December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

update.294 (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From physnews(a)aip.org Wed Nov 6 15:22:21 1996 Date: Wed, 6 Nov 96 10:14:13 EST From: physnews(a)aip.org (AIP listserver) Message-Id: <9611061514.AA06755(a)aip.org> To: physnews-mailing(a)aip.org Subject: update.294 PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News Number 294 November 6, 1996 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein NANOSCALE ABACUS. Scientists at IBM Zurich have used a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) probe to reposition C-60 molecules on a copper substrate, making in effect the first room- temperature device capable of storing and manipulating numbers at the single molecule level. The buckyballs (which are big, sturdy molecules) act as the counters of a tiny abacus in which low (indeed mono-atomic) terraces in the copper surface constrain the buckyballs to move accurately in a straight line. (The abacus is perhaps the first human calculating device, and the Greek word means "sand on a board.") IBM researcher James Gimzewski (gim(a)zurich.ibm.com) admits that his device is slow: "The tool we use (the STM probe) is the equivalent of operating a normal abacus with the Eiffel Tower." But things should improve in coming years; with this new advance, hundreds of buckyball ranks could fit neatly inside the same linewidth that characterizes features on a Pentium processor chip. As for speed, engineers expect to fabricate arrays of hundreds and even thousands of STM probes for simultaneously imaging (and repositioning) many atoms and molecules. (M.T. Cuberes et al., to appear in the 11 November issue of Applied Physics Letters; an associated figure can be obtained on the Web at http://www.aip.org/physnews/graphics) THE SHORTEST X-RAY PULSES yet produced have been made at LBL by shooting 100-femtosecond bursts of infrared laser light at right angles into a beam of electrons. Some of the photons are converted into x rays by scattering (through 90 degrees) into the same direction as the electrons. The resultant x-ray bursts are themselves short---about 300 fsec---and potent, with an energy of 30 keV (or, equivalently, a wavelength of 0.4 angstroms). By narrowing the electron beam further (currently it is a mere 90 microns wide), even sharper x-ray pulses (50 fsec) are in the offing. Theses pulses are ideal probes---their small wavelength permits studies of atomic structure with high resolution. Meanwhile their short duration make them an excellent strobe light for glimpsing ultrafast phenomena. For example, the LBL researchers are using the x-ray pulses to study the melting of silicon. (R.W. Schoenlein et al., Science, 11 October 1996.) PHOTONIC CRYSTALS NOW OPERATE IN THE NEAR INFRARED. These structures are to optics what semiconductors are to electronics: they allow the passage of light at some wavelengths but exclude light in certain other energy ranges (also called photon bandgaps). Since the first photonic crystals (operating at microwave wavelengths) were developed several years ago, researchers have attempted to move toward the visible, where potential technological applications beckon. Scientists at the University of Glasgow and the University of Durham have now constructed a tiny wafer riddled with 100-micron holes which exhibits the lowest-wavelength photonic bandgap yet: 800- 900 nm. (Thomas F. Krauss et al., Nature, 24 October 1996.) CORRECTION: Harold Kroto (not Croto) is the correct spelling for the chemistry Nobelist (Update 291).

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Re: Judge Kozinski responds to our responses
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 4:39 AM 11/6/96 -0500, Jim Ray wrote: >Judge Kozinski wrote: >> ... Perhaps the answer >> is that the post office should not accept mail unless there >> is a clear indication of who the sender is on the upper left >> hand corner of the envelope. ... In the case of postal mail, return address forgery is so easy that anyone who can address an envelope can figure it out. Requiring something scribbled there certainly wouldn't help protect against anonymous mail. You would have to couple it with "is a person" checks to ensure the person posting it is the person referenced by the return address. Bye bye corner post box. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | This space for rent. | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

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Re: UNSUBCRIBE CENSORSHIP
by Jim Ray 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: sintong(a)medan.wasantara.net.id, cypherpunks(a)toad.com, dlv(a)bwalk.dm.com Date: Thu Nov 07 07:04:45 1996 That's it. "UNSUBSCRIBE MISSPELLINGS!" JMR ^ Please note new 2000bit PGPkey & new address <jmr(a)shopmiami.com> This key will be valid through election day 2000. PGP id.A7D63DA9 98 1F 39 BA 93 86 B4 F5 57 52 64 0E DA BA 2C 71 Please avoid using old 1024bit PGPkey E9BD6D35 anymore. Thanks. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEPAwUBMoHQYzUhsGSn1j2pAQFylwfPT9bjSQBmF6SOpudeb2Zp8sg4peUrlfKw Oj/JvwqwbbUHMovzu/NQl4JP1VzPbJRejNFxtNwSasIYV2ouO3YZqR8y+MhEsGU2 eYuhGoWCplSgtmUI+bloe9EX88L+qKkLLRxZUVeNG8WGsW/lM/gioZRTMGh9cGwc zOtqEiw/DVZzryoEB1aFh/aCfcYR1sJwF/sATt62Tgn7R8Hk/OCXT8Ot4P7GXaeM 2AK4N4P9IPt4kQz/F8VVgsodEydpwSw51TB+npmkrSlIasq2Yw9K/gAhnlkd2DyH 64UFri7oH6kGRoVbn7XCTY3dGp6fRm2NGQ5okn5Rvds8ZA== =jjAl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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UNSUBCRIBE
by paratama＠idola.net.id 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

