December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

IP: Germ sabotage scare empties city buildings-Australia
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: Germ sabotage scare empties city buildings-Australia Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 08:49:10 -0500 To: believer(a)telepath.com Source: The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/webie.asp?URL=/state/4366234.htm>http://www. theaustralian.com.au/webie.asp?URL=/state/4366234.htm Germ sabotage scare empties city buildings The Courier-Mail - 12sep98 POLICE are investigating a possible attempt to sabotage a Brisbane city building by putting the potentially deadly legionella bacteria in the air-conditioner. A canister suspected of containing the bacteria was found in the water cooling system for the Mercantile Mutual building's air- conditioning unit on Thursday. Police suspect the canister was placed there deliberately because recent routine tests on the Edward Street building's air-conditioning showed no sign of the deadly bacteria in its system. Det Snr-Sgt Bryan Paton said the maintenance company responsible for the unit had not seen the canister when it previously checked the water cooling tower. "There is an indication that the device has been put in the water deliberately and there is a concern there may have been some legionella bacteria in the device and we have to wait for those results," Sgt Paton said. "It wasn't a threat to the public or anybody and the air-conditioning system has since been decontaminated but the concern is that someone has done it deliberately. "At this stage we are treating it very seriously." Police also are investigating how someone got access to the air-conditioning unit. The canister sparked a mass evacuation of another city building yesterday when it was delivered there by mistake. Maintenance workers delivered the canister to the Mercantile Mutual building managers, whose offices are in the MLC building. The MLC building, in George Street, was evacuated about 2pm yesterday when the canister, sealed in a metal container, was discovered by office staff. Police and fire and ambulance crews were called to the scene and two Queensland Fire Service officers wearing protective clothing removed the canister. The building was declared safe 90 minutes later and staff returned to work. Insp John Flanagan said the evacuations were a precautionary measure and the canister had been taken to the Government Chemical Laboratory for analysis. The company responsible for managing the MLC building refused to comment, but a staff member said the scare had been blown out of proportion. The bacteria needs a moist environment to develop into the water-borne legionnaires' disease which can cause pneumonia, fever and death. The disease is contracted by inhaling air contaminated by air-conditioning cooling towers, or through whirlpool spas and showers containing contaminated water. The Australian upper limit for legionella bacteria in air- conditioning is a colony count of 10,000. The Mercantile Mutual building had a colony count of 2000. Sgt Paton said police did not know the reason for the possible sabotage and no demands or threats had been made. "People maintaining the air-conditioning units in other buildings should be aware of this and ensure all proper precautions are made," Sgt Paton said. Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit medical officer Brad McCall said legionella was a very common bacterium found in creeks, ponds, air-conditioning cooling towers and hot and cold water taps. © News Limited 1998 ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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IP: Vote on Clinton
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: vols-fan(a)juno.com (Football Fan) Subject: IP: Vote on Clinton Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:24:26 -0500 To: baldmccoy(a)prodigy.net, PiercedEar(a)juno.com, TTMCCOY(a)juno.com, psm127_dad(a)mailcity.com, phmitch(a)mindspring.com, stringtickler(a)hotmail.com, Jimjean5013(a)juno.com, laney(a)arkansas.net, JESSICA.HARDAGE(a)charleston.af.mil, teyze-barbi(a)juno.com, rjohnson(a)bstream.com, iarthuriarthur(a)juno.com, w-t-14(a)juno.com, Bripowell(a)nidlink.com, supertrician(a)juno.com, barsotti(a)bstream.com Dear Friends: MSNBC has a poll asking whether Clinton should go! Right now its 70% yes and 30% No. Please go and vote. Lets tell Clinton where he gets off! There was 117904 responses. http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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Re: Offshore Banking In Latvia
by Neels Kriek 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I have had dealings with the Paritate bank in Latvia. Good bank and no con. http://www.paritate.lv Lots of different types of accounts. Regards

