Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-16 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Tyler Durden wrote: > >They are fanatics. They expect to get a six pack of virgins. > >And they will say "Hey, it was not us, it was these terrorists > >who happen to have somehow stolen some nukes from persons > >unknown. We are completely opposed to terrorism, and are full

RE: Symantec labels China censor-busting software as Trojan

2004-09-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 15 Sep 2004 at 9:45, Tyler Durden wrote: > Hum. Seems the Chinese government is pretty effective at > self-preservation. Does this contradict the widely-held > Cypherpunk belief in the inevitability of deterioration of > the state? The authors of Freegate believe that for technologica

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-16 Thread Tyler Durden
Who, the Iranians? Which ones are fanatics? I'll grant there are some fanatics left in Iran, but Iran seems increasingly dominated by fairly sleezy clergy/judges. Like any government, theirs is deteriorating into a mere racket. And if you ask me, fanaticism never lasts very long anywhere, only f

Re: Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-16 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 15 Sep 2004 at 2:38, Thomas Shaddack wrote: > Maybe they are playing a different game. They [Iran] couldn't > use the eventually produced nukes anyway, without being > showered back with the same kind They are fanatics. They expect to get a six pack of virgins. And they will say "Hey,

Keith Henson Needs Help (fwd)

2004-09-16 Thread J.A. Terranson
Besides forwarding the below, let me point out (for those few who aren't familiar with this case) a few choice tidbits (taken from the web site that has been tracking this case since it's inception, http://www.operatingthetan.com/ ): "On 26 Apr 2001, Keith Henson was convicted of "interfering wit

jpegs are vectors

2004-09-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3661678.stm Image flaw exposes Windows PCs Computer users could be open to attack from malicious hackers because of the way that Windows displays some images. A buffer overrun of course. But this is even better than the PNG vulnerability reported earlier thi

RE: Symantec labels China censor-busting software as Trojan

2004-09-16 Thread Tyler Durden
Hum, well, I always kind of thought May felt/wrote that some dis-assembly of the state was inevitable given the possibility of strong crypto, and even in China I would maintain that there's already enough computer power+anonymity that encrypted communications can/will occur. (Remember, China is