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GUARANTEED way to have more CREDIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS!! Time:8:39:11 PM
by cypherpunks＠penn.com 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Dear cyphlust, $$ GUARANTEED WAY TO QUICKLY HAVE EXCELLENT CREDIT!! $$ Dear Friend, Give yourself the ADVANTAGE of enjoying life more with EXCELLENT CREDIT!! Over the past 8 years I have perfected a system called the Proven Credit Advantage Program. It's a guaranteed way for legally getting an excellent credit rating almost instantly. Here's how: If you have bad credit you will simply go through my easy 5 step program to quickly get a new, legal, unblemished credit file and establish Excellent Credit. If you don't have bad credit, but want to make your existing credit EXCELLENT, we will go straight to STEP 5. Step 1 - Because no two people in the United States have the same Social Security Number, Banks and Creditors access your credit file almost entirely by your SS#. You will not want to change your Social Security Number because it is extremely difficult to do so and you need it for your Employment, Taxes and Social Security Benefits. The FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 clearly states that only the Government and your employer can force you to use your SS#. Because of this law you are allowed to legally use another 9 digit number to use in place of your Social Security # on credit applications. The first day you become our client, you will receive your own number through the Employer Identification Number Program. You will need us for this because 95% of all Employer Identification Numbers, although 9 digits, do not look anything like Social Security Numbers and cannot be used on credit applications. We will legally get you an Employer Identification Number that fits in the same range of Social Numbers in use today. Because the Federal Laws do not require you to give your SS# to anyone besides your Employer and the Government, you can now legally use this number in place of your SS# on credit applications. Remember, your new number will only be used for new credit. Step 2 - No two people with the same name have the same mailing address, so you will need to obtain a new mailing address for use on your new credit file. A friend, relative or mailbox address in your area will be perfect. Step 3 - No two people with the same name have the same telephone numbers, so you will also need a new telephone number for use on your new credit file. A friend, relative, voice mail or pager will again work perfectly. Step 4 - With your new Social Security number, new address and new telephone number we will open your new credit file. It will now be totally impossible for any creditor to know anything about your past credit history. Step 5- To guarantee that you will quickly have EXCELLENT CREDIT, we will assist you in instantly adding UNLIMITED positive information to your credit file. This is an unknown way of adding real accounts to your new credit file to give you an Excellent Credit Rating in less than 15 days. As you know, the more positive information on your credit file, the more money banks will lend you. Countless clients of ours have credit lines over $100,000 because of our Proven Credit Advantage Program! When we are finished you will receive a copy of your credit file proving that you now have excellent credit! This will take less than 15 days. You will now be able to easily qualify for ANY credit you apply for! To be on the road to EXCELLENT CREDIT simply send us your name, complete mailing address including zip code and telephone number (optional), along with a check, money order or credit card payable to American Financial Services Inc. for $29.95. All necessary paperwork will be priority mailed to you within 72 hours! $$$$ RISK FREE DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!! $$$$ My Proven Credit Advantage Program unconditionally guarantees you will qualify for personal loans, business loans, credit cards, auto loans, home loans and any other credit you apply for! If you are not able to qualify for credit after using my program, simply return your Proven Credit Advantage Program along with your denial letter and your $29.95 investment will be refunded DOUBLE! That's a $59.90 refund if this doesn't work like I said! I make this guarantee to you because the Proven Credit Advantage Program has already helped over 37,000 people just like you. I KNOW it works - all you need to do is sign up TODAY! I truly look forward to making you another SATISFIED CLIENT!! ------------------Print & Cut Order Form--------------------- Yes! I deserve excellent credit. Please enroll me in the Proven Credit Advantage Program. The following information is for our records only and does not need to be your new credit file information. *** Please Print Carefully *** NOTE: Orders cannot be processed without complete information. Credit cards must including your signature. NAME____________________________________________________ COMPANY NAME____________________________________________ CURRENT ADDRESS_________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER____________________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS___________________________________________ TYPE OF PAYMENT: ______CHECK/MONEY ORDER (Payable to American Financial Services Inc.) Credit Card orders please complete the following: ______VISA ______MASTERCARD _______AMEX_______ CREDIT CARD# __________________________________________ EXPIRATION DATE________________________________________ NAME ON CARD___________________________________________ TOTAL AMOUNT $29.95 DATE:x__________________ SIGNATURE(Required):x_________________________________ ___ Please e-mail me my PROVEN CREDIT ADVANTAGE PROGRAM to the above e-mail address. ___ Please send me my PROVEN CREDIT ADVANTAGE PROGRAM via United States Priority Mail to the above address. For CREDIT CARD ORDERS you may fax this form to us. 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110. For Check by FAX orders: ......................................................... Attach a completed and signed check here. Simply paste check here and FAX. 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110. Or mail to: American Financial Services Inc. Attn: Mike Robbins 311 N. Robertson Blvd. Suite 625 Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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Re: "Spoiling" digital cash
by Anonymous 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

