December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Hacker D00D
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hey, fuck you! Maybe Hacker D00D is the mother I always wanted! Go stick your head in a fucking incinerator! At 12:49 PM 9/18/98 -0700, I.A. Eaglemail wrote: >DENY > >>From cypherpunks-errors(a)toad.com Fri Sep 18 12:23:32 1998 >>Received: (from majordom@localhost) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id >MAA22376 for cypherpunks-unedited-outgoing; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:16:52 >-0700 (PDT) >>Received: from neptune.sixdegrees.com (neptune.sixdegrees.com >[206.41.12.34]) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA22371 for ><cypherpunks(a)toad.com>; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:16:49 -0700 (PDT) >>Message-Id: <199809181916.MAA22371(a)toad.com> >>Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 15:15:42 -0500 >>From: "sixdegrees"<5j0g50e0(a)auto.sixdegrees.com> >>To: "Joe Cyberspanker"<cypherpunks(a)toad.com> >>Subject: Hacker D00D >>Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com >>Precedence: bulk >> >>You've been listed again. Looks like this whole sixdegrees >>thing is working. Your networking potential is growing by the >>second. Hacker D00D listed you as "Mother." >> >>Please let us know if you are in fact Hacker's Mother: >> >>==================================================================== >>TO RESPOND: >> >>FIRST, click your mail program's reply button. >> >>SECOND, in the reply e-mail that opens, on the first line of >>the message body, type only the word CONFIRM or the word DENY. >> >>THEN CLICK SEND. >> >>If you prefer, you can take care of this contact confirmation >>by visiting the site at http://www.sixdegrees.com and going to >>MY CONTACTS after logging in on the home page. You can also list >>new contacts there. >> >>We look forward to hearing from you. >> >>==================================================================== >>PLEASE NOTE: All replies to this address are processed by a computer. >>If you have any problems, questions or requests send an e-mail to >>issues(a)sixdegrees.com and someone will get back to you as soon as >>possible. >>==================================================================== >> >> >>E.DB.ANB.4 >> > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >

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RE: Democracy... (fwd)
by Matthew James Gering 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Atheism means that one believes that there is no God. You trying to claim atheism is a religion itself is like the christians always claiming non-christians are satin worshippers. Forget about the origination of the word, in today's reality most atheists simply forgo religion completely. There is no reason to think that a god does exist, so why would one even need to think about or believe in the negative. > Ah, so there are personal beliefs that aren't religion and > then there are personal beliefs that are? Yes, beliefs based on valid reason, empiricism and science are not religious, the generally follow the path from conjecture to theory to fact. You may hold lots of personal conjecture that do qualify as beliefs but are not religious in nature, they are not exempt from empirical evidence and the laws of thermodynamics. Beliefs based on faith and mysticism are religious. Religion is irrational. > What a self-rightous, pretentious, egotistical viewpoint. Thank you. > Actualy not, the vast majority of people believe in God, just not your > particular brand - which after all is what the 1st is all about. Perhaps in Bible-belt Texas, not around here (not in the city anyway). Matt

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BAN DOGS..
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text From: vinnie(a)vmeng.com Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 09:34:32 -0700 Subject: BAN DOGS.. To: rah(a)shipwright.com, Tamzen Cannoy <tamzen(a)worldbenders.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 LETTER TO BAN DOGS To the Editor Arizona Republic P.O. Box 2244 Phoenix, Arizona 85002 January 7th, 1998 Dear Editor, I am gratified to read in this morning's paper that someone has finally called attention to an urgent situation which I have known about for a long time: annually 334,000 victims of savage dog bites, most frequently children, average age 15, are taken to the nation's emergency rooms. As the article states: "That's more ER visits than injuries from skateboards, baby walkers and in-line skates combined." Total annual cost of ER dog bites: $102.4 million. Twenty or more people killed annually by dogs, almost all of them children. Because these dogs are so readily obtainable on the streets of our nation, I implore all your readers to immediately deluge their Congressmen with letters, phone calls, faxes and telegrams to support the federal "Save the Widdle Childwen Fwom the Vicious Dog-Bite Act of 1998", which would require the following: mandatory muzzles fitted with muzzle-locks to be kept at all times on all dogs, licensing and paw-printing of all dogs, fingerprinting and house-monitoring of dog owners, including mandatory, federally-monitored safe storage of dogs and an immediate 1,000% tax on all dog food. This Act is sponsored by Canine Control Incorporated, an organization dedicated to eliminating canine violence in America by the year 2000. The Act also provides for the immediate banning of all "assault dogs", the definition of which term will constantly change according to the emotions of the board of C.C.I. "Saturday Night Special" dogs, such as Chihuahuas and other cheap, easily concealed ankle-biters, will also be banned. In addition, the Act bans all sharp canine teeth, all canine teeth longer than a federally-mandated length, all spiked collars and sharp canine toenails. It also mandates that all dogs be transferred only through federally licensed dog dealers, and provides for the changing of the BATF to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Assault Dogs, or BATFAD. I hope that the physicians' organizations who champion total hand-gun banning will rally behind this urgent cause to save our nation's children. Anyone who opposes this type of legislation obviously hates children. We need this Act desperately - after all, if it saves only one life, it is worth it. Not to mention the $102.4 million dollars in ER charges! My husband's face was horribly mauled at the age of four by a Pit Bull; today he is the poster child for C.C.I. Now, when not being used as a drooling doorstop or for first base, he is routinely wheeled out at charity fund-raising events at which he repeatedly mumbles, "Bad dogs! Ban dogs!" We urgently need your help to get these vicious dogs off the streets now! Please help end canine violence in America! Send donations to: C.C.I., 1111 B.S. Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004. Make the checks out to me. Tina Terry c) 1998 by Tina Terry. This letter may be reprinted in its entirety, as long as nothing in it is changed, credit is given the author, and the following is included. Author's note: The author's husband's face really was mauled at age 4 by a Pit Bull, an incident in which he almost lost an eye. He's not in a wheelchair, true, but he also doesn't blame dogs in general for his early experience and he loves and owns dogs to this day. He also has never tried to enlist the author to run around the country trying to ban all dogs. --------------289FF090CB8537C73A0A0B03-- --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Re: Catchy.
