November 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Transperancy Spray?
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

>> Well, I was watching CNN and it looks like the Postal workers now are >> armed with a new weapon.. Against terror of course. THe whole cant read >> someone elses mail thing is out the window it looks like, they can spray >> this go on the letter and read through the envelope.. It seems >> implausable but its CNN, they dont lie right? well ANYWAYS, I now have a >> nice stash of black construction paper... > Yes, that would work nicely as the outside sheet. > "You spray it on and it temporarily makes the envelope clear," said > Robert Schlegel, vice-president of the makers, Mistral Security, of > Maryland. "It leaves an odor for 10 to 15 minutes, but there is no > smudging of ink, no stain, no evidence at all. The envelope is > transparent for a few minutes and you can respray it hundreds of > times without leaving any stain." > I would bet that there is SOMETHING that is dissolved by liquid freon. Just mark your letters with the stuff and look for the integrity of the mark at the other end. The USPS won't be checking mail this way anytime soon. If they were they would use some sort of freon recovery system to contain costs. Oh, well, it will soon be time to go buy $2.95 stamps to pay for UV, E-beam, freon and zoot suits. Mike

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Re: what kind of bomb?
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

cpaul <inc(a)fastmedia.net> wrote : >Witnesses also said they saw a U.S. plane drop a bomb Tuesday >at the Bagram front lines, about 25 miles north of Kabul, >creating a mushroom cloud that billowed at least 1,000 feet >into the air. > > >http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011030/ts/attacks_afghanistan_549.html > A really big one. Still conventional. Besides, a standard-sized one might have hit a munitions or fuel bunker. Hell, a 10 acre tire fire in central California made a "mushroom" shaped cloud several thousand feet high. During Vietnam there were boxcar-sized bombs used to clear an LZ in the jungle. How many tons? I don't know but they made ~100 yard circle.

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Re: [The Star Article] Canadian lawyers asked to fink on clients (fwd)
by Tim May 31 Oct '01

31 Oct '01

On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 08:19 PM, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote: > The next time you plunk down money for a lawyer, you might also be > hiring > the government's chief witness against you. > > enjoy > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 mailto(a)thestar.ca wrote: > >> Thought you might be interested in this one. >> http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Arti… >> c=Article&cid=1004482927745&call_page=TS_Canada&call_pageid=968332188774& >> call_pagepath=News/Canada&col=968350116467 >> >> Wed Oct 31 23:05:59 2001 > It is a profoundly moral act to kill any lawyer who acts as a witness for the other side. --Tim May "Extremism in the pursuit of liberty is no vice."--Barry Goldwater

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