December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by garte6493＠compuserve.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Congress' *real* job...
by lcs Mixmaster Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Congress' real job should not be passing laws providing funding, prohibiting >activities, etc. It *should* be in creating and passing Constitutional >amendments per the 10th that re-define the responsibilities and duties of >the federal government within the changing millieu of the current society. >This way the people via their state representatives have a much closer input >into what the feds are actualy enpowered to do and to who. Be careful what you wish for. This Congress is far more likely to pass amendments nullifying the 2nd, the 1st, the 6th, the 4th, and others. And they'll probably rewrite the 13th to read "no involuntary servitude...unless we say so."

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

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: 19 Jan 1998 20:20:01 -0000 > From: lcs Mixmaster Remailer <mix(a)anon.lcs.mit.edu> > Subject: Congress' *real* job... > Be careful what you wish for. This Congress is far more likely to pass > amendments nullifying the 2nd, the 1st, the 6th, the 4th, and others. And > they'll probably rewrite the 13th to read "no involuntary servitude...unless > we say so." For Congress to pass a single amendment they must get 3/4 of the states to ratify the amendment. That's the check that keeps Congress from going nuts and gives the individual states a measure of equality. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ 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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Amending the Constitution
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, It is of some import to note that the legaly amend the Constitution takes considerably more than the 51% that those happy go lucky anarchists are so fond of quoting...it actualy takes 75%. ARTICLE V. [Constitution: how amended; proviso.] The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions of the three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which shall be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of it's equal Suffrage in the Senate. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ 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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Eternity service??
by Kay Jones 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hello....listen, I was referred to you by a friend of mine who is helping me with a page I would like to create. I am a mom of three, aspiring Doula and EMT, and an advocate for natural pregnancy, childbirth, extended breastfeeding and attachment parenting. Here is why I am writing to you: Recently I was to coach a good friend of mine through her labor and birth. She very much wanted a natural birth and had written a very specific birth plan and had planned on signing waivers to release the hospital and docs from any legal action if anything went wrong. When we went to the hospital, the midwife on duty threw down her birth plan and told her that her child would be delivered on HER terms (the midwife's) or not at all. She literally forced me to leave my friend, and then had her physically restrained to insert IV's and apply monitors which my friend had NOT consented to, and in fact had specifically said she didn't want. Then, later, during the actual birth, the midwife let my friend's vagina tear horribly instead of giving her an episiotomy as she said "You want a natural birth...do it yourself" Then, my friends new baby was taken from her, and she didn't get to see the baby for three hours after the birth. The baby was subjected to tests and proceedures that my friend had specifically requested not be done, and the baby was given a bottle in spite of the fact that my friend wanted to nurse her baby. Anyway, my intent is to open a page to expose these so called 'medical professionals' for what they are.....butchers! What happened to my friend was pure and simple assault, but she has not much recourse, as this happened in a military hospital. Her husband, like mine is in the Army, and they are not very high ranking soldiers, so the risk of reprocussions (sp?) to them is very high if she takes action. I know that is the norm for most army hospitals, and I would like to open a *safe* arena for women to read and be warned of these people, by NAME and rank, and location, and also a *safe* place for them to post their horror stories with warnings also. Many people are afraid of being sued...I could care less tho my husband is a bit paranoid... do you see what I am trying to say here? Can you help me? Please let me know as soon as possible :) Thanks! -- Kay Jones KayEC/KayTIS/KayKDZ/KeWEL/KayOfBoz http://www.vvm.com/~kjones *Peace On Earth Begins At Birth* ICQ: 2935300

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Re: British Ministers Adopt Unbreakable Crypto
by Bruce Schneier 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> >LONDON (AP) -- It's a briefcase even James Bond could love. > >Britain's more adventurous Cabinet ministers soon will be spiriting >laptop computers inside their signature ``Red Box'' briefcases, >complete with fingerprint recognition systems and silent alarms. > [.....] > >``There is even a duress finger,'' Rushworth said. ``That is for if a >terrorist or gunman has a gun to the minister's head forcing him to >open the computer. It will appear to function normally but doesn't, >and sends a silent alarm to the Cabinet Office.'' This is INSANE. How could someone be so stupid as to announce such a feature in a newspaper. I guess this means that if a terrorist sees a Cabinet minister with such a computer, he had better shoot to kill. The whole point of a feature like this is that its existence is secret. Someone is NOT paying attention. 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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Distributed stock trading system
by ichudov＠Algebra.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I would like to hear your feedback on a project that I have just thought about. It is called a Distributed Asset Trading Network. It consists of Traders and Nodes. They trade Products (asset classes). A Product may be an Intel share, or a bond, or an option on S&P 500, or whatever. Who and how defines what the Product unit is is beyond the scope of this document. Each Node in the Network is a clearing corporation that is supposed to be a legitimate operation. To cover possible liabilities, Nodes can post [ecash] bonds to each other. They are ultimately liable for all counterparty defaults in Trades. Traders are clients of Nodes. They have Accounts. To buy or sell Products, they place Orders to these Nodes. The Nodes broadcast the Orders and collect Potential Trades (opposing orders that have not been filled yet). Nodes may have Policies that require Traders to meet certain requirements, in order to avoid potential liability. (ie, to sell stock, you have to have it on your Account, or have enough equity to cover the short sale liabilities, etc). The receiving Node has a short period of time (seconds) to decide which counterparties and which amounts to choose. The sending Node acquires Locks on the submitted Potential Trades and is liable to produce the Asset (or Cash) if the positive response comes back within that time period. This architecture can create a trading environment that is a) independent of borders and national laws, at least to some extent and b) eliminates certain forms of arbitrage, and c) more resistant to denial of service attacks (??), and possibly eliminates the bid-ask spreads and a whole lot of highly-paid intermediaries, and c) potentially increases privacy for transactions. The technical issues that are open, at the moment, are 1) clock synchronization, 2) the need for a central authority to clear liability issues and 3) potential denial of service attacks through acquiring too many locks (again, maybe with the proper liability agreement, it is not an issue). I think that such a system is not all that impossible to develop. Whether it will, or can be made to, work in the technical and social environment that we have is another question. I am curious if something like this has aleready been implemented. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- char*p="char*p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} \=/, _-===-_-====-_-===-_-==========-_-====-_ | @___oo ( )_ /\ /\ / (___,,,}_--= ) ) /^\) ^\/ _) =__ Anything is good and useful if ) ) /^\/ _) (_ ) ) _ / / _) ( ) /\ )/\/ || | )_) (_ it's made of chocolate. ) < > |(,,) )__) ( ) || / \)___)\ (_ __) | \____( )___) )___ -==-_____-=====-_____-=====-___== \______(_______;;; __;;;

