Re: MD5 collisions?

Sigh. RAH has descended to the level of a net.kook. Never would have guessed. -Declan

Re: MD5 collisions?

The last eight messages I see on cypherpunks (sorted by date, threaded) are forwards of messages from Perry's crypto list. Perry's list is archived publicly on the web if anyone subscribing to cypherpunks but not his list is interested in the discussion -- so let me humbly suggest that might be po

Re: MD5 collisions?

Oh, so it was RAH who was responsible for the repeated random useless forwards? I hadn't noticed. How uncharacteristic of him. Never would have guessed. -Declan On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 09:06:20PM -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: > At 7:33 PM -0500 8/17/04, Declan McCullagh wrote: > >

Re: MD5 collisions?

At 01:02 AM 8/18/2004, J.A. Terranson wrote: Since when is on-topic crossposting an issue here? Since forever. Since before either of us joined the list (and I first started reading a decade ago). It's a matter of politeness and degree. A pointer to a discussion archived on the web is more usefu

TERRORISTS ARE AMONG US! (Was: A close look at John Kerry's *real* tech agenda )

Bill, Thanks for the cogent post. Of course this isn't an issue that would divide the Republicrat Party. Keep reading. -Declan House Select Committee on Homeland Security Democrats JIM TURNER, Ranking Member www.house.gov/hsc/democrats/. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 2, 2004 Contact: Moira Wh

Re: Mexico Atty. General gets microchipped (fwd)

''He said, and again this is verbatim, 'I don't know if atheists should be considered citizens. ... This is one nation under God.''' So there's no definitive reference in the database. -Declan On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 07:16:11AM +, Justin wrote: &

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 10:35:19PM -0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > You don't know about tape robots, or offline indexing, eh? FYI from a recent trip to the NSA crypto museum: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/10d-15/storagetek-automated-cartridge-system.html http://www.mccullagh.org/image/10d-15/

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:11:58AM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: > Google's Gmail is an interesting case. > Unlike Councilman's ISP, who were sneaky greedy wiretapping bums, > Google tells you that they'll grep your mail for advertising material, > and tells you how much of that they'll leak to the ad

Re: Mexico Atty. General gets microchipped (fwd)

On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 10:20:44PM -0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > "No, I don't know that Atheists should be considered as > citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation > under > God." -GW Bush Do you have a good cite for that? One source attributes it to George Bush I

Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:10:12PM -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: > The "parking lot" (read: makeout spot/planespotter parking, etc.) abut a > half mile from the end of the main runways at Lambert are now permanently > closed, and trying to pull over is an open invite for immediate attention. A simi

Re: [IP] One Internet provider's view of FBI's CALEA wiretap push

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 05:06:44PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: > Pulling the power is the exact wrong thing to do if it's a CFS requiring a > passphrase at startup. > > Does anyone know what the default procedure is when hardware is being seized > (threat model=knuckle-dragger/gumshoe)? This might

Re: The Gilmore Dimissal

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 06:01:57PM -0500, Jack Lloyd wrote: > Sometime before early January this year, at least (probably significantly > before). However, from DC Union Station (and probably many other stations), > you > can use the automated ticket system which 'only' asks for a credit card, no >

Re: The Gilmore Dimissal

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 04:18:29PM -0500, sunder wrote: > So, I'm not quite current about the Gilmore dismissal - is the subject line > misspelled? Is there some URL regarding news of this? I take it from the > gripes that John's lawsuit against Asscruft re: flying without ID was > dismissed?

Re: GPS Goes to Court

On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 03:04:19PM -0800, John Young wrote: > So when does illegal-GPS-bit Jim Bell get out of the pokey > and a public apology from the DEA (who planted it), IRS (who > asked for it), Treasury (who wanted to nail a tax-dissident) Whatever the merits of Jim Bell's arguments, it d

Re: Windows source leaked?

