December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

"YOU TOO CAN MAKE MORE THAN $50,000.- "
by Mary 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

YOU DO NOT WANT TO TRASH THIS ONE !!!!!!!!! PLEASE READ THIS AT LEAST TWICE !!!!!!!!!! Please accept my apology if this were sent to you in error! *************************************************************** You could make at least $50,000 - In less than 90 days. Read the enclosed program. . . THEN READ IT AGAIN!!! *************************************************************** Dear Friend, The enclosed information is something I almost let slip through my fingers. Fortunately, sometime later I reread everything and gave some thought and study to it. My name is Christopher Erickson. Two years ago, the corporation I worked at for the past twelve years, downsized and they eliminated my position. After unproductive job interviews, I decided to open my own business. Over the past year, I incurred many unforeseen financial problems. I owed my family, friends, and creditors more than $35,000. The economy was taking a toll on my business and I just could not seem to make ends meet. I had to refinance and borrow against my home to support my family and struggling business. I truly believe it was wrong for me to be in debt like this. AT THAT MOMENT something significant happened in my life and I am writing to share my experience in hopes that this will change your life FOREVER. . .FINANCIALLY!!! In mid-December, I received this program via e-mail. Six months before receiving this program, I had been sending away for information on various business opportunities. All of the programs I received, in my opinion, were not cost effective. They were either too difficult for me to comprehend or the initial investment was too much for me to risk seeing if they worked or not. One claimed I could make a million dollars in one year. . . It didn't tell me I'd have to write a book to make it. But as I was saying, in December I received this program. I did not send for it, or ask for it, they got my name off a mailing list. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT!!!! After reading it several times, to make sure I was reading it correctly, I could not believe my eyes. Here was a MONEY MAKING PHENOMENON. I could invest as much as I wanted to start, without putting me further in debt. After I got a pencil and paper and figured it out, I would at least get my money back. After determining that the program is LEGAL and NOT A CHAIN LETER, I decided "WHY NOT." Initially I sent out 10,000 e-mails. It only cost me about $15.00 for my time on-line. The great thing about e-mail is that I did not need any money for printing to send out the program, only the cost to fulfill my orders. I am telling you like it is, I hope it does not turn you off, but I promised myself that I would not "rip-off" anyone, no matter how much money it cost me! In less than one week, I was starting to receive orders for REPORT#1. By January 13th, I had received 26 orders for REPORT #1. When you read the GUARANTEE in the program, you will see that "YOU MUST RECEIVE 15 TO 20 ORDERS FOR REPORT #1 WITHIN TWO WEEKS. IF YOU DO NOT, THEN SEND OUT MORE PROGRAMS UNTIL YOU DO!" My first step in making $50,000 in 20 to 90 days was done. By January 30th, I had received 196 orders for REPORT #2. If you go back to the GUARANTEE, "YOU MUST RECEIVE 100 OR MORE ORDERS FOR REPORT #2 WITHIN TWO WEEKS. IF NOT, SEND OUT MORE PROGRAMS UNTIL YOU DO. ONCE YOU HAVE 100 ORDERS, THE REST IS EASY, RELAX, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR $50,000 GOAL." Well, I had 196 orders for REPORT #2, 96 more than I needed. So I sat back and relaxed. By March 19th, of my e-mailing of 10,000, I received $58,000 with more coming in every day. I paid off ALL my debts and bought a much needed new car. Please take time to read the attached program. It WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER! Remember, it will not work if you do not try it. This program does work, but you must follow it EXACTLY! Especially the rules of not trying to place your name in a different place. It doesn't work, you'll lose out on a lot of money! REPORT #2 explains this. Always follow the guarantee, 15 to 20 orders for REPORT #1 and 100 or more orders for REPORT #2. You will make $50,000 or more in 20 to 90 days. I AM LIVING PROOF THAT IT WORKS!!! If you choose not to participate in this program, I am sorry. It really is a great opportunity with little cost or risk to you. If you choose to participate, follow the program and you will be on your way to financial security. If you are a fellow business owner and you are in financial trouble like I was, or you want to start your own business, consider this a sign. I DID!! Sincerely, Christopher Erickson PS. Do you have any idea what 11,700 $5 bills ($58,500) look like piled up on a kitchen table? It is AWESOME! "THREW IT AWAY" "I had received this program before. I threw it away, but later wondered if I should not have given it a try. Of course, I had no idea who to contact to get a copy, so I had to wait until I was e-mailed another copy of the program. Eleven months passed, then it came. I DID NOT throw this one away. I made $41,000 on the first try." Dawn W., Evansville, IN "NO FREE LUNCH" "My late father always