December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

The One Stop - Music Shop
by replynow＠mail.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Digital Frontiers Newsletter #2 - Correction
by info＠digfrontiers.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Digital Frontiers Newsletter #2 ------------------------------- Thank you for your interest in Digital Frontiers web optimization products. This email is to inform you of some recent changes to our product lineup. If you don't want to receive future mailings, our apologies -- please reply to info(a)digfrontiers.com. We apologize if you have received more than one copy of this newsletter - we're trying to improve our list management software, but are still working out the kinks. *** 10% Off on all HVS Products! *** ------------------------------------ In a blatant ploy to get you off the golf course/beach and back in front of your computer optimizing your web graphics (just kidding), we're offering a 10% discount across our entire product line until July 15. There's never been a better time to purchase the award-winning HVS series. *** HVS Animator Version 1.03 *** --------------------------------- Version 1.03 of HVS Animator has just been released for Macintosh. This new version includes the ability to set exact loop counts. We expect the Windows version to be available within a few days. For your free download please visit our website at http://www.digfrontiers.com. *** NEW! HVS ColorGIF 2.0/HVS Animator Pro Bundle *** ----------------------------------------------------- HVS Animator Pro, the GIF animation editor/optimizer that contains the same size-squeezing technology as HVS GIFCruncher, can now be purchased with HVS ColorGIF 2.0 for only $145. Also, The HVS Toolkit Pro, which includes HVS ColorGIF 2.0, HVS JPEG, and HVS Animator Pro, is available for only $208. If you already own HVS ColorGIF 2.0, if you register you can upgrade to HVS Animator Pro for $49. Both can be purchased via our secure commerce server at: http://www.digfrontiers.com/purchase.html *** Reviews *** --------------- In the June issue of PC Graphics & Video, HVS optimization stacks up quite favorably against higher-profile (and more expensive) offerings from Adobe, Macromedia, and others. Take a look. By the way - they misprinted the price at $599 for our Toolkit Pro - its actually $208! Andy King, a leading industry analyst and Managing Editor of Mecklermedia's webreference.com, looks at HVS ColorGIF 2.0 in a detailed article on color reduction. Go to http://www.webreference.com/dev/graphics/reduce.html. *** HVS GIFCruncher Update *** ------------------------------ The response to HVS GIFCruncher, our free GIF optimization service, has been overwhelming. The reports we're getting indicate that GIFCruncher users are thrilled with the results. We have had enough load that the current server is getting bogged down at times. So we're moving HVS GIFCruncher to a fast new server - we expect to be online by late June. If you haven't tried GIFCruncher yet, give it a spin - it can reduce the size of your GIFs by 50% or more - http://www.digfrontiers.com/gcrunch.html. Currently, all enabled HVS GIFCruncher features are free so everyone can get acquainted with the service and the excellent results it can produce. We will be transitioning to a fee basis for Custom and Batch operations in a few weeks, but basic operations will remain free. On a related note, we've had many requests for a desktop version of HVS GIFCruncher. We're working on it now, and expect it to be ready in a few weeks - if you would like to be included on an early release list, please let us know at info(a)digfrontiers.com. The HVS GIFCruncher Webmaster Version is available now, and can automatically process an entire local, FTP or HTTP directory -- or an entire site -- and optimize all the GIFs that it finds using award-winning HVS optimization algorithms. Details are at http://www.digfrontiers.com/gc_wv_faq.html. Thanks for your time and keep conserving bandwidth with HVS products! ----------------- Digital Frontiers 1019 Asbury Ave. Evanston, IL 60202 847-328-0880 voice 847-869-2053 fax info(a)digfrontiers.com http://www.digfrontiers.com

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The I.R.S.
by StanSqncrs＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Cypherpunks, I've tied a bunch of stuff together on the big conspiracy I've discovered, think you'll find the additions interesting. If you want to know why popular music sucks, my page basicly shows you why. Thanks for listening, Stan ====== 'The MOST Important Music Page on the Net!' http://members.aol.com/whtsametu/camel/

