December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Pothead Survivalists Elude Massive Search
by DOOM Anonymous Untraceable User 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:53:29 -0500 From: Anarchist News Service <news(a)overthrow.com> Reply-To: news(a)overthrow.com Organization: Utopian Anarchist Party MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "news(a)overthrow.com" <news(a)overthrow.com> Subject: Pothead Survivalists Elude Massive Search; One Dead, Two Still Eluding a Continent-wide Manhunt Pothead Survivalists Elude Massive Search One Dead, Two Still Eluding a Continent-wide Manhunt November 18, 1998 Reprinted from Revolutionary Times, November, 1998 Much thanks to our comrade and friend of anarchy, Terry Mitchell, editor of Revolutionary Times Cortez, Colorado -- Like the plot of a farfetched Hollywood movie, three potheads have proven impossible for police and the military to catch, and the cops are stumped. On May 29th, police officer Dale Claxton stopped a stolen water truck 50 miles east of Cortez, Colorado. Before he could exit his patrol car, three men, dressed in camouflage military fatigues, raked his car with rifle fire. He was struck four times and killed. The chase was on, and the three were determined not to be captured. Then men then drove to their own pickup and continued on with their water truck. It didn't take long for police backups to discover officer Claxton's body and put out an All Points Bulletin. A short while later, another lone policeman stopped the water truck, lights flashing. As he sat behind the large tanker, a pickup pulled up behind him and stopped. One camo clad man, wearing a combat helmet, rose up from the pickup bed, pointed his rifle over the top, and began firing. At the same time, the drive reemerged from the pickup, blasting away at the cop. The officer was struck in the back, covered by his bulletproof vest, and his leg. Then, seeing he was down and dazed, they abandoned the tanker and sped off again. Police set up roadblocks on all the key roads, expecting to be able to use "stop sticks" and their cars to apprehend the shooters. But, the savvy survivalists raced up, guns blazing, and literally shot their way through a state-of-the-art roadblock. Afterwards, police picked up close to 5000 spent casings. The skill and boldness of the three left Colorado police stunned and frightened. They had no idea who the three were and, had it not been for a bitter ex-girlfriend who snitched them out, they never would have. She identified the men as Alan "Monty" Pilon, 30, Jason McVean, 26, and Robert Mason, 26. Police quickly raided the mobile homes of the three, ripping them to shreds. At one home they found a pickup truck loaded with food, ammunition and other gear; as though they had been planning to leave for the countryside as soon as they had secured the water truck. At another of the three's home, police found a small amount of weed, a pipe, and a pack of papers. Also found was a map indicating the locations of 17 cache sites in the desert mountain region. As with any situation where the powers of the state were challenged, the government responded with overwhelming force; an army of 200 National Guard and active duty military, plus 300 state, local and federal police. An enormous manhunt began for the trio in western Colorado and eastern Utah. Helicopters using latest-generation night vision equipment scoured the cliffs and valleys in vain. Special listening, motion and heat sensing equipment was brought in, but detected no movement or sound that could lead them to the three. Police found the pickup abandoned with tracks leading into the brush. But this presented another problem; FBI and Colorado SWAT teams going through the tamarisk complained "they can stand ten feet apart and not see each other." A geyser of propaganda erupted, claiming the three were suspects in the robbing of a gambling casino a year before and that they were members of the Four Corners Militia. These lines were repeated over and over in print and on television. But there were obvious holes in the stories. First, there is no Four Corners Militia. The entire militia connection was a fabrication designed to smear all paramilitary groups with a broad brush. Second, if the men were suspects, why had they never been picked up or even questioned about the robberies? On July 5th, a Colorado social worker driving along a desert highway spotted a pair of combat boots beside the road. Having heard all the intense "gotta hate 'em" propaganda, he quickly dialed the police on his cell phone. But this was not going to be just another easy snitch. As he sat looking at the surrounding area, he caught the reflection of sunlight off the telescopic sight of a rifle. Just then the dirt began to kick up around him with bullet strikes, and he sped away to clean up his pants. Sheriff's Deputy Kelley Bradford raced to the scene, only to be met with a hail of gunfire that left him shot twice and lucky to be alive. That brought the total to one policeman killed, four wounded, and six police cars riddled by bullets. The cops were freaking out. Then came a strange twist to the tale. Robert Mason was found dead, a victim of what police claim was a suicide. His body was found in a bunker-like structure just back from the highway were his boots were set. He was wearing body armor and had several pipe bombs near him. Oddly enough, he was shot between the eyes, a place rarely chosen for suicide. He may have actually been executed on the spot by the police, or shot by his accomplices. Cooperation between local police agencies and Navajo Nation police was sabotaged by racism from the white officers. Navajo police complained that their reports of sightings of the men were ignored. Local police responded by saying the Navajos "were difficult to work with." SWAT teams ran here and there chasing reports that came in through their sources. Searchers found the 17 cache sites marked on a map discovered at one of the residences, but they had already been cleaned out. The map had actually been turned over to the US Army Topographical Intelligence Division where sites were matched to military maps, which were then given to the police. The mighty Colorado River was effectively closed off to bat traffic, with rafters pulled to the shore by police and questioned. A ban on boating was put into place for a time, but was called off after it began to impact local economies. At the present time, the search has been scaled back significantly. Blackhawk helicopters make routine patrols over the Colorado/Utah borders looking for the two surviving masked me. Rumors are flying in Colorado, with the latest being that the two are being hidden by local supporters. ----- Editor's (Terry Mitchell's) commentary: While I do not support the theft of other people's vehicles, I have a high respect for the determination of the three to not be stopped. Had they pooled their money, all were gainfully employed, and bought a water truck instead of stealing one, the entire incident would not have happened. From the looks of things, the theft was part of their plan to immediately pull back from the cities and into the desert. Do they know something we don't? Their struggles have revealed something important to all oppressed victims of the War on Drugs -- the emperor truly wears no clothes. We have all heard about how high-tech devices used by the police and military can "count the kernels on an ear of corn from outer space" and how their is no longer any place to hide. Well, this is bullshit. Those pot smoking gunmen have proven that people can fight the government , win, and disappear indefinitely. Big Brother isn't as tough as he would have you believe. "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." ----- Terry Mitchell is editor of Revolutionary Times and head of the Green Panthers, a radical marijuana legalization organization. The Green Panthers can be reached at http://www.greenpanthers.org , at panthers(a)eos.net . or at Panthers Press, PO Box 31231, Cincinnati, OH 45231, 513-522-6264, Fax:513-522-6234 . The Green Panthers provide free referrals to defense lawyers who specialize in marijuana defense in all 50 states, among other activities. Revolutionary Times is printed by Panthers Press and can be reached at the above address. A one-year subscription costs $20. Other contributors to Revolutionary Times includes Thomas Chittum, author of Civil War II: The Coming Breakup of America , soon to be available in the UAP Book's "Leaders of the Far Right" section at http://www.overthrow.com , and available now from UAP Book and is Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0929408179/utopiananarchist . ----- For more anarchist news and information, contact: Utopian Anarchist Party Post Office Box 12244 Silver Spring, MD 20908 uap(a)overthrow.com http://www.overthrow.com