told me, remember, Alan, there is no free lunch in life. You get out of life what you put into it.' Through trial and error and a somewhat slow frustrating start, I finally figured it out. The program works very well. I just had to find the right target group of people to e-mail it to. So far this year, I have made over $63,000 using this program. I know my dad would have been very proud of me." Alan B., Philadelphia, PA A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS PROGRAM By the time you have read the enclosed information and looked over the enclosed program and reports, you should have concluded that such a program, and one that is legal, could not have been created by an amateur. Let me tell you a little about myself. I had a profitable business for ten years. Then in 1979 my business began falling off. I was doing the same things that were previously sucessful for me, but it was not working. Finally, I figured it out. It was not me, it was the economy. Inflation and recession had replaced the stable economy that had been with us since 1945. I do not have to tell you what happened to the unemployment rate. . . because many of you know from first hand experience. There were more failures and bankruptcies than ever before. The middle class was vanishing. Those who knew what they were doing invested wisely and moved up. Those who did not, including those who never had anything to save or invest, were moving down into the ranks of the poor. As the saying goes, "THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER." The traditional methods of making money will never allow you to "move up" or "get rich," inflation will see to that. You have just received information that can give you FINANCIAL FREEDOM for the rest of your life, with "NO RISK" and "JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT." You can make more money in the next few months than you have ever imagined. I should also point out that I will not see a penny of your money, nor anyone else who has provided a testimonial for this program. I have already made more than FOUR MILLION DOLLARS! I have retired from the program after sending out more than 16,000 programs. Now I have several offices that market this and several other programs here in the US and overseas. By spring, we wish to market the 'Internet' by a partnership with AMERICA ON LINE. Follow the program EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED. Do not change it in any way. It works exceedingly well as it is now. Remember to e-mail a copy of this exciting program to everyone that you can think of. One of the people you send this to may send out 50,000. . . and your name will be on every one of them! Remember though, the more you send out, the more potential customers you will reach. So my friend, I have given you the ideas, information, materials, and opportunity to become financially independent, IT IS UP TO YOU NOW! "THINK ABOUT IT" Before you delete this program from your mailbox, as I almost did, take a little time to read it and REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. Get a pencil and figure out what could happen when YOU participate. Figure out the worst possible response and no matter how you calculate it, you will still make a lot of money! Definitely get back what you invested. Any doubts you have will vanish when your first orders come in. IT WORKS! Paul Johnson, Raleigh, NC HERE'S HOW THIS AMAZING PROGRAM WILL MAKE$$$$$$$$$$ Let us say that you decide to start small, just to see how it goes. We will assume you and all those involved send out 2,000 programs each. Let us also assume that the mailing receives a .5% response. Using a good list, the response could be much better. Also, many people will send out hundreds of thousands of programs instead of 2,000. Nevertheless, continuing with this example, you send out only 2,000 programs. With a .5% response, that is only 10 orders for REPORT #1. Those 10 people respond by sending out 2,000 programs each for a total of 20,000. Out of those .5%, or 100 people respond and order REPORT #2. Those 100 e-mail out 2,000 programs each for a total of 200,000. The .5% response to that is 1,000 orders for REPORT #3. Those 1,000 e-mail out 2,000 programs each for a total of 2,000,000. The .5% response to that is 10,000 orders for REPORT #4. That is 10,000 five dollar bills for you. CASH!!! Your total income in the example is $50 + $500 + $5,000 + $50,000 for a total of $55,000!!! REMEMBER FRIEND, THIS IS ASSUMING 1,990 OUT OF 2,000 PEOPLE YOU MAIL TO WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. . . AND TRASH THIS PROGRAM! DARE TO THINK FOR A MOMENT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYONE OR JUST 1/2 SENT OUT 100,000 PROGRAMS INSTEAD OF ONLY 2,000. Believe me, many people will do that and more! By the way, your cost to participate is practically nothing if you follow the program as it is outlined. You obviously already have an internet connection and e mail is FREE!!! REPORT #3 will show you the best methods for bulk e-mailing and purchasing e-mail lists. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE, LEGAL, MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITY. It does not require you to come into contact with people, do any hard work, and best of all, you never have to leave the house except to get your mail. If you believe that someday you will get that big break that you have been waiting for, THIS IS IT! Simply follow the instructions, and your dream will come true. This multi-level e-mail order marketing program works perfectly. . . 