Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] more on U.S. passports to receive RFID implants start

2005-10-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:31 AM 10/30/05 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: They've said they'll fall back on the traditional If we can't read the passport it's invalid and you'll need to replace it before we'll let you leave the country technique, just as they often do with expired passports and sometimes What is the

blocking fair use? 2 Science Groups Say Kansas Can't Use Their Evolution Papers

2005-10-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Here's a very interesting case where (c)holders are trying to ban fair use (educational) of (c) material. I agree with their motivations ---Kansan theo-edu-crats need killing for their continuing child abuse-- but I don't see how they can get around the fair use provisions. (Bypassing whether

Court Blocks Ga. Photo ID Requirement

2005-10-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
[Using the *financial* angle, having to show state-photo-ID is overturned to vote is overturned. Interesting if this could be used for other cases where the state wants ID.] Today: October 27, 2005 at 12:33:27 PDT Court Blocks Ga. Photo ID Requirement ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP) - A

Re: [PracticalSecurity] Anonymity - great technology but hardly used

2005-10-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:41 PM 10/26/05 -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 23:40 -0500, Travis H. wrote: Many of the anonymity protocols require multiple participants, and thus are subject to what economists call network externalities. The best example I can think of is Microsoft Office file

crypto on sonet is free, Tyler

2005-10-26 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:15 PM 6/8/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Well, it's interesting to consider how/if that might be possible. SONET scrambles the payload prior to transmission..adding an additional crypto layer prior to transmission would mean changing the line rate, so probably a no-no. Tyler, one can

Private records scattered in the wind (FLA)

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
We encourage the publication of the (paper) school records which the FLA hurricane reportedly distributed to locals, as part of an effort to show the sheeple how *well* the state guards their secrets. Particularly interested in offspring of state officials, not that their kids are likely go to

big bro in the car

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Nuclear Detection: Fixed detectors, portals, and NEST teams won’t work for shielded HEU on a national scale; a distributed network of in-vehicle detectors is also necessary to deter nuclear terrorism http://iis-db.stanford.edu/evnts/4249/disarm.pdf Maybe the FCC will require rad detectors in

On special objects, and Judy Miller's treason

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Its unfortunate that some posters had to be reminded that anyone calling for government-licensed reporters (and religions, as one author included) deserves to have their carbon recycled, because of the treason to the BoR. Tim May used to call government licensed citizens special objects. Search

Re: Color Laser Printer Snitch Codes

2005-10-19 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
At 12:24 PM 10/17/05 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Soon we'll find out that toothbrushes are able to determine what I ate for dinner and are regularly sending the info... Soon there will be sensors in urinals that page the DEA..

Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
So this dupe/spy/wannabe journalist thinks that journalists should be *special*.. how nice. Where in the 1st amendment is the class journalists mentioned? She needs a WMD enema. LAS VEGAS (AP) -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller defended her decision to go to jail to protect a source

FTC bans P2P, anonymity, encryption

2005-06-02 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The FTC seems to think they can require (by force) the disconnection of zombie PCs. To cut spam. If they assert the right to control what software runs on net-connected machines, what is to stop them from barring any other software? After all, P2P threatens the economy, anonymity and

Lions and tigers and iraqi minutemen

2005-05-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:25 AM 5/23/05 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: While it doubtless would have been better to behead the Saudi monarchy rather than the Iraqi dictatorship, nonetheless American troops seem to be finding an ample supply of Saudis in Iraq. In what imaginary universe? Perhaps you need to be

[Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions?]

2005-05-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:03 PM 5/17/05 -0700, cypherpunk wrote: [1]DocMurphy asks: I'm working with some dissidents who are looking for ways to use the Internet from within repressive regimes. Many have in-home Internet access, but think it too risky to participate in pro-freedom activities on home

Re: Len Adleman (of R,S, and A):

2005-05-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:45 PM 5/17/05 -0700, cypherpunk wrote: Iraq war (a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, and many people took 9/11 personally). Please explain what Bush's invasion of a soverign nation had to do with the Saudi 9/11 Theatre? (Sorry to offend the 'Merkins who can't distinguish one

Your epapers, please?

