Re: Declaration of Expulsion: A Modest Proposal

2004-11-04 Thread mfidelman
I expect quite a few of us in the Northeast would be happy to join with Canada. It might be problematic that DC went blue :-) On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, R.A. Hettinga wrote: > > > HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE: The National Conservative Weekly

Re: corporate vs. state

2004-03-26 Thread mfidelman
On 26 Mar 2004, Frog wrote: > Harmon Seaver wrote: > > > If a "voluntary association" injures me, > > Associations - corporate or otherwise - are abstract, intangible > entities. They don't perform actions. People do. Corporations act as "legal persons" - they can enter into contracts, own

Re: corporate vs. state, TD's education

2004-03-25 Thread mfidelman
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Harmon Seaver wrote: >Nonsense -- corporations are not humans, they have zero rights. Unfortunately, there are a whole slew of Supreme Court decisions that say otherwise - mostly applying the 14th amendment (you know, freeing the slaves) to grant free speech and other c

Re: Computer Voting Expert, Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, Ousted From Elections Confer...

2003-08-14 Thread mfidelman
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And somebody should work on producing an alternative hybrid voting > machine that is hard copy paper verifiable. I think we have to give > these local governments a viable alternative, a machine that can't be > used for Machiavellian machinations. I t

Re: Putting the "NSA Data Overwrite Standard" Legend to Death...

2003-02-05 Thread mfidelman
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Peter Gutmann wrote: > Thomas Shaddack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Second, where did the number 7 really come from? > > >From the OSI 7-layer model, which took it from the fact that the number 7 is > sacred to a certain tribe in Borneo (see "The Elements of Networking Styl

Re: Who feigned Roger Rabbit?

2003-01-30 Thread mfidelman
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Bill Frantz wrote: > I have had one case where taking the train was a big win over driving. I > was consulting in San Francisco, about 60 miles from my home. I found that > if I rode the train, I could work as I rode, and turn my travel time into > billable hours. I also avo