100% EVERY TIME. E-mail is the sales tool of the future. Take advantage of this non-commercialized method of advertising NOW!! The longer you wait, the more people will be doing business using e-mail. Get your piece of the pie!!! MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING (MLM) has finally gained respectability. It is being taught in the Harvard Business School, and both Stanford Research and The Wall Street Journal have stated that between 50% and 65% of all goods and services will be sold by Multi-Level methods by the mid to late 1990's. This is a Multi-Billion Dollar industry and of the 500,000 millionaires in the USA, 20% (100,000) made their fortune in the last several years in the MLM industry. Moreover, statistics show 45 people become millio naires everyday throught Multi-Level Marketing. This is not a chain letter, but a perfectly legal money making opportunity. Basically, this is what we do: As with all multi-level business, we build our business by recruiting new partners and selling our products. Every state in the USA allows you to recruit new multi-level business partners, and we offer a product for EVERY dollar sent. YOUR ORDERS COME AND ARE FILLED THROUGH THE MAIL, so you are not involved in personal selling. You do it privately in your own home or office. This is the GREATEST Multi-Level Mail Order Marketing anywhere. Step (1) Order all four (4) REPORTS listed by NAME AND NUMBER. Do this by ordering the REPORT from each of the four (4) names listed on the next page. For each REPORT, send $5.00 cash and a SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE (BUSINESS SIZE #10) to the person listed on that SPECIFIC REPORT. International orders should also include $1.00 extra for return postage. For orders to Canada from the USA NO return postage is required. The USA exchange rate on the $5.00 will cover the return postage, just send the self-addressed envelope with your $5.00. It is essential that you specify the NAME AND NUMBER OF THE REPORT requested of the person you are ordering from. You will need ALL FOUR (4) REPORTS because you will be REPRINTING AND RESELLING them. DO NOT alter the names or sequence other than what the instructions say. IMPORTANT: Always provide same day service on all orders. Step (2) Replace the name and address under REPORT #1 with your name, moving the one that was there down to REPORT #2. Drop the name and address under REPORT #2 to REPORT #3, moving the one that was there to REPORT #4. The name and address that was under REPORT #4 is dropped from the list, and this party is no doubt on the way to the bank. When doing this make certain you type the names and addresses ACCURATELY! DO NOT MIX UP MOVING THE PRODUCT OR REPORT POSITIONS!!! Step (3) Having made the required changes in the NAME list, save it as a text (txt) file in it's own directory to be used with whatever e-mail program you like. Again, REPORT #3 will tell you the best methods of BULK E-MAILING and acquiring e-mail lists. Step (4) E-mail a copy of the entire (all of this is very important) to everyone whose address you can get your hands on. Start with friends and relatives since you can encourage them to take advantage of this fabulous money-making opportunity. That's what I did. And they love me now, more than ever. Then e-mail to anyone and everyone! Use your imagination! You can get e-mail addresses from companies on the internet who specialize in e-mail lists. They are very cheap, 100,000 addresses for around $35.00. *** IMPORTANT *** You won't get a good response if you use an old list, so always request a FRESH, NEW LIST. You will find out where to purchase these lists when you order the four (4) REPORTS. ALWAYS PROVIDE SAME DAY SERVICE ON ALL ORDERS!!! REQUIRED REPORTS ***Order each REPORT by NUMBER and NAME*** ALWAYS SEND A SELF ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE AND $5.00 CASH FOR EACH ORDER REQUESTING THE SPECIFIC REPORT BY NAME AND NUMBER!!! ____________________________________________________ REPORT #1 "HOW TO MAKE $250,000 THROUGH MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #1 FROM: M. A. STELLATO 584 RIDGEMOUNT CRES. SUITE 201. MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO L5G1Z1 CANADA _____________________________________________________ REPORT #2 "MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #2 FROM G. P. CALLARMAN P.O.BOX 13526 ODESSA, TEXAS 79768-3526 ____________________________________________________ REPORT #3 "SOURCES FOR THE BEST MAILING LISTS" ORDER REPORT #3 FROM: M+P FORGUES Box 2085 Hearst Ontario P0L1N0 CANADA ____________________________________________________ REPORT #4 "EVALUATING MULTI-LEVEL SALES PLANS" ORDER REPORT #4 FROM: Associated Business Connections P.O.Box 643 New Albany, OH 43053-0643 ____________________________________________________ CONCLUSION I am enjoying my fortune that I made by sending out this program. You too, will be making money in 20 to 90 days, if you follow the SIMPLE STEPS outlined in this mailing. To be financially independent is to be FREE. Free to make financial decisions as never before. Go into business, get into investments, retire or take a vacation. No longer will a lack of money hold you back. However, very few people reach financial independence, because when opportunity knocks, they choose to ignore it. It is much easier to say "NO" than "YES", and this is the question that you must answer. Will YOU ignore this amazing opportunity or will you take advantage of it? If you do nothing, you have indeed missed something and nothing will change. Please re-read this material, this is a special opportunity. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to the sender of this information. Yo u will get a prompt and informative reply. My method is simple. I sell thousands of people a product for $5.00 that costs me pennies to produce and e-mail. I should also point out that this program is legal and everyone who participates WILL make money. This is not a chain letter or pyramid scam. At times, you have probably received chain letters, asking you to send money, on faith, but getting NOTHING in return, NO product what-so-ever! Not only are chain letters illegal, but the risk of someone breaking the chain makes them quite unattractiv e. You are offering a legitimate product to your people. After they purchase the product from you, they reproduce more and resell them. It's simple free enterprise. As you learned from the enclosed material, the PRODUCT is a series of four (4) FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS REPORTS. The information contained in these REPORTS will not only help you in making your participation in this program more rewarding, but will be useful to you in any other business decisions you make in the years ahead. You are also buying the rights to reprint all of the REPORTS, which will be ordered from you by those to whom you mail this program. The concise one and two page REPORTS you will be buying can easily be reporduced at a local copy center for a cost of about 5 cents a copy. Best wishes with the program and GOOD LUCK! "IT WAS TRULY AMAZING" "Not being the gambling type, it took me several weeks to make up my mind to participate in this program. But conservative as I am, I decided that the initial investment was so little that there was no way that I could not get enough orders to at least get my money back. BOY, was I ever surprised when I found my medium sized post office box crammed with orders! I will make more money this year than any ten years of my life before." Mary Riceland, Lansing, MI TIPS FOR SUCCESS Send for your four (4) REPORTS immediately so you will have them when the orders start coming in. When you receive an order, you MUST send out the product/service to comply with US Postal and Lottery laws. Title 18 Sections 1302 and 1341 specifically state that: "A PRODUCT OR SERVICE MUST BE EXCHANGED FOR MONEY RECIEVED." WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE REPORTS TO ARRIVE: 1. Name your new company. You can use your own name if you desire. 2. Get a post office box (preferred). 3. Edit the names and addresses on the program. You must remember, your name and address go next to REPORT #1, and all the others move down one, with the fourth one being bumped OFF the list. 4. Obtain as many e-mail addresses as possible to send until you recieve the information on mailing list companies in REPORT #3. 5. Decide on the number of programs you intend to send out. The more you send, and the quicker you send them, the more money you will make. 6. After mailing the programs, get ready to fill the orders. 7. Copy the four (4) REPORTS so you are able to send them out as soon as you receive an order. IMPORTANT: ALWAYS PROVIDE SAME-DAY SERVICE ON ALL THE ORDERS YOU RECEIVE! 8. Make certain the letter and reports are neat and legible. YOUR GUARANTEE The check point which GUARANTEES your success is simply this: you must receive 15 to 20 orders for REPORT #1. This is a must!!! If you don't within two weeks, e-mail out more programs until you do. Then a couple of weeks later you should receive at least 100 orders for REPORT #2. If you don't, send out more programs until you do. Once you have received 100 orders or more for REPORT #2, (take a deep breath) you can sit back an relax, because YOU COULD MAKE AT LEAST $50,000. Mathmatically it is a proven guarantee. Of those who have participated in the program and reached the above GUARANTEES-ALL have reached their $50,000 goal. Also, remember, everytime your name is moved down the list you are in front of a different REPORT, so you can keep track of your program by knowing what people are ordering from you. IT IS THAT EASY. REALLY, IT IS!!! REMEMBER: "HE WHO DARES NOTHING, NEED NOT HOPE FOR ANYTHING." "INVEST A LITTLE TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY NOW OR SEARCH FOR IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE." **********************************************************************

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John Brown