On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 06:25:25PM -0500, Riad S. Wahby wrote: > Windows source would endanger future projects (assuming, of course, > that simple copying---which is clearly illegal---doesn't happen). > Comments? Why would it? There may be some problems on the margin, but for the most part I think

Re: US Finally Kills The 2nd Ammendment

On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 12:55:18PM -0600, bgt wrote: > This has probably been mentioned here before, but another interesting > approach is what justicefiles.org used to do (I'm not sure what > the status of the site is, it seems to be down now). I believe the fellow who put up the site took it do

Engineers in U.S. vs. India

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-407043,curpg-3.cms Moreover, it is found out that the Americans are shying away from the challenges of math and science. A recent National Science Foundation Study reveals a 5 per cent decline in the overall doctoral candidates in the US over

Re: progress

On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 04:32:33PM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: > The existence of pecunix may well be what is deterring the > treasury from a more vigorous crackdown on e-gold. You may be right, and it's an interesting point, though partially inconsistent with the way the Feds have worked

Re: Vengeance Libertarianism

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 10:23:27AM -0500, Michael Kalus wrote: > If mankind would act that way we would have been extinct a long time > ago. A single human being is a rather weak individual. There isn't much > we could have done. .. > Even though I do not agree with people sitting on their asses

Re: Vengeance Libertarianism

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 04:38:04AM -0800, John Young wrote: > What's pleasurable about reading the fiction of ideologues like > Tim is the smack-down tone of their prejudices. Fake, fake, > fake. > > Nowhere in Tim's spew is the recognition that the largest > beneficiaries of government favoritism

Re: progress

At 04:53 PM 1/5/2004, Steve Schear wrote: Initially there would likely be a surge in use by their competitors, like Pecunix, that operate entirely outside the US. Later new entrants would probably spring up. Undoubtably, over a period of years, you're right. But then you have the next wave of a

Re: Vengeance Libertarianism

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 12:45:51PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > those working had to work even harder. A vicious circle, much like the > one now facing American industry, where more and more workers are > claiming bogus "disability" and where the insurance costs are driving > companies out of the cou

Re: Sources and Sinks

On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 08:09:18AM -0500, Michael Kalus wrote: > Yes, the way this usually works is that the government builds the road, > then sells it to a private company for some money and then the upkeep > is handled by the company. > > It is rather seldom that someone builds a road for a b

Re: progress

This is a welcome step, assuming the pharms are legit. We still need some form of reputation service. But I'm not overly optimistic (I tend not to be, in the short run). I do not know how resistant the e-gold corporate and technical infrastructure is to U.S. federal government targeting. If the Fe

Re: Sources and Sinks

On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 08:07:37AM -0500, Michael Kalus wrote: > Replace "Government" with "Society" and you're getting somewhere. Where > will your brand new sports car go when you don't have a road to drive > on? Who will pay the cops when there are no taxes being collected? These questions ha

Re: lne.com CDR to close

Thanks, Eric, for keeping the lne.com node up and running for the last few years. It's (mostly) a thankless task and you did a great job. Best, Declan On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 05:42:26PM -0800, Eric Murray wrote: > The lne.com CDR node will stop accepting new > subscriptions on Jan 1 2004, and wi

Re: Singers jailed for lyrics

On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 07:16:47PM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: > However, I doubt I'll go to jail...now. If Bush gets re-elected, then who > knows. For all the violations of the Constitution that the Bush administration has countenanced, it has not been nearly as repressive of political opinions a

Re: Speaking of Reason

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:37:27AM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: > Veridian green is entryist, not commie. The watermelons would > perceive it as right entryist, or libertarian entryist. I don't know what "entryist" means. It might be helpful to define your terms. > The standard green viewpoint

Re: whitehouse.gov/robots.txt

This robots.txt issue was exaggerated by leftist crtitics of the administration. (This is not a general defense of the White House, just a statement of fact.) The Bush WH.gov server has a special Iraq section where press releases, speeches, etc. are reposted in a different HTML template. The WH onl

Re: (No Subject)

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 12:47:27AM +0100, edo wrote: > As far as I'm concerned, true anonymity in finacial affairs (and > secure communication channels) is the only real method open to > peacefully combat the all seeing [etc.] We have anonymity in Web browsing (more or less, thanks to Lance & co).

Re: Decline of the Cypherpunks list...Part 19

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 01:45:43PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > You need to read my long, long essay in "True Names," then. This is > more widely available than anything I would waste my time doing for > "Body Peircing" or "Skate," even if I wanted to. > > As for writing for "Reason," they haven't as

Re: Decline of the Cypherpunks list...Part 19

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:27:38PM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: > the business as old fart pinko activists of today. And if the > same is true of the libertarian party, well it has been walking > dead for some considerable time, but its death does not reflect > the health of libertarianism.

