January 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

Joe Sixpacks looks at Digicash
by measl＠mfn.org 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

http://www.postget.com/get/article.php?newsid=80606 -- 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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It had to happen sooner or later: Chomskybot
by R. A. Hettinga 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

http://rubberducky.org/cgi-bin/chomsky.pl -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Nov-L: Prosecutors rule Rainbow Farm Deaths justified (fwd)
by measl＠mfn.org 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 16:16:22 -0800 From: Nora Callahan <nora(a)november.org> To: november-l(a)november.org Cc: aro(a)drugsense.org Subject: Nov-L: Prosecutors rule Rainbow Farm Deaths justified http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2002/jan/07/010705072.html January 07, 2002 Prosecutor: Police Acted Properly CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (AP) - The FBI and Michigan State Police were justified when they shot and killed two men at a campground known for its advocacy of marijuana use, a prosecutor said in a report released Monday. The standoff at Rainbow Farm began Aug. 31 when Tom Crosslin, 46, skipped a court date relating to drug and weapons charges and allegedly set fire to buildings on his farm, which High Times magazine once rated one of the nation's premier marijuana-smoking spots. Cass County Sheriff's deputies arrived and surrounded the farm, and were joined later by the FBI and Michigan State Police. Three days after the standoff began and negotiations had failed, Crosslin left the farm's main house, armed with a rifle, to get food and supplies from a neighbor's farm. On his way back to his house, he spotted an agent in the woods and raised his rifle, Cass County Prosecutor Scott Teter said. Two agents fired at Crosslin, killing him. Rolland Rohm, 28, who was Crosslin's business partner, remained in the main house. The next morning, after Rohm had agreed to surrender, the main house began burning, Teter said. Thirty minutes later, Rohm ran out of the house carrying a rifle and wearing black face paint. Teter said Rohm spotted a Michigan National Guard light armored vehicle and pointed his rifle at two guardsmen. Two Michigan State Police snipers nearby in the woods fired at Rohm and killed him. In both cases, Teter said, the shooters were protecting themselves or others. The Rohm and Crosslin families said through a spokesman Monday that they rejected the findings. "We think that Teter is playing fast and loose with the truth," spokesman Bill McMaster said. "There are two unexplained homicides caused by 120 police with snipers, tanks and helicopters." -- ========= *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.*** -- The November Coalition, founded in 1997 is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, your gifts are tax deductible. You can send your donation to: The November Coalition 795 South Cedar Colville, WA 99114 -------- November-L is a voluntary mailing list of the November Coalition. To unsubscribe, visit http://www.november.org/lists/ or send a message to november-L-request(a)november.org containing the command "unsubscribe"

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Mail Volume Down Nearly 3 Billion (washingtonpost.com)
by Jim Choate 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14332-2002Jan8.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker 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 | Light Stopped, Held And Re-emitted By A Crystal
by Jim Choate 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

http://slashdot.org/science/02/01/08/2036212.shtml -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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VoxCRYPT Advanced Digital Scrambler
by Vita Lorenzen 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

