April 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: TannerWatch: Jack don't need no body language
by John Young 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

Irv Benzion wrote: >You are probably unaware as was I that it >is illegal to criticize a federal judge or >his/her actions or to cause "disrespect" to >the federal court system. There it is. This citizen unit is going down. So ordered. Period. Following Sasquatch's footsteps.

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IRS Commercial Speech
by Duncan Frissell 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,42951,00.html From Declan's story: Because Bell repeatedly said he would not violate the law, Leen had hoped to raise a First Amendment defense -- essentially saying that because the law protects advocacy of violent acts, the jury can find Bell to be not guilty as charged. Leen asked the judge to incorporate a First Amendment defense in instructions to the jury. But Tanner nixed that idea. He said he did not believe Bell was engaged in political speech. "Are the IRS laws political?" Tanner asked. "I thought they were passed by Congress and signed by the president." Tanner suggested the IRS was as apolitical as a highway "speed limit." "I'm going to deny those instructions," Tanner said, which means the jury will not consider the First Amendment implications of the charges against Bell. ***************** Declan, did anyone in court burst into hysterical laughter? I would have had a hard time restraining myself and would now be a guest of the Feds, I suppose. While it is true that trial courts hate 1A defenses and leave such things to the appeals courts, this is truly funny. Tanner is carving out a yet another "commercial speech" exception to the 1st arguing that mere government administration is not "political" and thus not open to full speech protection. He is certainly wrong. Actually, it's a great quote for the Appeals judges (if Jim gets around to appealing). I expect Jim to cave like he did the last time. No guts. DCF ---- "When confronted with persons of your ilk, my usual response is: Action Front! Load Triple Canister! Fire as they lay!" -- Canister. A cylindrical metal container filled with lead shot. Designed to turn a field artillery piece into a very large shotgun.

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Re: Day #5: U.S. v. Jim Bell report from federal court in Tacoma
by Declan McCullagh 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

[note from an attorney, anonymized] Declan, I read your report of Day #5, shaking my head at the turn of events. Mr. Bell may be bright, he may have a mission, he may have a cause, he may have a point, but he is an excellent example of why one does not represent oneself in a trial. His attorney is between a rock and a hard place. Judge Tanner won't let him off the hook, and Bell won't let him do his job. Bell is doing a stunning job of giving the jury a reason to convict, and Judge Tanner keeps reeling out the rope so Bell can hang himself. It's sad. Bell is obviously disturbed. Is he insane? I don't know. But he exhibits no judgment whatsover in his defense, and he will pay a high price. I appreciate your coverage of the trial. My experience as a trial lawyer was you could count on the police and the newspaper to get the names correct, sometimes, and the newspaper to report only the most charged testimony or facts. Neither Mr. Bell nor I look forward to the outcome of his case. It's likely to be bad.

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Slashdot | Free Republic v. Aldridge
by Jim Choate 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/04/10/1311204.shtml -- Adapt, Adopt, Improvise! - Anonymous Venimus, Vidimus, Delevimus - 1st Linux Motto, Anonymous Tivoli Certification Group, OSCT James Choate jchoate(a)tivoli.com Senior Engineer 512-436-1062

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CNN.com - Sci-Tech - Huge RSA showcase highlights managed security - April 10, 2001
by Jim Choate 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/04/10/rsa.managed.security.idg/index.… -- Adapt, Adopt, Improvise! - Anonymous Venimus, Vidimus, Delevimus - 1st Linux Motto, Anonymous Tivoli Certification Group, OSCT James Choate jchoate(a)tivoli.com Senior Engineer 512-436-1062

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Slashdot | Microchips That Evolve
by Jim Choate 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/04/10/0436220.shtml -- ____________________________________________________________________ To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x+1)-ecrable. Edgar Allan Poe The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Your ACM Web Account URL
by account＠acm.org 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

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What do Boris Yeltzin and Liz Taylor have in common?
by ViPatients＠yahoo.com 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

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Micropayments, misc.
by George＠Orwellian.Org 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

There are 4+ reports at http://interactive.wsj.com/pages/smallchange.htm regarding micropayments. (30-day registration is free) ---- From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart(a)pobox.com> # # Akamai isn't a DoubleClick type of service - # it's a distributed caching system that allows web sites # to get better performance by caching static web content # on large ISPs and other sites likely to be nearer to readers # than the content owner's web site. Thank you for the LART, apologies (or is that regrets ;-) to Declan. Good thing porno sites don't use it, the URL would be hard to block without taking out non-porno sites. ----- One of the very few really cool URLs the Jimster sent to the list was for a home-made plasma ball. I wanted to tell others about it, but the URL stopped working shortly after the Jimster gave it out. I heard he doesn't like to receive mail from people (individuals), so I didn't email him. Anyone have a working URL for the plasmoid ball? ---- NTP root security hole? # >Path: news.panix.com!panix1.panix.com!not-for-mail # >From: elr(a)panix.com (Ed Ravin [staff]) # >Newsgroups: panix.motd.system # >Subject: Unix_NTP_Advisory # >Followup-To: panix.questions # >Date: 5 Apr 2001 18:25:21 -0400 # # (The following article has been automatically mirrored from MOTD) # # (Posted by Ed Ravin [staff]) Thu, Apr 05 2001 -- 5:57 PM # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # All Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and any other users who administer Unix # machines at their home or in their workplace please take note: # # The xntpd and ntpd daemons, which are used for synchronizing time between # multiple machines over a network, have a security vulnerability that # allows remote attackers to gain root access. # # If you are using NTP on your Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, or any other # Unix-ish operating system which you keep connected to the Internet # on a regular basis, you should shut down the NTP daemon now and # examine your machine for evidence of a remote attack. We have already # received one report from a Panix customer who was probed Thursday night/ # Friday morning. # # Users with commercial vendor versions of Unix (i.e. Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, # etc) should contact their vendor for more information to find out if # they are affected (I suspect they are, though it will take a while before # someone puts together an exploit). In the meantime, you should stop # running xntpd/ntpd until your vendor addresses the problem. # # For further discussion, please post in panix.questions. # # Windows and Mac users can safely ignore this message. # # -- Ed # # PS: We've received reports of Panix customers with Linux machines being # hacked at the rate of 1-2 per week for the couple of weeks - if you have # ANY Linux or *BSD system that you have not updated with security fixes # since January 1, or if you installed ANY Linux or *BSD system directly # from the CD and have not updated it (like RedHat 6.2 or 7.0), that system # is probably vulnerable to remote exploits. # # --- # Public Access Internet & UNIX [panix.com]

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http://www.geocities.com/judgetanner
by Blank Frank 10 Apr '01

10 Apr '01

http://www.geocities.com/judgetanner A TannerWatch(tm) Publication...

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