August 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

White punks on dope.
by Matthew X 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Friendly fire deaths linked to US pilots 'on speed' 'American pilots in Afghanistan, blamed for a series of "friendly fire" incidents and devastating erroneous attacks on innocent civilians, were routinely provided with amphetamines to tackle fatigue and help them fly longer hours. Pilots were allowed to "self-regulate" their own doses and kept the drugs in their cockpits ... Pilots who refused to take the drugs could be banned from taking part in a mission' ( Independent ) See also this Performance Maintenance manual (1.05MB PDF) for US Navy flight surgeons from 2000, this Toronto Star article from Thursday, this Vancouver Sun article from June, and this blog entry from last month LINKS http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm

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05 Aug '02

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05 Aug '02

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Japan ID's and now this...
by Matthew X 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

We know where you live By Nicole Manktelow August 3 2002 Icon It's an initiative designed to assist convergence - that is, the many devices and channels of communication that are blending. ENUM is a protocol that can be used to map phones, faxes or other devices from their particular telephone number to the Internet. It could give all Australian households a new electronic point of contact. It could also forge the beginning of a combined communications system. And, if adopted by various nations, it could pave the way for a massive international directory. Just how ENUM will be implemented, who will run it and if participation will be mandatory are details to be determined, according to national numbers body the Australian Communications Authority (www.aca.gov.au) advertisement The ACA controls Australia's telephone country code +61 and will soon decide who should be responsible for running the country's ENUM initiative. "It's about developing a single electronic address for people," says Paul White, the ACA's telecommunications licensing group executive manager. "There are no time frames yet," says White, as the project is in its early stages, but some experts believe it may be a reality within just three years. The ENUM protocol was devised by the Internet Engineering Task Force's (www.ietf.org) telephone number mapping working group. The group defined a domain name system (DNS) method for mapping a telephone number to a point of contact on the Internet. Using this method, the ACA's phone number +61 3 9963 6800, for example, would be reversed and become the basis of the address: 0.0.8.6.3.6.9.9.3.1.6.e614.arpa. The last few segments, "1.6.e614.arpa", utilise the country code and indicate that the address/number is located in Australia. Sending an email to such an address could "provide all the contact details of a person ... It might be a response that is as simple as a contact register", White says. "Almost half the households in Australia have Internet access and most have a phone. That's two electronic contact points. Then there are mobiles," he adds. With ENUM, "you would have a single electronic access point or address". The concept of a single contact point does, however, conjure familiar fears for civil libertarians, particularly if the implementation of ENUM does not give users full control over their details. "The effect of ENUM would be to establish a single unique contact number for each individual," says privacy expert Roger Clark. "If it was successful, it would represent a unique personal identifier, with all the threats to privacy and freedoms that this entails," Clark says. The ENUM protocol may concentrate on devices, but it is the people using these phones who will end up connected, eventually. "It's a device identifier, but devices are personal. And there is more location information embedded in them all the time," Clark adds. "It would be lovely if from the beginning the system would be under the user's control. But this is never how they are implemented." The ACA will publish an ENUM discussion paper on its Web site by the end of the month. A discussion group will follow, as will trials of various business models. The ACA will also "look at technical and consumer safeguards", White says, in particular the databases that are expected to handle the contract information for phone users. nicole(a)auscape.net.au http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/02/1028157836588.html

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Good TIPS
by Matthew X 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Dobbers nab the polluters By SARAH HUDSON environment reporter 05aug02 MORE Victorians than ever are being fined for polluting the environment. And a record number of Victorians are dobbing in fellow citizens and industry who foul our air, water and land. But despite citizens increasingly policing the environment, polluters continue to get away with their crimes. A Herald Sun investigation has found a record 78,000 people have lodged complaints with the Environmental Protection Authority in the past year, leading to $1.2 million in penalties. Littering is the biggest polluting crime with fines increasing five-fold since 1995, up to 8523 in 2001-02. Most fines are handed out to smokers throwing butts out of cars. Melbourne city had the biggest number of people dobbing in litter bugs with 320 fines issued, followed by Richmond (196), Mulgrave (193) and St Kilda (148). An increasing number of people - about 18,000 - complained to the EPA about smoky vehicles via phone calls or on the Internet, with $204,000 worth of penalties paid. But while Victorians are more vigilant about pollution, more than 1000 fines remain unpaid or contested. The most common excuse used by litterers, particularly those fined for dropping cigarette butts, is that they don't smoke. But the EPA said malicious reports could clog the system, particularly for smoky vehicles, with the complaints line used to avenge personal gripes. EPA manager of operation systems Geoff Latimer said fines had increased because people were tired of pollution. "The community has become more aware there are avenues to dob people in for activities they find fairly appalling," Mr Latimer said. "People are more attuned to getting speeding fines and generally they stop speeding after that. "But when they get a pollution fine it is more surprising." http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4838350%255E2862,… I'm not just being contrarian posting this here,people throw lighted butts out in bushfire zones,ie most of au.Who needs terrorists?

