December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: (Fwd) 1995 Nanotechnology Conference
by James A. Donald 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

At 11:00 AM 8/21/95 -0800, J. Kent Hastings wrote: >Doesn't quantum coherence require molecular precision if it >is to work on 1024 bit PGP keys? If it works, such keys can >be instantly factorized. It would be nice to follow that progress. It requires molecular precision if it is to work on anything interesting: Cracking 1024 bit keys is a long way down the road. Long, long, before quantum computers crack 1024 bit keys, many technological changes will radically and fundamentally change human existence. Quantum computers have many potentials far more imminent and exciting than breaking PGP keys. (Not that they are all that imminent.) Long, long, before quantum computers crack 1024 bit keys, quantum cryptography will become useful and routine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd(a)echeque.com

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Re: Entrust Technologies's Solo - free download
by Dr. Jai Maharaj 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

At 2:58 PM 7/31/97 -0400, Sandy Harris wrote: > Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai(a)mantra.com> wrote: > >|At 11:21 AM 7/31/97 -0400, Sandy Harris wrote: >|> Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai(a)mantra.com> writes: >|>|> ...where on this scale do you start to object to my actions: >|>|>1) I use a killfile to ignore certain messages. >|>|>2) I program my personal newsserver to discard certain messages. >|>|>3) A group of us, by consensus, program our common newsserver... >|>| >|>|Unanimous consent? >|>| >|>|>4) A system admin, with due notice to users, programs a >|>|>newserver..... >|>| >|>|What constitutes "due notice" in the present context? >|> >|>Postings in news.announce.newusers. >| >|That's ridiculous. One shopping for an ISP, without >|access to the Net, is not in a position to read a >|notice in a newsgroup. > >No, but any decent ISP (or corporate or institutional system > administrator) will . . . The faact that an ISP supports censorship takes away the "decent" qualification, thus invalidating the other premise and whatever else was built upon it. > . . . suggest reading that newsgroup in their > material for new users and/or set up new accounts so they > are automatically subscribed to it. & any sensible new user > will read & heed. That is unacceptable since the users would have already paid for the account by that time and signed a contract. Jai Maharaj jai(a)mantra.com Om Shanti

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Dr. Jai Maharaj
by Trevor Goodchild 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

It is quite humorous to see that our beloved list is so populated by these so called doctors. For a while we have had a Doctor Grubor, previously, a Doctor Vulis, and now we are blessed by this Doctor. Will the tentacles of Vulis never cease blessing us? (Strangely enough I didn't think Vulis was into Indian metaphysics. "Dr. Jai Maharaj" has an extensive page on the topic. Aparently this creature professes to be an astrologer. I wonder if the rumours that our beloved drs are pedophiles and are involved in a child trafficking ring. Supposedly, Dr. Grubor flies small boys between the ages of two and six between Dr. Vulis's residence in New York, and Dr. Maharaj's residence in Hawaii. All three are known cocksuckers of course. The hidden protected areas of his web site which my Breen agents have infiltrated show that Dr. Majaras uses the anal juices of his child victims to predict the future... Scum like this cannot be tolerated. It also shows much colaboration between the three. I strongly suggest we "boy"cott this dastardly threesome. --- Trevor Goodchild

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URL for HR105-108, Part 1
by John Young 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Mistype on the URL for SAFE Report Part 1. As before offered, see HR 105-108, Part 1, published at the end of May: http://jyx.com/hr105-108-pt1.txt

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Re: House Report on SAFE
by John Young 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Apache wrote: >I must have missed a post on this. Have you been ordered to remove >material by Jim Bell? Has equipment been seized? No, nothing's been done like that to my site that I'm aware of. My remarks are meant to keep Jim Bell's undue incarceration alive. Maybe a little whistling in the dark. It's a bitch to be isolated and targeted like Jim has been, which is the oft-spammed point terrorists make with political hostages unable or unwilling to toe tithe.