2005-04-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:08 PM 3/31/05 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: government plan to insert remotely readable chips in American passports, calling the chips [2]homing devices for high-tech muggers, So the market for faraday-cages for your passport will grow to equilibrium. A cage will cost less than a buck in

Re: AP For Starvation Judge

2005-03-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
It would be interesting socially if the vegetable in question had fried her brain with her choice of unlicensed pharmaceuticals, instead of her choice of self-starvation (leading to cardiac failure, leading to joining the vegetable kingdom). Would Jeb be trying to adopt a coke-stroke negro? It

Re: WiFi Launcher?

2005-03-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 03:06 PM 3/25/05 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: I noticed you did a little editing! Sigh. Few can stand in the light for very long, save the various beautiful women that clamor to spread my DNA... Your barber can spread more of your DNA. Your female can help you *copy* your DNA, but only about

on FPGAs vs ASICs

2005-03-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Tyler, Riad, etc: FPGAs are used in telecom because the volumes do not support an ASIC run. Riad doesn't seem to appreciate this. He does understand that an ASIC is more efficient because its gates are used only for 1 computation, rather than most (FPGA) gates being used for reconfigurability

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
A cypherpunk is one who is amused at the phrase illicit Iraqi passports. Given that the government of .iq has been replaced by a conquerer's puppet goverment, who exactly has authority to issue passports there? And why does this belief about the 1-to-1-ness of passports to meat puppets or other

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:38 PM 2/9/05 -0600, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 09:09 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating system, so Linus did. Linus Torvalds didn't write the GNU OS. He wrote the Linux kernel, which when added to the rest of the

Re: Auto-HERF: Car Chase Tech That's Really Hot

2005-02-07 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:41 PM 2/4/05 -0800, Steve Schear wrote: At 10:15 AM 2/4/2005, R.A. Hettinga wrote: The beautiful part of using the (microwave) energy is that it leaves the suspect in control of the car, he said. He can steer, he can brake, he just can't accelerate. Sorry Charlie, but I think newer

Re: Cpunk Sighting

2005-01-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:12 PM 1/21/05 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote: John Young, Cryptome strikes again. NPR is running a story on all of the sensitive information available. Funny shit! LATimes ran something too! And even included a link to the mental-jihadist, terrorist-du-coeur, amateur

crypto, science, and popular writing

2005-01-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:23 PM 1/20/05 +, Justin wrote: How could they possibly get clue? Scientists don't want to write pop-sci articles for a living. It's impossible to condense most current research down to digestible kernels that the masses can understand. SciAm should close down, requiring those who care

RE: [IP] No expectation of privacy in public? In a pig's eye! (fwd from dave@farber.net)

2005-01-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:07 AM 1/14/05 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: It would take some chutzpa, but tacking onto a cops car would send a message Too easy. 5 points for adding to cop's personal car 10 points for adding to cop's spouse's personal car 20 points for adding to cop's mistress' personal car Not sure

Re: US slaps on the wardriver-busting paint

2005-01-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:35 AM 1/14/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: It only remains for us to say that DefendAir costs a cool $69 per gallon (US gallon, presumably). How much is the TV tax in the UK? How long to pay off the costs of paint to hide one's IF oscillator from the White Vans? Surprising that the

Re: Tasers for Cops Not You

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:20 PM 1/8/05 -0800, John Young wrote: However, Taser claims the civilian version is effective only to 15 feet while the LE version will explose a heart at 20 feet. And, Taser says accidental deaths caused by the shock would have happened to those sick persons anyway. Well, yes, homicidal

Re: [IP] The DNA round-up on Cape Cod (fwd from dave@farber.net

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The Beast doesn't know who licked the stamp. A fiducial sample is what they want. In Calif, they could merely arrest you for a bogus charge to have the right to sample your families DNA as carried by you. Schwarzenegger is not Austrian accidentally. GATTACA was optimistic. At 06:02 PM

expectation of privacy

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:01 PM 1/12/05 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: It's time to blow the lid off this no expectation of privacy in public places argument that judges and law enforcement now spout out like demented parrots in so many situations. A court refused to hear the case of a man accused of owning unlicensed

