March 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

A question of magnitude?
by Jim Choate 09 Mar '01

09 Mar '01

What will happen when Japan collapses from economic ruin, Britian collapses because of a biological disaster, China has a revolution based on democracy, religion, and economic ruin from increased military budgets, The US faces a rash of violent civil disobedience coupled with massive economic slowdowns, and the EU collapses because of increased internal strife? It may not take 20 years... Now who votes for a single world government? ____________________________________________________________________ Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. Locke 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 Times - Japan economy close to collapse
by Jim Choate 09 Mar '01

09 Mar '01

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-96565,00.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. Locke The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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kuro5hin.org || In an open society, what should be a public record?
by Jim Choate 09 Mar '01

09 Mar '01

http://www.Kuro5hin.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/3/8/92135/38268 "When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself public property" Thomas Jefferson -- ____________________________________________________________________ Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. Locke The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Наши поздравления!
by Global Marketing 09 Mar '01

09 Mar '01

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Slashdot | Single-Atom Transistor
by Jim Choate 08 Mar '01

08 Mar '01

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/08/2112200.shtml -- ____________________________________________________________________ Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. Locke The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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News out after the bell...
by announce＠microcapmonitor.com 08 Mar '01

08 Mar '01

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News out after the bell...
by announce＠microcapmonitor.com 08 Mar '01

08 Mar '01

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Re: Cypherpunks IQ test
by Anonymous 08 Mar '01

08 Mar '01

> From: aimee.farr(a)pobox.com (Aimee Farr) > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 19:48:31 -0600 > Subject: CDR:Cypherpunks IQ Test to the Sirs of Dillinger, Brown & Packet, > et. al. > In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103041359140.31597-100000(a)bolt.sonic.net> > Message-ID: <NEBBJHBKILFDJEFIABHPIENOCEAA.aimee.farr(a)pobox.com> > > CYPHERPUNKS IQ TEST > > QUESTION #1. > > You are walking through the woods alone. A beautiful unclothed woman > magically appears in front of you. She holds out an apple. > > 1. Please darken in the correct choice using a Number Two pencil: > > (a) you bite the apple. > (b) you take the woman. > (c) you run away. > (d) a and b, but not c. > (e) b and c only. > (f) all of the above. > (g) none of the above. > > 2. Please justify your answer: > Ms. Farr is unquestionably an AI. Please do not feed the Markov chains. > > ___________________________________________________________________. > > > Just curious.... > > -Aimee

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Re: DoJ subpoena guidelines for journalists
by aluger＠hushmail.com 08 Mar '01

08 Mar '01

I think you should be a real pain in the ass. Stick it to those pigs, right in the ear! Hell, a few days in the pen on a comtempt charge would be a character builder even for YOU Declan. You better brush up on your language skills first though. Try: http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/ After all you'll want to know what to do when word comes down that you're going to be "Dressed Out." Good luck! At Thu, 08 Mar 2001 21:52:14 -0500, Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> wrote: > >See: > >http://squid.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=28&PART=50&SECTION=1… > > They say: > > "(c) Negotiations with the media shall be pursued in all > cases in which a subpoena to a member of the news media is > contemplated. > and > "All reasonable attempts should be made to obtain information from > alternative sources before considering issuing a subpoena to a member > of the news media > and > "No subpoena may be issued to any member of the news media or for >the > telephone toll records of any member of the news media without the > express authorization of the Attorney General > Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com

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test case for HavenCo?
by Ryan Lackey 08 Mar '01

08 Mar '01

I'd like to set up a server at HavenCo personally to demonstrate our resistance to foreign aggression. These are the characteristics I'm looking for: 1) Something generally supported by individuals, especially network admins, in the US and UK 2) Static content, relatively small, so as not to use more than, say, 256kbps of bandwidth -- we've got 20-50mbps available, but since I'm paying for this server out of my own pocket, I'd rather not pay excess bandwidth charges. 3) Easily explained to the average reporter, and something which the press will generally support 4) Minimal support cost to me, if it's a service 5) Minimal need to interface with outside systems (no banking, etc.) 6) Interesting; pure piracy isn't really all that interesting, US exported crypto would have been interesting back in the days of ITAR, but is boring now. Things I've thought of so far: 1) remailer: spam issues make it difficult to due a really good remailer, and there are plenty already, but we're running one (on a shared box, so we'll set up a new one later) 2) OpenNap: the fairtunes.com guy seems to be doing this. 3) DeCSS: probably good, although it seems to not provoke a terribly big response from "The Enemy". I'd be up for hosting an active server which returned keys per DVD, so it's a bit more threatening than just static decss code. 4) Info on circumvention of some major copyright system, like satellite tv (this is kind of boring, and blatant piracy doesn't have much redeeming social value. I'd be interested in any other suggestions. -- Ryan Lackey ryan(a)havenco.com CTO, HavenCo Ltd. the free world just milliseconds away www.havenco.com OpenPGP: B8B8 3D95 F940 9760 C64B DE90 07AD BE07 D2E0 301F

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