Re: Decline of the Cypherpunks list...Part 19

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:27:38PM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: > Everyone agrees that big corporations are oppressive, > bureaucratic, inefficient, etc. No one more so than the > management advisers to big corporations. I'm not sure I'd agree that big corporations are oppressive. How? I once w

Re: Type III Anonymous message

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 09:34:24AM -0800, Morlock Elloi wrote: > > I've been wondering why I havent seen more discussion on > > wireless networking (802.11a/b/g) and anon/mix /dark nets. > > Is this a subject of interest to anyone? I am curious what > > kinds of work has been done in this area...

Re: Larry Lessig on ending anonymity through "identity escrow"

On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 01:59:26PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > This actually fits in with something Lessig is widely known for, his > "technology-custom-law" trichotomy (*). > > (* He may call it something different...I haven't checked in a while. I was reading some of David Friedman's articles ove

Larry Lessig on ending anonymity through "identity escrow"

See also: http://politechbot.com/pipermail/politech/2003-December/000268.html --- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:12:16 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Larry Lessig replies to Politech over limiting anonymity [fs][priv] --- [Why do I get the feelin

Re: Chaum's hand?

On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 10:26:32AM -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > Take a look at > http://www.chaum.com/images/Photo_of_David.gif > and tell me his hand isn't photoshopped. Is this > for security reasons, or is his hand malformed? David's hands are normal. Perhaps he was holding something in

People getting high == "threat to homeland security"

Query: What, nowadays, is *not* a "threat to homeland security?" 1. Airport drug bust heightens debate over non-federal forces By Chris Strohm A recent drug bust at Kennedy International Airport shows that the use of workers from private companies in sensitive security jobs poses a substantial r

Appeals court OKs no-knock warrant as perfectly appropriate

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERT JUNIOR WARDRICK, Defendant-Appellant. No. 02-4494 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT September 24, 2003, Argued November 20, 2003, Decided OUTCOME: Defendant's convictions and sentence were affirmed. As Judge Widener

Congress about to pass anti-spam bill -- the details

[...] ' 1037. (a) IN GENERAL.Whoever, in or affecting inter- 23 state or foreign commerce, knowingly 24 November 21, 2003 (2:42 p.m.) 13 (1) accesses a protected computer without au- 1 thorization, and intentionally initiates the trans- 2 mission of multiple commercial electronic mail mes-

Re: Freedomphone

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:59:36PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote: > If and when this is accomplished the source could then be used, if it can't > already, for PC-PC secure communications. A practical replacement for > SpeakFreely may be at hand. The limitation of either direct phone or ISDN FYI I

Re: 9th Cir. lets prisoners get books, rejects "encrypted" claim

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:31:24PM -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: > Show off. > > ;-) Yeah, I need to find a better way to strip those internal links when forwarding. -Declan

9th Cir. lets prisoners get books, rejects "encrypted" claim

TODD LEWIS ASHKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; JAMES GOMEZ; G. BONNIE GARIBAY; S. BONACCORSO; M. JENSEN; S. CAMBRA; S. STEINBERG, M.D.; WINSLOW; DR. ASTORGA; C. GOLLIHAR; S. RICCI, M.T.A.; K. BUTCHER; B. PATTON; M. BILLINGTON; B. GRINSTEAD; JOE MCGRATH, Warden,

Ashcroft's bake sale, no questions allowed, gvt-issued photo ID required

PRESS GUIDANCE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2003 ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D.C.- Attorney General John Ashcroft will deliver welcoming remarks at the Department of Justice Fallfest at 11:10 A.M. EST. Local farmers will offer herbs, jams, baked goods, and fresh-from-the-farm seasonal vegetables f

Re: Gestapo harasses John Young, appeals to patriotism, told to fuck off

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 09:01:00PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > People should not talk to the Feds. If the Feds come calling, refer > them to one's lawyer. For those who don't have a lawyer on retainer, > tell them that you need to consult with a lawyer first. Whether you do > or you don't is beside

PELOSI and DASCHLE--Photo Op/Meeting with Seniors on Medicare Pre scription Drug Bill Today at 3:45 p.m.

