December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

[Fwd: Course Ware Developer]
by Soren 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I'm busy, anyone else want to make money educating people in London? To: sorens(a)workmail.com Subject: Course Ware Developer From: Morven McLauchlan <mm(a)elanguil.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 98 11:30:52 GMT Reply-To: mm(a)elanguil.demon.co.uk Dear Soren, > We are currently looking for a Course Ware Developer to produce all documentation and slides etc for a data security course. This contract position will involve 50 days of development split between 2 people. If the presentation to the client is successful the successful candidates may be required to conduct the actual training. They are looking to get someone started as soon as possible and can interview very early next week. > The successful candidate will have a proven track record of his/her abilities and will need a very strong understanding of hardware / software encryption. The training will be aimed at security and will be formed around security standards already in place. A knowledge of NT, Unix and Firewall would therefore be advantageous. > if you would be interested in hearing further details on this position, please contact me on 01483 883315 or via E mail. Due to the deadline this company are working to a speedy response is required. Don't forget you can AIR MILES rewards by referring a friend or colleague to Elan. > I hope to hear from you shortly. > Morven McLauchlan Elan Computing 01483 883308 Visit Elan's relaunched web site WWW.Elan.co.uk <end of mail message> Morven McLauchlan Elan Computing 01483 883308 Visit Elan's relaunched web site WWW.Elan.co.uk <end of mail message>

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[Fwd: LFB Book News: EAT THE RICH]
by S�ren 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

This may be preaching to the choir, but for anyone who doesn't know about http://www.laissezfaire.org ... To: booknews(a)laissezfaire.org Subject: LFB Book News: EAT THE RICH From: Russell Hanneken <russell(a)laissezfaire.org> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 17:31:38 -0700 ================================================================= Laissez Faire Books - Book News - September 10, 1998 Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested. ================================================================= First 350 with autographed bookplates! A grand slam from P. J. O'Rourke, the best political humorist since H. L. Mencken EAT THE RICH by P. J. O'Rourke (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998) HU7872 (hardcover) 246p. Publisher's price: $24.00 Our price normally $16.95 SPECIAL SALE PRICE, LIMITED TIME ONLY: $14.41 (reviewed by Jim Powell) Everything P. J. O'Rourke writes makes you smile, but I'd rate EAT THE RICH as his best book, better even than his super-seller PARLIAMENT OF WHORES. The political content is very high, and the book is loaded with great lines. Open to a page, any page, and you'll soon find something wonderful--not just wit, but passion as well. O'Rourke offers uproarious commentary about fashionable politicians, intellectuals and dogmas in Albania, Sweden, Cuba, Russia, Tanzania and Shanghai as well as the United States. A sampler: "I had one fundamental question about economics: Why are some places prosperous and thriving while others just suck? It's not a matter of brains. No part of the earth (with the possible exception of Brentwood) is dumber than Beverly Hills, and the residents are wading in gravy. Meanwhile in Russia, where chess is a spectator sport, they're boiling stones for soup." "Microeconomics concerns things that economists are specifically wrong about, while macroeconomics concerns things economists are wrong about generally. Or, to be more technical, microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of." "Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else." "And technology provides no guarantee of creature comforts. The most wretched locales in the world are well-supplied with complex and up-to-date technology--in the form of weapons." "Nationalization does to goods and services what divorce does to male parents--suddenly they're absent most of the time and useless the rest." "Altruism towards strangers is mostly a sentimental and fleeting thing, a small check dashed off to Save the Children. Twenty billion dollars worth of it is rare. In the Cold War days, of course, we were giving money to Tanzania on the theory of: 'Pay them to be socialist so they won't be communist and figure out what the difference is later.' But now, I'm afraid, the ugly truth is that we care about Tanzanians because they have cool animals." "The Russian stuff is no good. Even the smallest, simplest items stink. The way you use a Russian match is: After you strike it, you put it back in the matchbox. It's as likely to work as any of the other matches in there. In the old days the soda pop tasted like soap, the soap lathered like toilet paper, the toilet paper could be used to sand furniture, the furniture was as comfortable as a pile of canned goods, the canned goods had the flavor of a Solzhenitsyn novel, and a Solzhenitsyn novel got you arrested if you owned one." "How a peaceful, uncrowded place with ample wherewithal stays poor is hard to explain. How a conflict-ridden, grossly over-populated place with no resources whatsoever gets rich is simple. The British colonial government turned Hong Kong into an economic miracle by doing nothing." "So if wealth is not a world-wide round-robin of purse snatching, and if the thing that makes you rich doesn't make me poor, why should we care about fairness at all? We shouldn't." "If we want the whole world to be rich, we need to start loving wealth. In the difference between poverty and plenty, the problem is the poverty and not the difference. Wealth is good." As these delightful selections suggest, nobody today has a more gifted pen than P. J. O'Rourke. You'll love this book. ================================================================= EAT THE RICH HU7872 (hardcover) 246p. Publisher's price: $24.00 Our price normally $16.95 SPECIAL SALE PRICE, LIMITED TIME ONLY: $14.41 ================================================================= How to order from Laissez Faire Books: SALES TAX: If we are shipping your order to California, you must pay sales tax. To learn the applicable tax rate, contact us, or point your web browser to <http://laissezfaire.org/2order.html#tax>. 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Please include your name and zip code (or postal code) so we can find your record. Members of the Laissez Faire Book Club can pay with funds drawn from their account. For more information about the Book Club, contact us, or point your web browser to <http://laissezfaire.org/2order.html#bookclub>. SUBMITTING YOUR ORDER: BY EMAIL: Address email orders to <orders(a)laissezfaire.org>. PGP-encrypted mail is accepted. For our public key, email <russell(a)laissezfaire.org>, or point your web browser to <http://laissezfaire.org/pubkey.html>. BY MAIL: Write to Laissez Faire Books, Dept L50, 938 Howard St., Ste. 202, San Francisco, CA 94103-4114, USA. BY PHONE: Call toll free 1-800-326-0996 (US and Canada) or dial (415) 541-9780. Customer service representatives are available between 9am and 6pm PACIFIC TIME. BY FAX: Fax us at (415) 541-0597. If you'd like to receive our free monthly booklist, please email your postal address to <custsvc(a)laissezfaire.org>. If you'd like to receive weekly Book News announcements via email, or if you have any other questions or comments, please contact Russell at <russell(a)laissezfaire.org>. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Russell Hanneken Laissez Faire Books russell(a)laissezfaire.org http://laissezfaire.org/