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Prepare Y2K
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

NYT Magazine, June 14, 1998: PREPARE YE This will make for a gloomy five days, but from June 29 to July 3 disaster experts from all over will convene in Russellville, Ark., to talk about "Principles and Practice of Disaster Relief and Recovery." Sessions cover: How to create an emergency mass mortuary, toxic-waste cleanups and dealing with nuclear meltdown. Vernie R. Fountain, of the Fountain National Academy of Professional Embalming Skills in Springfield, Mo., will discuss "identification of the dead" after natural and man-made disasters. Natural disasters have killed 181 people this year in the United States; there have been more than 600 tornadoes. Are we in jinxed times? "It's been a pretty good year so far, not a lot of terrorism," says Matthew Blais, a nuclear-terrorism expert. "But there are a lot of crazy people out there, saving up for the big one. You never know when." ---

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I have the Twofish paper in pdf; thanks
by Bruce Schneier 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

You can stop sending me new versions. Thanks, Bruce ********************************************************************** Bruce Schneier, President, Counterpane Systems Phone: 612-823-1098 101 E Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55419 Fax: 612-823-1590 http://www.counterpane.com

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by reply664＠yahoo.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Information From The Microsoft Personal Information Center
by mscompia＠microsoft.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Here is your password you requested from the Microsoft Personal Information Center at http://register.microsoft.com/regwiz/personalinfo.asp. Password: writecode If you continue to have access problems or want to report other issues, please contact us through the Write Us button at the top of any Microsoft page.

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hello
by afriend＠plato.qi3.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML><PRE><BODY BGCOLOR="#000000"><FONT COLOR="#00FFFF" SIZE=3> SAY GOOD-BYE TO AOL TIMERS AND ELIMINATE YOUR FRUSTRATION FOREVER!! Are you tired of the "AOL Timers" interrupting your time on the internet? Are you looking for something to solve this problem? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU: Stepped out of the room to go to the bathroom to find out you have been kicked off AOL. Then you have a hard time getting back on!! Or, you were downloading a file and AOL kicks you offline. Then it takes forever to do it all over again!! This "SOFTWARE PROGRAM" dismisses the "idle" and 46-minute "stayonline" messages that AOL uses to annoy the hell out of its members. Once you install the software, you do nothing but enjoy being on AOL. Before I had this program installed, I had to reboot when this happened. It is a small memory resident program (actual disk size is 119KB - IBM Compatible only). The timer hits the buttons automatically when they come up. THIS "SOFTWARE PROGRAM" WILL BE EMAILED AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE YOUR ORDER (Not for MAC Users). HOW TO ORDER YOUR TIMER This program sells for $5. Send a check, money order, or cash to: Aaron McKay 21111 hwy 140 E. Dairy OR, 97625 Name:_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Street Address:__________________________________________ City:_____________________________________________State:__________ ZipCode:____________ Area Code & Phone:__________________________ EMAIL:___________________________ </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3>

