July 2018 - cypherpunks-legacy

Processor VIPER
by FOX2000＠go2.pl 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

I am a student from Poland. I learn in Zielona Gora on Technical University of Zielona Gora. I study computing and electronics. My science on that university persist five years, now I am on fifth year. My education on that of university ends when I write and execute M.A. thesis, therefore I apply to You. Subject of my work is "Modelling and Synthesis safety processor VIPER in VHDL". VIPER takes its name from "Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability" - it is the world's first microprocessor for safety-critical applications. VIPER is 32-bit microprocessor which invented at (RSRE) the UK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment for use in highly safety-critical military and civil systems. This processor is safety processor, which is used to steer systems, in which error, or mistake can't appear during work of system. These systems should characterize high precision of action. VIPER is used at nuclear plants, on board a missile, or at a chemical refinery, it's going to happen: a catastrophic computer- related disaster. My work, I execute in VHDL hardware description language. This language, I have known on studies. VHDL takes its name from "V - Very High Speed Integrated Circuit and HDL - Hardware Description Language". I apply to You; Do You know something about VIPER ?; perhaps Your friends know something about this processor. If You know something about VIPER, Could You make accessible me all materials, documentation, algorithm of programs in VHDL or another languages what You have. Thank You, I wait for answer Marek Salamaj My personal details: MAREK SALAMAJ e-mail: FOX2000(a)go2.pl

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Processor VIPER
by FOX2000＠go2.pl 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

I am a student from Poland. I learn in Zielona Gora on Technical University of Zielona Gora. I study computing and electronics. My science on that university persist five years, now I am on fifth year. My education on that of university ends when I write and execute M.A. thesis, therefore I apply to You. Subject of my work is "Modelling and Synthesis safety processor VIPER in VHDL". VIPER takes its name from "Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability" - it is the world's first microprocessor for safety-critical applications. VIPER is 32-bit microprocessor which invented at (RSRE) the UK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment for use in highly safety-critical military and civil systems. This processor is safety processor, which is used to steer systems, in which error, or mistake can't appear during work of system. These systems should characterize high precision of action. VIPER is used at nuclear plants, on board a missile, or at a chemical refinery, it's going to happen: a catastrophic computer- related disaster. My work, I execute in VHDL hardware description language. This language, I have known on studies. VHDL takes its name from "V - Very High Speed Integrated Circuit and HDL - Hardware Description Language". I apply to You; Do You know something about VIPER ?; perhaps Your friends know something about this processor. If You know something about VIPER, Could You make accessible me all materials, documentation, algorithm of programs in VHDL or another languages what You have. Thank You, I wait for answer Marek Salamaj My personal details: MAREK SALAMAJ e-mail: FOX2000(a)go2.pl

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Processor VIPER
by FOX2000＠go2.pl 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

I am a student from Poland. I learn in Zielona Gora on Technical University of Zielona Gora. I study computing and electronics. My science on that university persist five years, now I am on fifth year. My education on that of university ends when I write and execute M.A. thesis, therefore I apply to You. Subject of my work is "Modelling and Synthesis safety processor VIPER in VHDL". VIPER takes its name from "Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability" - it is the world's first microprocessor for safety-critical applications. VIPER is 32-bit microprocessor which invented at (RSRE) the UK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment for use in highly safety-critical military and civil systems. This processor is safety processor, which is used to steer systems, in which error, or mistake can't appear during work of system. These systems should characterize high precision of action. VIPER is used at nuclear plants, on board a missile, or at a chemical refinery, it's going to happen: a catastrophic computer- related disaster. My work, I execute in VHDL hardware description language. This language, I have known on studies. VHDL takes its name from "V - Very High Speed Integrated Circuit and HDL - Hardware Description Language". I apply to You; Do You know something about VIPER ?; perhaps Your friends know something about this processor. If You know something about VIPER, Could You make accessible me all materials, documentation, algorithm of programs in VHDL or another languages what You have. Thank You, I wait for answer Marek Salamaj My personal details: MAREK SALAMAJ e-mail: FOX2000(a)go2.pl

