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Would you send money to Gary Rasmussen ?
by peter.allan＠aeat.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Gary Rasmussen (RagyR(a)aol.com) replies to me as below: Have people got a view on the second question ? I've had no contact with Gary before and he may very well be honest; but there's proper trust and there's stupidity. > Hi Peter, > > > I'm looking for Kahn's book. Have you an acccurate price now? > > A lot of copies (about 100) have been sold since .... > > > > (And is there anyone I'd know who'd suggest I send you money ?!) > > Good question, but very hard to answer since I don't know who you > know. Can tell you that I operate Classical Crypto Books primarily as > a service for other members of the ACA. Two possible references are > the current and past ACA presidents: > > jimg(a)mentat.com (Jim Gillogly, ACA President 1996-1998) > 75542.1003(a)CompuServe.COM (Randy Nichols, ACA President 1994-1996) > > Operating CCB is not my main occupation (by day I'm a scientist working > for MIT's Lincoln Lab). Can also say proudly that in 1.5 years of operating > CCB I haven't had any complaints. > > Please let me know if you have other questions or would like a complete > copy of the CCB catalog. > > Best Wishes, > Gary Rasmussen > Classical Crypto Books

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Re: Would you send money to Gary Rasmussen ?
by jimg＠mentat.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Yes, I've sent Gary Rasmussen (RagyR, Classical Crypto Books) money and received books. He's prompt and honest, in my experience, and even offered to refund my money on the latest edition of Kahn's "The Codebreakers" when I pointed out that there's very little new info in it (16 pages), and it's not integrated with the text, nor does it include the copious footnotes that make the original so valuable. I met him at the most recent American Cryptogram Association meeting, and he was efficient and personable there as well. In fact, I just sent him another $69.95 today for the Handbook of Applied Cryptography -- the ACA member price. His price breaks are usually much deeper for ACA members; evidently the margin is lower for modern low-volume professional texts like this than for the classical ones I usually buy. Jim Gillogly jim(a)acm.org > From: peter.allan(a)aeat.co.uk (Peter M Allan) > > > (And is there anyone I'd know who'd suggest I send you money ?!)

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Re: Social Security Fraud
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 1:15 AM 12/13/1996, Huge Cajones Remailer wrote: >>What laws would an employee violate? What are the chances of >>conviction? What are the likely penalties if convicted? > > ...upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000, or >imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both." Ouch! >.. . shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be >fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or >both." Yikes! Thanks to Catfish Friend for the fine research work. So how often are people prosecuted under these laws? That is, if you pay your taxes and don't steal from people, but do give your employer the wrong SS number, what are the odds that you will be prosecuted? If prosecuted, are the odds high that you will receive jail time? Assume a good lawyer, spotless criminal record, and a favored racial class. Red Rackham

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RE: Is This for Real?
by Blanc Weber 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: nobody(a)huge.cajones.com/aka Red Rackham It's not the Cypherpunks that are crazy - it's the world! ;-) ........................................................ That's right, Red. <g> Actually, I'm not in need of persuasion regarding the subject of evidence (anecdotal or otherwise). I'm aware of human nature and the frailties of intellect/psychology which can affect the results. It's easy to trust another's word when one does not have much knowledge of what can go wrong or doesn't know "how to know", or how to distinguish between fact & fancy. It's also easy to ignore evidence even when it is blatantly apparent, so that no amount of persuasion will convince a person to give up a mistaken conclusion. There are vested interests at work in the things people do, and it is sometimes shocking to realize that these have been at play when one wasn't expecting it, as in your example from Richard Feynman. That is why it is very important to always note whose interest is being served in any sort of persuasive bit of news from any source. A good question to keep in mind is "what are they trying to accomplish". .. Blanc > >

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CPU_two
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

12-13-96 "A hardware device may offer a solution to software virus problems" Calluna, a Scottish disc drive company, has developed a hardware product which it believes offers computers complete protection against viruses. It consists of a microprocessor on a small circuit board which is placed between the PC's hard disc drive and its system board, and which functions independently of the PC's own CPU as a second CPU. The microprocessor can be programmed to monitor all traffic being routed to the PC's hard disc drive. If it detects virus-like activity or any other illegal activity it alerts the user and allows the option of blocking access to the hard disc drive. The second CPU could also be allocated partitioned sections of the computer's hard drive to store all material downloaded from the Internet. Or the device could be used as a firewall to prevent unauthorised access to the PC's hard drive. [Might this have crypto use?] ----- CPU_two

