December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<TITLE>dynamite</TITLE> DYNAMITE The name dynamite comes from the Greek word "dynamis", meaning power. Dynamite was invented by Nobel shortly after he made nitroglycerine. It was made because nitroglycerine was so dangerously sensitive to shock. A misguided individual with some sanity would, after making nitroglycerine (an insane act) would immediately convert it to dynamite. This can be done by adding various materials to the nitroglycerine, such as sawdust. The sawdust holds a large weight of nitroglycerine per volume. Other materials, such as ammonium nitrate could be added, and they would tend to desensitize the explosive, and increase the power. But even these nitroglycerine compounds are not really safe. <HR> From the Terror Handbook

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by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<TITLE>ammonium triiodide crystals</TITLE> AMMONIUM TRIIODIDE CRYSTALS Ammonium triiodide crystals are foul-smelling purple colored crystals that decompose under the slightest amount of heat, friction, or shock, if they are made with the purest ammonia (ammonium hydroxide) and iodine. Such crystals are said to detonate when a fly lands on them, or when an ant walks across them. Household ammonia, however, has enough impurities, such as soaps and abrasive agents, so that the crystals will detonate when thrown,crushed, or heated. Upon detonation, a loud report is heard, and a cloud of purple iodine gas appears about the detonation site. Whatever the unfortunate surface that the crystal was detonated upon will usually be ruined, as some of the iodine in the crystal is thrown about in a solid form, and iodine is corrosive. It leaves nasty, ugly, permanent brownish-purple stains on whatever it contacts. Iodine gas is also bad news, since it can damage lungs, and it settles to the ground and stains things there also. Touching iodine leaves brown stains on the skin that last for about a week, unless they are immediately and vigorously washed off. While such a compound would have little use to a serious terrorist, a vandal could utilize them in damaging property. Or, a terrorist could throw several of them into a crowd as a distraction, an action which would possibly injure a few people, but frighten almost anyone, since a small crystal that not be seen when thrown produces a rather loud explosion. Ammonium triiodide crystals could be produced in the following manner: <HR> <PRE> MATERIALS EQUIPMENT -iodine crystals -funnel and filter paper -paper towels -clear ammonia (ammonium hydroxide, -two throw-away glass jars for the suicidal) </PRE> <HR> 1) Place about two teaspoons of iodine into one of the glass jars. The jars must both be throw away because they will never be clean again. 2) Add enough ammonia to completely cover the iodine. 3) Place the funnel into the other jar, and put the filter paper in the funnel. The technique for putting filter paper in a funnel is taught in every basic chemistry lab class: fold the circular paper in half, so that a semi-circle is formed. Then, fold it in half again to form a triangle with one curved side. Pull one thickness of paper out to form a cone, and place the cone into the funnel. 4) After allowing the iodine to soak in the ammonia for a while, pour the solution into the paper in the funnel through the filter paper. 5) While the solution is being filtered, put more ammonia into the first jar to wash any remaining crystals into the funnel as soon as it drains. 6) Collect all the purplish crystals without touching the brown filter paper, and place them on the paper towels to dry for about an hour. Make sure that they are not too close to any lights or other sources of heat, as they could well detonate. While they are still wet, divide the wet material into about eight chunks. 7) After they dry, gently place the crystals onto a one square inch piece of duct tape. Cover it with a similar piece, and gently press the duct tape together around the crystal, making sure not to press the crystal itself. Finally, cut away most of the excess duct tape with a pair of scissors, and store the crystals in a cool dry safe place. They have a shelf life of about a week, and they should be stored in individual containers that can be thrown away, since they have a tendency to slowly decompose, a process which gives off iodine vapors, which will stain whatever they settle on. One possible way to increase their shelf life is to store them in airtight containers. To use them, simply throw them against any surface or place them where they will be stepped on or crushed. <HR> From the Terror Handbook

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by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<TITLE>ammonium nitrate</TITLE> AMMONIUM NITRATE Ammonium nitrate could be made by a terrorist, or it could be stolen from a construction site, since it is usually used in blasting, because it is very stable and insensitive to shock and heat. A terrorist could also buy several Instant Cold-Paks from a drug store or medical supply store. The major disadvantage with ammonium nitrate, from a terrorist's point of view, would be detonating it. A rather powerful priming charge must be used, and usually with a booster charge. The diagram below will explain. <HR> <PRE> _________________________________________ | | | ________| | | | | T.N.T.| ammonium nitrate | |primer |booster| | |_______| | | | | | |_______|_______________________________| </PRE> <HR> The primer explodes, detonating the T.N.T., which detonates, sending a tremendous shockwave through the ammonium nitrate, detonating it. <HR> From the Terror Handbook