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Re: More Goldbach's Conjecture (fwd)
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:08:16 +0100 > From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen(a)stud.uni-muenchen.de> > Subject: Re: More Goldbach's Conjecture > Evidently there is a printing error. 'n>6' should read 'n>=6'. Then > they are equivalent (if one considers 4 = 2 + 2 to be known). Or they don't like: 2 + 2 or, 3 + 3 Take your pick, either are equaly likely. ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Goldbach's Conjecture - the various definitions
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Now before somebody gets a bee in their bonnet.... Yes, the VNR has a typo in respect to the '6', it should be >2. As to the various other definitions that folks have been submitting. I'm not real sure what their exact point is since it's agreed by all that it's: ...all even numbers greater than 2..., and Goldbach believed it had to be three prime factors while Fermat pointed out it could always be 2. As to the two defintions that accredit the reduction from 3 to 2 to Goldbach while leaving Fermat out of the picture fail to explain why Fermat's point is called Fermat's in the first place. ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: FC: For Judge Reed, nixing CDA II was a difficult decision
by Declan McCullagh 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

>X-Sender: declan(a)mail.well.com >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.2 >Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:12:22 -0500 >To: politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu >From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> >Subject: FC: For Judge Reed, nixing CDA II was a difficult decision >Sender: owner-politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu >Reply-To: declan(a)well.com >X-Loop: politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu >X-URL: Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ > > > >http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16387.html > > by Declan McCullagh > 3:00 a.m. 20.Nov.98.PST > > US District Judge Lowell A. Reed Jr. is a > reluctant free speech advocate. > > It took him all day Thursday to accept > that the CDA II, scheduled to take effect > on Friday, would have let federal > prosecutors punish any American who > operates Web sites with material deemed > "harmful to minors." > > By the time he finally decided to bar the > Justice Department from enforcing the > law, he painstakingly outlined how > difficult his decision was. "The court has > and will give careful analytical deference > to" an act of Congress, he said. > > Reed's reluctance is easy enough to > understand. In language sure to give > even the most steely-nerved judge the > jitters, the US Supreme Court has called > any court's decision to strike down an act > of Congress "the gravest and most > delicate duty that [it can be] called upon > to perform." > > [...] > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology >To subscribe: send a message to majordomo(a)vorlon.mit.edu with this text: >subscribe politech >More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