Re: Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:20 PM 1/9/05 -0600, Riad S. Wahby wrote: I love how all of the coverage leaves out the actual search strings, as if it's hard to discover what they are at this point. I'm similarly annoyed that articles omit the URLs of terrorist web sites, being forced to check ogrish.com, even if I

To Tyler Durden

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
TD, I just watched _Fight Club_ so I finally get your nym. (Here in low-earth geosynchronous orbit, content is delayed). Cool. I had thought it was your real name. Maj. Variola (ret)

Re: California Bans a Large-Caliber Gun, and the Battle Is On

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:53 AM 1/4/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Terri Carbaugh, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, had made his position clear during his campaign. It's a military-type weapon, Ms. Carbaugh said of the .50 BMG, and he believes the gun presents a clear and

sitting ducks

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:16 PM 1/4/05 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: Interesting questions: How hard is it for someone to actually hit an airplane with a rifle bullet? How often do airplane maintenance people notice bulletholes? My understanding is that a single bullethole in a plane is not likely to do anything

Technology vs social solutions

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:06 PM 1/4/05 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: From: Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. Homebrew warning systems will face the same problems as eg pro volcano warning systems: too many false alarms and no one cares. The best defense would seem to be a population with a lot of TVs and radios

Re: [IP] Cell phones for eavesdropping

2005-01-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
From: Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cell phones for eavesdropping - finally some public chatter Of course, the low-budget govt snoops go for the basestations and landline links. The pending cell phone virus which calls 911 should be a real hoot. I wonder if cell virii can carry a voice

Re: How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month

2005-01-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:01 AM 1/3/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041230.html PBS: I, Cringely -- The Pulpit How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month 1. 150 K asians is nothing. 2. You will see 10,000 K dead worldwide from the next H5N1 flu

All your wavelengths belong to us (or Powell, or the SS)

2004-12-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The FCC is trying to shut down a guerilla radio station in DC calling for protests during Bush's January re-anoint^H^H^H^H^H Google for it.

Re: Israeli Airport Security Questioning Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2004

2004-12-22 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:16 PM 12/20/04 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: No doubt a real intelligence agent would be good at getting through this kind of screening, but that doesn't mean most of the people who want to blow up planes would be any good at it! You really continue to understimate the freedom fighters, don't

Re: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist

2004-12-22 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:23 PM 12/19/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: ..They have computers, they're tappin' phone lines, you know that ain't allowed.. Zappa...Heads...Crimson? A profile is emerging here! Either that or you recently broke into your dad's vinyl collection... Very funny. My walls o' vinyl are, BTW,

Re: Coffee, Tea, or Should We Feel Your Pregnant Wife's Breasts Before Throwing You in a Cell at the Airport and Then Lying About Why We Put You There?

2004-12-22 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:23 PM 12/19/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: Funny how most Americans only wake up after it happens to them. As EC said, the only we understand is dead Merkins. Case in point? How 'bout that proud-n-patriotic lady in Farenheit 911? As far as I could tell, prior to her son's death she was all

Militia or other Terrorists?

2004-12-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? which fedscum, do you have a mentionable source, c.? It was ATF, about some gun-robbers; it seems to be a reply to trollbait by the Faux news channel or spontaneous dreck.

Re: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist

2004-12-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:12 AM 12/19/04 +0100, Anonymous wrote: Major Variola typed: PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? which fedscum, do you have a mentionable source, c.? I haven't found the source, I recall that I heard it. Might have

Frank Zappa, american composer

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:56 PM 12/17/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: the shiny pages of ''Hippie'' is to breathe deeply. My copy fell open at a manifesto by Frank Zappa, in which he admitted that ''A freak is not a freak if ALL are freaks,'' and went on to assert that ''Looking and acting eccentric IS NOT ENOUGH.''

