June 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

RE: MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America
by Paul E. Robichaux 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

I don't think that anti-nymity is a bias, it's just an unfortunate side effect. Most consumers want single sign-on. Microsoft wants to give it to them. If you don't like it, you can always get the same effect by using a nym and those nifty prepaid Amex cards you can buy at 7-11. -----Original Message----- From: Roy M. Silvernail [mailto:roy@scytale.com] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:48 AM To: Cypherpunks Subject: MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America Interesting piece on CNET: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6208902-0.html?tag=tp_pr A telling highlight: > Analysts said Microsoft views instant messaging--a key element of > Windows Messenger--as glue for its new Internet services such as > Passport and HailStorm. Such services promise to simplify Web surfing > by giving people a single online identity and providing secure access > to personal information such as credit card numbers with one click. It's that "single online identity" part that chafes me. A pretty clear anti-nymity bias, as MS forges ahead in tying ones online presence irrevocably to their meatspace identity. -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy(a)scytale.com

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MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America
by Roy M. Silvernail 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

Interesting piece on CNET: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6208902-0.html?tag=tp_pr A telling highlight: > Analysts said Microsoft views instant messaging--a key element of > Windows Messenger--as glue for its new Internet services such as > Passport and HailStorm. Such services promise to simplify Web surfing > by giving people a single online identity and providing secure access > to personal information such as credit card numbers with one click. It's that "single online identity" part that chafes me. A pretty clear anti-nymity bias, as MS forges ahead in tying ones online presence irrevocably to their meatspace identity. -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy(a)scytale.com

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I Finally Found It!!!!!!!!!
by tigger5979＠friskycheese.com 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

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"The People's Genome Celebration"
by Declan McCullagh 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

News conference on the eve of the People's Genome Celebration to announce a new effort to pass legislation banning genetic discrimination in the work place and in health insurance. Participants: Sen. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D.; Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter, D-N.Y.; Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.; Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman, Agriculture Committee=; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.;Rep. Constance Morella, R-Md.; Dr. Francis Collins, director,National Human Genome Research Institute and David Escher, alleged target of genetic discrimination at the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Location: S-211, U.S. Capitol. 10 a.m. Contact: Molly Rowley, 202-224-2939 or Becky Bailey, 202-225-3615

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RE: FC: NY cops arrest high schoolers over web site with sex details
by David Honig 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

At 06:32 PM 6/5/01 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote: >David Honig wrote: > >> I agree with you, but how could >> the amateur journalists give >> authoritative proof if the courts >> don't allow it? How is this >> handled in other cases? > >I'm not sure what you are saying here. If your "amateur journalist" has, >for instance, a videotape of some guy having sex with Tom Cruise (to take a >case ripped from today's headlines), then why would he need court-ordered >discovery? Res ipsa loquitur (the thing speaks for itself). I think my answer is: you have to do your research before the cops show up, or do some serious dumpster-diving afterwards, because the courts won't help you find corroboration. >Your question assumes you are already in court. This means you are being >sued and the clock is running on your lawyers. Witness can also disappear, >be disqualified, lie or not be believed. Lots of luck. $ure, but this is irrelevent to what the courts will/won't do, or accept, as defense for purported harassment/slander/true slander. How *would* you (not meaning just you SS) defend such a case? Or have the journalists really sinned, in a libertarian ethic? Is this an 'expectation of privacy' thing, where you can publish the nasal length or inter-ocular distances of folks but not the length of their dick, even if true? And, what are the sexual behaviors of Kirkland police? :-)

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Women Code Warriors
by John Young 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

In Code: a Mathematical Journey, Sarah Flannery with David Flannery, Workman Publishing, New York, 2001 http://www.workman.com/ "Sarah Flannery is a fun, sports-loving teenager from County Cork, Ireland. She also happens to be an award-winning mathematician whose discoveries in Internet cryptography have garnered international acclaim. Both the story of Sarah's mathematical development and her own self-discovery, In Code is a warm, inspiring look at how she, equipped with a burning curiosity and the active support of her family, became a leading mathematician at the age of 16." Read Chapter 2 online: http://www.workman.com/recommend/incode.html See also story in June 7 New York Times on "women code warriors:" Sarah, Flannery, Carole Fennelly, Jude Milhon and Blueberry: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/technology/07WOME.html

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RE: New C-Punk Book from MIT
by Carol Braddock 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

Anywhere in NYC we can go rush out and get this wonderful prose mastery? Contributors (Some of the usual suspects) Richard Barbrook, John Perry Barlow, William E. Baugh Jr., David S. Bennahum, Hakim Bey, David Brin, Andy Cameron, Dorothy E. Denning, Mark Dery, Kevin Doyle, Duncan Frissell, Eric Hughes, Karrie Jacobs, David Johnson, Peter Ludlow, Timothy C. May, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Nathan Newman, David G. Post...

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Explore NYT Articles and Crosswords from 1996 and More
by NYTimes.com 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

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Re: THE NICE THING ABOUT THE NEWS FROM NEPAL...
by Tim McVeigh 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

At 02:14 PM 6/6/01 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote: >The nice thing about the news from Nepal is that it gives one the >opportunity to use the word "regicide" in conversation. Such a good word; >so few opportunities to use it. Supposedly the little prince had been drinking. Does Jenna have access to firearms?

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Explore NYT Articles and Crosswords from 1996 and More
by NYTimes.com 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

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