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18 Dec '03

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RE: Goldbach's Conjecture (fwd)
by Jim Choate 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:41:01 -0600 > From: Mark Hahn <mhahn(a)tcbtech.com> > Subject: RE: Goldbach's Conjecture (fwd) > At 09:39 PM 11/19/98 -0600, Jim Choate instructed: > >It's interesting that Fermat doesn't mention that the only prime that can > >use two as a factor is 4. And you can't factor 2 at all since we eliminate > >1 as a potential candidate (another issue of symmetry breaking simply so we > >don't have to write '....works for every prime but 1' on all our theorems). > > I thought I was following along until I got here, and got very lost. First > question: I think the first sentence implies 4 is prime, so I must have > the emphasis wrong. No, I made a typo. I got so focused on primes last nite that I seem to have typed it in instead of 'even'. I didn't notice it when I saw it posted to the list. My mistake, sorry for the confusion. What started this whole enquiry for me was the realization that the multiplication identity axiom is related to the definition of a prime. Then add on top of that the reason we exclude 1 is so we don't have to write '...except for the prime 1' on the end of lots of number theory (re Richard Feynman's comment during the Challenger Investigation). It was the realization that if we go ahead and include 1 so the axioms are in line with each other (and use our cut&paste feature for the '...1...') then perhaps it would provide a more consistent base and just maybe some of the extant problems in number theory might become solvable in other ways. My original intention was to get a copy of Doug Lenat's EURISKO theorem proving program and change the definition of prime in its database and note the results (after converting it to Perl from LISP). What started all that is that I'm slowly going through 'An Introduction to Algebraic Structures' by J. Landin (Dover) creating a cheat-sheet of number theory that eventualy I hope to post on my webpage for reference. ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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ANNOUNCE: DC Cypherpunks Meeting Sat, Nov 21st
by K. M. Ellis 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Crack open your palm pilots and take note! And please repost widely. Our mailing list (dccp(a)eff.org) along with the rest of eff.org, is sadly out of commission. DC Cypherpunks will hold a meeting at the Electronic Privacy Information Center office in Washington, DC. DATE: Soon! Saturday, November 21, 1998 TIME: 5pm Featured speaker: Richard Schroeppel, University of Arizona rcs(a)cs.arizona.edu The Hasty Pudding Cipher "NIST is organizing the search for a new block cipher, the Advanced Encryption Standard. The Hasty Pudding Cipher is my entry in the AES competition. The design goals for HPC are medium security, speed, and flexibility. Hasty Pudding works with any block length and any key size. It is optimized for 64-bit architectures, operating at 200 MHz on large data blocks. Hasty Pudding introduces a new feature, Spice, which allows useful non-expanding encryption of small blocks, even single bits. The cipher includes some unusual design principles." Location: Electronic Privacy Information Center 666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, at the corner of Pennsylvania and 7th in South East DC Across the street from Eastern Market Metro station (Orange & Blue Line) To get into the building, go around to the 7th street side next to the flower shop and use the call box to call the EPIC office. We'll buzz you in. True to DCCP form, we'll probably hit a local resturaunt afterwards for dinner. If you need more explicit directions, please contact Kathleen Ellis at (202)298-0833 or ellis(a)epic.org. Kathleen Ellis Admin. Dir., Electronic Privacy Information Center Voice Mail: (202)298-0833 http://www.epic.org Keep up with the latest encryption news and events: http://www.crypto.org PGP 5.0 Key ID 9bf725b4 65FF B997 62B8 C396 A527 2D6A 4901 F701 9BF7 25B4

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Re: manners and piracy
by Petro 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

At 7:59 PM -0500 11/19/98, Bernardo B. Terrado wrote: >> how could someone giving you a "copy of statgraphics" not be >> considered priracy? or were you looking for a donation. if so, you >> should have been much more explicit about what you wanted. >> > Well anyway thank you for your reply. >> > What I'm trying to point out is this >> > it is OK with me if you say "Take your piracy requests elsewhere" >> > it is not OK with me if you say " ...fuck yourself" >> what we're trying to point out is this >> it is not OK with us if you send warez requests to the list. >It is the duty of all to say "Hey! respect intellectual property!" >I too am against piracy, now I know that that software i.e statgraphics >is not a shareware. Go fuck yourself. I have no responsibility to do anything YOU regard as a duty. -- "To sum up: The entire structure of antitrust statutes in this country is a jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance. It is a product: (a) of a gross misinterpretation of history, and (b) of rather naïve, and certainly unrealistic, economic theories." Alan Greenspan, "Anti-trust" http://www.ecosystems.net/mgering/antitrust.html Petro::E-Commerce Adminstrator::Playboy Ent. Inc.::petro@playboy.com

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packet socket forwarder
by lcs Mixmaster Remailer 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Does anyone have a simple packet forwarder to run on a unix system? I want to set up a daemon on an account to just redirect traffic from a particular port to another host for some basic anonymity, but I don't have experience doing socket coding, nor a book.

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