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"The price of liberty is eternal Vigilantism"
by Matthew X 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

LAS VEGAS--Can vigilantism save computers from the next big virus threat? Striking back against a computer that is attacking you may be illegal under U.S. law, but a security researcher says people should be allowed to neutralize one that is unwittingly spreading destructive Internet worms such as Nimda. "Arguably the biggest threat the Internet faces today is the propagation of a big worm," said Timothy Mullen, chief information officer of AnchorIS, at the Defcon hacker conference here. Worms are a form of self-propagating virus that, once set in motion, can wreak havoc by taking control of other machines. Once the virus has claimed a PC, it can then use the machine to launch attacks on the wider Internet. "The next worm is going to happen, and it's going to be worse," Mullen said. The defensive strategy of "strike back" is gaining some support among politicians, who will be voting on a bill backed by movie and music studios that would allow retaliation to help thwart Internet piracy. The bill, proposed by Congressman Howard Berman, D-Calif., would protect copyright holders from liability if they place destructive decoy digital files into peer-to-peer networks to penalize users. Mullen said his hack-back idea is different because it is designed to improve the security of cyberspace and would not harm any computer systems. The Code Red and Nimda worms that hit last year shut down corporate computer systems and gobbled up bandwidth. Nimda was the most widespread and one of the most destructive worms of 2001. To counter this, Mullen has come up with a way for machines that have been attacked--but not infected--to trace the worm back to the attacking machine and prevent it from spreading the worm to other computers. Using his technique, the computer that launches an attack is paralyzed and requires an administrator to restart it, but it stays online and is not otherwise harmed, said Mullen, who is a columnist for SecurityFocus.com. "What we're doing, (according) to the letter of the law, is illegal," he said. "I would like to see the law changed...We've illustrated not just a reasonable recourse, but a minimal responsibility." Contacting the administrators of infected and attacking computers is not adequate, Mullen said. "This after-the-fact stuff clearly doesn't work. I'm still getting Nimda attacks," often from the same person, he said. However, several U.S. officials questioned the ethics of the idea. "You have trespassed on their system," said Mark Eckenwiler, senior counsel at the U.S. Justice Department's computer crime division. "There are more legally acceptable ways to deal with the problem than what is essentially hacking into their system." There also is also the possibility of hacking back at the wrong computer, said C.H. "Chuck" Chassot of the Department of Defense's Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence office. "It is the DoD's policy not to take active measures against anybody because of the lack of certainty of getting the right person," Chassot said. Jennifer Stisa Grannick, litigation director at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, said she felt Mullen's idea may be protected under a self-defense provision. "This is a type of defense of property," she said. "There is a lot of sympathy for that (kind of action) from law enforcement and vendors because we do have such a big problem with viruses." http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948309.html?tag=fd_top

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Victorian Police Corruption.
by Matthew X 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Subject: Victorian Police Corruption. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ANARCHIST AGE WEEKLY REVIEW NUMBER 390, 6-12 MARCH 2000. BOOK REVIEW VICTORIA POLICE CORRUPTION Raymond Hoser 1999, ISBN 09586769 25 Published by KOTABI PUBLICATIONS It's refreshing to review a book that takes a peek at the soft underbelly of the Victorian Police Force. Ever wondered why few if any Victorian Police officers have seen the inside of a prison? Then you shouldn't go past Hoser's book. A book mind you, that wouldn't have seen the light of day if Hoser had buckled under the considerable pressure that was applied to prevent him publishing this book. Murder, rape, drugs, theft are some of the sins catalogued in this little gem that reads like a novel. Unfortunately the list of sins that are catalogued in Victoria Police Corruption have happened to real people with real families. The Victorian Police Force, Australia's most effective killing machine has been able to get away with this outrageous behavior for so long because of political and media corruption. This 720 page book names names, lists events and shines a torch into the black heart of the Victorian Police Force. Hoser's book goes one step further than the normal shock, horror corruptive expose. Hoser understands that Police Corruption could not occur without bent bureaucrats, politicians and a media that's not willing to rock the boat. Victoria Police Corruption should be mandatory reading for every bureaucrat, every politician and every hack reporter in Victoria. If we lived in a society that respected the truth, Victoria Police Corruption would be on the H.S.C. reading list and Hoser's name would have appeared on the New Year's Eve honors list. Neither of these things are likely to occur. Hoser and his books have been shunted to the margins of society because the same people in authority are using the same corrupt structure, to support the same corrupt status quo. VICTORIA POLICE CORUPTION is available from the publishers KOTABI PUBLISHING, PO Box 599, DONCASTER, VIC 3108, AUSTRALIA Tel: 61 3 9857-4491, Fax: 61 3 9857-4664 E-mail: adder(a)smuggled.com Online credit card orders: http://www.smuggled.com/subvrb.htm From page 262,"...later that year police trumped up another charge against him,This time it was "make threat to kill."Thats usually an easy one to convict because the police witness says,"He threatened to kill me."The defendant says,"No I didn't."The judge or magistrate invariably side with the police.Maximum penalty? 15 years." No reason for them to lie,right? In my case I'm in luck due to police overkill,I can blame pressure from at least 3 other agencies to convict me of something...Anything! The dickheads are truly desperate.

