December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: overview.htm (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 10:31:49 -0800 > From: Dale Thorn <dthorn(a)gte.net> > Subject: Re: overview.htm > > Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > > Jim Choate <ravage(a)einstein.ssz.com> writes: > > > [For the record, I have serious doubts whether the HIV virus causes AIDS.] > > Both homosexual males and IV drug users are well known to take a lot > of antobiotics, which lowers the efficacy of the immune system enough > to allow most anything to happen, ultimately leading to auto-immune > problems. WOAH Bessie! I had nothing to do with this exchange, and definitely didn't write ANY of the above. Please get me out of there and keep me out of it. I am more than able to speak for myself thank you. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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Voting to require Photo ID in Michigan
by lwp＠mail.msen.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Late last year, in the final days that Republicans controlled both houses of the Michigan Legislature, they passed a new law requiring citizen-units to show a picture ID in order to vote. This law was signed by Governor John Engler earlier this month. Here I reproduce without permission a news brief from the Lansing State Journal, which gives some reactions to the new law. Particularly interesting to me is the promise of selective enforcement from the Governor's spokesman. ' LAWMAKER SEEKS VOTER LAW REVIEW ' Pontiac -- A Republican lawmaker has asked the U.S. Justice ' Department to review a new state law that will require voters to show ' photo identification to cast ballots. ' Rep. Greg Kaza of Rochester Hills wrote to Attorney General Janet ' Reno this week to seek the review, The Oakland Press reported Thursday. ' The new law requires all voters to have a state photo ID card, such ' as a driver's license or an ID card people receiving public assistance ' are required to have. ' Kaza said Wednesday he wrote to Reno that "Public Act 583 of 1996 ' has the potential to intimidate certain classes of voters, including ' senior citizens, from exercising their democratic right to vote. They ' should not be disenfranchised from exercising their right to vote ' under the United States Constitution." ' Gov. John Engler signed the bill last week. His administration ' says it is needed to protect the integrity of the voting process, but ' critics, mostly Democrats, say it would exclude some people from voting. ' "It is our belief you need an ID in society today," Engler spokesman ' John Truscott said. "And only if you are challenged at the ballot box ' do you have to show an ID." ' Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley already has been asked to ' issue an opinion on whether the new law is constitutional. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "We are surrounded by :: Lou Poppler <lwp(a)mail.msen.com> :: insurmountable opportunity." :: http://www.msen.com/~lwp/ :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Pogo (Walt Kelly)

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Re: Homo/bi/sexuals Most Destructive (fwd)
by no_one＠nowhere.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In article <199701250026.QAA13770(a)toad.com>, ravage(a)einstein.ssz.com (Jim Choate) wrote: > Much drivel about AIDS deleted. > > > One of the saddest commentaries on the entire problem is the > > man, a Pan-American flight steward, who was identified as carrier > > #1 by the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in Atlanta; he died > > The correct term is 'Patient 0'. And the CDC is the Centers for Disease Control; and it has since found many, many prior cases of AIDS. These three minor errors are indicative of Attila's reliability of the subject. Of course, no one at CDC or NIH believes any of this crap; it was tired a decade ago. ObCrypto? How to implement RL anonymity protocols for medical treatment? (Of course I'm stretching it - but "carriers" were the *first* horseman.

