August 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

Greplaw touching Cpunk base's.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

http://grep.law.harvard.edu/ Several articles of interest.I'm grepping all the law I can prior to s11. Is the Golden Shield heading south? Vietnam may restrict Internet access HANOI (August 16, 5:40 p.m. EDT) - Communist Vietnam is planning moves to tighten online access and hold Internet cafe owners responsible for patrons who surf anti-government or pornographic Web sites, state media said Friday. http://www.nando.net/technology/ Just saw shrub,dude looks sick! Strife over Iraq insanity taking its toll? Your pappy actually fought in a war sonny,give it up faggot.

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La Grande Bouffe.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

I saw this movie in 1978 and I've remembered it all these years. A very funny, gross movie for all of us who have ever pigged out.pr. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303675360/102-8710925-9547318 Meat you in the garden. "...I'm not a big fan of Marco Ferreri's work. I think he was quite irregular in his output, but when he hit the mark he was simply second to none. For me, this "La Grande Bouffe" and "L'Ape Regina" ("The Queen Bee" or "The Conjugal Bed", 1963, with Ugo Tognazzi and Marina Vlady) are among the best examples of black comedy ever to be given us by filmmakers anywhere in the world. His choice of actors couldn't be better: Mastroianni, Piccoli, Noiret and Tognazzi will be forever among the greatest in this trade, and in "La Grande Bouffe" all of them give us one of the finest of their efforts ever."

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Fwd: Make a will and get on the electoral roll.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

>Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 07:45:59 -0700 >To: profrv(a)nex.net.au >From: Matthew X <profrv(a)nex.net.au> >Subject: Make a will and get on the electoral roll. > >Same difference... >http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114012762.html >State ward handed over to a predator and abused as a slave. >Another convicted Pedophile claims he was helping track down abusers online. >His flatmate (a policewomen) dobbed him in for spending so long on the net. http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114013140.html Sex scandal at st Catherines-"a grose cover up." http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114012672.html APster may be required following the collapse of Govts.

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"...collapse of confidence in the president"
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Lets hope so,its long overdue... Richard Perle, a former Reagan official who now heads a Pentagon advisory board. He told The New York Times that President Bush had to take out Saddam because he had said he would. Mr Perle said: "The failure to take on Saddam after what the president said would produce such a collapse of confidence in the president that it would set back the war on terrorism." http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114012923.html Pretzel head says something,so it must happen!? WTF! The au defence minister has tipped off Saddam that the attacks next year while half the country doesn't want us to go. "The Federal Government is struggling to convince the public about Australian involvement in any military action against Iraq, a national poll has revealed. The survey, carried out by UMR Research, showed less than a third of respondents believed Australia should commit troops to a United States-led offensive, despite the Howard administration's pro-Washington stance." Meanwhile 2 au citizens,Hicks and Habib are in x-ray,no habeaus corpus.No INALIENABLE human and civil rights.A crime by the US against au citizens.

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President for life.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Niazov accepts yet another honour, but not everyone in Turkmenistan is celebrating. By Nyazik Ataeva in Ashgabat (RCA No. 137, 13-Aug-02) Turkmenistan's authoritarian president, Saparmurat Niazov, has been appointed head of state for the rest of his life - and has promptly renamed the months of the year after himself and his family. Niazov - who likes to be called Turkmenbashi, Father of all Turkmens - was selected at a session of the Khalk Maslakhaty, or people's council, on August 8 in Turkmenabat, formerly known as Chardjou, in the east of the country. A 1999 law had given Turkmenbashi the right to remain in his post indefinitely but with provision for future elections, which the president had suggested could be held sometime between 2008 and 2010. The new life status awarded by the council rules out all possibility of future polls. "With long and excited applause, delegates to the supreme governmental body literally forced Niazov to accept the title of president for life," the official news bulletins claimed. http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200208_137_1_eng.txt Tajikistan's warming up nicely as well and all but don't let arbusto see this... Turkmenistan: Niazov Pulls The Plug on Cable President switches off cable network after a series of broadcasts highly critical of the authorities. One minute were talking th-

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Top Arms Importers to watch.Spread betting soon at stiffs.com.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

