October 2000 - cypherpunks-legacy

CDR: Shunning, lesbians and liberty
by James A.. Donald 03 Oct '00

03 Oct '00

-- James A. Donald > > > > Famines in Africa are caused by communism and socialism, > > > > notably the famous Ethiopian famines that occurred under > > > > Mengistu, or by war, notably the famous Biafran famine. At 0233 PM 10/1/2000 -0500, Jim Choate wrote > > > Again, a simple-minded answer to a very complicated issue. James A. Donald > > So give an example of an important twentieth century famine not caused by socialism or war. At 2335 -0500 10/2/00, Jim Choate wrote > Um, changing the rules in the middle of the game are we... > > How did war get in there Sampos original claim was that famine was caused by private enterprise and free markets. My original counter claim (which you dishonestly altered in each post) was that all famines were caused by socialism or war. You on two separate occaisions have edited my original claim to make it easier to rebut. Each time I edited it back, and each time you deleted what I wrote to change the meaning. The first time was just careless editing. The second time was a lie. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG SMZlD/UI8j53FygnoP4krJHCVx1j1mqDEPPKQeMM 4Qj4MKVIjcgU5oLidjh2Cg7KDjnQUL5FYCrYKZGKw

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CDR: Experimental Economics (was Re: Edupage, October 2 2000)
by R. A. Hettinga 03 Oct '00

03 Oct '00

At 5:44 PM -0600 on 10/2/00, EDUCAUSE wrote: > HOW ECONOMISTS HELP PREDICT BEHAVIOR ONLINE > Experimental economics, which has been long been viewed as > impractical, is now being deemed relevant due to the rise of the > Web. Experimental economists use data to predict market > behavior, and are increasingly attracting attention from U.S. > business schools, the FCC, and businesses such as IBM and > Hewlett-Packard. IBM has opened an experimental-economics lab, > which Robert Baseman, IBM's senior research manager, says will > help clients develop and deploy their e-markets. University of > Arizona professor Vernon Smith, who uses an experimental > economics game to study trust relationships, says that such > exercises connect to IBM's e-business focus. Smith, who spoke at > the dedication of IBM's experimental lab, says that the anonymity > of the Internet and e-commerce calls for reputation-building > systems to enable trust-based trading. > (Wall Street Journal, 02 October 2000) -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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CDR: Re: Niiice kitty.... (try 2)
by James A.. Donald 03 Oct '00

03 Oct '00

-- Jim Choate wrote > Anyway. I 'm not aware of any overt instances. I did some checking > of resoruces when I read "Deterring Democracy". All of them (maybe a > dozen) checked out and the quotes were reasonably represented. Really? Most Chomsky citations are extremely difficult to check, and a great many of them, strange to report, turn out to be entirely impossible to check. You checked out half a dozen in a few minutes? How very remarkable! --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG +ULkUJ6F6POuhFkkprznYvQ9VqUZBmjw6cBLfjxc 4eX28OVflu3GWQzcA5Q7J6EPe3uQyD+P3PER7iiqY

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CDR: Gore Office Accused of e-mail Diversion
by Matthew Gaylor 03 Oct '00

03 Oct '00

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CDR: Editor's Choice: The Red-Hot Server Appliance Market, 10/3/00
by Hoover's Online 03 Oct '00

03 Oct '00

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CDR: OPORTUNIDAD DE NEGOCIOS "UNICA"
by jaime Lomba 03 Oct '00

03 Oct '00

INFORME ESPECIAL En momentos de crisis financiera o económica, hay personas que se unen para ayudarse mutuamente a obtener los ingresos que necesitan para sus proyectos laborales o de negocios. Si las grandes empresas hacen lo que les conviene y se unen para crecer, los particulares también podemos hacerlo. Conozca a fondo la propuesta contestando éste email para más información. jimmy(a)tld.net j_lomba(a)yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/vinci2020/jimmy.htm#F ********************************************************************** Su dirección fue obtenida de un sitio público y nuestra intención es informarle nuestra propuesta, le pedimos disculpas si no resultase de su interés. A todos los efectos nos adherimos a las consideraciones establecidas para el United States Federal Requeriments for Commercial E-mail Bill, Section 301.Este mail se envía por única vez. En caso de recibirlo nuevamente será por un error y si eso ocurriera, le pido por favor me lo retorne pidiéndome que lo remueva. Sus datos no forman parte de banco de datos alguno en mi poder.- Atte. JAIME.

