December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Robinson CypherPunk
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> ====================================================== > Q. How long did the real Robinson Crusoe live on that > desert island? > A. Alexander Selkirk? Nine years. In 1703, the old pirate > got mad at his ship's master, one Capt. William Dampier, > and jumped overboard. Slept that night on the beach. Next > morning he hailed the ship, but the captain just laughed > at him and set sail. It was the same Capt. Dampier who > saw Selkirk's campfire smoke nine years later and sent a > boat ashore. Selkirk was still mad. Madder. Took two days > to talk him into going aboard. > ============================================== > LMBoyd Web Site / U. S. Newspapers / Start Email / Stop Email > http://www.LMBoyd.com/postscript.htm

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If you fought to defend your country...
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

...you fit the 'profile' of the OKC bomber. Be afraid...be very afraid. TruthMonger

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At night, the ice weasels come...
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.pretext.com/nov97/short3.htm "Don't get me wrong. I'm not a technophobe. I just think people need to practice safe surfing," Cottrell says. "In some ways the Anonymizer is the virtual condom." From: 'The Anonymizer'--by Clay Hathorn

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 03:04 PM 11/29/97 -0500, you wrote: >> >> Proof, please. >> >> [I've verified that Dave filters out "poltically incorrect" messages sent >> to the cypherpunks list, while permitting harrassment of Dr. Grubor] >> > >Harrasment of Dr. Grubor will be a demonstration sport during the next >Olympic Winter Games. > Please send the pictures. AOLNewbieBinaryMonger

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Re: The Illusion of Freedom
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Nerthus wrote: >>"Okay soldier, let's see that pass!" Is this the treatment accorded >>to a free man? > >Clearly not. Let me rephrase what I said since it appears it was not >as obvious as I had thought. > >Those who wage war (the politicians/"kings") are rarely the slaves. >Those who die (the soldiers/citizens) usually are. Oh, I see what you mean now. Thanks for the explanation. >The soldiers and citizens are the pawns and other chessmen on the >chessboard who are sacrificed to protect the king of their color >while attempting to checkmate the king of the other color. All >chessmen are expendable, except the two kings. When one of the kings >is checkmated, the game is over. Leaving the loser to slouch off toward Doorn, St. Helena, or Asuncion to die. Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNHuFEZaWtjSmRH/5AQGwGQf+JSwEqXrgjYRcCmBpsHP/IU0SUbjaoekk 0oqF+dvY0QCtf3NwSYKClLg+vB+lIjRYR6qqgr2wvnVGyElC1A2VJUjjuUuvb1BH 27Uu2ldFFKfg4S715TpgktkysuuldqEMWfClJfgNkLFB3whjbSRWZhqQwWdDhnkB sHxj5RbFWZ0yWTcBc0v6Z+NPEok0zMWIkyg3Reazprjjgpn1vxdZMLLmSz9iK0gO tmhASDQ6et9APOzakbH9+pcsLutvkH/LGmwbkadL2DxD3Mlp2xNylOIUBbzPO0yX qbnvkEy01pw+6M/D9C6GIKyIHlubiIvOHCYv8EQSNAbDc3+KNQQusA== =JniS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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This would also explain AOL...
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.pretext.com/nov97/short4.htm Mark Grimes: "Why do 39,440 people a month look up "Yahoo" on Yahoo!? Maybe too many ate lead paint as children." A recent compilation of the 200 most popular keywords submitted to the Yahoo! Search engine offers some insights about the types of individuals that prowl the Web. "Baywatch" babe Pam Anderson racked up 172,760 inquiries in a recent month to place 12th--two places behind "weather," 10 places ahead of "Microsoft," and 92 slots before "Bob Dole." Janet Reno could fine Pamela an inch a day until she ranks equally with Bob Dole, as a sex symbol. (3,000,000 places ahead of Reno.) Good News: "Metallica" (59) finished just ahead of "real estate" and "stock quotes"; at No. 82 "anal sex" was just before "cars" and "USA Today." Bad News: "Days of Our Lives" (91) came up more frequently than "marijuana" (93) and "Beatles" (111)." Huh?: The top 50: sex, chat, Playboy, Netscape software, nude, porno, games, porn, weather, Penthouse, Pamela Anderson, pornography, pussy, Persian Kitty, maps, Halloween, music, adult, chat rooms, erotica, Microsoft, jokes, shareware, magazines, pictures, employment, jobs, erotic, gay, Jenny McCarthy, Netscape, bondage, lingerie, hardcore, Cindy Crawford, Hustler, ESPN, supermodels, Disney, Star Wars, girls, movies, Star Trek, mIRC, genealogy, screen savers, Japan, soccer, and tits. I suppose that a more cynical mind than mine might make much of the fact that the comma between 'Microsoft' and 'jokes' may well be a 'typo'. As to why both mentions of Netscape's name are followed by a plethora of requests for information on various forms of sexual perversion, I would like to point out that I am not the *only* person who uses Netscape and Yahoo, so it obviously could not be *totally* due to my search habits. TruthMonger

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FTC ok's Intel buy of C&T [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > January 13, 1998: 10:56 a.m. ET > > NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it > would no longer try to hold up Intel Corp.'s $420 million acquisition > of Chips and Technologies Inc. > [INLINE] The FTC did say, however, that it would continue to > investigate the merger as part of its more extensive look into Intel's > operations. Earlier, the FTC had sought a preliminary injunction to > halt the merger. > [INLINE] The FTC was apparently concerned that Intel would gain an > even larger market share of the chip market with the acquisition of > Chips and Technologies, a leading laptop computer semiconductor firm. > [INLINE] The FTC has been eyeing Intel carefully because it believes > that Intel's strong chip business, estimated to control more than 80 > percent of the world's market, could raise antitrust concerns. [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Fed's train more technology workers? [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > By MICHELLE LOCKE > Associated Press Writer > > BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- America needs more computer workers -- a lot > more. > > That was the message from three Cabinet officials who unveiled > strategies Monday for finding more technology-literate workers as the > U.S. economy enters the information age. > > Their proposals ranged from spending more on education and training > grants to putting out a new message: It's hip to be high-tech. > > "American minds really created the information age economy and > American minds can continue to lead it if we nurture the immense > talent pool here at home," said Education Secretary Richard Riley. > > Or as Deputy Labor Secretary Kathryn O'Leary Higgins said with a > smile, "We're from the federal government and we're here to help." [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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1 Question to Dr. Froomkin...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sir, Do you accept that the Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the land and therefore the ultimate legal authority within its borders? ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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An offer to Dr. Froomkin...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sir, I can understand your emotional reaction to some of my wording, it is its specific intent to ellicit such a reaction. It's a measure of the readers maturity to be able to ignore the noise and focus on the issues. However, in this particular case this seems to be working in the negative respecting my goals. So, in order to open channels of dicussion I would like to make an offer. I will desist on the use of these psychological warfare techniques and their destabalizing effects on your emotional state *if* you will return to an open discussion without resort to ad hominim and straw man arguments and address the issues directly and in plain language without resort to legalistic verbal camouflage to skirt the main points. Thank you for your time in considering this offer. Sincerely, ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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