December 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Tim May on the end of a rope.
by mattd 27 Dec '01

27 Dec '01

>>The Trots I encountered in Australia seemed remarkably similar to the Trotsky that I found in the history books. Perhaps that is why they called themselves Trotskyists.<< I attack the aussi trots at every chance.It helps not to confuse them with anarchists. 57 varieties and all of them poisonous >>The story of the Russian radical left is full of hypocrisy, betrayal and murder. The story of the Catalonian radical left is also full of very similar hypocrisy, betrayal and murder, with the added twist that in Catalonia the anarchist nomenclatura was sold by the anarchist leadership into the hands of their enemies.<< Um,anarchists being sold out by "leadership".Anarchists don't have leadership,if they did they did they wouldn't be anarchists.The story of every political movement is full of hypocrisy, betrayal and murder.That's why I choose anarchism to minimize my chances of those things happening to me. >>The differences that seem so big and important from the inside, are small from the outside. << You should't hang with 'punks into C/anarchy then,are you insane?The police state might crucify you. Chompsky seems to have not addressed anarchism for over 20 years.His essay remains the best hirstorical one Ive seen on Spain.(Objectivity and liberal scholarship) >>I notice that you approvingly cite Huben's FAQ, whose central argument is that the federal government is the rightful owner of everything in the USA. << I read widely and quote selectively and sometimes provocatively,thanks for the heads up on Huben.The central argument of the federal govt seems to be that they own the friggin world.The best way to shake them of that misconception seems to me to be anarchy.libertarian socialist,crypto-anarchic good old fashioned ANARCHY.Viva,anarchia,VIVA!

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FIRE BUSH
by mattd 27 Dec '01

27 Dec '01

What to do if a bushfire approaches your house 7 Wet the roof and garden. 7 Turn on sprinkler system (if you have one). 7 Clear leaves and branches from around the house. 7 Clear gutters. . Kill the president. 7 Move flammable items (boxes, garden furniture) away from house. 7 Move flammable items (boxes, garden furniture) away from house. 7 Block downpipes and fill gutters with water. 7 Place wet towels and blankets against gaps under doors and windows. 7 Dress in protective clothing: sturdy leather footwear, long pants and long sleeved shirt or jumper (preferably wool), broad-brimmed hat, goggles, handkerchiefs to tie over nose and mouth. 7 Fill baths, sinks and buckets with water. 7 If you intend to evacuate, plan well ahead of time where to stay and how to travel. 7 If staying, go inside as fire front approaches and remain inside until the fire has passed. 7 Close heavy curtains, close shutters if you have them. 7 For several hours after the fire front has passed, patrol your property and put out spot fires started by flying embers. 7 Check roof cavity frequently for spot fires. Source: NSW Rural Fire Service

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For DVD Lovers 11227
by buddy8575＠yahoo.com 26 Dec '01

26 Dec '01

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James people play
by mattd 26 Dec '01

26 Dec '01

DECEMBER 26 -- JAMES EADS HOW Patron Saint of the Boxcar Traveler. http://www.hobo.org/ http://www.reed.edu/~dmorton/ 1787 -- Framed?: Anti-Federalist mob, displeased that a Pennsylvania State Convention ratified the US Constitution, attack a framer of the document, James Wilson, with barrel staves & nearly kill him 1865 -- Perky?: James Nason invents coffee percolator. Spanish for james? 1917 -- Josi Peiro Olives lives. Son of the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist theorist & militant, Juan Peiro Belis. From The: Daily Bleed <recall(a)eskimo.com> Subject: Daily Bleed:

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Re: Big Bang Thought Experiment
by mattd 26 Dec '01

26 Dec '01

jamesd>>>While issue of a purely fiat digital currency without state backing would be an interesting experiment, such a currency could never gain value, never become useful as a medium of exchange. << If it started as one unit of barter value that was level with the dollar and floated with it,then its scalable and could and should overtake the dollar at some point.(phase transition or slow fade of D?) Any interference punishable by APster,certain death.Many details remain but you seem mistaken on this,if its hopeless,why bother? >>However the niche market where most people expect the introduction of digital cash is internet transactions, where breaking the defaulter's neck is not a viable option<< You must have APster justice.You have all the horsemen loose so there must be a rein or the masses will support the corrupt,rancid state's crackdown.Not that the crackdown will succeed entirely,new attempts will surely follow. Huge bombproof remailers,APster backup of contract law and e-cash based on what you know best.The value of your labor. "Four hundred billionaires now possess wealth equal to that of the 3 billion poorest people on the planet. This capitalist system is inherently violent, oppressive and exploitative. Capitalism cannot be reformed, and that's why we need to abolish it."