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:35:55 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: qnx.com: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Subject: Re: Catchy. Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:18:57 -0400 From: glen mccready <glen(a)qnx.com> Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org X-Mailing-List: <0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org> archive/latest/196 X-Loop: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: 0xdeadbeef-request(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org From: Andrew Isaacson <adisaacs(a)mtu.edu> On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 08:34:49AM -0400, glen mccready wrote: > > Forwarded-by: nev(a)bostic.com > Forwarded-by: Kirk McKusick <mckusick(a)McKusick.COM> > From: Rick Kawala <condor(a)QueerNet.ORG> > > I was with a friend in Cafe Flore the other night and I had to ask the > counterperson what was playing on the stereo. Sort of techno but with > vocals on some tracks, minorish key, really great. Anyway, the CD arrived > and track 10 is called "PGP". And yes, they're talking about *that* PGP. > My God, an ode to data privacy. This computer thing is getting out of > hand. :) > Rick The CD is titled 'unlearn', the artist is psykosonik, and it's Copyright 1995. This computer thing got out of hand a long time ago. (It's on the Wax Trax label too, so you know it's gotta be good.) -andy -- Andy Isaacson adisaacs(a)mtu.edu adi(a)acm.org Fight Spam, join CAUCE: http://www.csl.mtu.edu/~adisaacs/ http://www.cauce.org/ --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Doomsdays
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:41:42 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: qnx.com: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Subject: Doomsdays Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:25:52 -0400 From: glen mccready <glen(a)qnx.com> Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org X-Mailing-List: <0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org> archive/latest/195 X-Loop: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: 0xdeadbeef-request(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Forwarded-by: nev(a)bostic.com Forwarded-by: Jeffrey C Honig <jch(a)honig.net> Forwarded-by: Monty Solomon <monty(a)roscom.com> Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Jan. 1, 2000 Isn't Only 'Doomsdate' http://webserv1.startribune.com/cgi-bin/stOnLine/article?thisSlug=Y2K13 Published Sunday, September 13, 1998 Jan. 1, 2000, isn't only 'doomsdate' Steve Woodward / Newhouse News Service Jan. 1, 2000, is The Big One, kids. By now, you've heard that many of the world's computers will roll the date clock forward from "99" to "00" with potentially disastrous consequences. Year 2000 authorities prophesy problems as minor as erroneous overdue notices from the library and as major as a failure of the nation's power grid. But that isn't the only computer "doomsdate" looming. A slew of lesser-known dates also could wreak technological havoc. So brace yourself. The first date to dread -- Jan. 1, 1999 -- is fast approaching. Jan. 1, 1999: The one-year-look-ahead problem Not every computer counts forward like you and me. Some look down the road one entire year and count backward to determine the date. (Please don't ask why.) On Jan. 1, 1999, some will look forward one year and see "00." Like humans, the computers may balk at having to count backward from 00. Jan. 1, 1999, to Dec. 31, 2002: The euro currency problem We all know that the year 2000 problem is the biggest software project in history. But many Americans are unaware that programmers throughout the world are also at work on the second biggest software project in history: converting the currencies of 11 European nations into a single currency called the euro. Banks and financial institutions will begin transacting business in euros on Jan. 1, 1999, although the actual bank notes won't be issued until Jan. 1, 2001. The introduction of the euro is to continue through the year 2002. There's no direct link between the euro project and the Y2K project, but the massive size of the simultaneous projects will soon take most of the world's available programmers. Aug. 21, 1999: The GPS rollover problem The world's 24 global positioning satellites record time by counting the weeks that have passed since their launch in 1980. The weeks fill up a counter much like the odometer on your car. But like your odometer, the counter rolls over to 0000 when it's full. At midnight on Aug. 21, 1999, the counter will be full. Equipment that uses the GPS signals may malfunction. Sept. 9, 1999: The 9999 end-of-file problem Many computers have been programmed to recognize 9999 as an "end-of-file" command. Perhaps some computers will conclude, quite logically, that a date of 9/9/99 means it's the end of all time. Oct. 1, 1999: The federal fiscal year 2000 problem Big Daddy rolls its clock forward Oct. 1, 1999. As of that date, the federal government officially enters its 2000 budget year. Every federal function will be affected, from defense to Medicare to payments on the federal debt. Jan. 4, 2000: The first-working-day-of-the-year