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Bits are Bits (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:47:03 -0700 > From: Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> > Subject: Bits are Bits > -- rental of software is no longer allowed (court case?)...it seems to have > ended around 1984 or so, when the software rental place near me announced > it could no longer rent software titles Then I won't tell you folks about Star-Tek which rents and sells software all around the country... As to the other stuff... If you really think it's ok to lend your budy your CD to listen to the newest bands out there you should call your local musicians union. As to books and such, call a book publisher and ask for their legal department. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Freebies
by Soren 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

While I'm at it, here are some other entertaining and educational sites: Protocols (this one is for all you conspiracy junkies) Revoking your SSN -or- the proper use of form 1040 ... and how it works in practise (usavlong) Want to put your money where your mouth is? World's smallest political quiz ... and lets not leave the whigs out of this ... Raisson d'etre

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RE: [off topic] ANNOUNCE: Bay Area Cypherpunks, Sat. Sept. 12, 12-6, KPMG Mountain View
by Trei, Peter 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bill wrote: > KPMG is a relatively-unmarked building at the corner of > Middlefield Rd. and Ellis St. in Mountain View, surrounded by Netscape. Reading this, I flashed on an alternate meaning for a second -- 'Surrounded by netscape'... netscaping, the cyberspace equivalent of landscaping... Just an odd image. Peter Trei

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CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - September 11, 1998
by CTIA Daily News 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Eliminate your present phone bill......
by nokia＠mail.kmsp.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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NEW MEGA FAST INTERFACE + 30 ULTRA HOT JPEGS AT LIGHTNING DOWNLOAD SPEED
by STUFFED NEWS DAILY 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In today's super-fast, totally revamped Stuffed you'll find there's much more than ever before! IN TODAY'S ISSUE: X-RATED BASEBALL; ARMPIT ASS ATTRACTER; 10 BEST AND WORST THINGS A GUY CAN DO AFTER SEX; THE PERFECT BABE; THE PERFECT DUDE; BEST OF EUREKA; OCEAN LOVE POTION; CALIFORNIA COCK-TASTING PARTY; PUBLIC STRIPPING; ORGASM DRUG DISCOVERED ----> http://stuffed.net/98/9/11/ <---- Welcome to today's issue of Stuffed. To read it you should click on the URL above. If it is not made clickable by your email program you will need to use your mouse to highlight the URL, copy it and then paste it into your browser (then press Return). This email is never sent unsolicited. Stuffed is the supplement for the Eureka newsletter you subscribed to. Full instructions on unsubscribing are in every issue of Eureka! ----> http://stuffed.net/98/9/11/ <----

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Replay
by Soren 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Why isn't remailer(a)replay.com posting to cypherpunks? I've sent several and none have shown up -- rants up in smoke.

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<<DATA BASE CONSULTANTING OPPORTUNITY>>
by qacado1＠dallas.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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