War IS the health of the State. UAE, India, China among top arms purchasers: Report IANS [ SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2002 12:19:58 WASHINGTON: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranked first among developing nations importing arms during 1998-2001, with its purchases totalling $10.8 billion, while India was second with $7.2 billion and China third with $6.7 billion.A new report released by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) that gave these figures, however, says global arms sales to developing nations in 2001 fell by approximately 43 per cent to $15.9 billion compared with $28 billion in 2000."Despite global changes since the Cold War's end, the developing world continues to be the primary focus of foreign arms sales activity by conventional weapons suppliers," it says. "Most recently," the report recalls, "many developing nations have curtailed their expenditures on weaponry primarily due to their limited financial resources" and "the tenuous state of the global economy."It says the decline in conventional weapons sales to developing countries in 2001 was the first since 1997. Sales in 1999 were $25.2 billion, in 1998 $18.3 billion, and in 1997 $19.4 billion. "To meet their military requirements, in current circumstances, a number of developing nations have placed a greater emphasis on upgrading existing weapons systems while deferring the purchases of new and costlier ones," according to the CRS report."These countries have also, in several instances, chosen to focus on the absorption of major items previously obtained." The US-led arms sales to developing countries in 2001, making agreements worth approximately $6.9 billion, down from $12.9 billion in 2000, followed by Russia with $5.7 billion, down from $8.3 billion, France with $400 million, down from $2.1 billion, and China with $600 million, down from $624 million."Many weapons exporting nations have continued to focus their sales efforts on nations and regions where they have distinct competitive advantages due to longstanding political and military relationships with prospective buyers," the CRS report says."Within Europe, the potential exists for a series of new arms sales to nations that were formerly part of the Warsaw Pact and are now members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), or have membership in prospect." The report also notes that new arms sales are most likely to occur in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America over the next few years. "A significant factor will be the health of the international economy," it says. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=19350073

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Vultures over Redmond.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

They look like penguins actually. http://news.com.com/2010-1071-950082.html?tag=fd_nc_1 The access terminal they couldn't kill."Linux is getting a serious look in corporate America as an alternative operating system." Shades of "twighlight of the crypto-geeks!" OPEN SOURCE COMMUNISTS! I better take some valium,this could be a bumpy flight. http://news.com.com/2009-1001-949418.html?tag=fd_lede The real blood in the water is the way security flaws are handled at Ballmers boneyard.

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Arbusto economics;$700 billion last year-- these are the Bush administration figures-- to $1.8 trillion now.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Ross motherfucker Perot will be driving back from palookaville with digital deficit counter soon,I can feel it in my water. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/political_wrap/july-dec02/sb_8-16.html Weimer republic time-get your wheelbarrows on. Can the Gimp in chief make the case on Iraq? Maybe if offered an extra pretzel.hey Chimp boy remember this one? To suggest that the events and full story of Operation EAGLE CLAW / EVENING LIGHT are not historically important or significant would be inappropriate. It's more important to note and to remember that on April 24,1980, Eight RH-53D Sea Stallions took off from the flight deck of USS Nimitz. The mission of the RH-53D's and their mixed Navy and Marine Corp crews was to rendezvous with Air Force MC-130E Hercules aircraft and U.S. Army Delta Force troops at a secret place in Iran known as Desert One. The full accounting of the whole mission of Operation EAGLE CLAW / EVENING LIGHT remain with those hero's that were involved with the operation. On April 25, 1980, the mission was aborted at the desert refueling site. Subsequently, one of the helicopters collided with a C-130 Hercules aircraft resulting in the loss of eight lives. All other personnel were evacuated by the remaining C-130's. It's now over nineteen years since Operation EAGLE CLAW / EVENING LIGHT and I'm ashamed to admit that I cannot remember the names of those that died in the desert. That is not to suggest that I took part in the operation, because like most of you, I was safely back home in the United States second guessing what really happened. Barry W. Marple President, AMCM Association

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"There's a chance that APster can monetize peer-to-peer networks,"
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26710.html Spread betting,stiff.com,anonymous credit cards,maybe things don't look so bleak? How many laws can law enforcement officers break in order to catch a crook? http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/26715.html Wonder if they'll swap someone for Hanssen? http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26714.html Homeland security down the SSL memory hole.Check yr Locks. APster; who do you want to kill today?

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Brinworld Factoids.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Crime prevention effects of closed circuit television: a systematic review (PDF) 'Across the three settings, mixed results were found for the crime prevention effectiveness of CCTV. In the city centre and public housing setting, there was evidence that CCTV led to a negligible reduction in crime of about two per cent in experimental areas compared with control areas. CCTV had a very small but significant effect on crime in the five UK evaluations in this setting (three desirable and two undesirable), but had no effect on crime in the four North American evaluations. More schemes showed evidence of diffusion of benefits than displacement. The four evaluations of CCTV in public transportation systems present conflicting evidence of effectiveness: two found a desirable effect, one found no effect, and one found an undesirable effect on crime ... it was noteworthy that the poorly controlled (excluded) studies produced more desirable results than the better controlled (included) studies' ( UK Home Office ) See also this NACRO briefing (PDF) from May LINKS at http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm

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