Exciting. My camera is already charged up and ready to go. News >From House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi H-204, The Capitol, Washington D.C. 20515 http://democraticleader.house.gov Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-225-01

Biting, probing questions of President Bush from WH press corps

--- THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2003 INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT

Gun ownership == using it in crime, Texas court rules

Toby Wade Beyer, Appellant Vs. State of Texas, Appellee No. 11-02-00323-CR COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, ELEVENTH DISTRICT, EASTLAND November 5, 2003, Filed PRIOR HISTORY: Appeal from the 266th District of Erath County. DISPOSITION: Affirmed. COUNSEL: For Plaintiff or Petitioner: Andrew Ottawa

30-second "knock notice" case in California

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JEAN MICHEL RABADUEX, Defendant and Appellant. C041818 COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT November 4, 2003, Filed PRIOR HISTORY: [*1] APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County No. TF030882A. Richard Guili

Bush grants pardons

_ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OPA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2003 (202) 514-2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888

Re: LOC DMCA Exemptions Posted

I believe the previous LoC rulemaking exemption already permitted the decryption of blocking sw blacklists. No change here. -Declan On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 04:45:30PM -0500, BillyGOTO wrote: > White smoke from the chimney of the L of C... > > As of now, it is now explicitly legal to decrypt the

Re: Drunken US Troops Kill Rare Tiger

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:23:47AM -0400, Sunder wrote: > And just how are you going to get the kongress-kritters to pass a bill > that would allow the public to push them and other poly-ticks out of > office if they don't perform? That's like asking them to pass a bill that > would limit them fro

Re: R.I.P. (was: Re: A 'Funky A.T.M.' Lets You Pay for Purchases Made Online)

On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 08:40:33AM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: > time for such pipe dreams. Now that many are un- or under-employed there > still doesn't seem to be any activity by those active on this list in this > critical infrastructure area. All the recent work that is being done > (e.g.,

Re: aljazeera.net hacked again?

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 06:51:30PM -0500, Jamie Lawrence wrote, quoting Thomas Shaddack: > > Get the files - images, webpages, whatever you have, package them into > > suitably-sized files (if the size is too big, split the files to Basic and > [...] > > Yeah, Cool, etc. > > But, who cares? Righ

Re: Enraptured in Babylon

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:04:25PM -0600, Neil Johnson wrote: > Just saw this banner ad at wired.com (They must be real hard up for revenue). > > The text of the ad: > > SHOWDOWN: IRAQ -> IS THIS THE SIGN OF END TIMES ? > Find out from Tim LaHaye and other end time scholars ! > Subscribe t

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

Tim wrote: To cut to the chase, several of my former friends are calling me a traitor and claiming to have reported me to the FBI for my statements about how the war machine ought to be hacked and undermined. See below. A so-called "conservative" group is also tossing the term traitor about. Often

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 04:36:08PM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote: > Are there specific facts on that Web page that you believe to be in error? Did you read the hilarious description of FCF and EFF? I assume not, if you had to ask... I have better things to do with my time than critique this stuff or

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 10:47:51AM -0800, Tim May wrote: > (As they may be, but this whole clusterfuck is showing the well-known > problems with invading another country with strung-out supply lines and > with urban/guerilla battles. We could all write for pages and pages on Heh. I like this Wa

Re: Use firewall or a remailer, go to jail?

On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 11:49:22PM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: > http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html > > According to this source, there are state-level law proposals which could More details are here: http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994667.html -Declan

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:50:50AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: >Here's an interesting site about the FCF > > http://www.politicalamazon.com/fcf.html Interesting, but mostly insanely wrong. Written by someone who is a hardcore leftist, it seems, and heavily slanted. I know the folks at FCF, an

Off-topic: Feds tout highway pork as "creating" jobs

Off-topic, but so economically naive I felt compelled to share... --Declan --- Contact: Steve Hansen (Republican Director of Communications) (202) 225-7749 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Justin Harclerode (Republican Deputy Director of Communications) (202) 226-8767 Emai

Re: Boycotting the Unwilling

On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 07:56:04AM -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > Try using both voice and action (long time readers know the > hazards of mixing these) ---e.g., actively publicize a boycott > on .il items, get a Mom & Pop grocery to go along, and see how much I've always liked this: http://m

Re: Web hosting recommendations (Verio?)

On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 02:13:58AM -0500, Greg Newby wrote: > Rackspace.com looks good, but pricey. I've used Rackspace for Politech since 2000. I'd recommend their tech support -- a live human 24 hours a day, any day. They are a little pricey. I've never had any content based complaint from the

Re: Things are looking better all the time

On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 10:31:14PM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: > The more Iraqi children the US > napalms, the safer every US resident who works in a tall > building will be, and less our cities will be troubled with > protests. I assume you're joking. If you're not, what you say may be true

Re: Using RFC 821 to despam open relays.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 10:29:36AM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: > If the mail server introduces an increasing delay (similar > to the backoff mechanism in Ethernet) to it's response after the > first 2 RCPTs, the server becomes useless for sending spam. > Similarly, it could slow it's response if the