RE: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:33 PM 12/17/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional, he said. Tee hee hee... Indeed. The dude shows that 1. ability to inherit $$$ doesn't imply brains 2. he should take a structural

Flaw with lava lamp entropy source

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
I've been running a 1970s-era lava lamp for some time, and found that it can enter a stable attractor where you get a non-circulating blob o' wax at the bottom. While Walker et al.'s (?) LL video entropy source is cute/clever, the general lesson we can take from this is to be careful that

Re: Gait advances in emerging biometrics

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:28 PM 12/16/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: Anyone who owns that infrastructure is even more dangerous than who 0wns the voting machines. Very nice quote. Can I get an insurance policy on you, with me as beneficiary?

Re: Gait advances in emerging biometrics

2004-12-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:31 PM 12/14/04 -0500, Sunder wrote: Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/14/alt_biometrics/ Gait advances in emerging biometrics By John Leyden (john.leyden at theregister.co.uk) Published Tuesday 14th December 2004 15:07 GMT Great Juno comes; I know her by her gait. William

Re: Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

2004-12-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:01 AM 12/13/04 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote: Interestingly, I don't know of anyone who still actively wardrives at random (as opposed to against specific targets) for this same reason. I've met some people this year who war-fly SoCal: a cessna, laptop, and regular dipole suffices, and a GPS

Gentlemen don't read each others' mail.. bush no gman

2004-12-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Anyone surprised that the US spooks are admitting to wiretapping UN people? If they really had info they'd state it but refuse to answer how they got it. Somehow I doubt that UN officials and the people they might chat with will get the secure phones they need.

Re: Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

2004-12-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:01 PM 12/11/04 +, Justin wrote: On 2004-12-11T06:48:41-0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Mixmaster is the most godawful complex thing to use, much less administer, around. Even Jack B Nymble is complex. It needs a simple luser interface and something to piggyback servers

Re: tempest back doors

2004-12-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:46 PM 12/9/04 -0500, Steve Thompson wrote: --- Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I am stupid. I don't know how one would go about modifying application software to include a 'back door' that would presumably enhance its suceptibility to TEMPEST attacks. Isn't tempest

TSA groping

2004-12-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:50 PM 12/10/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: The change is minor and TSA officials say they have no plans to rescind pat-down procedures that require screeners to touch passengers' chest and groin areas while checking for weapons or explosives. Nevertheless, it represents an attempt by the

Re: Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

2004-12-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:47 PM 12/10/04 -0800, Joseph Ashwood wrote: Wardriving is also basically dead. On the contrary. A recent article (zdnet IIRC) described a non-hacker visiting his father, and using a neighbor's connection accidentally. This is very common. My own non-tech father regularly finds other nets

Re: punkly current events

2004-12-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:19 PM 12/10/04 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote: I disagree. Except for the early days, spammers have been little more than a low volume nuisance on Mix. What killed mix was it's complexity - Joe Blow can't figure out how to use it, and new reops have a hell of a time getting a node running

punkly current events

2004-12-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Someone should have commented here, so I will, that some judges (earning hanging) basically said that anonymity is not a right. This in the context of mask-wearing in public. If the Klan doesn't have a right to wear pillowcases what makes you think mixmaster will survive?

Re: punkly current events

2004-12-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:13 AM 12/10/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: Because nodes are not geographically constrained to US jurisdiction? Name a place which is not subject to US juridiction? Ok, Iran, N Kr, until we pull a regime change (tm) on them. Yeah, they have a lot of 'net bandwidth, right. Some of the

Re: Word Of the Subgenius...

2004-12-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:21 AM 12/9/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: Well, May seemed to try to make the case that all of those useles eaters were in large part responsible for the very existence of the state, and that collapse of the state meant the inevitable downfall of huge numbers of minorities (why he focused on

Mixmaster is dead, long live wardriving

2004-12-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:47 PM 12/9/04 -0800, Joseph Ashwood wrote: If the Klan doesn't have a right to wear pillowcases what makes you think mixmaster will survive? Well besides the misinterprettaion of the ruling, which I will ignore, what makes you think MixMaster isn't already dead? OK, substitute

tempest back doors

2004-12-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Perhaps I am stupid. I don't know how one would go about modifying application software to include a 'back door' that would presumably enhance its suceptibility to TEMPEST attacks. Isn't tempest all about EM spectrum signal detection and capture? You have your code drive a bus with signal.

cog sci as a tool of the beast?

