December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: VISA Electronic Purse
by pcw＠access.digex.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>At *Visa* International, the answer is: Replace cash with plastic. > > Last month, the giant association of card issuers announced >it had formed a coalition of banking and technology companies to >develop technical standards for a product it dubbed the >"Electronic Purse," a plastic card meant to replace coins and bills >in small transactions. Gosh, how many Real Men are going to carry an electronic "purse?"

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Re: VISA Electronic Purse
by pcw＠access.digex.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>>Gosh, how many Real Men are going to carry an electronic "purse?" > >Probably the same number of Real Women that are going to carry an >electronic "wallet". > >Eric Most women I know carry a "wallet" in their "purse".

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Re: The AntiCash -- was: Electronic Purse Press Release
by nobody＠soda.berkeley.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Will I be able to buy these cards with (real, physical) cash at local stores? Will I be able to swap them with strangers?

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Sen. Kennedy Uses Code to Disguise Personal Data!
by cfrye＠ciis.mitre.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Fellow 'punks - This comes from the National Journal and it sure as hell ain't an April Fools Day joke. Read the last line carefully! -----No. 5 of 40------------------------ 04/02/94 -- (C) 1994 National Journal (LEGI-SLATE Article No. 201346) Inside Washington - Here's a Real Weighty Matter "National Journal" Saturday, April 2, 1994 Page 759 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., used the recent death of Senate gym attendant Troy Brown as an opportunity to discuss his own much-noted waistline problems. Brown, Kennedy told his colleages in late March, helped him monitor his tendency "to gain a few pounds on occasion." While reassuring the Senator that it had been OK to graze on eggs Benedict that morning, Brown discreetly recorded Kennedy's weight in the back of the gym book so that no other Senator could see them. "I knew he was on my side," Kennedy added, "when he volunteered to keep my numbers in code." -- Best regards, Curtis D. Frye - Job Search Underway!!! cfrye(a)ciis.mitre.org or cfrye(a)mason1.gmu.edu "Here today, gone ?????"

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Re: VISA Electronic Purse
by jamiel＠sybase.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 4:08 PM 04/05/94 -0400, Peter Wayner wrote: >Most women I know carry a "wallet" in their "purse". Most people who don't have hormone problems don't worry about it.

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Re: VISA Electronic Purse
by lefty＠apple.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Gosh, how many Real Men are going to carry an electronic "purse?" I suppose you'd have to hire some Virtual Man to carry it for you. -- Lefty (lefty(a)apple.com) C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.

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I need a book: Applied Combinatorics
by collins＠newton.apple.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It goes for 84 bucks new. I'm looking for a used copy. Moe's is looking for it. Is there anyone out there who can sell or loan me a copy? Scott Collins | "That's not fair!" -- Sarah | "You say that so often. I wonder what your basis 408.862.0540 | for comparison is." -- Goblin King ................|.................................................... BUSINESS. fax:974.6094 R254(IL5-2N) collins(a)newton.apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. 5 Infinite Loop, MS 305-2D Cupertino, CA 95014 ..................................................................... PERSONAL. 408.257.1746 1024:669687 catalyst(a)netcom.com

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Re: Bekenstein Bound (was: Crypto and new computing strategies)
by Jim choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > > > >You made the assertion in your rebuttal about area -v- volume in relation > >to black holes and event horizons about the entire universe not being > >containable in a volumn, if you accept this premice then you have to accept > >the premice that the universe is unbouded and hence not containable. This > >leads the bounds on the B-equation to be infinitly large number of possible > >states. > > > > > > > > > So what's wrong with that? > > Jay > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am an attorney, seeking a position in the area of Computer Law. If you > know of such a position available, or of someone who may know of such a > position, please send e-mail! Thanks. > If you accept the universe as unbounded then you have to throw out the Big Bang and much of conventional physics, including large parts of what you are trying to prove.

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Jamie Lawrence
by dwomack＠runner.utsa.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I regret that I'm not able to read your metashell messages...would it be possible to send me your email address otherwise.. a plain text type perhaps? I think you're looking for a copy of Burn 2.0...but I can't send it until I can find an address! (Sorry for the waste of bandwidth...) Regards, Dave

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CYPHERPUNK CRIMINAL shirts (?)
by Philippe Nave 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello all, Have the CYPHERPUNK CRIMINAL shirts been shipped out yet? I used to have Christian Void's e-mail address, but I blew up my mail file in a fit of incompetence.... We now return you to black holes, chess games, and the Bill of Rights. - -- ........................................................................ Philippe D. Nave, Jr. | Strong Crypto: Don't leave $HOME without it! pdn(a)dwroll.dw.att.com | Denver, Colorado USA | PGP public key: by arrangement. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLaHqpwvlW1K2YdE1AQHvsAQAhpGyfdknItqSzo35V4TOeusrHTNhlKNR M5HdGJ3M7dxfH4EVmQZqKRtaapjF2IjCnxsyAb1HAUbPmg4XzS+N6zN54zRGPCWY 7fseS5lBsCMNeDv1EIK4BjD7vI/VugdpkXGmFANtii0TIjXpKHo1lCWuJtplR2uE vWxyp1MuFcg= =/uF4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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