December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Is Hate Code Speech?
by Wilhelm Klink 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

caj(a)math.niu.edu said: > Now, something not tangibly damaging, like harassment, is not so > clear cut. But that's why a judge or jury of your peers has to agree > before you're forced to pay damages. You should ask Judge Wright about this one. She threw out Paula Jones' case because Paula hadn't even PRESENTED any damages done to her. She may well have been "harassed" and Bubba may have done exactly what she said, but she was not harmed in any tangible way. -- Yours, Col. Willhelm Klink _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Man Sex
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Interstate 95 wrote: > SEX(1) EUNUCH Programmer's Manual SEX(1) > > NAME > sex -- have sex > > SYNOPSIS > sex [options] ... [username] ... > > DESCRIPTION > sex allows the invoker to have sex with the user(s) speci- > fied in the command line. If no users are specified, they > are taken from the LOVERS environment variable. Options > to make things more interesting are as follows: > > -a external stimulus (aphrodisiac) option > etc, Lets see ... # sex -monica processing ... -m masochism ... -o oral ... -n necrophilia ... -i coitus interruptus ... -c chocolate sauce option -a external stimulus (aphrodisiac) option Close, but no cigar.

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CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - August 26, 1998
by CTIA Daily News 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Is Hate Code Speech?
by mcw＠atreus.ncs.ncsc.mil 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I've searched the web and newsgroups several times, and found no mention of "Willa Jackson". I find it unlikely that this is real. Despite my respect for Mr. Geiger, I must disagree - I don't find the suit frivolous at all. Briefly, I think that anyone who maintains software will agree that naming variables & functions by any standard other than that of their function is poor programming practice, and impedes maintenance. Clearly the authors of the code had some intent other than that of writing maintainable code. The fact that there were one or more coherent themes in the names chosen indicates that their agenda was probably coherent. The fact that management took no action when informed of this indicates a complicity. In essence, I believe that we are all entitled to a workplace free of hate, and full of respect for our professional abilities. For sheer economic reasons, I think that the management of any responsible firm will act to ensure that (respect is worth quite a few $$ in compensation). I acknowledge that you're welcome to use whatever variable names you want in code you write in private. BUt if you want to sell that code, it should be held to a standard of professionalism.

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Re: Is Hate Code Speech?
by Jim Tatz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Revolutionary idea! *If you don't like what the SOURCE CODE says.. WORK for another company!* -Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Don't take yourself too seriously." -Gary Allen Smith

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Registration confirmation - Yahoo! Games
by games-register＠yahoo-inc.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - August 27, 1998
by CTIA Daily News 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

========================================== Welcome to today's edition of the CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM. Please click on the icon / attachment for the most important news in wireless communications today. A new multi-billion dollar industry is here! Be at CTIA's WIRELESS I.T. '98 where personal computing and communications converge! Don't Miss Your Chance -- October 12-14, 1998 Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV For more information, visit http://www.wirelessit.com ===========================================

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by RyanFord＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Hate Code in Unix
by Wilhelm Klink 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Top Ten Offensive Things in Unix 10. Sexist documentation. Command to read a document: "man" 9. unix creates a hostile work environment for eunuchs 8. daemon, clearly nod to Satan himself. 7. Violent commands, like "kill". 6. Pornographic commands, like "head". 5. Suggestive commands, like "tail". 4. Pornographic subroutines: XGraphicsExposeEvent 3. GUI rated not suitable for Children: X 2. More violence: "bash". 1. "man sex" responds with "no manual entry for sex". -- Yours, Col. William Klink _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Crypto law in Taiwan
by stan＠net.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hello, I was referred to you by Bert-Jaap Koops regarding some advice on the legality of using PGP in Taiwan. I would be interested if someone knows what the law is and whether there is preferred version of PGP ( the international version I assume) that I should you. Any information you might have in this regard would be appreciated. =stan Stan Heller stan(a)net.com Senior Systems Administrator Network Equipment Technologies (510) 574-2514

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