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Re: Money is about expected future value....nothing more, nothing less
by Marcel Popescu 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

From: "Tim May" <tcmay(a)got.net> > Nearly all forms of money are more like IOUs than any other single > description. Right. > With British money it is the Bank of England (so I hear, > but maybe it has changed to some sort of U.K. reference) that says > "Anyone who presents this IOU for 10 pounds will be given either > another IOU for the same amount or will be, sometimes, given gold or > silver." Wrong. I can do this - I can write IOUs "redeemable" in other IOUs or, "sometimes", in gold or silver. The reason the IOUs emitted by the Bank of England were *initially* accepted was that they were redeemable in gold or silver. *One* reason they are now accepted is that they are legal tender - you can pay your taxes with them, and companies are forbidden from accepting them as payment. Mark

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Re: Border
by wife 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

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Re: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures Of Vice President'S Hotel
by Mike Rosing 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote: > > Frankly, millions of these fascists need a simple solution: a tree, a > horse, and a rope. There aren't enough horses :-) Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike

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Re: If this be terrorism make the most of it!
by Morlock Elloi 07 Dec '02

07 Dec '02

This, with obligatory cameras in cybercafes, is just plugging the anonymity holes. Also, one of unmentioned consenquences is that any "security" will make self-organising networks harder to implement. Guess who benefits. But we will always have phone booths and acoustic couplers. ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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Re: How to Stop Telemarketers...
by Mike Rosing 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Tyler Durden wrote: > But I have utilized a stopgap strategy for a number of years now that has > worked pretty good: > > 1) If I hear silence for more than a moment or two I hang up the phone. Yeah, I've done that for a while now. But here in wisconsin (USA) we have a new law that goes into effect on Jan 1: The state maintains an official "no call" list. If your name is on the list and telemarketers call, the state can take them to court. I don't know how effective it'll be, but I think losing money in court would be enough of an incentive to pay attention to the list. If enough states do it the telemarketers may decide it's worth fighting in court. Life gets interesting at that point... Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike

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US Airways E-Savers to Paris
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06 Dec '02

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Cyberpunkish: Neuromancer mp3s
by Harmon Seaver 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

Check out http://neuromancer.einen.org/ for what seems to be William Gibson reading Neuromancer in it's entirety. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com

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How to Stop Telemarketers...
by Steve Schear 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Most Telemarketers use what is called Predictive Dialers, which are PCs with software that dials ever number in a phone exchange until it gets lucky. Now you can use their own technology against them, and it's legal... Here is how their system works: the dialer calls your number, you answer, and you have probably notice the line appears dead after you said, "Hello". What their computer is doing is listening for a short burst of audio, your "HELLO", followed by a period of silence. With this heard, it will log your phone number as valid and transfer the call to an available telemarketer, the reason for the delay before someone comes on line. Now, if their computer receives a long audio burst (an answering machine) " Hello, this is Alan Carlton", then it will disconnect, but it will log you phone number as valid, for a later call-back. Oh Lovely! Some are even capable of detecting Fax tones and will even transmit a fax trying to sell selling something you're probably are not interested in. However, do not answer, or when you do answer the phone, or if fax tones are detected, or if it detects an answering machine, in all four (4) cases IT LOGS YOUR NUMBER AS A GOOD PHONE NUMBER FOR FUTURE CALL- BACK --- PLUS THE COMPANY IS ALSO SELLING THESE VERIFIED VALID NUMBERS LIST TO OTHER TELEMARKETERS. A SIMPLE WAY TO STAY OFF THE LIST IS TO USE THEIR OWN TECHNOLOGY AGAINST THEM. The predictive dialer's software also looks for NON-valid phone numbers, and there is a simple way you can make your phone number appear invalid to the telemarketers' computers, thus they do not call back and accumulate no database, at least with your number, to sell other Telemarketers. Here is how to do it: If you call a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in service you will hear 3 short tones, "doo...dah...dee", thanks to Ma-Bell. Each time you Refresh this page you should hear, "doo...dah...dee". The actual frequency of these tones are 985.2 Hz, 1370.6 Hz, and 1776.7 Hz. Guess what the telemarketers' software does when it detects these 3 tones at the beginning of your outgoing message? It thinks it has reached a line that is disconnected or is no longer in service. So, it disconnects and does not log your phone number as a working number. BINGO! NOW record these onto you outgoing message or voice mail announcement, and start exterminating telemarketers. Try this example, but use your own name, "doo...dah...dee, Hello, This is Tyler Durden". It must be at the beginning of your announcement to work. You may have to explain it to you friends, but they will soon have it on theirs' too. CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK TO PLAY THE 3 TONES. http://www.flash.net/~carlton2/telemark.htm steve

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Re: Build It Rolling Your Own Tivo (fwd)
by Michael Cardenas 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Of course, you could do this yourself with a $199 microtel box from walmart and linux. Then you'd just have to add a $30 tv in card. On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:48:44PM -0600, Jim Choate wrote: > http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,692134,00.asp > > > > We don't see things as they are, ravage(a)ssz.com > we see them as we are. www.ssz.com > jchoate(a)open-forge.org > Anais Nin www.open-forge.org > > > -- michael cardenas | lead software engineer, lindows.com hyperpoem.net | GNU/Linux software developer people.debian.org/~mbc | encrypted email preferred "One evening I seated beauty on my knees. And I found her bitter, And I cursed her." - Arthur Rimbaud [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]

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Electric Scooter, the Number One Christmas Gift
by Electric Scooter 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

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