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Re: Spooky noises and untracable strong vengeance in the night
by faustine.＠hushmail.com 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Tim wrote: >>Someone stealing a television or PC has certainly earned killing. Anyone who thinks this sounds too extreme really should read the newspaper sometime for the many accounts of people being murdered in cold blood after giving up property to their assailants without a fight. Last week in the UK there was a story about a woman being murdered for her cell phone, of all things. Who in their right mind would rely on scum criminals to play by the same middle-class standards of behavior as they normally do? So if you don't know if your robber will take your life for something as absolutely trivial as your athletic shoes, surely defending yourself by killing them first when they're trying to steal your PC or TV is warranted. And if you're comfortable living in a booby-trapped house, more power to you, but this probably isn't the best option for regular people with families, kids and visitors. >>This is what strong crypto will make more possible: the deliverance of >>strong vengeance, untraceably. Mainly it's going to make vengeance easier for people who lack a sufficient level of commitment to the idea of taking responsibility for going all the way themselves. I hate to break this to you, but people hire contract killers every single day. For example, any lard-assed schizophrenic coward parasitically sponging welfare in a foreign country can push a few keys and put a four-dollar bounty on my head online; but it would take someone of a far hardier breed to get organized and lay out the $5000 bucks for a halfway decent hit man. (data point from personal experience: I used to know a woman who dated one.) Crypto-anarchy notwithstanding, I don't think any amount of crypto will ever be able to keep the vast majority of lard-assed schizophrenic cowards from making enough mistakes to get caught or iced first. And since the L-ASCs are likely to make up a disproportionate percentage of the demand for such services, it's probably not going to be as dire a situation as some people would like you to think. >>(Hint: This preceeded Jimbell by many years.)<< Speak of the devil. >>Fact is, many people have already earned killing. The only >>reason we cannot dispose of them is that liberal shits interfere with >>vengeance. Feds, Thugs, Overmen and L-ASCs alike: if you've given up on the idea of the constitution and rule of law, the only thing in this world that could stop you is your own personal sense of prudence. ~Faustine. *** As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression.... There is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such a twilight that we must be most aware of change in the air however slight lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness. - --William O. Douglas, US Supreme Court Justice -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Hush 2.1 Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com wl4EARECAB4FAjw7bwAXHGZhdXN0aW5lLkBodXNobWFpbC5jb20ACgkQGwpHwwWoj8Xn hACfTaCpKm3iUxZHodG6cvWXaIznr9wAn2j7EOapLXwp7lj0bbLXg7e96b/O =L4M3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SSZ System Update = Downtime Alert
by Jim Choate 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

Hello, Recently I sent a note out describing some of the future changes that SSZ would be going through. Well, one of those changes is here. In something approaching two weeks the T1 will be installed and the various name servers will be swapped over. As a result of propogation delay we expect 2-3 days of service outage. We'll also be upgrading various systems as well during this downtime. We apologize for any inconvenience and will try to minimize any service outages. Another change will be the elimination of all the SSZ mailing lists except the Cypherpunks, Hangar 18, & Club Inferno. The rest will be moved over onto the Open Forge machine or eliminated. Further info on this soon. We are still undecided on which of the Open Source code/document/media/project management packages we will end up with. If you have a distinct (dis)like for one or more of the current packages I'd appreciate hearing your reasoning. The Hangar 18 Plan 9 file server should be online sometime in March. It will be a single 80G namespace. We will then begin work on the processor farm. Our current estimate is to have approximately 6-8 machines available sometime late this summer. We currently have one 802.11b AP active in N. Austin (near Target on 183). Another node in Hyde Park (Duval & 48th) will be coming online in the near term. They are NOT usually accessible at this time. These two nodes share the T1 by a dedicated ISDN connection. These are components of the Hangar 18 co-op effort here in Austin. We are currently finalizing access policies and writing the web pages. Notices will be sent out on the Hangar 18 mailing list. For more info: Plan 9 http://plan9.bell-labs.com Hangar 18 http://einstein.ssz.com/hangar18 -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker 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: End of the IRS??
by keyser-soze＠hushmail.com 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

At 12:00 AM 1/8/2002 -0500, Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> wrote: >I've never quite understood how the amendment-not-ratified-properly-in-1913 argument is supposed to play out. >If this were 1915 and we suddenly realized that there was some funny business going on, that would be one thing. >But much has changed in the last 90 or so years. Courts have allowed the federal government to seize power not granted by the Constitution (and, in some cases, strictly prohibited by it). Booze prohibition required a constitutional amendment; drug prohibition wouldn't. All the more reason to go on a mindless killing spree. >So even if someone were to prove that the 16th Am. wasn't quite kosher, what would stop the courts from saying -- it wasn't necessary? No but it would provide whatever moral basis one needs to terminate the vermin with extreme prejudice. What's needed are a few terminally ill militia minded souls to give up their last few weeks for the cause. I know I wouldn't hesitate. Maybe an anon cash pool, collected after the fact, to support these patriots' families could be used to offer additional incentive. "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty " --- Thomas Jefferson

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Slashdot | What's Holding Up Broadband in the U.S.?
by Jim Choate 08 Jan '02

08 Jan '02

http://slashdot.org/articles/02/01/08/2012225.shtml -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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