October 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

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24 Oct '01

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by RWBRIGGS 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

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Slashdot | Holographic Sonar Cryptography
by Jim Choate 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

http://slashdot.org/science/01/10/23/2215256.shtml -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Neverending Cycle ( was : Re: USPS: glowing by leaps and boun ds)
by Trei, Peter 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

> Tim May[SMTP:tcmay@got.net] > > > One minute spent searching on "anthrax ames" will disabuse the clueful > of the mistakes made above. > > The Ames strain is _not_ "militarized anthrax." > > --Tim May > >From what I heard yesterday, the 'Ames strain' was, until 1996, mailed to researchers the world over with few checks, for veterinary and medical research purposes. If so, it's presence in the envelopes tells us little about the source. BTW: My understanding is that the USPS plans to irradiate mail with UV light. This could kill spores on the outside, but won't affect film, seeds, or properly packed biological materials. Peter Trei

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Re: FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> wrote : >On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:50:01PM -0700, Tim May wrote: >> Yes, but this is one of those manufactured, utterly implausible >> situations. I cannot think of a single instance where a suspect had this >> kind of knowledge, with this kind of stakes, and with this kind of "next >> three hours" timetable. Even relaxing each item by a factor of 10...I >> can't think of any such examples. > >Neither can I. My intention was not to suggest that it's acceptable to >rip out the accused's toenails, slowly, but to suggest that this is >the kind of scenario that we may hear politicians talking about in short >order. > >-Declan > I wonder what orders our raiders have in regards prisoners? While we're debating what may or may not happen here my guess is that the decision about what to do with captured al Quaeda or Taliban higher-ups on the battlefield was decided long ago. The interrogators and their bags of tricks are ready for subjects. We have to know what they know. Mike

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Clubbing in Fortress Amerika (fwd)
by Karsten M. Self 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Life is a Cabaret, my friends. on Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 12:56:02PM -0700, Giovanna Imbesi (pho(a)tuttomedia.com) wrote: > Last night my friend and I stopped at a Venice club/bar. At the door > they were doing the normal ID check, but then took my driver's license > and swiped it into a little Palm-like device...and all the info popped > up on the screen. I was startled, amused and outraged all at the same > time. My friend knows the new owners of the building and told me that > the owners had rented part of the upstairs space to a guy with a youth > marketing company, also coincidentally a long-time friend of his. > What are they doing with this information? I've been wondering what > real implications a national ID card would present and here was a > clear example of potential abuse. Is this even legal? Aren't they > authorized to check date-of-birth but no more? Is it legal to retain > the data? What data is stored in the magnetic stripe on a California > driver's license - name, address, DOB, license #, and signature? > > On the way out I asked if we got our data back but only got a nervous > laugh in reply. > > G. > > > Giovanna Imbesi > TuttoMedia > http://www.tuttomedia.com > 310-399-2800 > gio(a)tuttomedia.com > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the pho mailing list, managed by Majordomo 1.94.4. > > To send a message to the list, email pho(a)onehouse.com. > To send a request to majordomo, email majordomo(a)onehouse.com and put your > request in the body of the message (use request "help" for help). > To unsubscribe from the list, email majordomo(a)onehouse.com and put > "unsubscribe pho" in the body of the message. - -- Karsten M. Self <kmself(a)ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE70dnAOEeIn1XyubARArMaAJ95uo4KZfqqkWj/RD8adX3PN1Z/vACfa9xA rLjWNMMw6+UefXhnRwN8x60= =tBCH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Anthrax Letters
by Mark Talbot 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/102301.htm

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DUNNINGER
by Sandy Sandfort 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

C'punks, Penn suggests reading Joseph Dunniger if you want to know how magic works. One of Dunninger's books listed on Amazon.com is, Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic. S a n d y

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Cool article on sound underwater
by Adam Shostack 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991440 Uses a known carrier through a randomizing media so that only the source and dest will have the same randomization performed on their signal. -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume

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Re: FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent
by AARG! Anonymous 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

>Besides, the Taliban don't dance. When the B-52's are performing even the Taliban develop rhythm.

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