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Dr. Vulis
by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dimi (Closet Homo) isa pimply old dweeb sitting at a Xenix 286 computer masturbating at his own imagined cleverness. ||||||||||| \~0/ \0~/ < (0) > --oOO--/|||\--OOo- Dimi (Closet Homo) Vulis

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by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>tripwire switches</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Tripwire Switches A tripwire is an element of the classic booby trap. By placing a nearly invisible line of string or fishing line in the probable path of a victim, and by putting some type of trap there also, nasty things can be caused to occur. If this mode of thought is applied to explosives, how would one use such a tripwire to detonate a bomb. The technique is simple. By wrapping the tips of a standard clothespin with aluminum foil, and placing something between them, and connecting wires to each aluminum foil contact, an electric tripwire can be made, If a piece of wood attached to the tripwire was placed between the contacts on the clothespin, the clothespin would serve as a switch. When the tripwire was pulled, the clothespin would snap together, allowing current to flow between the two pieces of aluminum foil, thereby completing a circuit, which would have the igniter or squib in it. Current would flow between the contacts to the igniter or squib, heat the igniter or squib, causing it it to explode. <HR> <PRE> __________________________________ \_foil___________________________/ Insert strip of ----------------------------spring wood with trip- _foil__________________________ wire between foil /_______________________________\ contacts.</PRE> <HR> Make sure that the aluminum foil contacts do not touch the spring, since the spring also conducts electricity. <HR> From the Terror Handbook </BODY> </HTML>

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by lucifer＠dhp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<TITLE>ANFOS</TITLE> ANFOS ANFO is an acronym for Ammonium Nitrate - Fuel Oil Solution. An ANFO solves the only other major problem with ammonium nitrate: its tendency to pick up water vapor from the air. This results in the explosive failing to detonate when such an attempt is made. This is rectified by mixing 94% (by weight) ammonium nitrate with 6% fuel oil, or kerosene. The kerosene keeps the ammonium nitrate from absorbing moisture from the air. An ANFO also requires a large shockwave to set it off. <HR> From the Terror Handbook

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communicator
by ichudov＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tom -- Will netscape communicator be available for linux? It would be very very unfortunate if netscape dropped support for linux... thanks - Igor.

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Re: Spam Update/Cyber Promo attacked (fwd)
by tzeruch＠ceddec.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

One simple question: where is the property right to a socket and mailbox. If Wallace has the right to fill my computer with unwanted data, then I have the same right toward his. If it is an act of free speech to send some commercial solicitation for something I would never want, it is hard not to maintain that an ARP packet isn't covered by the same theory, much less 1M+ responses of the same email. It costs me something to filter out spam, and will cost him something to filter out counterspam of whatever sort. The NSP may be in the no-man's land between the trenches, but they are providing the connection and can tell him to look elsewhere or charge a premium for the extra traffic. Any such property right will be symmetrical, so if I don't have the right to control what comes into my inbox, neither does anyone(a)spamway.com. Whether I like it or not, Anarchocapitalism is going to be the political system on the internet. Just like what is described in David Freedman's books about private protective services, a spammer will continue until he hits someone with a T3 and a good software agent that will happily fill out response forms at 6M/sec, or simply ask politely to be taken off the list several hundred times per second. At that point the lists of people who don't want to be spammed will be taken very seriously.

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Re: War & InfoWar
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:15 PM 5/10/97 CST, TruthMonger wrote: > The government has prosecuted dozens of individuals for planning >to bomb the OK city Federal Building (including executed murderers). >It has long been listed as a target of choice for anti-government >paramilitarists. Can somebody confirm this? Cite? Thanks, -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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Re: The War is Underway (fwd)
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 04:10 PM 5/10/97 -0700, Kent Crispin wrote: >Hence the value of the "Crypto is Cool" approach. A valuable addition >would be crypto packages designed for high school kids. All my many >nieces and nephews are on the net... I usually don't reply to these kind of posts, but since you have mentioned this before and since you obviously still don't deem it appropriate to get yourself up to speed by reading the archives, your idea has been discussed and tried. People won't use crypto unless it is either transparent, meaning put there *for* them by the OS vendor/application developer or because the see a need for using it. The few fanatics that use crypto because "it is cool" are inconsequential when the objective is bringing crypto to the masses. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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