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[drone-list] DoJ Memo on targeted killing of Americans
by Al Mac Wow 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

The memo, as leaked thru NBC: http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/020413_DOJ_White_Paper.pdf A copy from DoJ without the annoying NBC watermarks, and with clarity of publication date: https://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/doj-lethal.pdf I uploaded to both my Scribd and Google Drive Drone info collections. Al Mac (WOW) = Alister William Macintyre _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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[p2p-hackers] Re: Memory and reputation calculation
by MULLER Guillaume 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Hi all, Right, I would have cited Dellarocas' papers also because he is the only one I know that worked on this subject. However, IMHO, his claim that size of history doesn't matter is false. He took this conclusion in very a specific domain that is eBay-like market-places with very specific assumption (cf. cited paper). My idea is that size of history DOES matter. Let's imagine a system (even eBay-like) where every agent *knows* that the history is a list of the X last encounters experiences. Then it is easy to see that cheating 1/X times is a strategy that pays off (particularly in systems where ratings might be noisy). IMHO, the key point with respect to the history is that others should not be able guess its size. If it has a fixed size, I believe it doesn't matter if (and only if) other can guess its size (and therefore cannot use strategy as described above). However, I'm sorry I didn't have time to make any experimentations, but I'd like to hear if anybody has. Regards G. MULLER -- *************** http://www.guillaume-muller.tk/ *************** *MULLER Guillaume *** *** Office : 532 * *Phone: 33 4 77 42 66 84 ** ** 29 rue des Frhres Ponchardier* *Fax: 33 4 77 42 66 66 *** *** 42023 Saint-Itienne CIDEX 2 * *Principe unixien : "faire une seule chose et la faire bien". * *************************************************************** _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list p2p-hackers(a)zgp.org http://zgp.org/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers _______________________________________________ Here is a web page listing P2P Conferences: http://www.neurogrid.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/PeerToPeerConferences ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]

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Re: [roy@rant-central.com: Re: [arma@mit.edu: Re: Wikipedia & Tor]]
by Jimmy Wales 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Eugen Leitl wrote: >>Wikipedia already needs this sort of thing because of AOL IPs -- they >>have similar characteristics to Tor, in that a single IP produces lots >>of behavior, some good some bad. > > > So Wikipedia understands that the transport layer isn't to blame, yet they > persist in asking for changes in the Tor transport to address the problem of > malicious users? *groan* Actually, the transport layer *is* to blame. I don't know how much more clear I can be about it. Because Tor users are almost universally bad, because almost no good edits come out of the Tor network, we block them. Why is it that Tor users are so bad? The main reason is that the anonymity provides them with cover. AOL users are sort of bad, but not universally bad. Why is that? It is in part because of the way their transport layer is designed. > That's not the perception they need to change. They need to realize that if an > avenue for action without responsibility exists, someone will use it. We *do* realize that. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Tor provides an avenue for action without responsibility, and people do use it. > Wikis get defaced all the time *without* AOL or Tor, because the philosophy allows > anyone to edit. It is that philosophy that is in error, not the transport > layers used by the vandals. If what you're saying is "I think it is fine for Wikipedia to block Tor," then you really aren't contributing productively to this conversation. There are some facts we know: we can usefully reduce the amount of anonymous grief we get by blocking Tor exit servers. So, this is what we are currently doing. I consider this unfortunate, but there you go. We are not looking for a perfect solution. Yes, Wikis will be vandalized. We're prepared to deal with that, we do deal with that. But what I am seeking is some efforts to think usefully about how to helpfully reconcile our dual goals of openness and privacy. I don't say "privacy is wrong, so Tor should change their philosophy". I make no apologies for simply ignoring you if you say that "openness is wrong, so Wikipedia should change their philosophy." > Roger gets it. The Wikipedians don't. What is it that we don't get? This thread started off because a Tor server complained to me about the blocking, and part of my response is that one beef I have is that some people in the Tor community seem very happy to simply stick their heads in the sand and pretend that "Wikipedians don't get it". That's not helpful. --Jimbo ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]