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MAY!Heard about Pittsburg PA?
by mattd 26 Dec '01

26 Dec '01

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, USA - Friday, Dec. 21, 2001 - 'May Day 3' defendants receive light sentences in plea bargains. All three had felony charges reduced to misdemeanors. Each got 30 hours of community service within six months of probation. One had been charged with aggravated assault on an officer. Another had been charged with carrying an incendiary device. (It was actually fire juggling equipment.) The judge, Novak, actually ruled to keep the incendiary device charge. In the courtroom, none of the arresting officers were on hand, only the prosecutor. The unpermitted march on May 1 was attacked by police, causing a melee just as the march entered Market Square (where it might have dispersed). They arrested ten, one a juvenile. Several of those arrested were beaten and pepper sprayed. The thuggery of the Pittsburgh cops is clearly evident on videotape. The nine arrested adults spent two to three days in jail. Six of the nine, with misdemeanors, were charged in May, receiving fines and community service. One of these people is to appeal his sentence in January, 2002. The march had included anarchist black flags in celebration of May Day - the international labor holiday originating in Chicago in 1886. It included a festive, spring celebration atmosphere - some carried large paper flowers on sticks. The march had been billed as a sort of reclaim the streets action. Most of the 150 to 200 participants were young anarchists or punks. At subsequent hearings, people from the anarchist WHAT Collective, the Mr. Roboto Project (infoshop-space), Black Radical Congress, the United Electricians, Labor Party and the Thomas Merton (peace) Center had come out to show support. One observer complained that even though light sentences were handed down, the protesters still get criminalized for walking down the street. Most of those arrested were either anarchists or IWW members. -Duff (one of the 'Pittsburgh May Day 9/3'.) ******** ****** The A-Infos News Service ****** News about and of interest to anarchists ****** Tim when you were born,you cried and world around you laughed.When you die soon,you'll laugh and the world around you will cry.

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Anonymous Barter?
by mattd 26 Dec '01

26 Dec '01

>> cash is not a solution, since it is observable. Anything observable is >> not a solution. > >Therefore murder, if not witnessed, never happened. If a body falls in the >forest...? You have a problem with simple sentences. Also, when you want to switch the arguments you must do it in more intelligent and coherent way. Payments should happen. The solution is to make them invisible. But let me do it in simpler terms: I owe Mr. Melon 100 credits, which is well-established and provable (to me and him) in our private currency. Mr. Melon owns Mr. Nomen 50 credits. It is very easy to transfer my debt and then I can perform some task for Mr. Nomen worth 50 credits. This happens often in real life. It's called barter and it is taxable, if it can be proved. Never converting anything to paper/book dollars makes it extremely hard to prove. People do favours to each other essentially on the same bases, sans bookkeeping or crypto. Once I did some programming for the guy and instead of paying me he gave his $2000 WW1 rifle to the mutual friend who wanted it and he took it towards commission on a real-estate transaction he did for me. This is a rare. Software could make it more convenient. Just peg a credit to a dollar for the start. >The fact that party X commits a crime without being witnessed does not >eliminate the crime. It merely makes prosecution a bit harder. That is the whole point of crypto. Once I declare your breathing to be a crime (and I have a bigger gun than you do) you better conceal it. >to. Remember that multiple-issuer currencies have been tried before in just I am talking about single-issuer currency. >> whose reputation you can't instrument. But someone can start a business >> for reputation building. Again, hardly new. > >Not new? Name 5 prominent reputation brokers. Reputation services? >Reputation clearing agents? What manner of reputation do they measure? High-interest credit cards or store credit-cards (same as high-interest since they limit you to a single source) that young people or people with no credit can get, for instance ? Mortgage insurance for those with low down-payment ? Maybe Mr. Anonymous who frequents South Africa will mediate transactions between canadians and south africans, since he knows both sides, for a fee ? High-priced shysters introducing their clients to each other ? >> some fine Afghan pot is a small price to pay for getting out of the >> state's sight. > >You want work too hard to stay out of the state's sight. Of course. I never buy controlled substances from dealers, for instance. Always from end-users I knew for years. >(Incidentally, it's "Illusory Delusions." "Ilusional" isn't a word. It's You are just plain stupid, aren't you ? It takes some intelligence to do ad hominems, you know. I sometimes make this mistake, taking plain idiocy for misinformed insight worth arguing. Go to a bookstore, there is a shelve labeled "Reference", take a book called "Dictionary" and look up Illusion (two "l"s, not one): Main Entry: il7lu7sion Pronunciation: i-'l|-zh&n Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin illusion-, illusio, from Latin, action of mocking, from illudere to mock at, from in- + ludere to play, mock -- more at LUDICROUS Date: 14th century 1 a obsolete : the action of deceiving b (1) : the state or fact of being intellectually deceived or misled : MISAPPREHENSION (2) : an instance of such deception 2 a (1) : a misleading image presented to the vision (2) : something that deceives or misleads intellectually b (1) : perception of something objectively existing in such a way as to cause misinterpretation of its actual nature (2) : HALLUCINATION 1 (3) : a pattern capable of reversible perspective 3 : a fine plain transparent bobbinet or tulle usually made of silk and used for veils, trimmings, and dresses - il7lu7sion7al /-'l|zh-n&l, -'l|-zh&-n&l/ adjective

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DVD COPIER SOFTWARE 31353
by greg9120＠yahoo.com 26 Dec '01

26 Dec '01

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by Tania Arostegui 26 Dec '01

26 Dec '01

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26 Dec '01

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