December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Keyword scanning/speech recognition (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:11:24 -0600 > From: Rick Smith <smith(a)sctc.com> > > simultaneously. Ahhh. The joys of microcoding for a 74S181 ALU. Now there is a blast from the past. I was working at UT Austin in '82 on my EE. I had to work part-time at the school for a non-classified project for the DoD (only way they would let students work on projects on the main campus). We were building a non-Von Neumann RTL (mono-bus computer) based router for the ARPANet using the 181's clocked at 40MHz (fastest they were reliable at) as the ALU's behind the registers. Couldn't find a way to saturate the machine (had 64 serial ports driving 64 Z80's @ 4MHz sitting on the RTL bus as addresses registers) on I/O. One of the guys working on the project was taking an electronic music class from one of the members of Journey (who was teaching a 1 time 1 semester class on electronic music) so we ended up using it as a synthesizer. Worked damn well. Don't know what the DoD did with it afterwards. Thanks for the reminder of some fond memories. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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by Mail Delivery Subsystem 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: GSM crypto upgrade? (was Re: Newt's phone calls) (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:29:05 -0800 > From: Steve Schear <azur(a)netcom.com> > Subject: Re: GSM crypto upgrade? (was Re: Newt's phone calls) > > followed up, but it seems entirely reasonable a practicle. In fact I'm > surprised that Hollywood hasn't latched onto this in order to dub film > stars to different languages w/o loosing their recognizable voice > characteristics. In this regards you people (en toto) need to do a little more real world research in this area. Voice recognition is and has been easy to do for decades. As to what Hollywood is doing, not only are they doing voice masking but your local radio station does it on a regular basis [1] for a few $1,000's in hardware and software. [1] Video Toaster User Dec. 1996 Toaster Talk - "Learning from radio" pp. 6 Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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Re: Keyword scanning/speech recognition (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:11:24 -0600 > From: Rick Smith <smith(a)sctc.com> > > simultaneously. Ahhh. The joys of microcoding for a 74S181 ALU. Now there is a blast from the past. I was working at UT Austin in '82 on my EE. I had to work part-time at the school for a non-classified project for the DoD (only way they would let students work on projects on the main campus). We were building a non-Von Neumann RTL (mono-bus computer) based router for the ARPANet using the 181's clocked at 40MHz (fastest they were reliable at) as the ALU's behind the registers. Couldn't find a way to saturate the machine (had 64 serial ports driving 64 Z80's @ 4MHz sitting on the RTL bus as addresses registers) on I/O. One of the guys working on the project was taking an electronic music class from one of the members of Journey (who was teaching a 1 time 1 semester class on electronic music) so we ended up using it as a synthesizer. Worked damn well. Don't know what the DoD did with it afterwards. Thanks for the reminder of some fond memories. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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REMOVE
by MSI: Patrick D. O'Brien 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

REMOVE

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Re: GSM technology
by Nurdane Oksas 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > Nurdane Oksas <oksas(a)asimov.montclair.edu> writes: > > > On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > > > Nurdane Oksas <oksas(a)asimov.montclair.edu> writes: > > > > > > > ADSL will be the best for movies... i can't wait . > > > > > > What kind of movies? > > > > You're too young to watch these..:) > > I'm older than you... Do you mean I'm too old to watch these? Yes physically you are older and wiser; And watching 'wild orchid' would be detrimental to your health. thinking of you, oksas!

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Re: GSM crypto upgrade? (was Re: Newt's phone calls) (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:29:05 -0800 > From: Steve Schear <azur(a)netcom.com> > Subject: Re: GSM crypto upgrade? (was Re: Newt's phone calls) > > followed up, but it seems entirely reasonable a practicle. In fact I'm > surprised that Hollywood hasn't latched onto this in order to dub film > stars to different languages w/o loosing their recognizable voice > characteristics. In this regards you people (en toto) need to do a little more real world research in this area. Voice recognition is and has been easy to do for decades. As to what Hollywood is doing, not only are they doing voice masking but your local radio station does it on a regular basis [1] for a few $1,000's in hardware and software. [1] Video Toaster User Dec. 1996 Toaster Talk - "Learning from radio" pp. 6 Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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Seismic Crypto
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a NYT report today on a "mysterious" blast in the Australian outback in 1993, there's mention of "seismic weapons" and research on them by Nicholas Tesla in the 1930s. Would any of our weapons connoisseurs have more info on what these are and how they were supposed to work? Electrical, chemical, nuclear? That Aussie blast has still not been identified except that it was something in the nuclear weapon, earthquake or meteorite range. The Arum sect, which owned 500,000 acres in the viciniity, was a suspect for a while but later cleared, although it was looking into seismic weapons. Will send the story: WHA_the Or read it at www.nytimes.com

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Re: Airport security [no such thing]
by Nurdane Oksas 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > Nurdane Oksas <oksas(a)asimov.montclair.edu> writes: > > > On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > > > Nurdane Oksas <oksas(a)asimov.montclair.edu> writes: > > > > > > > On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > > > > > > > > > Nurdane Oksas <oksas(a)asimov.montclair.edu> writes: > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Dale Thorn wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > > > > > > > > snow <snow(a)smoke.suba.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > > I say we make people fly naked and ship their stuff via UPS ; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>shudder<< > > > > > > > > > No!. A clear case of the cure being worse than the disease. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why. it might be fun - those long flight can be so boring with cl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This one I really don't understand. Cypherpunks lobbied heavily fo > > > > > > > the Final Solution to Spamming and flaming, now along comes the per > > > > > > > solution to the airport security problem, and nobody's gonna go for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guess those old, out-of-shape guys don't want anybody laughing at t > > > > > > > Besides, they can put all the clothes in the same plane's baggage > > > > > > > compartment. And planes have those little blankets and pillows, > > > > > > > so what's the problem? > > > > > > > > > > > > Cold temps... > > > > > > > > > > What can naked people do to keep warm??? > > > > > > > > steal blankets from nearby passenger.. > > > > > > I once saw a movie where they had a heroin (or cocaine?) processing lab > > > and everybody was supposed to work naked so it would be hard to steal > > > some of the product. Of course in the movie all the employees were good- > > > looking women (Oksas would have been the big star!). > > > > Thank you for the complement; You've only seen me with clothes :) > > I can tell. > > > Would you like to share my blanket? > > Sure! A true gentleman (like me) is always ready, willing, and able to share > a security blanket with a lady. I am very embarassed... > > "Something nekkid's in the air!" > i think i am in trouble ;) > --- > > Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM > Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps >

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The Purpose of the List
by Blanc Weber 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

If the cpunk list discusses only crypto, then mathematician-programmers will do their cold work in an isolation which eliminates the need to think about the consequences of their actions. So discussions on philosophy, society, etc., are important, to remind everyone of the context within which this subject operates. However, if "community feeling" is the only thing created on the list, and crypto is no longer the focal topic, then what is to be accomplished: the list will become just a playing ground for wayward KOTM PhDs who are not welcome in most other cyberspaces. So the question of "how will this impact society", must maintain association with "but how does this relate to crypto?". (unless the list has changed its stripes, evolving into something completely different, which many will agree it has). .. Blanc

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