UNSUBCRIBE

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Re: Censorship on cypherpunks
by Steve Edwards 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 06:54 PM 11/3/96 -0500, you wrote: > Except it's not very effective, is it, since he's still >posting flames? In any case, it's an admission on John >Gilmore's part that libertarianism can't work without some >measure of authoritarianism; the only argument is over _just how >much_ authoritarianism we need. > > I'm quite upset about this. Up to now I was able to tell >people that "there is at least one mailing list on the net that >functions in a completely open manner". No more. > > >Will French <wfrench(a)interport.net> What has it got to do with libertarianism? John Gilmore is not the government, he just runs the list. If we don't like what he does, we can start a new list. I'm not sure that it was a good idea to remove Vulis, but I don't believe that this single act reflects on any theory of governance. > > SAlanEd(a)concentric.net, SAlanEd(a)aol.com, http://users.aol.com/salaned/cyberplace.html "Life, he himself said once, (his biografiend, in fact, kills him verysoon, if yet not, after) is a wake, livit or krikit, and on the bunk of our breadwinning, lies the cropse of our seedfather..."

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ANO_mal
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

11-6-96. FiTi: "Anomalies across international borders" "I think there is a feeling that the UK's long history of success in code-cracking makes the security services confident about being able to break through any encryption scheme -- or use criminal law to enforce surrender of the key," Neil Barrett says. In his recent book, "The State of the Cybernation", he examines cross-border encryption issues in greater detail. ----- http://jya.com/anomal.txt ANO_mal

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[MEDPOT] MedPot foundation scores important victory
by ichudov＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.cnn.com/US/9611/06/medical.marijuana/index.html Marijuana proponents relish victory California attorney general predicts legal anarchy November 6, 1996 Web posted at: 6:00 p.m. EST From Correspondent Rusty Dornin SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- Medical marijuana proponents celebrated their victory in Tuesday's elections with a ceremonial smoke. "It's the will of the people," said Dennis Peron, an advocate for medical marijuana. "It is a mandate. It's about love and compassion about doing something that's concrete to help people who are sick and dying." With the passage of the proposition, people who are sick and dying in California and Arizona can smoke pot legally if recommended by a physician. While the two states may say it's legal, federal law still says 'no way'. California's attorney general predicted the law change will lead to legal anarchy. "This thing is disastrous," said Dan Lungren. "We're going to have an unprecedented mess." Anyone suffering from AIDS and cancer to chronic pain and migraine headaches would be free to smoke pot under the new laws. No written prescriptions are required. The passage of the proposition also means it's legal to grow pot for medicinal use. That's exactly what worries Lungren. "We're going to have a hell of a time limiting marijuana use among young people in California at the very time that marijuana use is skyrocketing around the country," he said. Medical pot proponents are setting their sights on the rest of the country, launching a national campaign, "Americans for medical rights," to focus on marijuana legislation in other states and on the federal level. The news laws are expected to face court challenges in California. In any event, top nation drug enforcers said they will continue to enforce federal drug laws, including federal marijuana statutes. - Igor.

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Mixmaster Test
by Bovine Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sorry for the spam, folks ... just looking for a mixmaster that puts the Subject: line into cypherpunk messages. Name-Withheld-By-Request Editor in Chief, Cypherpunk Enquirer

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Encryption/data-changing in russia (fwd)
by gimonca＠skypoint.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 14:23:48 -1000 > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > From: Benjamin Grosman <bgrosman(a)healey.com.au> > Subject: Encryption/data-changing in russia > A friend of mine who is Russian, but lives out here, frequently > corresponds with friends in Russia via email, and in the course of sending > emai, they occasionally send an attachment. However, the attachment that > _all_ his russian friends send, including the ones who use MIME capable > email clients such as Eudora, always, _always_, uuencode files, and they say > they can't do MIME. I am wondering if the encryption/data-changing laws in > Russia are so strict as to disallow MIME encoding even, but still allows UU > for some reason? > Probably has to do with the character set they're using; nothing more. -- Wild new Ubik salad dressing, not | gimonca(a)skypoint.com Italian, not French, but an entirely | Minneapolis MN USA new and different taste treat that's | http://www.skypoint.com/~gimonca waking up the world! | A lean, mean meme machine.

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EudoraWin95 3.0 /PGP plugin query
by Dave Farber 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I am trying to find the plugin but it seems to have vanished and lkinks to it seem to fail. Anyone there who can help me find it?

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