Re: Things are looking better all the time

On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 05:41:09PM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: > This is dire lunacy. Currently US is perceived as an agressor by the > majority of the world, including the so-called ally U.K. which has lent > more than just its name. You will see an unprecedented surge in terrorism > in the heart of

Re: Things are looking better all the time

On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 07:28:41PM -0800, Bill Frantz wrote: > The simplest autopilots just keep the wings level. Almost equally common > are ones that can follow a radio location signal (VHF Onmi-Range (VOR) > usually). Altitude hold is less common, as are autopilots that can follow > an Instrum

Re: Spammers Would Be Made To Pay Under IBM Research Proposal

On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 07:31:34PM -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote: > The providing of a token allowing computationally-free passage to verified > subscribers is trivial to implement. Agreed. My point, perhaps awkwardly-worded, is that it's important from the perspective of mailing list operators to

Re: MAPS: Antispammers are worse than spammers

This is not a new thing. See, for example: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975473.html And: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-943337.html Also, I've documented some of SpamCop's tricks, which fall into the same category as what you've described: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=spam

Re: terror alert red

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 01:15:02PM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: > But this wasn't a press announcement by the governor - > this was a press announcement by the state terrorism czar One response (took long enough): http://www.politechbot.com/p-04575.html -Declan

"BlackNet abuzz over Iraq showdown"

Mildly amusing because of the name, if nothing else: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030318-071102-9001r -Declan

Re: Libertarian Party expresses "concern" over war -- but does not

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 07:52:30PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > Given that their platform, and Ralph Nader, calls for 90% tax rates for > those with "excessive" wealth or income, they're far more statist than > anyone else out there. Yep -- their platform is extreme. Like I said, I'm not a GP voter.

Re: Libertarian Party expresses "concern" over war -- but does not

Eric's statement was hyperbole, designed to provoke. My own view is that the Libertarian Party is being unfortunately wishy-washy when it comes to the war on Iraq. It correctly said that troops should not be blamed for politicians' choices, but it pointedly declined to say: "This is an unjust war.

Compare the wishy-washy Libertarian statement to the Green Party

Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:01:33 -0800 (PST) From: DC Statehood Green Party <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: GREEN PARTY RELEASE Bush, launcing attack, is now indictable on war crimes charges To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release: Thursday, Marc

Libertarian Party expresses "concern" over war -- but does not oppose it

Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "George Getz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Libertarian statement on Iraq invasion Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:38:51 -0500 === NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037

"Prosecuting, Defending and Adjudicating National Security Cases"

"The Judge Advocate's Handbook For Litigating National Security Cases: Prosecuting, Defending and Adjudicating National Security Cases," Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, 2002: http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/jaghandbook.pdf

Re: HAVENCO shut down?

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 03:46:37AM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: > www.seagold.net aka sealand.seagold.net and www.thegoldcasino.com both > answer tracerts, > and seem to be on 217.64.35, which claims to be on Sealand. FWIW I can get to them just fine, both from my *nix server and inside my employer

Re: Journalists, Diplomats, Others Urged to Evacuate City

On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 08:59:31PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > About the threat to Washington: I think it's relatively high. A nerve > gas attack on buildings or the Metro seems likely. (The Japanese AUM > cult had Sarin, but was inept. A more capable, military-trained > operative has had many month

Re: I for one am glad that...

On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:07:35AM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote: > Foreign nationals do not hate our "freedom." If the US traded with all, > and avoided foreign entanglements, the lifestyle of Americans would be of > little concern to our current enemies. > > So-called terrorists hate not our freedo

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 06:39:08AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: > You can't determine who the customer is if they aren't in your database, > so a centralized database would make sense. The bandwidth on that is > going to be a nightmare. I can imagine some ways to deal with this. Have certain blocks

Re: The Register Libels Declan

On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 10:42:33PM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote: >McCullagh, like Weiner - decided that principles are for fools. If not having principles means rejecting the kind of statist claptrap that the Register writer advocates -- and that went out of style with Nikita Khrushchev's bad sui

Re: Fatherland Security measures more important than Bennetton tags!

