December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Root Causes
by shamrock＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In article <199507140151.UAA01504(a)arnet.arn.net>, merriman(a)arn.net (David K. Merriman) wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >While I respect the ideas and opinions submitted by the majority of the >members of this list, I wonder if perhaps we're failing to deal with the >_root_ problem of such things as the CDA, Clipper, DTA, etc. > >Specifically, I wonder if it wouldn't be a better approach to *prevent* such >measures from ever being proposed in the first place. Short of a 50 kilo ton bomb on Washington, I don't see any way that could be accomplished. <No, I don't advocate nuking DC.> >Is there any precedence or possibility of either filing civil or criminal >charges against a Government official for their _official_ actions? >Something that will not only make for some Serious Press, but hit them from >an unexpected angle? You can't sue the government without its prior consent. Government officials are also usually immune from being sued over their official actions. >It would seem that things such as the CDA, etc, are patent violations of the >Bill of Rights. As such, wouldn't the Congressrodent(s) proposing such >measures be violating our civil rights, and thus be criminally liable? >Aren't Congressrodents supposed to take an Oath of Office that involves >upholding the Constitution? The oath is not ment to be kept. It's sole purpose is to provide a photo op for the incomming congresscritters. - -- - -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMAXVPioZzwIn1bdtAQFp5gF/WnEoNO15G11gXi9G/BmtFzu/toHZPBmj ldONnU+mbB5c9LIGeJH3usQZLdT/D4Sw =NpN9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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by truher＠mojones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Deployment
by an250888＠anon.penet.fi 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>In addition, now is the time to deploy stego, on a massive scale. >How many stego programs have been released for Unix? Unix? The masses use DOS, Windows, Mac, and OS/2. All you Unix gurus with nifty Unix crypto utilities that PC users can only wonder about need to buy PC's and start porting now if you want to get anywhere. Unix? Hah! Gimme a break! Unix is a Warsaw ghetto. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help(a)anon.penet.fi. If you reply to this message, your message WILL be *automatically* anonymized and you are allocated an anon id. Read the help file to prevent this. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin(a)anon.penet.fi.

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Looks like "Cypherpunks Key Cracking Ring" is done .....
by Piete Brooks 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I noticed that http://dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/percent.html was reporting: Percentage complete PERCENTAGE COMPLETE 4094 / 4096 = 100.6 percent which looked a bit odd to me :-) Do I detect a Pentium at work ?? Anyway, I grabbed a 29 bit address space and got: ffe0000000 29 THATS IT FOLKS! ALL DONE! and now it reports: Percentage complete PERCENTAGE COMPLETE 4096 / 4096 = 100.7 percent

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Re: Fight, or Roll Over?
by unicorn＠polaris.mindport.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 9:55 PM 7/13/95, Perry E. Metzger wrote: >"Robert A. Hayden" writes: >> On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Douglas Barnes wrote: >> >> > Since the Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 might as well >> > be called the "Anti-Cypherpunk Act of 1995", I'm surprised to see >> > Tim throw in the towel already, when the bill hasn't even made it >> > through committee yet. >> >> I don't think Tim threw in the towell on this bill, but has come to >> realize that the overall war on privacy cannot be won by concentrating on >> the individual battles. > >Thats true. However, I think that one strategic move would be to get a >PR firm involved that is capable of severly embarassing any politico >who puts his name any of these proposals. After two or three of those >they start getting gunshy. > >Folks, this isn't trivial. It isn't an easy thing to do by any >means. However, it is far from impossible. > [...] > >Anyone who is saying that it is impossible to fight the legislative >battles hasn't been thinking. It takes millions of dollars, but there >is a lot of money out there to be had in my opinion. Perry and I discussed this a bit today. I have a call into a friend of mine at one of the larger firms in D.C., who I will neglect to name until I hear back. I have a feeling there are a pile of funds to be had, and I'm going to try to work with Perry to get the people who should be interested, interested. > >Perry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMAc23y1onm9OaF05AQGbvwf+OrqSIlELmS4bDSMqkPU3WKoqH2GGG+/p ki4l4AW2mM9FUEwfSUErFibnXqik+6zRjkOsKPDEpbmbOc9HM/OnEO0v8MTM6nQZ 1QT6mFcR9rpF8v+ZNlN35davf9VLcsMX0avjWZmNJbtQHEG3wL1Vt1BhCBaJjA/b XkrNMAI5gbIp0ervus5WGcGEajGr2BhGU9EOpA0eLRs/eoCg4W2rVSuTxGXZ9XhL 2nLdBor/XJENRrTmW38sya8x5vuDKwOLMMCTVgsg2QxzbGIk1jE2JjYmi2tqmISf V69UVKfvEsqhq9uKUksJG8tmoiyFs4b0Ctra/n/AibxYYKcCK5Qb3g== =/c9H -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Dr. Seuss, Technical Writer
by Christopher.Baker＠f14.n374.z1.fidonet.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