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[Clips] nCipher celebrates its 10th anniversary as encryption goes mainstream
by R.A. Hettinga 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

<http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9719> | NetworkWorld.com Community NetworkWorld.com > Community > blogs > nCipherpr1's blog nCipher celebrates its 10th anniversary as encryption goes mainstream By nCipherpr1* on Thu, 12/14/2006 - 1:15pm After ten years, nCipher continues to meet the challenges of digital data protection December 14, 2006 - Cryptography increasingly plays a central role in the fight to protect critical enterprise information, according to nCipher plc (LSE:NCH), a global leader in protecting critical enterprise data, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. Founded in late 1996, nCipher developed the world's first security module specifically designed to protect private personal information as it was transmitted over the internet. The familiar 'padlock' icon in the corner of a web browser window was, for most people, their first exposure to digital encryption and it has rapidly become a vital enabling technology in the growth of e-commerce. Today encryption is being applied ever more widely to protect sensitive data throughout enterprises, both at rest within databases or storage systems, while being processed within software applications, and in transit. "Digital data now is no more sensitive than it was ten years ago, but there is now even more of it and even more people want access to it anytime and from any location, so business agility has become the name of the game." says Alex van Someren, chief executive officer at nCipher. "The challenge now for many companies is to open up their internal systems for greater flexibility, while at the same time recognizing the extremely high level of scrutiny and regulatory pressure around the privacy and integrity of personal and corporate information. With traditional network boundaries disappearing, this more 'data-centric' approach to security means that critical information needs protecting wherever it is. Cryptography, the science of encryption, can do this and nCipher's business is to help ensure it is done efficiently and securely." "While enterprises increasingly need to deploy a strong cryptographic foundation for data security, the focus now is less on details, such as algorithms and key lengths, and more on practices and policies. It is just as important to manage the distribution and recovery of cryptographic keys, and control the rights to access those keys, to secure the data they protect," says Dr Nicko van Someren, chief technology officer at nCipher. "Get it wrong, and management costs will explode. Worse still, lose the keys and there is the potential for creating the equivalent of a giant electronic document shredder since encrypted data can effectively never be recovered without the correct key." nCipher is building on its history of advanced security technology to create solutions which enable organizations to define who can access critical data, to protect data both in transit and at rest, and to comply with the growing volume of privacy-driven legislation and regulations. In technology terms this means a tight integration between cryptography, identity management, strong authentication, workflow administration and auditing functions. "Ten years after the foundation of nCipher, the use of cryptography is rapidly becoming mainstream. Microsoft's latest Vista operating system contains important new security features, including better protection of data with encryption, while PCs and laptops from most of the leading computer companies now contain hardware chips dedicated to encryption and protecting keys." says Alex van Someren. "Looking to the future, nCipher's core cryptographic expertise and strong financial position ensure that it is ideally positioned to help its customers around the world deploy complete enterprise data protection solutions, while managing cost and complexity, to demonstrate regulatory compliance." nCipher solutions at a glance: Data Encryption nCipher's data protection suite combines encryption software, robust access controls and cryptographic hardware to deliver critical data security across the extended enterprise. This allows information to be secured at the application, database, file or document level across multiple locations. Enterprise Key Management nCipher offers centralized cryptographic key management and automated key delivery to distributed applications and geographically dispersed locations. This drives lower operational costs and increased accountability by unifying and automating this critical aspect of security management. Identity Management Last year nCipher acquired a major stake in Abridean Inc., a leading provider of user management and provisioning systems, to enable organizations to automate and manage all activities associated with adding, maintaining and removing users, their digital identities, credentials and entitlements. Their software solution delivers centralized management of security policies and access privileges to critical applications, data and resources. Cryptographic Hardware nCipher's range of Federally-validated cryptographic hardware platforms allow organizations to go beyond software based security techniques to secure encryption and signing keys, protect sensitive application code, prove the authenticity of documents and accelerate SSL and other high capacity cryptographic operations. *Member for 1 day 13 hours -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.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' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.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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[p2p-hackers] Re: Memory and reputation calculation
by MULLER Guillaume 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Hi all, Right, I would have cited Dellarocas' papers also because he is the only one I know that worked on this subject. However, IMHO, his claim that size of history doesn't matter is false. He took this conclusion in very a specific domain that is eBay-like market-places with very specific assumption (cf. cited paper). My idea is that size of history DOES matter. Let's imagine a system (even eBay-like) where every agent *knows* that the history is a list of the X last encounters experiences. Then it is easy to see that cheating 1/X times is a strategy that pays off (particularly in systems where ratings might be noisy). IMHO, the key point with respect to the history is that others should not be able guess its size. If it has a fixed size, I believe it doesn't matter if (and only if) other can guess its size (and therefore cannot use strategy as described above). However, I'm sorry I didn't have time to make any experimentations, but I'd like to hear if anybody has. Regards G. MULLER -- *************** http://www.guillaume-muller.tk/ *************** *MULLER Guillaume *** *** Office : 532 * *Phone: 33 4 77 42 66 84 ** ** 29 rue des Frhres Ponchardier* *Fax: 33 4 77 42 66 66 *** *** 42023 Saint-Itienne CIDEX 2 * *Principe unixien : "faire une seule chose et la faire bien". * *************************************************************** _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list p2p-hackers(a)zgp.org http://zgp.org/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers _______________________________________________ Here is a web page listing P2P Conferences: http://www.neurogrid.net/twiki/bin/view/Main/PeerToPeerConferences ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]