2004-12-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:21 PM 12/7/04 -0500, R.W. (Bob) Erickson wrote: One of the tools currently being used in the cognitive sciences is the measurement of reaction time to stimulus. It turns out that the length of time it takes to given situations is a credible proxy for how difficult the discrimination is to

primes as far as the eye can see, discrete continua

2004-12-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Saw in a recent _Science_ that Ben Green of Cambridge proved that for any N, there are an infinite number of evenly spaced progressions of primes that are N numbers long. He got a prize for that. Damn straight. Now back to the decline of the neo-roman empire...

metaforce

2004-12-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:41 AM 12/5/04 -0500, R.W. (Bob) Erickson wrote: John would warn you about the organ cuts Tim would rave about the sizzle stake I'm just scoping out the meat-eye view through the grinder. --bob of mad cow metephors Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream.. -Cows with guns

Supremes need hanging

2004-12-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:37 PM 12/7/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/v-pfriendly/story/259512p-222307c.html Klan's unmasked for city protests The hoods hiding under the white hoods of the Ku Klux Klan will have to show their faces if they want to protest in New York City, the

Where is TM when you need him?

2004-12-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:10 AM 12/7/04 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote: Peter Trei: Where is Tim May when when you need him? :-) Try scruz.general. or misc.survivalism For some time after he left, he cruised a feline group, perhaps because one of his cats died. Perhaps this was the inspiration for Puss, an

malevolent randomness

2004-12-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:46 PM 12/4/04 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote: Much evidence to the contrary. My life is sucking pretty bad lately, due to either a long series of fairly unlikely and uniformly unpleasant coincidences or else the machinations of a malevolent universe set up specifically to piss me off. Please

Unintended Consequences

2004-12-05 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:44 AM 12/2/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: John Ross' Unintended Consequences is a classic of the, um, gun culture, :-) and a great read. Made me want to name my first mulatto Gonorreah fer sure :-)

O'Reilly is a terrorist

2004-12-05 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:17 AM 12/1/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Appearing on Fox News' O'Reilly Factor Monday night My favorite irony-pegging experience of the week was Bill O accusing an Al-Jazeera spokesman of not being fair and balanced. Lets bomb those mofos and blame it on an out-of-date Yugo map.

Got Chips?

2004-12-05 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:59 AM 12/1/04 -0800, John Young wrote: Lying about having an implant is kidnapping and mutilation protection. If they even think you have a tracking chip, you'll be boxed up in a Faraday cage faster than you can say Jimmy Walker-Lindh. Clothing optional, baby. Got 121.5 Mhz?

RE: Jewish wholy words..

2004-12-05 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Just remember this [C]Hanu[k]ka[h] that the Macabbees were terrorists from the POV of the dominant hegemony... Oh, but the [solstice-coopted 'holiday'] is about someone topping off oil, not about rebellion against domination. Ooops. Nope, no parallels here.

Hawala != Halal

2004-12-05 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:07 AM 12/1/04 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote: On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 21:36, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Halal was deemed a terrorist weapon, and contrary to the treasury's policies, game over. Hawala Yep, sorry, I've got templegrandin.com on the brain. Only PETA thinks Halal is a terrorist

Re: geographically removed? eHalal

2004-12-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:33 PM 11/28/04 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote: I see that an irrevocable payment system, used by itself, is ripe for fraud, more so if it's anonymous. But why wouldn't a mature system make use of trusted intermediaries? The vendors register with the intermedi- ary *, who takes some pains to

Re: geographically removed?

2004-12-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:44 PM 11/28/04 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: -- On 27 Nov 2004 at 6:43, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Internal resistance mediated by cypherpunkly tech can always be defeated by cranking up the police state a notch. You assume the police state is competent, technically skilled

RE: Oswald, Atta, Your Name Here

2004-12-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:08 AM 11/29/04 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: Steve Furlong wrote: Major Variola (ret) wrote: Bill Stewart wrote: Slsahdot reports that MSNBC reports http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6549265/ that there's a new video game JFK Reloaded http://www.jfkreloaded.com/start/ I'm waiting for Grand