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Robert Hettinga wrote: >> And so on. Throughout history there have been those who spoke their >> mind. And others who told them to cool it, to not anger the local >> prince, to not rock the boat. > >No, Tim. Your analysis is too simple, here. My point is, all John >Brown & Co. did was get shot up one afternoon in Harper's Ferry. They >didn't help the cause of abolition one whit. "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by James W. Loewen, pages 167 through 169: "After 1890 textbook authors inferred Brown's madness from his plan, which admittedly was farfetched. Never mind that John Brown himself presciently told Frederick Douglass that the venture would make a stunning impact even if it failed. Nor that his twenty-odd followers can hardly be considered crazed too. Rather, we must recognize that the insanity with which historians have charged John Brown was never psychological. It was ideological. Brown's actions made no sense to textbook writers between 1890 and about 1970. To make no sense is to be crazy. "Clearly, Brown's contemporaries did not consider him insane. Brown's ideological influence in the month before his hanging, and continuing after his death, was immense. He moved the boundary of acceptable thoughts and deeds regarding slavery. Before Harpers Ferry, to be an abolitionist was not quite acceptable, even in the North. Just talking about freeing slaves - advocating immediate emancipation - was behavior at the outer limit of the ideological continuum. By engaging in armed action, including murder, John Brown made mere verbal abolitionism seem much less radical. "After an initial shock wave of revulsion against Brown, in the North as well as in the South, Americans were fascinated to hear what he had to say. In his 1859 trial John Brown captured the attention of the nation like no other abolitionist or slaveowner before or since. He knew it: `My whole life before had not afforded me one half the opportunity to plead for the right.' In his speech to the court on November 2, just before the judge sentenced him to die, Brown argued, `Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, it would have been all right.' He referred to the Bible, which he saw in the courtroom, `which teaches me that all things whatsoever I would that men should do to me, I should do even so to them. It teaches me further, to remember them that are in bonds as bound with them. I endeavored to act up to that instruction.' Brown went on to claim the high moral ground: `I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done, in behalf of His despised poor, I did no wrong but right.' Although he objected that his impending death penalty was unjust, he accepted it and pointed to graver injustices. `Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done.' "Brown's willingness to go to the gallows for what he thought was right had a moral force of its own. `It seems as if no man had ever died in America before, for in order to die you must first have lived,' Henry David Thoreau observed in a eulogy in Boston. `These men, in teaching us how to die, have at the same time taught us how to live.' Thoreau went on to compare Brown with Jesus of Nazareth, who had faced a similar death at the hands of the state. "During the rest of November, Brown provided the nation graceful instruction in how to face death. In Larchmont, New York, George Templeton Strong wrote in his diary, `One's faith in anything is terribly shaken by anybody who is ready to go to the gallows condemning and denouncing it.' Brown's letters to his family and friends softened his image, showed his human side, and prompted an outpouring of sympathy for his children and soon-to-be widow, if not for Brown himself. His letters to supporters and remarks to journalists, widely circulated, formed a continuing indictment of slavery. We see his charisma in this letter from `a conservative Christian' - so the author signed it - written to Brown in jail: `While I cannot approve of all your acts, I stand in awe of your position since your capture, and dare not oppose you lest I be found fighting against God; for you speak as one having authority, and seem to be strengthened from on high.' When Virginia executed John Brown on December 2, making him the first American since the founding of the nation to be hanged as a traitor, church bells mourned in cities throughout the North. Louisa May Alcott, William Dean Howells, Herman Melville, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Walt Whitman were among the poets who responded to the event. `The gaze of Europe is fixed at this moment on America,' wrote Victor Hugo from France. Hanging Brown, Hugo predicted, `will open a latent fissure that will finally split the Union asunder. The punishment of John Brown may consolidate slavery in Virginia, but it will certainly shatter the American Democracy. You preserve your shame but kill your glory.' "Brown remained controversial after his death. Republican congressmen kept their distance from his felonious acts. Nevertheless, Southern slaveowners were appalled at the show of Northern sympathy for Brown and resolved to maintain slavery by any means necessary, including quitting the Union if they lost the next election. Brown's charisma in the North, meanwhile, was not spent but only increased due to what many came to view as his martyrdom. As the war came, as thousands of Americans found themselves making the same commitment to face death that John Brown had made, the force of his example took on new relevance. That's why soldiers marched into battle singing `John Brown's Body'. Two years later, church congregations sang Julia Ward Howe's new words to the song: `As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free' - and the identification of John Brown and Jesus Christ took another turn. The next year saw the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment parading through Boston to the tune, en route to its heroic destiny with death in South Carolina, while William Lloyd Garrison surveyed the cheering bystanders from a balcony, his hand resting on a bust of John Brown. In February 1865 another Massachusetts colored regiment marched to the tune through the streets of Charleston, South Carolina." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNGpBnj7jyGKQlFZpAQEF5wf+Ld2UdeRWbtoYKqptJPbRArQX3xyP7r5t TQuLWdYqHfEmvO4RVbCnsk0qKqFYfRHN1hPRUeaj7Zf8Y3QRghUBn7QkrIPiP6bz TU8N/Jf0RLwMOJq+bl1/BgdT8Ax9FKTMYU/i5Ye6aC9cnMAGmXmx6XTGvrhFhhFM eoyj6dHm91vr5qSJBUMZto1hlXDeSee3RsrnfN8f24hagEEIppHsYFz8kKZQ/5I5 aHWewMZTYI4H6mSbmj51mXzTrhmGfxEK+qx8GIevh4zuF6uZ7/CvO2czERuIIMIO oJOICZQlDYsx8dgGHxGpmpGM/jkLeQjCngv7moQ0Kjd0KoVe84DDhw== =ESwB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: smaller f00f.c
by jim＠mentat.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Adam says: > Hey, challenge is on: > > main(){int i=0xc8c70ff0;void (*f)()=&i;f();} /* f00fies 44 char */ > main(){((int(*)())"\360\017\307\310")();} > main(){int i=0xc8c70ff0,(*f)()=&i;f();} > main(i){int(*f)()=&i;i=0xc8c70ff0;f();} > main(i){i=0xc8c70ff0;((int(*)())&i)();} > (*f)();main(i){f=&i;i=0xc8c70ff0;f();} > (*f)()="\360\017\307\310";main(){f();} /* 38 chars */ > > Compiled with gcc. long main=0xc8c70ff0; /* also gcc; 21 chars, and not my invention */ Without the "long" you get a warning, but it compiles anyway... 16 chars. Jim Gillogly jim(a)acm.org

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Humor? - WARRANTY CARD ON PURCHASED GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL[tm]
by Bill Frantz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

WARRANTY CARD ON PURCHASED GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL[tm] Dear Special Interest, Congratulations on the purchase of your genuine Government Official[tm]. With regular maintenance your Government Official[tm] should provide you with a lifetime of sweetheart deals, insider information, preferential legislation and other fine services. Before you begin using your product, we would appreciate it if you would take the time to fill out this customer service card. This information will not be sold to any other party, and will be used solely to aid us in better fulfilling your future needs in political influence. 1. Which of our fine products did you buy? __ President __ Vice-President __ Senator __ Congressman __ Governor __ Cabinet Secretary - Commerce __ Cabinet Secretary - Other_____________ __ Other Elected Official (please specify)______________ __ Other Appointed Official (please specify)_____________ 2. How did you hear about your Government Official[tm]? Please check all that apply. __ TV ad. __ Magazine / newspaper ad. __ Shared jail cell with. __ Former law partner of. __ Unindicted co-conspirator with. __ Arkansas crony of. __ Procured for. __ Related to. __ Recommended by lobbyist. __ Recommended by organized crime figure. __ Frequently mentioned in conspiracy theories. (On Internet.) __ Frequently mentioned in conspiracy theories. (Elsewhere.) __ Spoke at fundraiser at my temple. __ Solicited bribe from me. __ Attempted to seduce me. 3. How do you expect to use your Government Official[tm]? (Please check all that apply.) __ Obtain lucrative government contracts. __ Have my prejudices turned into law. __ Obtain diplomatic concessions. __ Obtain trade concessions. __ Have embargo lifted from own nation / ally. __ Have embargo imposed on enemy / rival nation / religious infidels. __ Obtain patronage job for self / spouse / mistress. __ Forestall military action against self / allies. __ Instigate military action against internal enemies / aggressors / targets for future conquest. __ Impede criminal / civil investigation of self / associates / spouse. __ Obtain pardon for self / associates / spouse. __ Inflict punitive legislation on class enemies / rivals / hated ethnic groups. __ Inflict punitive regulation on business competitors / environmental exploiters / capitalist pigs. 4. What factors influenced your purchase? (Please check all that apply.) __ Performance of currently owned model. __ Reputation. __ Price. __ Appearance. __ Party affiliation. __ Professed beliefs of Government Official[tm]. __ Actual beliefs of Government Official[tm]. __ Orders from boss / superior officer / foreign government. __ Blackmail. __ Celebrity endorsement. 5. Is this product intended as a replacement for a currently owned Government Official[tm]? ______ If you answered "yes," please indicate your reason(s) for changing models. __ Excessive operating / maintenance costs. __ Needs have grown beyond capacity of current model. __ Defect in current model: __ Dead. __ Senile. __ Indicted. __ Convicted. __ Resigned in disgrace. __ Switched parties / beliefs. __ Outbribed by competing interest. Thank you for your valuable time. Always remember: in choosing a Government Official[tm] you have chosen the best politician that money can buy. [The joke appeared on a mailing list. No attribution.]