"George" writes: > Th idea is, when buying some good or service with > digital cash, the customer first forwards the cash to the vendor > in some transformed way such that the vendor > can't yet spend it, but can verify that it is > good cash of the correct amount, and that > the customer will no longer be able to spend it. > > The idea is, if the vendor follows through on his side, > the customer will supply the additional information the > vendor will need to redeem the cash. The customer can still > rip the vendor off by refusing to do so, but he has no incentive, > the money's already gone for him. Conversely, an > unscrupulous "vendor" could in principle trick a customer > into throwing away money on nothing, but he would gain no profit > in doing so. Yep, see Marcus Jakobsson, "Ripping Coins for Fair Exchange", http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/markus/rip.ps. The idea is analogous to tearing a $100 bill in half and giving half to the taxi driver so he'll wait while you go take care of some business. The two halves together are worth $100, but either alone is worthless. Once you give him the first half you're out $100, so you have no incentive to cheat him by not giving the other half when you come back. A simplification of Jakobsson's scheme works with Chaumian blinded cash where the bank's RSA exponent e = e1*e2, where e1 > 1 is an odd integer and e2 is prime. The passenger (in the taxi example) withdrew the coin by choosing a value x which had some special structure, blinding it and getting a signature s on x such that s^e = x, mod n. To spend the coin normally he would reveal x and s which the bank would accept as it satisfies this relation. To rip the coin, the passenger gives the taxi driver t = s^e1, along with x. The driver can verify that t^e2 = s^(e1*e2) = s^e1 = x mod n which tells him that it is a real coin. He also sends (t, x) to the bank, which verifies that no such x has been spent before (no double spending) and also stores x as a ripped coin such that only the driver can spend it. When the passenger comes back he gives the taxi driver s, the real RSA signature, so the driver can now spend the coin for good. The passenger can't renege and spend the coin himself because the driver has put a block on that x value in the database.

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Threats to kill,"A cry for help"
by mattd 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

A doctor called Asperger that we'll call Hans Had plenty to do and plenty of plans To name a syndrome after himself So that people like me weren't left on the shelf Many years later thanks to Old Hans People were diagnosed and they became his fans Parents and doctors and teachers alike Understood Asperger Syndrome just like riding a bike They thanked Old Hans many years on As the diagnosis kept going on and on Lots of research does even more good Just like the books by Tony Attwood Hans Asperger is sadly no longer with us But he did leave a lot so that he could give us We thank him for making our lives much easier And I myself feel a whole lot pleasier. QUESTION: Where did the name Asperger Syndrome comes from? ANSWER: Hans Asperger, an Austrian scientist in 1944, discovered the syndrome. He found out why children and adults behaved differently from other people and linked it with autism, except that he found that these people had average or above average intelligence. The word Asperger also seems to be a Dutch word as a language translation website proved, the word means "sparrow grass" in English. We believe that the words Asperger and asparagus are related to each other as both words translate as exactly the same word. Someone also told me that the French word asperge also seems to be a translation for both Asperger and asparagus.

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will the real capitalism please stand up
by mattd 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Tim may or a pretender wrote "The solution is obvious: capitalism. The real one, not the fascist version." Objectivism the real thing? How do you separate fascism from capitalism?

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Free our friends,all slaves and prisoners of the state
by mattd 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

All drug war prisoners,leonard peltier,Mumia,chris boyce,robert hannsen,aldrich ames and all the other world patriots. Also killthepresidentthenthenextonethenthenextfasterpussycatkillkill.OSD international will shortly target US tourists. Punk's attack on the establishment and institutions of the day, its willingness to exploit taboos for fun and proffr, was supremely effective at getting up noses.

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GUARANTEED way to have more CREDIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS!! Time:8:39:07 PM
by cypherpunks＠vr.net 11 Dec '01