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Voting to require Photo ID in Michigan
by Lou Poppler 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Late last year, in the final days that Republicans controlled both houses of the Michigan Legislature, they passed a new law requiring citizen-units to show a picture ID in order to vote. This law was signed by Governor John Engler earlier this month. Here I reproduce without permission a news brief from the Lansing State Journal, which gives some reactions to the new law. Particularly interesting to me is the promise of selective enforcement from the Governor's spokesman. ' LAWMAKER SEEKS VOTER LAW REVIEW ' Pontiac -- A Republican lawmaker has asked the U.S. Justice ' Department to review a new state law that will require voters to show ' photo identification to cast ballots. ' Rep. Greg Kaza of Rochester Hills wrote to Attorney General Janet ' Reno this week to seek the review, The Oakland Press reported Thursday. ' The new law requires all voters to have a state photo ID card, such ' as a driver's license or an ID card people receiving public assistance ' are required to have. ' Kaza said Wednesday he wrote to Reno that "Public Act 583 of 1996 ' has the potential to intimidate certain classes of voters, including ' senior citizens, from exercising their democratic right to vote. They ' should not be disenfranchised from exercising their right to vote ' under the United States Constitution." ' Gov. John Engler signed the bill last week. His administration ' says it is needed to protect the integrity of the voting process, but ' critics, mostly Democrats, say it would exclude some people from voting. ' "It is our belief you need an ID in society today," Engler spokesman ' John Truscott said. "And only if you are challenged at the ballot box ' do you have to show an ID." ' Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley already has been asked to ' issue an opinion on whether the new law is constitutional. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "We are surrounded by :: Lou Poppler <lwp(a)mail.msen.com> :: insurmountable opportunity." :: http://www.msen.com/~lwp/ :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Pogo (Walt Kelly)

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who the "fuck" am I?
by Attila T. Hun 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <Pine.LNX.3.95.970125111610.12982A-100000(a)dhp.com>, on 01/25/97 at 12:32 PM, aga <aga(a)dhp.com> said: +Which Attila the Hun is this? +Is this the rec.nude guy? +-aga response -------------- I will not say "what is 'rec.nude'" but I have never been there; isn't that the one for nudists camps or some such? never been much into worrying about what I wore, or making the statement I did not! I always thought a little mystery was good for both sides: she knows not if I have a small dick, I know not if she has no tits; la, la, la.. .. as to multiple "Attila the Hun" accounts, I probably have as good as any original stake on the name as far as the net goes: --Bell Labs hung it on me in the mid 70s when I was doing some contract work on the unix kernal for Western Electric for the spook show. The name stuck, and why bother to change? Other than the fact the nudist might be a real loser, I could care less about a nym; there are multiple users on other nyms (for all we know, Tim May is a nym and the name is common); you can usually guess by context who is who. how many of us have actually seen each other face to face (who would want to <g>)? so, in most cases, real names are no different than nyms in a make believe world. now, all that being said... it has been asked... "who the fuck are you?" to which I reply: "...good choice of expletives." "nobody, I guess; "well, let's see... "I have a Piled higher and Deeper in Information Techniques from Zuerich (undergrad at Harvard in dual honors physical chemistry); "I have been around since before the dawn of arpanet, probably even longer than TCMay; in fact, I was born before Franklin D. Roosevelt dusted off Wendell L. Willkie; "...but I've never held a 'job;' "I have personally coded more than a few 250,000+ line packages, which made me quite comfortable at one time, even if more than one did go down the black hole (along with countless other projects like the bit-slice hardware and firmware to replace B3500s in missle silos); "I have been the hatchet man in numerous high tech recoveries; "I have been detained for crypto offenses by the Feds; "I have been detained for 'treasonable' technology export; "I have been charged; "...a long time ago, in a land far, far away, there was more than one tour in the Corps' "deep-deep black" special operations; the battalion commanding officer for the 'Let's kill 'em all' vacant eyes, the misfits; "a combat chopper pilot; "an instrument rated multi-engine pilots license; "a rider of a 102 in. 115+ mph qtr. miler hawg on the street; "plus a few other reasons to guarantee an autobiography found on the fiction shelf." while playing Hotel California: So, who the 'fuck' am I? Just another aging 300 lb gorilla, long haired hippie, California freak, with yet another loud outlaw chopper. "Oh, yeah, I forgot, I hold a license to practice before the court in a couple European countries (not that I would waste my time...)." "So, who am I, really? "Nobody, I guess, just attila!" == "you probably will not be last, you may not be next, but you are certainly too late to have been first. --attila -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: Encrypted with 2.6.3i. Requires 2.6 or later. iQCVAwUBMuqidr04kQrCC2kFAQGiqgQAqu6qHbbX61IkM0YBXnFAZ2divzWvWPWB vt/+BHXq55PHmAPq1m2v5Yf0Jnam03abm4hFkvQLFtCg05i8bRaU5L8QiWyJJ3z0 wtMrDKF9VqRtSDhSwUoVwS2affnUUViE4GPBjezNCnuTtwHQ0fr7vgqq8IUr8q4I dDLp/VCMniE= =9nng -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Mis-quote...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, I want to thank all those who sent me email apologizing for the mis-quote. Your courtesy is appreciated. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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Re: Encrypting ZIP disks
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 11:40 AM 1/25/97 -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: > >Paul Kocher announced that he has cracked it, and can recover data >quickly. He is not publishing details of the break. Why? -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred Make your mark in the history of mathematics. Use the spare cycles of your PC/PPC/UNIX box to help find a new prime. http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm

