December 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Celebrate Bill of Rights Day in Denver (fwd)
by mattd 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

"Even more interesting: "A Colorado person has placed a $20,000 ecash reward in escrow for anyone who can prove he killed a Fed attempting to violate the Second Amendment rights of a Colorado resident." Crypto winter my arse. 'Now is my winter made glorious summer by this blah blah blah..."

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Theft
by mattd 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

Que? Nowt to do with me weasl.

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R.I.P. Cypherpunks
by measl＠mfn.org 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/294 "Once the online haunt of top cryptographers, the Cypherpunks list was characterized by its mix of revolutionary politics and advanced mathematics. This week, a founder pronounced it dead and buried" -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin(a)mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Attn JYA
by mattd 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

"The radical act of the terrorists opens a space for us to think radically as well," Michael Sorkin, director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at City College, writing in a special issue of the Sunday mazagine section of The New York Times that was published on 11 November 2001. One of the ironies of the spectacular destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) on 11 September 2001 is the fact that, at the time they collapsed, the famous "Twin Towers" were obsolete and in need of being destroyed. Built for an enormous amount of money between 1966 and 1970 by the Port Authority of the State of New York, the Twin Towers were intended to house a great many foreign financial institutions and to provide everything that their managers, employees and clients might need (hotels, restaurants, shops, movie theaters, etc. etc). Despite the novelty of being the tallest buildings in the world -- a distinction that only lasted until 1976, when the Sears Tower was built in Chicago -- the Twin Towers were always money-losers as rental properties and required huge subsidies from the State of New York to remain solvent. As it turned out, visiting business men and women weren't satisfied to remain within the WTC's purportedly self-sufficient universe, and wished to venture (and shop and do business) outside of it. Because all of the windows in both towers were sealed up tight, and because neither tower was equipped to take advantage of its unique potential to generate power using the wind or solar energy, the WTC complex was ludicrously costly to heat and light. But perhaps most importantly, advances in information and telecommunication technologies decentralized the financial markets, which in turn "rolled back" the necessity for foreign institutions to be in close physical proximity to each other, Wall Street and the rest of lower Manhattan, which is precisely what the gigantic size and centralized location of the Twin Towers were intended to provide. Though this may be hard for some to believe, especially in these sentimental times, the Twin Towers were hated by many New Yorkers, who would have been happy if the goddamned things had never been built. An entire neighborhood was destroyed to make way for them. Fully twice the size of the buildings around them, they blocked the sunlight from getting through and stuck out like sore thumbs. Indeed, the Twin Towers were so excessively large that the only place one could escape them and see New York City's famous skyline without distraction was on top of one of the tower's observation decks! Their steel surfaces played havoc with radio and TV broadcasts, which meant that broadcasters were forced to move their transmitters (they had little choice but to put them atop one of the towers!). And unlike the modestly tall buildings at Rockefeller Center, which are surrounded by an "extroverted" or open space through which pedestrian traffic can move freely, the freakishly tall Twin Towers were surrounded by a blank, abstract space that was "introverted" and closed off. More inc pic at http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=98399&group=webcast

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by o9153＠iol.it 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

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"Im a libertarian socialist!"
by mattd 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

http://world.std.com/~mhuben/leftlib.html for well known liar james Actually its not "I dont know",the correct legal term is "I dont recall",(for Tim.) I was fine for medications till global warming killed my mushrooms.Also its prosecutor too tim,maybe you need a little something for <paranoia>

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Celebrate Bill of Rights Day in Denver (fwd)
by measl＠mfn.org 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:43:43 -0700 From: John Jackson <jjackson(a)attrition.org> To: measl(a)mfn.org, bensons(a)savvis.net, dave.salaman(a)savvis.net, greg.graff(a)savvis.net Subject: Celebrate Bill of Rights Day in Denver This ought to be fun: http://www.stanley2002.org/borday.htm Join Rick on Bill of Rights Day and defend your right to keep and bear arms. Civil disobedience is the only way to secure our Constitutional rights against an unconstitutional government. At high noon on December 15, 2001, at the state Capitol in Denver, Rick will be wearing a loaded pistol in a holster in plain sight for all to see -- per his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Rick Stanley, Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, will be arrested by the Denver police for insisting that his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed. [...]

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Portland police refuses to ask FBI's illegal questions
by mattd 30 Nov '01

30 Nov '01

I have a brief thank you note from this fine officer to a supportive e-mail I sent him.I urge all cypherascals to e-mail support to andrew.(and katie sierra,berkeley council,et al)

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