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IP: Impeachment Petition
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: vols-fan(a)juno.com (Football Fan) Subject: IP: Impeachment Petition Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 22:59:15 -0500 To: baldmccoy(a)prodigy.net, PiercedEar(a)juno.com, TTMCCOY(a)juno.com, psm127_dad(a)mailcity.com, phmitch(a)mindspring.com, stringtickler(a)hotmail.com, Jimjean5013(a)juno.com, laney(a)arkansas.net, JESSICA.HARDAGE(a)charleston.af.mil, teyze-barbi(a)juno.com, rjohnson(a)bstream.com, iarthuriarthur(a)juno.com, w-t-14(a)juno.com, Bripowell(a)nidlink.com, supertrician(a)juno.com, barsotti(a)bstream.com http://congress.nw.dc.us/impeach/petition.html ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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Re: The Empire Strikes Back (was IP: Army Tests Land Warrior for 21st
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Robert Hettinga wrote: > "First and foremost, Land Warrior is a fighting system," Serino said. Land > Warrior has several subsystems: the weapon, integrated helmet assembly, > protective clothing and individual equipment, computer/radio, and software. > > The weapon subsystem is built around the M-16/M-4 modular carbine. It has > a laser range finder/digital compass, a daylight video camera, a laser > aiming light and a thermal sight. Great. So now instead of having ninjas come through our windows, we will have Borg coming through our windows. "Citizen-unit, we are Government. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Your personality will conform to our specifications. Resistance is futile." All they need to do now is employ nanotechnology and get some cool "whir whir" sound effects, a big cube-shaped HQ, and maybe a cutting beam to carve your house and car up like roasts when they seize them.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: DC cypherpunks meeting this Saturday, Sep 19
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There will be a cypherpunks meeting and party this Saturday, September 19 starting at 5 pm in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC. Our two out-of-town guests are Doug McGowan from HP (who will speak about his company's encryption products that became controversial early this year) and David Burt of filteringfacts.org (who's here for a Christian Coalition conference and may or may not feel like speaking about his position on some of the anti-porn legislation likely to pass Congress). Interested in coming? RSVP and I'll send directions. -Declan

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Larry Gilbert
by sixdegrees 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Just a quick update from sixdegrees(tm). Unfortunately Larry Gilbert (irving(a)pobox.com) asked not to be listed as your contact with sixdegrees. We also wanted to make sure you were aware that you currently have no other confirmed contacts, so it will be hard for you to have a productive sixdegrees experience. As you probably know, without any confirmed contacts, you won't get any results from our networking searches. So, we just wanted to recommend that you head over to http://www.sixdegrees.com , log-in, and go to MY CONTACTS to list additional relationships. ==================================================================== 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.BRESP.3

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HOTTEST ISSUE OF THE SUMMER TO KEEP YOU WARM IF FALL IS HEADING YOUR WAY!
by STUFFED NEWS DAILY 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

IN TODAY'S ISSUE: 30 NEW EXTRA HOT JPEGS! 5 NEW SIZZLING STORIES LISTEN TO GET LAID BAYWATCH CONFESSIONAL DOING THE DRAG KING THING PREGO BY PLEASURE SEX DRUGS AND ARACHNIDS THE BARON OF BALLS THE BEST OF EUREKA NUCLEAR HARD-ON MILLION DOLLAR SHEIK SHAG ----> http://stuffed.net/98/9/14/ <---- 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/98/9/14/ <----

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Re: Clinton--Why I am Chortling
by Lynne L. Harrison 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> On Sat, 12 Sep 1998, Tim May wrote: > > There's also the idea popular in some gender feminist circles that the > imbalance of power in manager-employee relationships makes it impossible > for genuine consent to be given. Can there be any greater power imbalance > than the president of the United States and an intern? Where are the > feminist cries of outrage? Could be because, at least from what I read in the report and from other sources, Monica came onto Clinton. One could make the argument that the imbalance of power was the other way around ;) On another note, instead of the report, it may be extremely more interesting to read: http://www.reagan.com/HotTopics.main/document-9.1.1998.1.html I can't vouch for the veracity of all of those listed. Of those individuals, however, with whom I am familiar by way of the media, it is accurate - and eerie, to say the least. *************************************************************************** Lynne L. Harrison, Esq. | "If we are all here, Poughkeepsie, New York | then we are not mailto:lharrison@dueprocess.com | all there." http://www.dueprocess.com | - old Zen saying ************************************************************************* DISCLAIMER: I am not your attorney; you are not my client. Accordingly, the above is *NOT* legal advice.