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by pads＠mouse.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Ruby Ridge FBI sniper to stand trial [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > FBI SNIPER TO STAND TRIAL IN RUBY RIDGE CASE > > FBI seal January 7, 1998 > Web posted at: 6:32 p.m. EST (2332 GMT) > > BONNERS FERRY, Idaho (AP) -- A judge Wednesday ordered an FBI > sharpshooter to stand trial on a state manslaughter charge for the > death of white separatist Randy Weaver's wife in the 1992 siege at > Ruby Ridge. > > The U.S. Justice Department decided in 1994 against prosecuting Lon > Horiuchi and upheld the decision last year after a long review. But > in August, Boundary County Prosecutor Denise Woodbury filed a charge > of involuntary manslaughter. > > Magistrate Judge Quentin Harden decided there was probable cause to > bring Horiuchi to trial on the state charge. Harden scheduled a > February 13 arraignment before state Judge James Michaud. > > A federal judge is to hear arguments Monday from Horiuchi's lawyers > in Boise that the case should be transferred to federal court. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ 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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1998 - the year we must make a stand.
by Global Web Builders 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: No unsolicited email is sent. If you do not want to be on the mailing list please say "REMOVE" in the subject line and return the message in the body of this email (so that we can track your state). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear One Nation Supporter in New South Wales, As Australia moves towards the year 2000 we Australians move into a critical stage of our history. A stage which is the culmination of years of deception by the Labor and Coalition parties leading to the undermining of our democracy. With a Federal Election in the wind 1998 provides a chance for Australians to rectify the wrongs of the past. Voting for the major parties will provide no solutions - only more of the same. However, expect the major parties to claim that voting for Pauline Hanson's One Nation will be a wasted vote. They are wrong - tell your friends and make a stand for your children's future by voting for Pauline Hanson's One Nation. I am going to cite just one example of many on how you, as an Australian voter, are being misled by the mainstream political parties. In a word the subject is 'MAI' an international agreement to which Australia will be a signatory. MAI is being debated more and more on the Internet through the World Wide Web. Here are some web site links on the subject. Please take the time to visit these sites because they demonstrate how the transnational companies, through MAI (the multilateral agreement on investment), are bargaining away your future with senior Canberra-based bureaucrats. 1) ABC interview - full transcript: http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/onenation/press/maiabc.html Extract: 'Sadly there's no catch title for this trade deal. It's called the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, or MAI. But what it promises holds more drama. It aims to grant multinational corporations unprecedented powers over governments. And it's not getting many good reviews.' and 'In effect, the MAI is a bill of rights for international giants like Shell, Lockheed, Du Pont, and Arthur Andersen. It prevents governments asking more of those multinationals than they ask of their own domestic companies. And any laws that discriminate in favour of locals, such as Australian media ownership laws, don't fit.' 2) MAI Information Centre (Canada): http://www.islandnet.com/~ncfs/maisite/homepage.htm Extract: 'It incorporates a powerful dispute resolution system which would allow any investor to sue the government of its host nation if it considers laws or regulations to be discriminatory and detrimental to immediate or projected profits. The Agreement would therefore disable regional development and national measures to protect the well-being of people, create employment, safeguard small business, conserve resources and protect the environment. Once signed, the MAI cannot be denounced for five years. Investments under the MAI would remain protected for a further fifteen years.' The MAI debate is being discussed openly in Canada and New Zealand while in Australia we are being closeted from this debate by the duopoly which runs this country's media. It is a very real issue. An issue that the major parties refuse to bring out into the open. An issue, amongst many, many others that Pauline Hanson's One Nation is trying to expose. BUT we cannot do that without your support. Your vote and those of your friends will be critical to ensure that issues such as MAI are heard, are questioned, can be rejected by you and I - the Australian people. Clearly the major political parties have failed in drawing issues like this out into the public arena for discussion. Pauline Hanson PS. If you are able to help with donations to help us fund our candidates in state and federal elections this year please visit: http://www.gwb.com.au/pledge.html

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