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Re: [roy@rant-central.com: Re: [arma@mit.edu: Re: Wikipedia & Tor]]
by Jimmy Wales 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Eugen Leitl wrote: >>Wikipedia already needs this sort of thing because of AOL IPs -- they >>have similar characteristics to Tor, in that a single IP produces lots >>of behavior, some good some bad. > > > So Wikipedia understands that the transport layer isn't to blame, yet they > persist in asking for changes in the Tor transport to address the problem of > malicious users? *groan* Actually, the transport layer *is* to blame. I don't know how much more clear I can be about it. Because Tor users are almost universally bad, because almost no good edits come out of the Tor network, we block them. Why is it that Tor users are so bad? The main reason is that the anonymity provides them with cover. AOL users are sort of bad, but not universally bad. Why is that? It is in part because of the way their transport layer is designed. > That's not the perception they need to change. They need to realize that if an > avenue for action without responsibility exists, someone will use it. We *do* realize that. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Tor provides an avenue for action without responsibility, and people do use it. > Wikis get defaced all the time *without* AOL or Tor, because the philosophy allows > anyone to edit. It is that philosophy that is in error, not the transport > layers used by the vandals. If what you're saying is "I think it is fine for Wikipedia to block Tor," then you really aren't contributing productively to this conversation. There are some facts we know: we can usefully reduce the amount of anonymous grief we get by blocking Tor exit servers. So, this is what we are currently doing. I consider this unfortunate, but there you go. We are not looking for a perfect solution. Yes, Wikis will be vandalized. We're prepared to deal with that, we do deal with that. But what I am seeking is some efforts to think usefully about how to helpfully reconcile our dual goals of openness and privacy. I don't say "privacy is wrong, so Tor should change their philosophy". I make no apologies for simply ignoring you if you say that "openness is wrong, so Wikipedia should change their philosophy." > Roger gets it. The Wikipedians don't. What is it that we don't get? This thread started off because a Tor server complained to me about the blocking, and part of my response is that one beef I have is that some people in the Tor community seem very happy to simply stick their heads in the sand and pretend that "Wikipedians don't get it". That's not helpful. --Jimbo ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]