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Re: Public Key Partners
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Hello, > >Do you know of a way I can contact Public Key Partners by e-mail or phone? >Thanks. > >Jeremy K. Yu-Ramos >President >DataET Research >Data Engineering Technologies PKP is really just a holding/licensing company. Last time I heard Bob Fougner was still legal council to PKP. You should be able to contact him through Cylink Corp. (800) 600-5858. -- Steve P.S. Tell him hello from me.

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Re: Homo/bi/sexuals (no_one@nowhere.org)
by Attila T. Hun 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <199701250956.BAA23557(a)toad.com>, on 01/24/97 at 10:53 PM, no_one(a)nowhere.org gurgled: + And the CDC is the Centers for Disease Control; and it has since +found many, many prior cases of AIDS. These three minor errors are +indicative of Attila's reliability of the subject. Of course, no one +at CDC or NIH believes any of this crap; it was tired a decade ago. A man is known by the company he keeps; floating nyms are the mark of a coward; why not just wear the mark of the beast? ... no_one(a)nowhere.org's utterance is an average pronouncement by a prototypical megalomaniacal, hedonistic cypherpunk who on days of lesser grandeur, humour, or importance corrects spelling and grammatical errors --unlike the standards you apparently set for yourself? I claim neither a medical degree nor the trade of a medical reporter; the information presented was solely an illustration of an unfortunate circumstance for both the AIDS victim and society as a whole. As to the current relevance of the AIDS victim (who, for that matter, may even have been an urban legend after a few historical rewrites) in today's revisionist politically correct special- interest social cauldron as promulgated by the mass hysterimedia (an environment which can, and has, rewritten the words of Thomas Jefferson to accommodate the current social agenda), the point is not only lost; it is mute, along with the truth --both your perceived truth and the historical truth. --attila == "you probably will not be last, you may not be next, but you are certainly too late to have been first. --attila -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: Encrypted with 2.6.3i. Requires 2.6 or later. iQCVAwUBMuqW2704kQrCC2kFAQE9MAQAluz6aLri1igCl8a/hE5clOQIyL3TjTG8 tzHHzEEQ4AzU4qtA2UiCSX1Y3eWAd4X/yL09C9HYrCzw9nRZHb0nBObw4+FGtU5L +vGuWOOAnhh4xJsiDOqYMNIGKftteFWpT1CG9M4C+n/DfNiHzfQV/HlX/Az8j4iP ovE04U/DpKI= =IAdt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Public Key Partners
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Hello, > >Do you know of a way I can contact Public Key Partners by e-mail or phone? >Thanks. > >Jeremy K. Yu-Ramos >President >DataET Research >Data Engineering Technologies PKP is really just a holding/licensing company. Last time I heard Bob Fougner was still legal council to PKP. You should be able to contact him through Cylink Corp. (800) 600-5858. -- Steve P.S. Tell him hello from me.

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