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18 Dec '03

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Re: Entrust Technologies's Solo - free download
by Dr. Jai Maharaj 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

At 11:21 AM 7/31/97 -0400, Sandy Harris wrote: > Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai(a)mantra.com> writes: > >|> ...where on this scale do you start to object to my actions: >|> 1) I use a killfile to ignore certain messages. >|> 2) I program my personal newsserver to discard certain messages. >|> 3) A group of us, by consensus, program our common newsserver... >| >|Unanimous consent? >| >|> 4) A system admin, with due notice to users, programs a >|> newserver..... >| >|What constitutes "due notice" in the present context? > >Postings in news.announce.newusers. That's ridiculous. One shopping for an ISP, without access to the Net, is not in a position to read a notice in a newsgroup. It makes sense that censorship and forgery advocates would also suggest means of hiding the truth. Again, if an ISP were to advertise "Newsgroups censored through forgery" -- in electronic, print and broadcast media, or wherever advertisements are placed or material made available to investors, then that would be "due notice". Jai Maharaj jai(a)mantra.com Om Shanti

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I did get the infamous IRS letter after all
by Declan McCullagh 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

[I check eff.org only rarely. --Declan] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Received: from tcs_gateway1.treas.gov (tcs-gateway1.treas.gov [204.151.245.2]) by eff.org (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id PAA23349 for <declan(a)eff.org>; Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:43:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by tcs_gateway1.treas.gov id AA19660 (InterLock SMTP Gateway 3.0 for declan(a)eff.org) Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:47:02 -0400 Received: by tcs_gateway1.treas.gov (Internal Mail Agent-2); Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:47:02 -0400 Received: by tcs_gateway1.treas.gov (Internal Mail Agent-1); Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:47:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 12:29:08 -0400 From: IRS Inspection <irsnwpr(a)net.insp.irs.gov> Message-Id: <199707171629.MAA02733(a)net.insp.irs.gov> To: Interested-Parties(a)net.insp.irs.gov Subject: Something of Interest United States Attorney Western District of Washington FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 1997 JAMES D. BELL PLEADS GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTING THE IRS AND USING FALSE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS United States Attorney Kate Pflaumer announced that JAMES DALTON BELL, 39, pleaded guilty today in the federal court in Tacoma to two felony charges. BELL, a resident of Vancouver, Washington, pleaded guilty to obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and to falsely using a social security number with the intent to deceive. United States District Court Judge Franklin D. Burgess presided over today's proceedings. The charges stem from an investigation initiated in October, 1996 by IRS Internal Security Inspectors into reports that BELL was gathering the names and home addresses of IRS employees. In previous court hearings, IRS Inspectors testified that BELL had obtained the names and home addresses of 70 IRS employees as part of "Operation LocatIRS." In the eight page plea agreement signed by BELL, he acknowledged that he had gathered the names and addresses of the IRS employees in order to intimidate them in the performance of their official duties. During the course of their investigation, IRS Inspectors discovered that BELL was advocating a scheme called "Assassination Politics", whereby persons would be rewarded with "digital cash" for killing certain undesirable people. BELL identified these undesirables as government employees, such as IRS employees, who would be intimidated from enforcing internal revenue laws for fear of being assassinated. In the plea agreement, BELL admitted that he suggested using "Assassination Politics" as an enforcement mechanism for the "Multnomah County Common Law Court", and that this was part of his effort to obstruct and impede the enforcement of internal revenue laws. In affidavits previously filed in this case, IRS investigators identified BELL as a participant in the "Multnomah County Common Law Court", which was described as a self-appointed anti-government extremist group which purports to hold "trials" of IRS and other Government employees for the performance of their official duties. The affidavits indicated that in January, 1997 the "Multnomah County Common Law Court" held a "trial" of IRS and other Government officials. In the plea agreement, BELL also admitted that on March 16, 1997, he conducted a chemical "stink bomb" attack on the IRS office in Vancouver, Washington, using the noxious chemical mercaptan. In affidavits filed with the Court, IRS Inspectors tied BELL to two previous mercaptan attacks against non-government targets: one being a lawyer's office in 1984, and the other a vehicle in 1989. The IRS investigators also linked BELL to two purchase orders for noxious chemicals, one in 1994 and one in 1996. According to the plea agreement, the attack on the IRS office resulted in a cost to the government of $1,359, and caused a number of IRS employees to have to leave work. In an affidavit previously filed in this case, IRS Inspectors indicated that the mercaptan attack may have been linked to the February 20, 1997 seizure of BELL's vehicle by the IRS for unpaid taxes. As part of the plea agreement, BELL also admitted that he used several different social security numbers in order to hide assets from the IRS and thus to impede the IRS's ability to collect taxes he owed and to prevent the IRS from levying his wages. Federal agents had previously executed two search warrants on BELL's residence. On April 1, 1997, IRS agents seized computers, documents, and firearms during a search. In a follow-up search, the Environmental Protection Agency seized a variety of dangerous chemicals which had been discovered during the execution of the IRS warrant. BELL was arrested by IRS Inspectors on May 16, 1997. BELL continues to be held in custody based on a May 23, 1997 ruling by Magistrate Judge J. Kelley Arnold that BELL posed a danger to the community and was a flight risk. BELL faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the obstruction charge, and five years and a $250,000 fine for using a phony social security number. The IRS received assistance in the investigation of BELL from the Portland Police Bureau, Oregon Department of Justice, Oregon State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Vancouver, Washington Police Department.