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[Clips] nCipher celebrates its 10th anniversary as encryption goes mainstream
by R.A. Hettinga 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

<http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9719> | NetworkWorld.com Community NetworkWorld.com > Community > blogs > nCipherpr1's blog nCipher celebrates its 10th anniversary as encryption goes mainstream By nCipherpr1* on Thu, 12/14/2006 - 1:15pm After ten years, nCipher continues to meet the challenges of digital data protection December 14, 2006 - Cryptography increasingly plays a central role in the fight to protect critical enterprise information, according to nCipher plc (LSE:NCH), a global leader in protecting critical enterprise data, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. Founded in late 1996, nCipher developed the world's first security module specifically designed to protect private personal information as it was transmitted over the internet. The familiar 'padlock' icon in the corner of a web browser window was, for most people, their first exposure to digital encryption and it has rapidly become a vital enabling technology in the growth of e-commerce. Today encryption is being applied ever more widely to protect sensitive data throughout enterprises, both at rest within databases or storage systems, while being processed within software applications, and in transit. "Digital data now is no more sensitive than it was ten years ago, but there is now even more of it and even more people want access to it anytime and from any location, so business agility has become the name of the game." says Alex van Someren, chief executive officer at nCipher. "The challenge now for many companies is to open up their internal systems for greater flexibility, while at the same time recognizing the extremely high level of scrutiny and regulatory pressure around the privacy and integrity of personal and corporate information. With traditional network boundaries disappearing, this more 'data-centric' approach to security means that critical information needs protecting wherever it is. Cryptography, the science of encryption, can do this and nCipher's business is to help ensure it is done efficiently and securely." "While enterprises increasingly need to deploy a strong cryptographic foundation for data security, the focus now is less on details, such as algorithms and key lengths, and more on practices and policies. It is just as important to manage the distribution and recovery of cryptographic keys, and control the rights to access those keys, to secure the data they protect," says Dr Nicko van Someren, chief technology officer at nCipher. "Get it wrong, and management costs will explode. Worse still, lose the keys and there is the potential for creating the equivalent of a giant electronic document shredder since encrypted data can effectively never be recovered without the correct key." nCipher is building on its history of advanced security technology to create solutions which enable organizations to define who can access critical data, to protect data both in transit and at rest, and to comply with the growing volume of privacy-driven legislation and regulations. In technology terms this means a tight integration between cryptography, identity management, strong authentication, workflow administration and auditing functions. "Ten years after the foundation of nCipher, the use of cryptography is rapidly becoming mainstream. Microsoft's latest Vista operating system contains important new security features, including better protection of data with encryption, while PCs and laptops from most of the leading computer companies now contain hardware chips dedicated to encryption and protecting keys." says Alex van Someren. "Looking to the future, nCipher's core cryptographic expertise and strong financial position ensure that it is ideally positioned to help its customers around the world deploy complete enterprise data protection solutions, while managing cost and complexity, to demonstrate regulatory compliance." nCipher solutions at a glance: Data Encryption nCipher's data protection suite combines encryption software, robust access controls and cryptographic hardware to deliver critical data security across the extended enterprise. This allows information to be secured at the application, database, file or document level across multiple locations. Enterprise Key Management nCipher offers centralized cryptographic key management and automated key delivery to distributed applications and geographically dispersed locations. This drives lower operational costs and increased accountability by unifying and automating this critical aspect of security management. Identity Management Last year nCipher acquired a major stake in Abridean Inc., a leading provider of user management and provisioning systems, to enable organizations to automate and manage all activities associated with adding, maintaining and removing users, their digital identities, credentials and entitlements. Their software solution delivers centralized management of security policies and access privileges to critical applications, data and resources. Cryptographic Hardware nCipher's range of Federally-validated cryptographic hardware platforms allow organizations to go beyond software based security techniques to secure encryption and signing keys, protect sensitive application code, prove the authenticity of documents and accelerate SSL and other high capacity cryptographic operations. *Member for 1 day 13 hours -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.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' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.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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