[e-gold-list] My Vistit to the Perth Mint

2001-06-14 Thread Andrew McMeikan
Well I finally got around to dropping in on the Perth Mint. after looking over the various bars and coins I ended up buying a gramms of 99.99% gold (0.03 oz) in three little lumps. I then found a slightly unpleasent surprise, precious metals in Australia are now only GST exempt in they are coins

[e-gold-list] Re: Security Certificates

2001-06-14 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 6 Jun 2001, at 13:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > regarding attacks that are only theoretical, i offer 2 grams to the > first person that contacts me with the name of the security related > organization that used the phrase "making the theoretical practical > since 1992" L0pht Heavy Industries

[e-gold-list] Re: here's a shit article!

2001-06-14 Thread Paul Ewing
>>PayPal, probably the most popular system of the sort, is trying to lure >>Internet shoppers away from credit cards with surprising luck so far: The >>company has raised $225 million in financing and claims to have 8 million >>customers Most people I know about fund their PayPal accounts with a

[e-gold-list] Re: here's a shit article!

2001-06-14 Thread Ken Griffith
Actually, the reason PayPal is able to charge slightly less than Visa is that they have persuaded most of their customer base to let them use the ACH system to debit and credit money directly from the customer's bank account. This is significantly cheaper than using credit cards. - Original M

[e-gold-list] whoo hoo hoo!

2001-06-14 Thread jpm
http://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html it broke up, not down! AND its broken through 275 http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/GD/61 the trend is your friend .. the trend is up --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL P

[e-gold-list] Re: Golden Raffle Site Optimized!

2001-06-14 Thread jpm
>I have important news! > >I've been recently notified by a kind member of this list which is a >physicist with deep knowledge of probability calculus (Mr. Craig Spencer), one smart bloke! --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [E

[e-gold-list] Golden Raffle Site Optimized!

2001-06-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have important news! I've been recently notified by a kind member of this list which is a physicist with deep knowledge of probability calculus (Mr. Craig Spencer), that the mathematical formula used at my Golden Raffle site to calculate the winning position in the bettors list caused an unfair

[e-gold-list] Re: here's a shit article!

2001-06-14 Thread Viking Coder
> My guess -- paypal just pays-off hotwired! :) I don't think he was that lucky. It seems like the schumck didn't even bother doing more than just the least amount of research. Wired has a bad history of getting it's facts straight before going to press, especially when it concerns e-gold. > >P

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ? [buffer overrun]

2001-06-14 Thread Viking Coder
> Notice how most of the time it's people like l0pht that find the exploits - > not the manufacturer of the software. That's usually because software is designed with a deadline which was set by people who don't known anything about programming. Sometimes, as in the case of Microsoft, the new sof

[e-gold-list] here's a shit article!

2001-06-14 Thread jpm
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,44507,00.html Digging Those Digicash Blues By Declan McCullagh 2:00 a.m. June 14, 2001 PDT The article is primarily about bearer monies, but in passing it SLAGS e-gold (the ultimate e-gold insult -- mentioned with beenz!) and somewhat puffs-up (lol) pa

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ? [buffer overrun]

2001-06-14 Thread Viking Coder
> | > ...unless there's a buffer overrun that can be exploited, in your > | > web browser, > | > FTP application, telnet, ICQ etc. > | > | If this is true and not pure speculation, let's see it. > > What do you mean? You don't think it's possible that the applications you use, > or your OS, can h

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ? [buffer overrun]

2001-06-14 Thread Luc Van den Borre
| Actually, I think he means he wants to see a proven example of this 'in | the wild'. It is theoretically possible for any program that accepts input | to suffer a buffer overrun. However, it is also theoretically possible to | win the lottery. Only for this lottery the winning numbers are known

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ? [buffer overrun]

2001-06-14 Thread Luc Van den Borre
| > ...unless there's a buffer overrun that can be exploited, in your | > web browser, | > FTP application, telnet, ICQ etc. | | If this is true and not pure speculation, let's see it. What do you mean? You don't think it's possible that the applications you use, or your OS, can have buffer overr

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ?

2001-06-14 Thread Khurram Khan
>> > | Like I said, you have to open an attachment or voluntarily run >> > an executable >> > | in order to get a trojan. No one can just "push" one onto your >> > machine. So >> > I don't know who said this, but its true. A Trojan is an application and has to be downloaded onto your co

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ?