Re: Tin Foil Passports, Al foil diplomas

2004-12-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:02 PM 11/29/04 +, Justin wrote: On 2004-11-27T06:36:24-0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 09:13 AM 11/27/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/27/0026222 Posted by: michael, on 2004-11-27 05:05:00 low-cost solution: '[I]incorporate a layer

And I hope that you die; And your death'll come soon

2004-11-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Seen the Norwegian site that calls for Bush's head shot? Two URLs, the last vivid: http://www.killhim.nu/ http://killhimwith.bazooka.at/once/ Quite refreshing (although a simple macromedia browser game would have been a nice touch) when a US teenager armed with a Dylan song warrants a visit

geographically removed?

2004-11-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:42 PM 11/25/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: Well, I guess I agree. However, there is some issues of Cypherpunkly importance here, particularly concerning nation-states fighting other nation-states. Though I can't consider myself a true-believing anarchist, my own personal reason for continuing

Re: Tin Foil Passports?

2004-11-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:13 AM 11/27/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/27/0026222 Posted by: michael, on 2004-11-27 05:05:00 low-cost solution: '[I]incorporate a layer of metal foil into the cover of the passport so it could be read only when opened.' Don't they

Re: Computerized war serves citizens virtual baloney

2004-11-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:52 PM 11/28/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: One group of loonies thinks anyone should be able to kill anything the easiest way possible -- simply because we can. Neo-cons? Instead, we have people who think it would be sporting to hunt and kill animals by remote-control with their

Re: Latest Tasteful Video Game: Chappaquiduck

2004-11-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:34 PM 11/21/04 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: Slsahdot reports that MSNBC reports http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6549265/ that there's a new video game JFK Reloaded http://www.jfkreloaded.com/start/ I'm waiting for Grand Theft Auto IV, Drunk Over the Bridge With the Secretary variant. Wonder what

1st amendment

2004-11-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:56 PM 11/16/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: http://cbs11tv.com/localnews/local_story_317193815.html/resources_storyPrintableView DALLAS SERVER COMPANY CARRIES ZARQAWI DEATH VIDEOS, TERRORIST WEBSITES Any State employee who attempts to oppress free speech, including video, deserves killing.

condosleeza rice

2004-11-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Dangle da carrot and dem negroes go fer da bait. Dang they'll lie for you like nothin' and dey're disposable as well! Gawd I love da south! Its a shame, Powell won't run. Instead, Fascism needs you, or your children. And hey, if Arnie gets his amendment (snort), the Carcano needs dusting off,

Stewart, Esq

2004-11-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Moses Washington Sitting Bull Bin Laden Let my people go, Any Questions? I believe that entrenched institutions will not be changed except by violence, Stewart said. I believe in the politics that lead to violence being exerted by people on their own behalf to effectuate change. Stewart cited

Re: Cell Phone Jammer?

2004-11-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:19 PM 11/11/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: Anyone know from first-hand experience about cellphone jammers? I need... 1) A nice little portable, and 2) A higher-powered one that can black out cell phone calls within, say, 50 to 100 feet of a moving vehicle. Cell Jammers do a DoS on the

Re: Cell Phone Jammer?

2004-11-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:12 PM 11/13/04 -0600, Riad S. Wahby wrote: Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To jam the entire cell freq *bands* would take more power and more complex circuits. A jacob's ladder and/or tesla coil might work but would be indiscrete at least. A plasma speaker http

Freedom of Expression

2004-11-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:41 AM 11/10/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Those who love operas get what they want, and those who love rock and roll get what they want, and both can live in peace with one another. Not if that manic-depressive, mother of controlled-substance-abusing spawn named Tipper Gore had maintained

Collateral damage?

2004-11-09 Thread Major Variola (ret)
How does this change if I'm a child whose trust fund contains the stock? Or if I hold a mutual fund I inherited with a little Exxon stock What part of collateral damage don't you understand?