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icomputing: "Naive Realism"
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Cryptoanarchist" makes it to the printed word. Can an OED entry be far behind? :-). Of course, it dawns on me that she might mean "cryptoanarchist", below, in the same way that Vidal called Buckley a "cryptofascist"... Cheers, Bob Hettinga "Web doyenne?" ---------- http://www.zdnet.com/icom/content/columns/1998/05/techno.realists/index.html [Image] [ZDNet] [Click here for Microsoft Daily News.] [Image] [Try out ZD Internet Magazine] [ Commentaries ] May 11, 1998 Naive Realism: Taking on the Technorealists Practical development of the Internet comes from doing practical things. By Angela Gunn The technorealist manifesto, in case you missed it, is a pompous version of the "Why The Internet Isn't Evil" speech you give to your mom's bridge club. Unleashed back in March, the "manifesto" was authored by many people who just a year or two ago were blathering about the world-changing, paradigm-shifting, cryptoanarchist Net, scaring your mom's bridge club so thoroughly that, well, they asked you if the Internet was evil. Drop by the technorealism site and read this document. Sign it if you like. Just don't expect it to make any difference to you or yours. The manifesto is a simplistic summation of points most of us inside the industry already know from years of experience, thought, and online discussion. And for those outside the industry, it's all but incomprehensible. The whole thing stinks of college-student libertarianism, except for the part about government having an important role to play on the electronic frontier (a point that galled several actual Libertarians and college students, as evidenced by their parody sites). And it's frivolous. Development of the Internet as a practical entity comes from the doing of practical things with the Internet. The programmer laboring to improve customer access to a tech-support database, the site producer working to streamline her site's design, the people who gave us online ticket ordering and package tracking and hotel reservations--these are the people who will convince the rest of the world that the Net is worthwhile and important. And in the battle to shape the Net, the genuine visionaries, theorists, and even the political analysts have already taken the field. By assuming the mantle of public debate, the too-fabulous New Media in-crowd behind the manifesto has done a disservice to those of us in for the long haul. Put another way, this fashionable cyber-asceticism is bad news to those actually involved with technology--condescending in assuming that those in the trenches can't understand the ramifications of what they do, oblivious in assuming that there's anything fresh in the manifesto, and irresponsible in not crafting a document that provides a genuine foundation for discussion; that is, a real manifesto. And that's what is really galling: they blew a good opportunity. This vague, random document doesn't lay groundwork for discussing the real social issues confronting technologists, creators, consumers, and citizens. The real battle--to bring the Net to its rightful, humble, ubiquitous place in the world's social, political, and economic life--has little to do with manifesto pronouncements such as "We are technology 'critics' in the same way, and for the same reasons, that others are food critics, art critics, or literary critics." The public is best brought onto the battlefield by careful, informed, comprehensible discourse; these "critics" haven't even drawn up a readable map of the countryside. Don't let this single-mast ship of fools sail away with the discussion. They have no authority (intellectual, moral, or otherwise) to dictate the terms of debate, especially since their manifesto makes such a mess of it. That debate belongs to you and me and the rest of the industry--and your mom's bridge club--at least as much as it does to these Siskel-and-Ebert-come-latelies. But don't forget: when you're done amusing yourself with the technorealists' down-the-middle drive for pundit spots in Harper's, The Nation, and the Utne Reader, you've got a lot of work to do to build the real Internet. Web doyenne Angela Gunn has been covering the Internet and its culture for nine years. Send e-mail to agunn(a)zd.com. Send us your questions and comments about the Internet Computing MegaSite. [Navigate the Internet Computing MegaSite] [Image] ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism 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' Philodox: <http://www.philodox.com>, e$: <http://www.shipwright.com/> <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> <mailto: rah(a)shipwright.com>

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Telephone security - Greetings from Italy
by Telco Telefonia 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi. We are looking for resellers, visit us. This is a message of promotion and information; you belong to a list whose adherent we think to have interested in the telephone security and the telephone market. Best regards Dario MARLIA - President TELCO Telefonia dmarlia(a)telco.it Home page : http://www.telco.it Home page Security Telephone Products: http://www.telco.it/security Home page Telephone Equipments: http://www.telco.it/telephony Home page Computer Telephone Integration (CTI): http://www.telco.it/computer Home page Italian Decorator Phones: http://www.telco.it/telephones To let be canceled by the list it is simple, is enough to re-send (forward) this message to: deleteme(a)telco.it ********************************************* company: TELCO Telefonia srl address: via dei Metalmeccanici, 53 city: CAPEZZANO Camaiore/Lucca country: ITALY zip: 55040-i Tel: +39(0)584 969608 - 969654 - 969621 Fax : +39(0)584 969637 - 969672 e-mail: telco(a)telco.it visit us at http://www.telco.it *********************************************

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