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation newsletter
by Global Web Builders 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Issue 1.1 Date: 1st August 1997. Welcome to the first Pauline Hanson's One Nation electronic newsletter. The objectives of the newsletter are as follows: ------------------------------------------------ To keep you informed on developments within One Nation. To seek assistance from you, where you are willing or able to help. To seek your comments and feedback on surveys that we may run from time to time. In this first issue we are listing the key One Nation web pages that will be of interest: The Hanson Phenomenon (main jumpstation) http://www.gwb.com.au/hanson.html Official Home Page of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Press Releases http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/press/press.html Thank you to all those who have offered support and volunteered their services. The fight to put Australia back on track has just begun and it will take all the support that we can get at the grass roots level to make it happen. One Nation contact details: --------------------------- We will providing you with details on state branch contacts in the short term. If you wish to contact One Nation please: Phone: (02) 9976 0283 or (02) 9976 0284 Fax: (02) 9976 0285 Pauline Hanson's One Nation Pauline Hanson

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Re: Rep. White introduces Internet Protection Act
by Peter Trei 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Declan writes: > This is important. After all, the FCC's charter gives > it jurisdiction over all electronic communications -- ^^^^^^^^^^ > though the commission has opted not to exercise its > authority in cyberspace. Here's a fun little thought experiment: Considering the hairsplitting that takes place everyday in courtrooms these days, an arguement could be made that since virtually the entire net these days is optical fiber, there are no 'electronic' communications taking place. Does the FCC charter mention photonic communications as well? At what point does the charter allow them to interfere? Here's some steps on the way... * A mime, 'working' outdoors in daylight. The communication is entirely by photons, and the light source is non-electronic. (I know that many people would like to see mimes suppressed for the good of humanity, but bear with me). * A mime, working by electric light. Does the fact that electricity is involved in creating the light make the communication 'electronic'? I don't think so. (IANAL) It (the mime) is certainly modulating the (electronically generated) light, just as an optical transducer does. * A mime, illuminated by an electric light, and viewed through a fiberscope. There's certainly no new 'electronic' components introduced at this step, so sending modulated, electronically generated, photonic messages through an optical fiber would not seem to constitute an 'electronic' communication. * A mime performing inside a sealed box, illuminated by electric light and viewed through a fiberscope. Once again, no new 'electronic' components have been added. * The mime, finally realising that the box is airtight and unopenable (I told you to bear with me :-), signals for help by sending Morse code down the fiberscope with a flashlight. The other end of the fiberscope enters a similar box, where another mime flashes back "Great 'walking against the wind' technique, but I can't help - my box is sealed too." Is this an electronic communication? This is getting pretty close to the situation of two computers connected by fiber optics - the communication mode is even digital. The boxes are silent, consume electric power, and communicate via optical fiber. I don't think the FCC's jurisdiction extends inside the boxes, where all the 'electronic' portions of the system reside. Just some idle speculation... Peter Trei trei(a)process.com

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