0700, Steve Schear wrote: > At 05:23 AM 8/30/2004, Justin wrote: > >Are States "geopolitical distortions" as well? Are countries? > > > >If you're going to propose an alternate system, please clearly identify > >1) the voting pool, and 2) what they're voting for. If the poo

Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators

2004-08-31 Thread Sunder
Oops! Is that a cat exiting the bag? http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78 Issue: Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator -- 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million votes at a time. By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a

Re: Tilting at the Ballot Box

2004-08-31 Thread Steve Schear
At 05:23 AM 8/30/2004, Justin wrote: On 2004-08-29T20:55:19-0700, Steve Schear wrote: > I am not discussing presidential elections, this is another matter. Fine. > > Steve Schear wrote: > >> The problem is that use of voting districts seems to have always resulted > >> in gerrymandering in our pol

John gets hassled, but those with $ are not

2004-08-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
JY reports on the Fed nervousness about his publications; but anyone with a few hundred $ can buy a CDROM or nicely printed map of the same info. [listsig: surveillance, 1st amendment, everyone is a reporter] MAP DETAILS This 2003/2004 edition of the N. American Natural Gas System map is the mo

drooling at tracking immigrant$, with contact$

2004-08-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Vendor_Day_List_FIN818.pdf The following list of companies have expressed an interest in the US-VISIT System requirement by participating in the Industry Conference and/or responding to the sources sought RFI. This list is being provided in an attempt to pr

Pigradio survey of anonymizing systems

2004-08-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The pigs want to be able to send anonymous messages over IP or POTS using their emergency 700 Mhz comm system: http://www.ncs.gov/informationportal/Web_Proxy_Report.doc

RIAA can't stomache cassette recorders

2004-08-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
"We remain concerned about any devices or software that permit listeners to transform a broadcast into a music library," RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy said. http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64761,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6