August 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Poindexter to Resign
by Bill Stewart 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

At 08:41 AM 08/01/2003 -0700, Steve Schear wrote: >Report: Poindexter to Resign >Wired News 2:43 PM Jul. 31, 2003 PT > >WASHINGTON -- John Poindexter, the Iran-Contra scandal figure who headed >two criticized Pentagon projects, including one that would have enabled >investors to profit by predicting terrorist attacks, will quit his post >within weeks, U.S. defense officials said Thursday. .... > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59853,00.html > http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3198102 It's nice that some of the news media have changed from their previous policy of toadying up to "Admiral Poindexter" and are now starting out their article by referring to his known dishonesty and unfitness for public service before getting down to explaining what they're talking about. It may not be Fair, but it's a bit more Balanced :-) Of course, much of this may be a play by the "Senior US Defense Officials" to make sure he gets the point and does resign, rather than commentary by the news media, and/or an attempt to distance themselves from a couple of unpopular programs by sticking it on the designated fall guy, but it still couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Wired is a lot more enthusiastic in its comments than Reuters, which was terser. WaPo toadies up to him by starting out "John M. Poindexter, the retired rear admiral involved in the Pentagon's ill-fated plan", while Fox News says "The admiral who developed two controversial Pentagon database programs quickly killed by Congress" and goes on to make it clear that it's that nasty Congress's fault for refusing to fund Poindexter's cool programs. The real question is whether the administration and officials that rehired Poindexter and hired Ashcroft and Homeland Security will continue the same kinds of attacks on US civil liberties now that he's gone, and unfortunately, the answer is presumably yes.

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Man sues over DNA swabs during investigation (fwd)
by Jim Choate 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-08-01-give-back-dna_x.htm -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Crackers Tuning Up for Massive Net Attack (fwd)
by Jim Choate 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1208666,00.asp -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Judges OK evidence from hacker vigilante! (fwd)
by Jim Choate 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5058835.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: CA Gov calls Shrub Shrub
by Steve Schear 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

At 18:40 2003-08-01 -0400, Sunder wrote: >http://theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030731.ushrub0730/BNStory/… This week's Economist has an article which claims that Canada's cattle industry is losing $7.8 million (not sure if this is USD or CAD) per day due to the boycott. Japan has also restricted Canadian imports and has told the U.S. that if it starts re-importing Canadian beef it will restrict U.S imports as well because there is inadequate tracking of livestock once they enter the U.S. The article claims Canada is getting its just deserts for its earlier quick restrictions on Japanese and British BSE. steve "Il dulce far niente" The sweetness of doing nothing My unemployment motto

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CA Gov calls Shrub Shrub
by Sunder 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

http://theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030731.ushrub0730/BNStory/… ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :25Kliters anthrax, 38K liters botulinum toxin, 500 tons of /|\ \|/ :sarin, mustard and VX gas, mobile bio-weapons labs, nukular /\|/\ <--*-->:weapons.. Reasons for war on Iraq - GWB 2003-01-28 speech. \/|\/ /|\ :Found to date: 0. Cost of war: $800,000,000,000 USD. \|/ + v + : The look on Sadam's face - priceless! --------_sunder_(a)_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------

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The Great Debate Over Software Patents (fwd)
by Jim Choate 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

http://www.cio.com/archive/080103/debate_intro.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage(a)ssz.com jchoate(a)open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------

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[9fans] Call for Papers - 6th Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '04) (fwd)
by Jim Choate 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 1 Aug 2003 09:28:07 -0800 From: Alex Walker <alex(a)usenix.org> To: 9fans(a)cse.psu.edu Subject: [9fans] Call for Papers - 6th Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '04) The 6th Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '04) will take place December 6-8, 2004 at the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco, California, and we would like to encourage your participation. OSDI 2004 will bring together professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds in what has become a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implications of systems software. Paper submissions are due on May 14, 2004. This is a hard deadline -- no extensions will be given. Submission guidelines are available on our Web site: http://www.usenix.org/events/osdi04/cfp Emphasizing both innovative research and quantified experience, OSDI takes a broad view of the systems area and solicits contributions from all fields of systems practice including, but not limited to: operating systems, networking, file and storage systems, distributed systems, mobile systems, secure systems, embedded systems, and the interaction of hardware and software development. We particularly encourage contributions containing highly original ideas or groundbreaking results that push the frontier of systems research. The symposium will consist of 2.5 days of single-track technical sessions with presentations of refereed papers and a keynote address. A session of Work-in-Progress presentations is planned, and informal Birds-of-a-Feather sessions may be organized by attendees. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Eric Brewer and Peter Chen OSDI '04 Program Co-Chairs OSDI is Sponsored by the USENIX Association and co-sponsored by ACM SIGOPS

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