* In a message posted via CYPHERPUNKS dated: 11 Jul 95, you stated: > What If Dr. Seuss Did Technical Writing? > > Here's an easy game to play. > Here's an easy thing to say: and what if there was a complete version of this somewhere? [grin] --- Following message extracted from REC.ORG.MENSA @ 1:374/14 --- By Christopher Baker on Thu Dec 15 11:27:49 1994 From: Mike Steiner To: All Date: 15 Dec 94 02:40:52 Subj: Bits in a Box From: steiner(a)best.com (Mike Steiner) Organization: Society for the Preservation of Endangered Societies A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer Bits Bytes Chips Clocks Bits in bytes on chips in box. Bytes with bits and chips with clocks. Chips in box on ether-docks. Chips with bits come. Chips with bytes come. Chips with bits and bytes and clocks come. Look, sir. Look, sir. Read the book, sir. Let's do tricks with bits and bytes, sir. Let's do tricks with chips and clocks, sir. First, I'll make a quick trick bit stack. Then I'll make a quick trick byte stack. You can make a quick trick chip stack. You can make a quick trick clock stack. And here's a new trick on the scene. Bits in bytes for your machine. Bytes in words to fill your screen. Now we come to ticks and tocks, sir. Try to say this by the clock, sir. Clocks on chips tick. Clocks on chips tock. Eight byte bits tick. Eight bit bytes tock. Clocks on chips with eight bit bytes tick. Chips with clocks and eight byte bits tock. Here's an easy game to play. Here's an easy thing to say.... If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interupted as a very last resort, and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort then the socket packet pocket has an error to report! If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted cause the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash! You can't say this? What a shame, sir! We'll find you another game, sir. If the label on the cable on the table at your house says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel on another protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall, and your screen is all distorted by the side-effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse, then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang, cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang! When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk, and the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risc, then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM. Quickly turn off your computer and be sure to tell your mom! (God bless you Dr. Seuss wherever you are!) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Origin: COBRUS - Usenet-to-Fidonet Distribution System (1:2613/335.0) -30- TTFN. Chris --- GenMsg [0002] (cbak.rights(a)opus.global.org)

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Re: who knows about Security First Network Bank
by rah＠shipwright.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>X-Sender: blanneau(a)pic.net >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 17:04:41 -0500 >To: MINITERS(a)Citadel.edu >From: blanneau(a)bilbo.pic.net (Bazile R. Lanneau, Jr.) >Subject: Re: who knows about Security First Network Bank >Cc: www-buyinfo(a)allegra.att.com > >Are you trying to find it? http://www.sfnb.com >Neat site! > >------------------------------------------ >Bazile Lanneau >Britton & Koontz First National Bank >Natchez, MS 39120 >601-445-5576 >blanneau(a)pic.net >blanneau(a)bkbank.com (Soon) > > >>>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 13:32:04 -0400 (EDT) >>>From: Syl Miniter 803-768-3759 <MINITERS(a)Citadel.edu> >>>Subject: who knows about Security First Network Bank >>>To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com >>>Cc: MINITERS(a)Citadel.edu >>>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>>Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com >>>Precedence: bulk >>> >>>There is an extensive article in the July issue of "Bank Technology News >>>about >>>a startup Internet bank by the name above. >>>Does anyone know about this outfit. >>> >> >>----------------- >>Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) >>Shipwright Development Corporation, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 >>USA (617) 323-7923 >>"Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell >>>>>>Phree Phil: Email: zldf(a)clark.net http://www.netresponse.com/zldf <<<<< >> >> >> >> > ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Shipwright Development Corporation, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA (617) 323-7923 "Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell >>>>Phree Phil: Email: zldf(a)clark.net http://www.netresponse.com/zldf <<<<<

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Re: Eudora MacPGP Woes
by Robert A. Rosenberg 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 14:40 7/8/95, Black Unicorn wrote: >I have noticed that an X-Attachement: header is added, but I have no idea >how to remove it without opening the Eudora outbox with teachtext or >something. Highlight the file name on the attachments line and hit delete to remove an attached file request.

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Legislation question...
by Phil Fraering 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I may be a bit behind the times, but I have a question about the "ban crypto-anarchy" legislation as well as the Exon amendment: Isn't legislation in this country supposed to start in the House and _then_ move to the Senate for approval? Why are all of these bills going in the opposite direction? Phil

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Off Your But and Learn!
by an250888＠anon.penet.fi 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>I am not a programmer either, but I am being motivated to become one. >If only there was more time. Neither am I, but may I suggest the following: S. Prata, C++ Primer Plus: Teach Yourself Object-Oriented Programming, 2d ed., Waite Group Press, ISBN 1-878739-74-3 (1995). Nuts & bolts. S. Lippman, C++ Primer, 2d ed., Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-54848-8 (1993). Not quite so nuts and bolts, but good to read after covering the treatment of the same material in Prata. I've just starting working through these and find them effective. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help(a)anon.penet.fi. If you reply to this message, your message WILL be *automatically* anonymized and you are allocated an anon id. Read the help file to prevent this. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin(a)anon.penet.fi.

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