CIA Comic

2004-11-09 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:59 PM 11/7/04 -0800, John Young wrote: Remember the CIA Comic from the late 90s? Told hilarious inside the agency jokes that made everyone outside the cocoon blanche and puke, sorry, Bob blew coke through his nose. Cointelpro If you don't know what it was Then it's still happening

RE: Musings on getting out the vote

2004-11-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:11 PM 11/2/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: And they seem to believe there's going to be a huge difference between Kang and Kodos. If you vote for Kang, the terrorists have won! Besides, without paper (ie physical) evidence, how're you gonna prove that Kang won? At least I live in a blue

The plagues are Mosaic asymmetric attacks, not biological

2004-11-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:21 PM 10/31/04 -0800, John Young wrote: To state the obvious to Major Variola, CDC will have first indication of a devastating US attack, reported fragmentarily under its links to hospitals, clinics and physicians, against which the might military and law enforcement have no defenses. You

Re: Osama's makeover

2004-10-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:03 PM 10/31/04 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: At 08:23 PM 10/30/2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: And did you see the wire up his back and the earpiece? Or maybe its hard to get good tailors in Pakistan. Nah - he's allowed to use a Teleprompter, unlike Bush and Kerry at the debate-o-mercials

Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
12:22 AM 10/31/04 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: Major Variola The large pit of smoldering radioactive glass is probably not an option.. Why not? They're called downwinders. Which way do the winds blow in the middle east? You keep assuming that Muslims unite, escalate, etc, but if they do, US

Re: 2000 curies of Ci

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:54 AM 10/29/04 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: At 09:19 PM 10/28/2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Perhaps you meant Cs-137. Halliburton loses mCi of Am-241 etc monthly. MilliCuries? That's a bit surprising, though losing microCuries of it would be more likely. An average home smoke detector

Ruling the planet

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:24 PM 10/29/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: Agreed. Our interest in not in Afghanistan/Iraq per se. Our interest is in ruling the *planet*, rather than any individual pissant player. Silly JA, we want to rule the frickin' solar system. Give GWB a line of Peruvian and he'll go off on

Re: Winning still matters, etc...

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:09 PM 10/30/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: The terrorists cannot win either a conventional or an asymmetrical war against the United States, should it bring its full array of assets to the struggle. The large pit of smoldering radioactive glass is probably not an option.. The improvised

Osama's makeover

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:23 PM 10/30/04 -0700, John Young wrote: Which returns to the Osama make-over. His nose looks much bigger, longer and wider, eyes closer together. The sage-of-the-desert color combination of his face and hands, beard, robe, hat and backdrop look as if it was shot in New Mexico, or maybe

Re: bin Laden gets a Promotion, UBL=Moses

2004-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:16 PM 10/30/04 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 02:42:25PM -0400, Sunder wrote: As usual, South Park is a great source of wisdom. So, are you voting for the Giant Douche or the Turd Sandwich? My candidate is Mr Hanky, Poo party. I'm voting for Kodos. [Simpsons ref]

Geodesic neoconservative empire

2004-10-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:07 PM 10/24/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: If the only way to kill barbarians is to kill barbarians in their bed before they kill you in yours, to pave over nation-states that support them, starting with the easiest first, it can't happen fast enough, as far as I'm concerned, and I'll

2000 curies of Ci

2004-10-29 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 10:21 PM 10/24/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: This is idiotic. You're claiming that the definition of terrorist is dependent not on the act, but on why the act was committed. So if I was to go out tomorrow and spread 2000 curies of Ci into the local subway system As payback for Ruby Ridge,

Re: Airport insanity

2004-10-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:03 PM 10/23/04 -0400, John Kelsey wrote: Blowing up a building full of random people because a few of them are associated with some action you really disagree with is just outside the realm of the sort of moral decision I can figure out. Just like flying planes into buildings full of people

Re: US enacts tough new security measures on visitors, foreign student pilots

2004-10-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:42 PM 10/22/04 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote: : US enacts tough new security measures on visitors, foreign student pilots Also unmentioned: all foreign flight schools are now heavily bugged/surveilled and swarthy and/or moslem students have that fact added to their Permenant Record.

immune system diseases, TSA, false positives

2004-10-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
An immune system is a great thing until it attacks the self. In part this can be due to the limited size of recognized motifs. For instance, the string David Nelson triggers the TSA goons. If you add the phonetic-similarity recognition (required when you transcode arabic names), the matching

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