problem Year 2000 begins on a Saturday. Corporate America will switch on most of its desktop computers Tuesday, Jan. 4, after a long holiday weekend. Boot up and hang on to your morning mochas. Feb. 29, 2000: The Year 2000 leap year problem, Part I Most programmers know the rules for calculating leap years: Any year evenly divisible by four is a leap year, except years that also are divisible by 100. So 1996 is a leap year, but 2000 isn't -- er, right? Well, there's a third, lesser-known rule that cancels the first two: Any year divisible by 400 is a leap year, including -- you guessed it -- 2000. The question is: How many programmers know that rule? Dec. 31, 2000: The Year 2000 leap year problem, Part II Some computers work by counting the number of days in the year. If they aren't programmed to know that 2000 is a leap year, the machines will be bewildered when they reach Dec. 31, 2000, the seemingly impossible 366th day of the year. Sept. 8, 2001: The Unix end-of-file problem Unix is the "other" major operating system, a set of instructions that, like Windows, DOS and MacOS, run the basic functions of a computer. Unix powers many commercial and Internet computers. Unix tells time differently, which means that it does not have a year 2000 problem. Unfortunately, it does have a Sept. 8, 2001, problem. In Unix language, that date is represented by the number 999,999,999 -- the same number that some Unix applications use to denote the end of a file. Circa 2025: The U.S. telephone number problem By the year 2025 or so, the United States will simply run out of available seven-digit telephone numbers and area codes. Telephone companies will have to add digits or revamp the numbering system. That, in turn, will force software programmers to overhaul every piece of software that uses phone numbers, plus all databases and archives that store phone numbers. Jan. 19, 2038: The other Unix problem The Unix operating system tells time by counting the number of seconds elapsed since Jan. 1, 1970. But like your odometer, there are only so many places on its counter. At seven seconds past 3:14 a.m. on Jan. 19, 2038, the counters on every Unix computer in the world will be full and will roll over to "0." Many computers will assume it's either Jan. 1, 1970, all over again (who wants to relive the '70s?) or that it's the end of the world (which may be a better alternative than the preceding). Circa 2050 to 2075: The Social Security number problem By 2075, the United States will have exhausted the 1 billion unique Social Security numbers possible under its nine-digit numbering system. Year 2000 expert Capers Jones suggests that the nation must be prepared by 2050 to expand or replace the many software applications that depend on those numbers. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Re: Your new password
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Calif Leads US with Mobile Tracker
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Thanks to John Gilmore. http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/14920.asp CHP introduces cellular-friendly 911 system Operators will now be able to capture the telephone number and location of the caller within a half-block area LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 - The California Highway Patrol this week demonstrated a new countywide 911 system designed to provide operators with the telephone numbers and location of callers using mobile telephones. Los Angeles County is the first in the state to use the new technology, said CHP Sgt. Ernie Sanchez. All local 911 calls for the CHP, whether via mobile phones or "land lines," are routed to the CHP half-a-millionCommunications Center just west of downtown, but mobile phone calls could not be traced until recently, Sanchez said. "It doesnt matter if you live in Pasadena or Arcadia or West Covina; if you call on a cell phone, that call will go through the CHP Communications Center" and operators will be able to capture the telephone number and location of the caller within a half-block area, Sanchez said. The enhanced technology has been in use for the past three weeks, he said. All major mobile phone companies are participating in the test and demonstration of the system, Sanchez said, adding that the technology should be in place nationwide by 2001 under Federal Communications Commission rules.

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>a security dude grabbed my laptop and said he wanted >to 'analyze' it. Yeah sure whatever, I decided not to protest >I was late for my flight. >This analysis, it turned out, was wiping a coffee filter over the strap >of its bag, and sticking the coffee filter into a slot on a machine. >No solvent even. The machine had columns labelled TNT RDX NITRO PETN HMX. ..... >The machine name was ION-something; I wonder whether it sucked vapors >from the fiber disk or whether it was a neutron-spectrometer (?) device. Try asking them where they've posted the California Prop 65 warning indicating which toxic chemicals are used in the system :-)

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by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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