December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Forwarded mail...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > From: lcs Mixmaster Remailer <mix(a)anon.lcs.mit.edu> > Subject: Plot of the Platypus > In fact, many disorders of reading (alexia) and writing (agraphia) > exist, and are sourced to small lesions in different areas of the brain. > Functionality is so distributed physically, in fact, that there are > even particular lesions which can disrupt reading of phonetic kana > Japanese but not ideographic kanji Japanese. This is only part of the story. Most persons afflicted with these sorts of disorders are not caused by any sort of lesion but rather a geneticly based anomaly in brain development. Dyslexia is a prime example. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Participation requires more than just bitching! | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Re: Plot of the Platypus
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

THE LIE wrote: > >In fact, many disorders of reading (alexia) and writing (agraphia) >exist, and are sourced to small lesions in different areas of the brain. Moreover, upon finer resolution of examination or by use of a different tool, disorders are often discovered to be indistinguishable from orders with a slightly larger maw. Thus, do maws and survivalist manuals and bibles and cults of incontrovertible wisdom thrive and beef-up and kudzu every more uncontrollability, until ... the four bad-ass dudes ride in to waste the evanescent land and mindscape, allowing the cosmo-launder cycle to rejigger. We've a stack of pre-owned omni-space-time prayerbooks for offer, e-ver or tear-and-blood-stained print.

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DUMPSTER BONANZA
by Sandy Sandfort 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, This is not a crypto post, but those interested in threat models and counter-measures might want to read on. I just looked at the October issue of Soldier of Fortune. In an article entitled "SOF Exposes ATF's Warbirds" the author tells about the 7 to 12 attack aircraft that the BATF has purchased. Of course, it's interesting to hear how and why this agency decided it needed an airforce to pursue its mission, but the real story for me was how SOF busted them. SOF had heard rumors about a covert operation on the part of the BATF to procure these aircraft. They did their own surveillence of the BATF's phony cover corporation. This included dumpster diving. What they came up with was unbelievable. It included agents home addresses, the names of family members, official BATF stationery, the works. If you want to read a fascinating tale of BATF incompetence and duplicity, check this one out. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Re: lack of evolutionary pressures (was Re: An end to "court (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 09:52:26 -0700 > From: Lucky Green <shamrock(a)netcom.com> > Subject: Re: lack of evolutionary pressures (was Re: An end to "court > (fwd) > Let's try this from a different angle... Say it was charity. Would it, in > your opinion, be constitutional for a private charity to require Norplant > before dispensing the charitable goods and services? Contracts between private individuals are not constrained by the Constitution so your allegory is flawed. What the government can and can't do as a result of its charter to represent all the people has nothing to do with what two individuals arrange between themselves on a consensual basis involving a contract. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Participation requires more than just bitching! | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Re: lack of evolutionary pressures (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 10:18:44 -0700 > From: Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> > Subject: Re: lack of evolutionary pressures > Bluntly > put, it ain't going _anywhere_, at least not very fast. Changes in the > characteristics of a species, loosely speaking, "evolution," happen faster > in small populations. Actualy this premise is false. The results of evolution stand out more in smaller populations because a given change can propogate through the population with less chance of being swammped by other changes that are also propogating through that population. There is also the fact that the vast majority of changes are either harmless or else debilitating further slowing the genetic drift. Look at it this way. If we have 1000 mating pairs and one of those pairs progeny has a genetic change it is much easier for that change to get propogated because the odds of the offspring mating with the other 999 pairs offspring are much higher than if there were say 10,000 pairs. The number of generations required for that change to become ubiquitous in small populations is much lower than in larger populations. The genetic drift for a given species is usualy low because of this dillution whereas if a punctuating event occurs it will lower the available pool of mates and hence the relative changes increase until the new population becomes stable, usualy because the mitigating effects of the punctuating event have receded. If you would like a concrete case to study, review the research about genetic drift in monkey populations in the Great Rift Valley in Africa. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Participation requires more than just bitching! | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Welfare Solution #389
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Alex Le Heux (alexlh(a)yourchoice.nl) wrote: > Unfortunately our own government is slowely succumbing under the > international pressure, and soon we'll have our own War On Drugs here. I say, Lord help me if they outlaw hash bars. Anonymous wrote: > Many in the welfair class have their basic needs met by the government > and then steal to buy heroin. This is odd; I am sure that heavy drug dependents are more likely to want money from welfare, but I query you: Does that necessarily mean that welfare recipients are more likely to be drug dependent? > [Query: who is the victim in a drug case? -- but I digress...]. That's funny, I don't know who the victim is in this drug case you fail to describe. I haven't read the decision writings. How should I know? I could imagine that a junkie who takes some old lady's purse to buy heroin is victimizing the old lady, but is a student smoking marijuana and drinking a beer victimizing anyone? What about a heroin junkie who is rich, though unpopular, and never committed any other crime? Have they made themselves a victim of something? Maybe so...the needle, the darkness, the overwhelming Love Which Cannot Be Real. But the state shouldn't recognize "mystical entities" like this as perpetrators. The person in this case is making a choice; they will do no harm but to themselves. Are they then a victim, or a perpetrator, or both? > Also, if it was a crime where the victim suffered financial losses, the > defendant not only has to pay the Crime Victim's Fee but also restitution > to the victim. Does not theft of belongings in any case deserve punitive and recompensive financial damages? Like the U.S. Park Service theft of the ranch on Santa Cruz Island? -THE LIE

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Practical Assassination Politics
by Mike Duvos 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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by free＠web.site 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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Re: Shooting the taggers
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Grand Wazoo MixMaster wrote the lie: > There appears to be a wonderful market for long-range nonlethal > stun weapons. I wonder, if a tagger is marking your building, > would it be legal to stun him from a distance and then call the > cops? > > Rape can be argued to be deserving of serious punishment of some kind, > but would tagging deserve death when a nonlethal option exist? Could > not the woman stun the rapist and then call the cops? No. Stun guns are increasingly illegal because some guy once used one to rob a 7-11 or something, for $15.00. Since stopping rape is worth less than $15.00 to those who make the laws, they have decided that a few thousand rapes is a small price to pay to protect minuscule corporate interests. -THE 1/2LIE

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