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The friends of nicky Scarfo.
by Matthew X 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Subject: The friends of nicky Scarfo. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0940159694/qid=1028479484/sr=5-1/ref… Robert "Bobby" Simone draws upon a 35 year career as a practicing criminal defense attorney to write a unique, informative, and at times alarming expose and anecdotal description of the criminal justice system in The Last Mouthpiece. This book reads more like a film noir script than a history of the law as we encounter "Phil "The Chicken man" Testa, Nick the Blade, Hunchback Harry, and a series of other real-life mob characters and their cadres. Here is a candid revelation of the mobsters, rats, set-ups, wires, bugs, double-crosses, strategies, judges, juries, and lawmen who were the daily elements of Simone's law practice. If you enjoy the fictional "The Sopranos" television series, then you will be fascinated by Bobby Simone's factual and real-life expose, The Last Mouthpiece. Also at Am "But he was good to his mother." Expanded, factual, and accurate information throughout on Jewish gangsters, including such legendary figures as Meyer Lansky (whom Rockaway interviewed), Bugsy Siegel, Lepke and Gurrah, Kid Cann, Dutch Schultz, Waxey Gordon, Longy Zwillman, Big Jack Zelig, Boo Boo Hoff (who introduced the tommy gun to Philadelphia's Prohibition underworld), Mickey Cohen, the Purple Gang and others. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9652292494/qid=1028479484/sr=1-1/ref… Oy vey.

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Querías corralito?:
by Matthew X 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Querías corralito?: Querías corralito?: TOMÁ No querés vender Antel, Ancap,...?, bueno... nos quedamos con la banca Quedaron el República y el Hipotecario con los ahorros a plazo fijo congelados y a pagar en 3 años. El Caja Obrera y el Montevideo cerrados y se está a la espera por el Comercial y el de Crédito. Hoy llega el blindaje directo del Tesoro de EEUU para intentar mantener los únicos bancos nacionales que van quedando. http://uruguay.indymedia.org/#167 Candygram for Mongo... http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31109&group=webcast Nixon calls for pubic input. AND http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31135&group=webcast Paul Mullet, Fuckwit of the week. by profrv(a)(nospam)fuckmicrosoft.com 5:57pm Mon Aug 5 '02article#31135 Paul is a standover thug for the police union,threatening and bullying not just a lady but his boss.Now he confirms that he's an idiot not fit to run a station in woop woop.

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Fwd: Harken Aloha.
by Matthew X 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:40:52 -0700 >To: eins >From: Matthew X <profrv(a)nex.net.au> >Subject: Harken Aloha. > >Faulkner said in his letter to Bush. > >Documents show the two met just two weeks before Harken's controversial >sale in 1989 of its Aloha Petroleum subsidiary, a transaction which >critics have compared to the accounting irregularities at bankrupt energy >trader Enron Corp. . > >The company's initial treatment of the Aloha sale significantly >understated the losses Harken first reported for 1989. Under a subsequent >agreement with the SEC, Harken restated its financial statements for 1989 >and for the first nine months of 1990. As a result of accounting changes, >Harken's 1989 loss widened to $12.57 million from the $3.33 million loss >initially reported. > >Bush has denied wrongdoing, saying the Aloha matter reflected an honest >disagreement over accounting. "All I can tell you is, that in the >corporate world, sometimes things aren't exactly black and white when it >comes to accounting procedures," he said earlier this month. FROM >http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_126.shtml >Middle Eastern countries, where the long, spooky arm of BCCI thuggery was >strongest >HAIG ALEXANDER M JR (360) HAMMER ARMAND (160) HAMMOUD MOHAMMED MAHMOUD >(105, 182, 332-3) HAQ FAZLE (48-50, 52-3, 286, 294) HARIRI RAFIC (355-6) >HARKEN ENERGY CORPORATION (229) >http://www.pir.org/main2/Harken_Energy_Corporation.html >Bahrain 1990 >· · Bainerman,J. The Crimes of a President. 1992 (293-7) >· · Beaty,J. Gwynne,S.C. The Outlaw Bank. 1993 (229) >· · Covert Action Information Bulletin 1992-#41 (50-2) >· · Executive Intelligence Review 2000-02-25 (46-52) >· · Hatfield,J.H. Fortunate Son. 2000 (70, 91-2, 97-105) >· · Lewis,C. The Buying of the President 2000. 2000 (194-6, >199-202) >· · Mother Jones 1992-10 (33, 66-8) >· · San Antonio Express-News 1999-07-11 (3J) >· · Stich,R. Defrauding America. 1994 (407, 410) >· · Texas Observer 1991-04-05 (16-7) >· · Texas Observer 1991-07-12 (12-5) >· · Texas Observer 1991-09-20 (11-7) >· · Truell,P. Gurwin,L. False Profits. 1992 (369-70) >· · Wall Street Journal 1991-12-06 (A1, 4) >http://www.pir.org/cgi-bin/nbonlin6.cgi?_HARKEN_ENERGY_CORPORATION >No connection yet to rewald...yet.Quasha-fortunate son?

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