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Re: Mad as Hell (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 20:02:38 -0800 > From: Blanc <blancw(a)cnw.com> > Subject: Re: Mad as Hell > Tim May wrote: > > >Colorado state Senator Charles Duke, also in the studio audience, > >spoke about the 10th Amendment Sovereignty Resolution, a modern > >version of Magna Carta designed to force a constitutional showdown > >with the federal government. > > This sounds interesting! This is what I had in mind, in that other thread > about "What Will Revolution Look Like" > > >[...]A merchandise ine with caps, t-shirts with the blazing > >l "Mad As Hell" logo is also planned. > > However, this is unfortunate. Trinkets like these may bring in useful and > needed funds, but they take away from the seriousness of the effort, from > the respect the cause deserves. They make the wearers look like weenies > playing a child's game, rather than serious individuals in their rights > minds with the concentration and commitment to do important work for the > purpose at hand. > > (In a silly mood, I could see a gathering of such supporters in a large, > crowded courtroom, all wearing T-shirts saying, "It's *ShowTime* !!!" ) A reasonable motto should be something like: 10th? I'm all for a political faction, they really don't have to be as organized as the Big Two & Little Third would like you to believe. Perhaps the concepts of multiple political parties with their own popularist views has become truly effective because of the impact of technology in particularly on concept expression, and communications. What needs to happen is a small group of suitably inspired whiz kids need to get together and form a complete plan for creating legal cases to decide the respective aspects of the 10th. ARTICLE X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. In some manner the question of whether the first sentence is an implicit limitation of *all* laws and regulations at the federal level needs to be tested. In other words, each and every law *must* trace its existance to a specific set of sentences in the Constitution. If it could be found to be so then each and every law and regulation at the federal would have to pass constitutional review at every stage of its existance within the federal government. Then a case needs to found of some situation say the founding of a church based on smoking marijuana was a illegal entity under the 1st where it is found that such organizations were illegal (rather trivial I suspect). At this point the wording of the 1st becomes *much* more specific. ARTICLE I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Under this light it becomes glaringly clear that not only is Congress not allowed to even discuss legislation respecting claims of religion. Per the 10th that would fall to the individual states to resolve under their individual constitutions. This would force many of the major social issues onto a regional basis where they could be dealt with in a plurality of ways. Issues regarding infringement of private ownership of weapons becomes glaringly clear in that light. It simply isn't a federal issue. Per the 10th it must be dealt with at the state level. Other issues such as no searches except under warrant issued with probable causes automaticaly prohibits various sorts of searches including samples of body tissue. The issue of the use of federal military troops for any sorts of operations except those respecting the operations of the defence of the US would be clearly decided. Such silliness as the Supreme Court finding that teachers have the Constitutional right to search kids because of supposed criminal wrong doing is clearly shown for what it is, an violation of an individuals civil rights. Warrants can only be issues on probably cause. Under these sorts of conditions the various consensual crimes our government now routinely practices would end. This is vary scary to the status quo crowd. And here lies the rub, the initial 10th test cast must be irrefusable concerning the 10th. The question then becomes, "What is the issue?". What law or aspect thereof is found so compelling that the Supreme Court *must* accept the case for ruling *and* must find in favor of Constitutional review. For maximum impact somebodies life must hang in the balance in such a manner that some fundamental question of legal lineage is brought forth. This reduces the issue to its most fundamental, "Is the right of the state more important than the life of the individual?" Why some lawyer has not used this basic question in the numerous murder trials is truly amazing. If he wins a legal precidence is set. If he looses and gets to appeal. Then walk that appeals train right up to the fundamental question of the 10th. Forcing the Supreme Court to either reject, stating clearly their answer in favor of the majority, or else to review and find that laws must pass Constitutional muster. Either way the question gets answered. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. 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Re: Tim May's offensive racism (was: about RC4)
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 11/14/97, Tim May wrote: > Which explains why that Japanese-produced RSA chip was suddenly withdrawn > from the market shortly after Jim Bidzos held it up in fron of Congress as > an example of how foolish the U.S. export laws are. The Japanese stooges > were ordered by their masters in Washington to conform to U.S. policy. So, Tim, exactly how much stock in RSA did you have in RSA at the time, and how much did the stock tank afterward? Say hello to Bidzos from us the next time you two have lunch...