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CDR: House scheduled to vote Tuesday on sex-wiretapping bill
by Declan McCullagh 03 Oct '00

03 Oct '00

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:h.r.03484: SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. (a) CHILD PORNOGRAPHY- Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting `section 2252A (relating to material constituting or containing child pornography),' after `2252 (sexual exploitation of children),'. (b) COERCION AND ENTICEMENT TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION OR OTHER ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY- Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting `section 2422 (relating to coercion and enticement),' after `section 2321 (relating to trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts),'. (c) TRANSPORTATION OF MINORS TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION OR OTHER ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY- Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the matter added to that section by subsection (b) of this section the following: `section 2423 (relating to transportation of minors)'.

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CDR: US crypto on classified info
by Steve Furlong 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

John Young wrote: > > The AES Q&A notes that the technology will be used > to protect non-classified government material. What > cryptosystems are used to protect classified information > -- that is, either with hardware implementation or with > software only? Or are these methods themselves > classified? Yep, for the higher-classified material, anyway. And having said that, I'm going to have to weasel out. I don't remember what I can talk about and what's classified. Sorry for my bad memory. Ta, SRF, former Captain, MI, US Army -- Steve Furlong, Computer Condottiere Have GNU, will travel 518-374-4720 sfurlong(a)acmenet.net

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CDR: Rumkowski and the Lodz ghetto
by billp＠nmol.com 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

Interesting history http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/8327/ http://members.tripod.com/bill_3_2/ http://www.nmol.com/users/billp/ We must be careful. Keep up-wind

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CDR: Down with techno-egalitarinism, from a reluctant cpunk
by Declan McCullagh 02 Oct '00

02 Oct '00

I spoke Thurs night at the University of Virginia (http://www.politechbot.com/p-01393.html) I talked a lot about cypherpunkly topics (added some stuff that I haven't seen here, and plan to turn into an article) and even gave the how-to-join address of the cpunx list. Below is a response from one of the students, forwarded here with permission. -Declan ****** >From: "Christopher Fazekas" <chrisfazekas(a)prodigy.net> >To: <declan(a)well.com> >Subject: Your speech last night. >Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:23:41 -0400 > >Dear Mr. McCullagh: > > I thank you for a wonderful presentation last evening. It is rare > that I am presented with a political subject that grabs my attention. > Though I participate actively in political forum, until your speech last > evening, it had begun to feel as though I was "going through the motions" > so to speak with the boring, redundant ideological pissing matches that > characterize University discussion. Thank you for the new subject matter > to tackle. > > However, what makes this topic interesting, bothers me as well. I was > the individual who asked the "prepayment" question concerning > intellectual property and proper remuneration thereof. Fantastic new > economic models would be forced to be created to describe this "market > response" to the dissolution of intellectual property rights. So, I will > not venture an opinion on such subject. Yet, I think it is important to > mention that there is a fine line between anarchism and libertarianism. > At least I find there to be one. Hence, when we talk about the overthrow > of the nation state, it sets off quite a few bells. I do not believe > judicial systems should be cast to the wayside in favor of > techno-egalitarianism, and I feel that the dissolution of intellectual > property would sincerely stress current social institutions which I do > not believe need to be overthrown, but strengthened as government power > is retracted. However, a case could be made that the two are intricately > connected to one another. > > I realize all this is speculation. So, I will leave it at that. > Suffice to say I'm not sure the world is intellectually or socially > prepared for anarchy, though I believe it to be our saving end. Once > again, thank you for a wonderful discussion and keep in touch. > > Please keep me in your list of contacts. As I will be entering law > school next fall, I hope to devote a great portion of my career to the > preservation of liberty, and make way for this great anonymous freedom. > >Sincerely, > >Christopher Fazekas >Chairman >Classical Liberal Roundtable at the University >2432 C-4 Arlington Blvd. >Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

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