July 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

RE: World's smallest engine
by Trei, Peter 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Great, an micro Wankel engine. Did anyone else share my first thought, that this would be just right as the power source for a laptop version of Babbage's Analytical Engine? (My second thought was that an itty-bitty steam engine would be more appropriate). I wonder what the limiting factor would be? I suspect that the cube/squared law is involved - as the parts get smaller they cool down too quickly to operate as an engine. Peter Trei > Subject: World's smallest engine > > Way cool tiny rotary engine for powering computers, > whatever. > > http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2001/04/02_engin.html > > -- > Harmon Seaver, MLIS

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Jim Choate is a boob
by George＠Orwellian.Org 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

%From: Jim Choate <ravage(a)einstein.ssz.com> %Subject: Tampabay: Ybor police cameras go spy-tech # http://www.sptimes.com/News/063001/TampaBay/Ybor_police_cameras_g.shtml Listen, dodo, that was the main link in the slashdot article you linked to. Aren't you even reading the stuff you're posting here?

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Automated DB searches and the 1st
by Jim Choate 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. I contend that to run an automated search on a face taken by a surveillance camera requires probable cause on each of the faces searched. That there might be a criminal in a crowd is not sufficient probable cause to run searches on all persons in the crowd. It violates their 'personal security'. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Slashdot | The Dangers Of Protecting Free Speech
by Jim Choate 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

http://slashdot.org/yro/01/07/02/1221209.shtml -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Man After Man
by Jim Choate 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

http://www.ansible.demon.co.uk/writing/afterman.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Alternative Zoology
by Jim Choate 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

http://www.roanoke.infi.net/~lhferree/ -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Re: Banned Research and Raids on "Secret Labs"
by measl＠mfn.org 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Sampo Syreeni wrote: > It would be fairly interesting to hear what those health risks are. If they > refer to risks to the people doing the experiments, I can't see any beyond > what normal parenting would bring. If they instead refer to the babies being > born/built, then we're seeing one serious extension of the concept of > "unborn babies". I believe this is an unclear reference to the fact that cloned animals have a significantly shorter life expectancy than their "parent". Of course, I may be [unknowingly] regurgitating the gubmint propaganda, and therefore be totally full of shit - who knows? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin(a)mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Forensic-Evidence: Identification Evidence - Phenotype v. Genotype: Why Identical Twins Have Different Fingerprints
by Jim Choate 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

http://www.forensic-evidence.com/site/ID/ID_Twins.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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02 Jul '01

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