On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:49:41AM -0800, Tim May wrote: > By the way, I am enjoying the evolving clusterfuck/train wreck that is > coming with the War on Some Terrorrists. Seeing our C-student fratboy One word (well, one domain name): http://www.prudentbear.com/ -Declan

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:24:35AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: > I think economics would be a better argument. If the manufacturer > can recycle the tags for inventory control they can save a lot of money. And public pressure. Here's a piece I wrote a few months ago that included some recommendatio

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:56:15PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > Various lengths of metallic conductors are already inside various > banknotes. This is NOT the same technology as RFID. I don't disagree > about it being a concern, and an area for study and experiment, but be > careful not to leap to con

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:51:15AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: > I think you're over reacting. RFID tags only have a range of centimeters. > You'd need a huge current to power them from more than 1 meter, and that's > just not going to be out on a beach in a hidden way. This is incorrect. I intervi

Re: Give cheese to france?

On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 02:44:44AM +0100, Anonymous wrote: > But let's cut to the chase. Assume that all private grocery > store owners want to exclude people from their stores. Now > assume that 100% of them agree that effective Tuesday, only > those people who have a receipt for a $100 or more

Re: Fw: Drunk driver detector that radios police

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:56:36PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm not crazy about everything that the government does, but there > are trade- offs in a non-perfect society. One of them is monitoring > the innocent to, in turn, attempt to prevent the guilty from > trampling over everything,

Re: Blacknet Delta CAPPS II Boycott?

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:52:04AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: > Would there be an easy "blacknet" way to offer those t-shirts that would be > un-shutdownable? As Bill notes, there's no need to do it here. Specifically, my Epson Stylus 2200 can print t-shirt transfers. The cost is < $1 for the i

Re: Give cheese to france?

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 11:20:39AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: > First of all, stating one perhaps should have the right to wear whatever > T-shirt you want in a mall The better way to frame the question: May a private property owner legally exclude people from it? Seems to me the answer should b

Re: Give peace a chance?

On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 07:13:15PM -0600, Neil Johnson wrote: > Evidently the Coke people were smart enough not to make a big stink. > > Olympic ideals, my foot. Right. A lawyer who lives around the corner from me worked as a volunteer at at least one Olympics as an IP enforcer. Any people wearin

DoJ to get new top lobbyist to push for PATRIOT II

The President intends to nominate William Emil Moschella of Virginia, to be Assistant Attorney General (Legislative Affairs). Mr. Moschella is currently the Chief Legislative Counsel and Parliamentarian for the House Committee on the Judiciary, where he previously served as Chief Investigative Co

Re: "How Do I Classify My Item?"

On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 01:25:21PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > For those outside the government, since when did they start worrying > about classifying their own stuff? Not only that, this below meeting was from this morning (if it's partly closed, the open meeting is boring as hell, so I didn't go).

"How Do I Classify My Item?"

http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Seminars/SeminarDescription.htm#Classify The Commerce Department's Bureau of Information and Security (BIS), formerly known as the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA), will host a half day seminar in Washington DC titled How Do I Classify My Item?. The seminar will cov

Re: pledge of allegiance in schools

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 04:40:14PM -, lcs Mixmaster Remailer wrote: > The "polls" done by these news sites are not designed to gain an > accurate, statistically valid measure of opinion, rather they > are designed as "user participation" devices to get involvement > by the user with the web

From Bush's radio address

on Saturday... "It will be difficult to help freedom take hold in a country that has known three decades of dictatorship, secret police, internal divisions, and war." I *think* he's talking about Iraq. -Declan

Be careful about technological "self help" methods

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-booby25.html Family of electrocuted thief gets $75,000 February 25, 2003 BY DAN ROZEK STAFF REPORTER The family of a convicted burglar who was electrocuted in 1997 when he tried to break in to a bar in Aurora after-hours and triggered a homemade boo

Re: The next time you see someone on TV in a "newsroom"

On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 02:43:37PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > And I notice that hanging on the wall to the right in the photo is the > "New York Times -- Baghdad Bureau" photo. "All the news that's fit to > simulate." Heh. I went on CNN Headline News last week around 7:20 am ET. They put me in a st

The next time you see someone on TV in a "newsroom"

Remember this... http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-32/new-york-times-dc-bureau.html :) -Declan

Re: The burn-off of Tom Veil

On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 01:56:48PM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: > Secondly in high welfare state countries, by definition, wealth > is politally distributed, leading to correspondingly high > levels of organized group violence, as frequently illustrated > in France. Yes. And because wealth is pol

Re: One Man Against the World

On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 10:46:31PM -0600, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote: > An important part of Lincoln's propaganda machine was simply to imprison > anyone who criticized him. He imprisoned any newspaper editor who had > the gall to criticize him. Other newspapers he put out of business by > instru

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