March 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Mercury News publisher steps down - Mar. 20, 2001 (Ok, all journalists may not be whores)
by Jim Choate 20 Mar '01

20 Mar '01

http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/03/20/news/wires/mercurynews_wg/ -- ____________________________________________________________________ If the law is based on precedence, why is the Constitution not the final precedence since it's the primary authority? The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Gun activists have a stake against censorware
by Seth Finkelstein 20 Mar '01

20 Mar '01

[Feel free to forward to your list] As you know, the groups ACLU/ALA/PFAW will be filing a lawsuit against the Federal censorware law (CIPA). It's important to understand that the reach of censorware extends to far more than sex. Anyone who can be the target of a secret blacklist has a stake. As a small illustration, a quick check shows the censorware program SmartFilter blacklists many gun-related sites under the category of "Criminal Skills": http://www.gun-room.com http://www.gungarage.com http://www.gun-tests.com http://www.guns.com http://www.gunsamerica.com http://www.ncggasgun.com http://www.championfirearms.com http://www.springfield-armory.com And http://www.ayoob.com is considered "Extreme" (that's akin to obscene) These can be verified by testing the URLs using the web-form at http://www.securecomputing.com/cgi-bin/filter_whereV3.cgi [It would be a good idea to do such a check before you send out this message, because the blacklist may be changed after this is publicized] __ Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer sethf(a)sethf.com http://sethf.com EFF Pioneer: http://www.eff.org/awards/20010305_pioneer_press_release.html Anticensorware Investigations: http://sethf.com/anticensorware/ ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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Gun activists have a stake against censorware
by Seth Finkelstein 20 Mar '01

20 Mar '01

[Feel free to forward to your list] As you know, the groups ACLU/ALA/PFAW will be filing a lawsuit against the Federal censorware law (CIPA). It's important to understand that the reach of censorware extends to far more than sex. Anyone who can be the target of a secret blacklist has a stake. As a small illustration, a quick check shows the censorware program SmartFilter blacklists many gun-related sites under the category of "Criminal Skills": http://www.gun-room.com http://www.gungarage.com http://www.gun-tests.com http://www.guns.com http://www.gunsamerica.com http://www.ncggasgun.com http://www.championfirearms.com http://www.springfield-armory.com And http://www.ayoob.com is considered "Extreme" (that's akin to obscene) These can be verified by testing the URLs using the web-form at http://www.securecomputing.com/cgi-bin/filter_whereV3.cgi [It would be a good idea to do such a check before you send out this message, because the blacklist may be changed after this is publicized] __ Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer sethf(a)sethf.com http://sethf.com EFF Pioneer: http://www.eff.org/awards/20010305_pioneer_press_release.html Anticensorware Investigations: http://sethf.com/anticensorware/ ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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HR.com's eBulletin for the week of March 19, 2001
by weeklymag＠corpmail.hr.com 20 Mar '01

20 Mar '01

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CNN: Encryption Explainer
by Jim Choate 20 Mar '01

20 Mar '01

Go check out the 'Encryption Explainer' under the "David Ensor Inside the NSA" piece (R. column, blue text w/ red bkgd.). http://cnn.com ____________________________________________________________________ If the law is based on precedence, why is the Constitution not the final precedence since it's the primary authority? The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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The Register - THE DVD Prime Number
by Jim Choate 19 Mar '01

19 Mar '01

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17681.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ If the law is based on precedence, why is the Constitution not the final precedence since it's the primary authority? The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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UCITA meeting at the capitol (fwd) [SSZ: Tx. only]
by Jim Choate 19 Mar '01

19 Mar '01

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:47:06 -0800 (PST) From: Any Mouse (amouse(a)anywhere.com) Subject: UCITA meeting at the capitol I have talked to Bonnie Bruce(463-0766) of Business and Industry. She said the bill has a large chance of not being passed. But, that it would be brought up in room E2.016 at the State Capitol Tuesday, or tomorrow. I will make my best effort to be there(99%). I really don't want to miss this. So anyone wanting to take part and can get to the Capitol please do so. ____________________________________________________________________ If the law is based on precedence, why is the Constitution not the final precedence since it's the primary authority? The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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CDR: CNN.com - U.S. Supreme Court allows school T-shirt ban -
by Jim Choate 19 Mar '01

19 Mar '01

March 19, 2001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: cypherpunks(a)ssz.com X-Unsubscription-Info: http://einstein.ssz.com/cdr X-List-Admin: list(a)ssz.com X-Loop: ssz.com X-Acceptable-Languages: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net Precedence: first-class Reply-To: Jim Choate <jchoate(a)dev.tivoli.com> X-List: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net X-Loop: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/03/19/scotus.shirt.ap/index.html -- The Laws of Serendipity: 1. In order to discover anything, you must be looking for something. 2. If you wish to make an improved product, you must first be engaged in making an inferior one. Tivoli Certification Group, OSCT James Choate jchoate(a)tivoli.com Senior Engineer 512-436-1062 [Unquote]

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CDR: CNN.com - U.S. Supreme Court allows school T-shirt ban -
by Jim Choate 19 Mar '01

19 Mar '01

March 19, 2001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: cypherpunks(a)ssz.com X-Unsubscription-Info: http://einstein.ssz.com/cdr X-List-Admin: list(a)ssz.com X-Loop: ssz.com X-Acceptable-Languages: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net Precedence: first-class Reply-To: Jim Choate <jchoate(a)dev.tivoli.com> X-List: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net X-Loop: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/03/19/scotus.shirt.ap/index.html -- The Laws of Serendipity: 1. In order to discover anything, you must be looking for something. 2. If you wish to make an improved product, you must first be engaged in making an inferior one. Tivoli Certification Group, OSCT James Choate jchoate(a)tivoli.com Senior Engineer 512-436-1062 [Unquote]

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Re: Choke, Choate
by George＠Orwellian.Org 19 Mar '01

19 Mar '01

John Young, State of Washington Tourist Guide, wrote: # Jesus Kristmas, Jim, look at the stinking garbage you send # with a single subject line of information. Have you no shame, # or do you not smell your own farts? And this is with babble # turned off. Sys yr msg. He's sooooo in love with himself. Proof: he's the top poster. When asked why he couldn't manage to contain himself, by saving up all his separate little posts into a single one and sending it out once a day, he had nothing to say in defense.

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