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Re: Race and IQ
by E. Allen Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"ichudov(a)algebra.com" 14-DEC-1996 02:25:51.19 >From: TCMay: >> (For the curious, I am persuaded that there are minimal differences in >> "intelligence" between the several or many races, but that cultural and >> sociological factors strongly affect upbringing, learning, interest in >> doing well in school, ability on standardized tests, success in business >> matters, and so on.) It would appear that many of these factors that you mention are correlated together, based on that performance on IQ (and even more background-dependent standardized tests such as the SAT) is highly correlated with academic and business success. >A good point. I personally think that whatever we find -- whether there >are genetic differences or not -- is not terribly important since one >can make the most money by judging individual people by their merit. Agreed on both counts. The differences (whatever origin they have) detected by standardized tests between group averages are vastly outweighed by individual differences. >It is an interesting academic question, but for a businessman (absent >anti-discrimination laws) it is not very relevant. Quite. Unfortunately, the anti-discrimination laws make it hard to make use of all available data. I am not contending that businessmen should only use IQ tests... but that in almost all cases they are important as one data point that is not very expensive to gather. (For cases in which the free market is not operative (e.g., governments and monopolies), they have the additional advantage of not seeing the color of the person's skin or other information on which, for instance, an interviewer may be biased. The free market can take care of keeping businesses making rational decisions; non-market organizations are another matter.) -Allen

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Chek it out
by Zer0.Faith.Inc.＠website.chek.it.out 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/2608 It's Kool, but still under construction.

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Re: Redlining
by Matthew J. Miszewski 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 09:32 AM 12/12/96 -0800, Dale Thorn wrote: >Matthew J. Miszewski wrote: >> >(Those who don't believe me should get "Love Supreme" by John Coltrane >> >and listen to it carefully about 20 times. There are layers and Just for the record, I didn't say this. I believe it was Red. The thread has become so convoluted that I am only sure it wasnt me. ;-) Matt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMrLSibpijqL8wiT1AQHEoQP/f+G82ePBn6dlm7jgiaYZTalSm2xMAYEd S/wExEh86p0knbt4+fMmREQGR7PXyNJPyDknqSEkmyTh38QfwBwsuF20zEiUM4I2 gXR8e2zeuW1kB1L51PacusxSoAqR7FqIb2euwTlZ+K3GnZVpFPZmdZn03GaTGsvC yVfTehKEE2w= =QcKO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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NYC Area Cypherpunks meeting
by Marc J. Wohler 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The NewYork City area Cypherpunks will meet on the UpperWest Side of Manhattan. Date: Thursday 12/19/96 Time: 7:30 PM Place: The Club. Park Royal Hotel, 23 West 73rd Street. Between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenue. Subway stops: 72nd & Broadway #1 #9 #2 #3 (express stop) 72nd & Central Park West A or D trains Refreshments: BYOB & snacks. We can order out for dinner. All our welcome but please email me your intention to attend (if you have not already done so.) Marc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMqsDk2eikzgqLB7pAQHxFgP9FbdXYo4qiubH9zBFW+CdQb5LZVxKAhWB EwfV+2EquVT94dokYMN9P0n26ZIozJejpXf44QLLgNPvWHqHB8Wult/U7zyVeVid 1YVRftVFnxPlBjkabH5yGR8efP7L2i5Ynh5X8I0jFy9G8Wfilxsg8QT8r+eYtDWB g/b4Wpr0/0w= =CIyV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: ITARs effects (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi all, Forwarded message: > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 18:02:49 -0800 > From: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay(a)got.net> > Subject: Re: ITARs effects > > I certainly can't speak for Phil, but according to everything I have heard, > and according to several articles that have been written about the events > surrounding the release of PGP 1.0, Phil most definitely DID NOT place the > PGP 1.0 software on any kind of ftp site. > > (I believe that at that time, circa 1991, Phil did not even have any kind > of ISP or university Internet access which would have even made this > possible for him. In fact, I believe it was not until around 1993 that he > had a stable e-mail account.) I believe the first site to carry PGP 1.0 was Adelante BBS in Colorado where Phil was living at the time. I was a user of that site when 1.0 was put online and made publicaly available. I still have the Amiga disk those files were d/l'ed on. Somebody should ask Phil if he put v1.0 on any sites prior to Adelante. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com Best wishes and happy holidays to you all.

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