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The V-Chip for PCs, the FCC, and broadcasting on the Net
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

My original article on the VChip for PCs: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1528,00.html -Declan ********** Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:37:34 -0800 From: Robert Cannon <cannon(a)DC.NET> Subject: Re: VCHIP (was Son of CDA) >>> David Lesher <wb8foz(a)NRK.COM> 11/14/97 09:37am >>> Cassidy Sehgal sez: >> >> The FCC proceedings currently on the mandatory inclusion of the V-Chip >> in televisions also refer to including the chip in personal computers. I >> think that is the back door the administration and groups like CDT are >> looking for to censor the net. > >If I recall correctly, that was an interpretation by a reporter >and has been revised... > The interpretation of the proceeding is correct. There has been no revision. There have been quotes in the press from FCC officials stating VCHIP does not apply to PCs because PCs cant display broadcast. This is inaccurate. Here is the language from the rulemaking itself: <SNIP> Para. 22: Other Television Receiving Apparatus. . . . In addition, personal computer systems, which are not traditionally thought of as television receivers, are already being sold with the capability to view television and other video programming. Section 551(c) of the Telecommunications Act makes it clear that the program blocking requirements were intended to apply to any "apparatus designed to receive television signals" that has a picture screen of 13 inches or larger. Accordingly, we believe that the program blocking requirements we are proposing should apply to any television receiver meeting the screen size requirements, regardless of whether it is designed to receive video programming that is distributed only through cable television systems, MDS, DBS, or by some other distribution system. These requirements would also apply to any computer that is sold with TV receiver capability and a monitor that has a viewable picture size of 13 inches or larger, as we currently do for closed captioning. <END SNIP> First, there have been a series of articles lately on technical developments for computers. There is the expectancy that soon all PC's will be able to receive and display broadcast signals. W3C is developing a standard for the display of broadcast over the Internet. So, if all future PC's can display broadcast, they fall under the provisions of para 22. See Spec to bring TV-like content to Net C|NET November 6, 1997; W3C Issues First Public Draft of Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL): Key Industry Players and Research Organisations Team-Up to Merge the Web with Television (Nov 6, 1997); Changing Channels: Will the Internet Become TV, PC Magazine (November 1997). Second, if they fall under para. 22, then the VCHIP would be required to block the transmission, whatever the source. Para 22 states that the VCHIP will block "video programming that is distributed . . . by some other distribution system." Arguably, the Internet falls under "some other distribution system. Final thought, if you think this analysis is wrong, make sure you file comments with the FCC by November 24 at vchip(a)fcc.gov telling them so. Make sure the FCC understands this issue the way you think it should be understood. -Robert Cannon Internet Telecommunications Project http://www.cais.net/cannon/

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Re: Tim May's offensive racism (was: about RC4)
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Monty Cantsin wrote: > Anonymous <anon(a)anon.efga.org> > >This illustrates what a liability the poster has become to the > >cypherpunks. The group is becoming just another militia front, > >identified with racism and white supremacy, applauding violent murder > >of government agents, one step from applauding the Oklahoma killings. > >Its original purpose all but forgotten, the list has died, poisoned > >by the hatred flowing from its leader. > > What would be the most effective way of managing the problem you > perceive? > > Probably by writing the kinds of articles you would like to see on the > list. If you don't speak up when someone says something objectionable, you are implicitly condoning it. Silence gives consent. How many people have objected to Tim May's racist comments? Only one or two. How many objected when William Geiger suggested that more nuclear bombs should have been dropped on Japan? None. How many have objected to the notion that residents of Washington, D.C. should be killed? Hardly any. At one time the cypherpunks stood for freedom of speech and protection of privacy. Today they stand for guns, violence, threats of terrorism and murder, racism, homophobia, jingoism. It's ironic to see that the kind of off-topic, flaming, irrelevant posts which have caused such consternation in the past are now the norm. Reasonable people have been largely driven off the list, leaving it to supporters of violence and hate. The sad thing is, this is all unnecessary. The original conception was that cryptography would allow people to protect the privacy of voluntary interactions. Laws forbidding voluntary transactions will be difficult or impossible to enforce. We will move into a world where there is far more liberty and freedom for everyone. There is no need to blast government agents' heads open. There is no need to nuke D.C., or Japan. There is no need to disparage people of other races and cultures. Step back from this immersion in a culture of violence. Draw the cloak of privacy about your actions. That is the true cypherpunk way.

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Re: Tim May's offensive racism (was: about RC4)
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Nobody(a)replay.com spake: >Step back from this immersion in a culture of violence. Draw the cloak >of privacy about your actions. That is the true cypherpunk way. Now this is A-1 cpunk-bonic blacknet stocking. Hectoring, condescending, intolerant, imperative, in perfect denial of all possible put-ons save the sound of one maggot gobbling a numbskull's braincell, backgassing a heed-this screed. As H bobs, eye *snot* dis lip. Suss is lisp (wa tmor (wa rc4)). wa locking intel inside wa nya, nya, nya wa wa? wa nsa, nsa, nsa wa wa, wa, wha the? wa w' .[Stego]

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

How "anonymous" (to what degree) are email messages sent through the various remailers (Mixmaster, EFGA, ml.org, etc)? Have there been any studies done as to the degree of anonymity obtained from using these remailers? (I haven't been able to find any.) And does anyone know of any studies being done in determining whether or not content-based analysis - diction and language - is a reliable way to determine identity? It seems that if Dick has a certain vocabulary, uses a certain sentence structure, etc., and regularly posts using a nym, that this form and content could be traced to Dick, so the likelihood of the post coming from him and not Jane would be that much increased.

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