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Crescendo News - September 1998
by LiveUpdate News 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CRESCENDO NEWS - September 1998 Well, it's almost fall here in New England - we're looking forward to the foliage turning color and the snow starting to fall. The leaves up North aren't the only things that are about to change - we're working harder than ever to deliver the best music products on the Internet. You're receiving this email because you downloaded Crescendo in the past, and we want to keep you up to date with some of the exciting things that are happening at LiveUpdate. We hope you are enjoying Crescendo! These are some of the items included in this newsletter: * Crescendo Forte Showcase is now open * Crescendo PLUS version 4.0 Beta 2 now includes LiveSynth * Crescendo Forte featured on RealNetworks Music Showcase * Crescendo Forte featured in Keyboard Magazine's "net smarts" * Re-enabling Crescendo after installing other plugins * Controlling Crescendo using JavaScript * What would you like to see in future versions of Crescendo? * Subscribing / Unsubscribing ---------------------------------- CRESCENDO FORTE SHOWCASE IS NOW OPEN On September 10th, 1998, the long awaited Crescendo Forte Showcase publicly opened its doors. Crescendo Forte is an add-on to RealNetworks' RealPlayer G2, and allows MIDI music to be synchronized with other media types such as RealAudio, video, animation, and text. Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks sums Crescendo Forte up best by saying "Crescendo Forte Rocks!". Crescendo Forte has been called "unbelievable", and it has been said to be "Music the way it was meant to be heard." See (and hear) for yourself what all the excitement is about at the Crescendo Forte Showcase, found at http://www.liveupdate.com/cforte/showcase.html. After you've heard the difference Crescendo Forte makes to music on the Internet, get Crescendo PLUS version 4.0 Beta 2 for an upgrade to LiveSynth that makes the music sound even better! (Keep reading for more details...) ---------------------------------- CRESCENDO PLUS VERSION 4.0 BETA 2 NOW INCLUDES LIVESYNTH It's finally here! Crescendo PLUS version 4.0 Beta 2 is now available, and includes streaming, a software wavetable synthesizer (for more realistic instrument sounds), and more. If you have purchased a Crescendo PLUS subscription within the past year, you should have already received an email giving you instructions on how to download version 4.0 Beta 2. If you haven't experienced Crescendo PLUS yet, now is the time to do so. LiveSynth uses the processing power of your PC to play MIDI music using real instrument samples. Therefore a Pentium processor is required to take advantage of LiveSynth. If you don't have a Pentium processor, you will still be able to take advantage of streaming and the other features found in Crescendo PLUS. For a short time, the Crescendo PLUS subscription which entitles you to both the shipping 3.0 version of Crescendo and 4.0 Beta 2 including LiveSynth is available for $19.95 at our on-line store, https://secure.liveupdate.com. ---------------------------------- CRESCENDO FORTE FEATURED ON REALNETWORKS MUSIC SHOWCASE Atlantic Records, Polygram, Capitol Records, Warner Brothers, Sony Music, Maverick, Virgin Records can all be found on the G2 Music Showcase area on the RealNetworks web site. And who should be featured among these titans of the music industry? LiveUpdate, of course! Visit the G2 music showcase at http://www.real.com/showcase/realplayer/music.html and hear how the combination of RealPlayer G2 and Crescendo Forte are redefining the way music is heard on the Internet. ---------------------------------- CRESCENDO FORTE FEATURED IN KEYBOARD MAGAZINE'S NET SMARTS Are you hungry for more information on creating content for Crescendo Forte? Would you like to know what Dan Barrett, author of "net smarts" for Keyboard Magazine has to say about Crescendo Forte? Read the rave artice in the October issue of Keyboard magazine, where Dan Barrett says, "It's so satisfying to encounter a product that just plain works" and "The pre-beta version of Crescendo Forte installed easily on my PC and ran transparently inside of RealPlayer G2, keeping the audio and MIDI streams (to my ears) in perfect sync. It's definitely worth a look." Get it at your local newsstand, or check out Keyboard Magazine online at http://www.keyboardmag.com. ---------------------------------- RE-ENABLING CRESCENDO AFTER INSTALLING OTHER PLUGINS Probably the most common question our on-line helpdesk (helpdesk(a)liveupdate.com) looks something this: "I have been using Crescendo to play MIDI on-line for over two years now, and I love it. I just installed QuickTime to play a movie, but now when I go to a web site that has MIDI, Crescendo doesn't load any more. I want my Crescendo back!" If this looks familiar to you, we have good news - you can have your QuickTime and Crescendo too! Netscape decides which plugin will be used for a given media type based on their position on your Netscape/program/plugins directory. If you go to the Help/About Plugins from the Navigator window, you will probably see "LiveUpdate Crescendo" listed, but one or more of the MIME types listed there will most likely be listed as disabled. To cure this problem, we have created a page which outlines how to re-arrange your plugins directory so that Crescendo will be enabled for all MIDI MIME types, while co-existing with other plugins such as QuickTime. Surf to http://www.liveupdate.com/atlashelp.html for more details! ---------------------------------- CONTROLLING CRESCENDO USING JAVASCRIPT Are you a JavaScript programmer? Would you like to see how Crescendo can be controlled using JavaScript? We have created a page that demonstrates Crescendo being controlled by JavaScript methods and standard HTML buttons. See it in action at http://www.liveupdate.com/wiretest.html. To look "under the hood," just view the page's source to see how simple it is to control Crescendo through JavaScript. ---------------------------------- WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN FUTURE VERSIONS OF CRESCENDO? We are still looking for new ideas to be included in future versions of the Crescendo player. If you have any cool features you would like to see added to Crescendo, send them to feedback(a)liveupdate.com. Who knows - maybe your suggestion will makes its way into the next version of Crescendo! ---------------------------------- SUBSCRIBING / UNSUBSCRIBING Note: Messages from LiveUpdate to this list will not be sent any more frequently than once a month, and your information has not, and will not, be given to others or sold. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, or if this message has been forwarded to you by a friend and you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, please send a message to newsletter(a)liveupdate.com. ******************************************* Spread the Music!

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