2001-06-14 Thread Viking Coder
> This one might not qualify as a Trojan, but if you have > an older version of Internet Explorer 4.0 - and have passwords > laying around in files it could grab them when you just view > a malignant web page: > > http://www.toxiclinux.org/iehack.html For that bug to work, the exact filename & p

[e-gold-list] Re: Two stats charts

2001-06-14 Thread Viking Coder
> A rise in gross transactions while the number of spends is contant implies > an increase in the average spend. Y may be defined as n*y where n is the > number of transactions and y is the average transaction size (i.e. Y=y*n). > If Y is increasing and n is constant, y must be increasing proporti

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ?

2001-06-14 Thread hankroark
This one might not qualify as a Trojan, but if you have an older version of Internet Explorer 4.0 - and have passwords laying around in files it could grab them when you just view a malignant web page: http://www.toxiclinux.org/iehack.html HR > If this is true and not pure speculation, let's se

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ?

2001-06-14 Thread Ken Griffith
Maybe people with psychic powers have the same odds as Wall Street analysts. - Original Message - From: "Samuel Mc Kee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:50 PM Subject: [e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ? > > > > > | Like I

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ?

2001-06-14 Thread Samuel Mc Kee
> > | Like I said, you have to open an attachment or voluntarily run > an executable > | in order to get a trojan. No one can just "push" one onto your > machine. So > > ...unless there's a buffer overrun that can be exploited, in your > web browser, > FTP application, telnet, ICQ etc. If this i

[e-gold-list] RE: Is this evidence ?

2001-06-14 Thread Luc Van den Borre
| Like I said, you have to open an attachment or voluntarily run an executable | in order to get a trojan. No one can just "push" one onto your machine. So ...unless there's a buffer overrun that can be exploited, in your web browser, FTP application, telnet, ICQ etc. --- You are currently sub

[e-gold-list] Re: Due Process - In defense of e-gold

2001-06-14 Thread Paul Ewing
Actually I do. It is the first payment option in fact. And in the updates page. I need to finish the FAQ page which has more payment terms. I'm updating the Policies page now. Thanks for letting me know, I thought I had updated the payment terms at least. Paul >Just checked out your Shin

[e-gold-list] Re: Due Process - In defense of e-gold

2001-06-14 Thread Geoff
Just checked out your Shining Moon Website, nice. Pity you don't take e-gold though. Geoff - Original Message - From: "Paul Ewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 3:40 PM Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Due Process - In defense of

[e-gold-list] Re: Due Process - In defense of e-gold

2001-06-14 Thread Paul Ewing
At 01:14 AM 6/14/2001 -0400, Lim Ka Seong wrote: >People who are in legitimate E-gold business will definitely work with >E-gold to unfrozen their account by proving to E-gold that, that was a >legitimate transaction by the spender (or spenders!!!) And this will take how long? As a business owne

[e-gold-list] Re: Two stats charts

2001-06-14 Thread jpm
>What would really help is a breakdown of daily spends by value, especially >the value spent in transaction worth less than US$50 and the number os >spends greater than US$50 worth to calculate transaction fee revenue. Everyone, altogether now, e-gold, supply a breakdown of daily spend

[e-gold-list] Re: Two stats charts

2001-06-14 Thread David Hillary
- Original Message - From: Viking Coder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: e-gold Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 6:54 PM Subject: [e-gold-list] Two stats charts > I've included 2 stats charts. > > http://sothor.pair.com/treetop/6_13stats.gif > > http://sothor.pair.com

[e-gold-list] Re: New banking connections in the works

2001-06-14 Thread Frank Zuchristian
We are pleased to announce that we signed the master contract for the Euro Navigator Program, yesterday. We will be adding local accounts in about 20 countries, all of the Euro countries and a number of others including US, that we have clients in. Clients in those countries will no longer

[e-gold-list] Two stats charts

2001-06-14 Thread Viking Coder
I've included 2 stats charts. http://sothor.pair.com/treetop/6_13stats.gif http://sothor.pair.com/treetop/6_13velocity.gif e-gold is currently experiencing a major surge in spends without a corresponding surge in accounts accessed or an unusual surge in velocity. Viking Coder