11 Dec '01

Dear cyphir666, $$ GUARANTEED WAY TO QUICKLY HAVE EXCELLENT CREDIT!! $$ Dear Friend, Give yourself the ADVANTAGE of enjoying life more with EXCELLENT CREDIT!! Over the past 8 years I have perfected a system called the Proven Credit Advantage Program. It's a guaranteed way for legally getting an excellent credit rating almost instantly. Here's how: If you have bad credit you will simply go through my easy 5 step program to quickly get a new, legal, unblemished credit file and establish Excellent Credit. If you don't have bad credit, but want to make your existing credit EXCELLENT, we will go straight to STEP 5. Step 1 - Because no two people in the United States have the same Social Security Number, Banks and Creditors access your credit file almost entirely by your SS#. You will not want to change your Social Security Number because it is extremely difficult to do so and you need it for your Employment, Taxes and Social Security Benefits. The FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 clearly states that only the Government and your employer can force you to use your SS#. Because of this law you are allowed to legally use another 9 digit number to use in place of your Social Security # on credit applications. The first day you become our client, you will receive your own number through the Employer Identification Number Program. You will need us for this because 95% of all Employer Identification Numbers, although 9 digits, do not look anything like Social Security Numbers and cannot be used on credit applications. We will legally get you an Employer Identification Number that fits in the same range of Social Numbers in use today. Because the Federal Laws do not require you to give your SS# to anyone besides your Employer and the Government, you can now legally use this number in place of your SS# on credit applications. Remember, your new number will only be used for new credit. Step 2 - No two people with the same name have the same mailing address, so you will need to obtain a new mailing address for use on your new credit file. A friend, relative or mailbox address in your area will be perfect. Step 3 - No two people with the same name have the same telephone numbers, so you will also need a new telephone number for use on your new credit file. A friend, relative, voice mail or pager will again work perfectly. Step 4 - With your new Social Security number, new address and new telephone number we will open your new credit file. It will now be totally impossible for any creditor to know anything about your past credit history. Step 5- To guarantee that you will quickly have EXCELLENT CREDIT, we will assist you in instantly adding UNLIMITED positive information to your credit file. This is an unknown way of adding real accounts to your new credit file to give you an Excellent Credit Rating in less than 15 days. As you know, the more positive information on your credit file, the more money banks will lend you. Countless clients of ours have credit lines over $100,000 because of our Proven Credit Advantage Program! When we are finished you will receive a copy of your credit file proving that you now have excellent credit! This will take less than 15 days. You will now be able to easily qualify for ANY credit you apply for! To be on the road to EXCELLENT CREDIT simply send us your name, complete mailing address including zip code and telephone number (optional), along with a check, money order or credit card payable to American Financial Services Inc. for $29.95. All necessary paperwork will be priority mailed to you within 72 hours! $$$$ RISK FREE DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!! $$$$ My Proven Credit Advantage Program unconditionally guarantees you will qualify for personal loans, business loans, credit cards, auto loans, home loans and any other credit you apply for! If you are not able to qualify for credit after using my program, simply return your Proven Credit Advantage Program along with your denial letter and your $29.95 investment will be refunded DOUBLE! That's a $59.90 refund if this doesn't work like I said! I make this guarantee to you because the Proven Credit Advantage Program has already helped over 37,000 people just like you. I KNOW it works - all you need to do is sign up TODAY! I truly look forward to making you another SATISFIED CLIENT!! ------------------Print & Cut Order Form--------------------- Yes! I deserve excellent credit. Please enroll me in the Proven Credit Advantage Program. The following information is for our records only and does not need to be your new credit file information. *** Please Print Carefully *** NOTE: Orders cannot be processed without complete information. Credit cards must including your signature. NAME____________________________________________________ COMPANY NAME____________________________________________ CURRENT ADDRESS_________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER____________________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS___________________________________________ TYPE OF PAYMENT: ______CHECK/MONEY ORDER (Payable to American Financial Services Inc.) Credit Card orders please complete the following: ______VISA ______MASTERCARD _______AMEX_______ CREDIT CARD# __________________________________________ EXPIRATION DATE________________________________________ NAME ON CARD___________________________________________ TOTAL AMOUNT $29.95 DATE:x__________________ SIGNATURE(Required):x_________________________________ ___ Please e-mail me my PROVEN CREDIT ADVANTAGE PROGRAM to the above e-mail address. ___ Please send me my PROVEN CREDIT ADVANTAGE PROGRAM via United States Priority Mail to the above address. For CREDIT CARD ORDERS you may fax this form to us. 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110. For Check by FAX orders: ......................................................... Attach a completed and signed check here. Simply paste check here and FAX. 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110. Or mail to: American Financial Services Inc. Attn: Mike Robbins 311 N. Robertson Blvd. Suite 625 Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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GUARANTEED way to have more CREDIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS!! Time:8:40:12 PM
by cypherpunks＠earthlink.com 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Dear cypr3ss, $$ GUARANTEED WAY TO QUICKLY HAVE EXCELLENT CREDIT!! $$ Dear Friend, Give yourself the ADVANTAGE of enjoying life more with EXCELLENT CREDIT!! Over the past 8 years I have perfected a system called the Proven Credit Advantage Program. It's a guaranteed way for legally getting an excellent credit rating almost instantly. Here's how: If you have bad credit you will simply go through my easy 5 step program to quickly get a new, legal, unblemished credit file and establish Excellent Credit. If you don't have bad credit, but want to make your existing credit EXCELLENT, we will go straight to STEP 5. Step 1 - Because no two people in the United States have the same Social Security Number, Banks and Creditors access your credit file almost entirely by your SS#. You will not want to change your Social Security Number because it is extremely difficult to do so and you need it for your Employment, Taxes and Social Security Benefits. The FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 clearly states that only the Government and your employer can force you to use your SS#. Because of this law you are allowed to legally use another 9 digit number to use in place of your Social Security # on credit applications. The first day you become our client, you will receive your own number through the Employer Identification Number Program. You will need us for this because 95% of all Employer Identification Numbers, although 9 digits, do not look anything like Social Security Numbers and cannot be used on credit applications. We will legally get you an Employer Identification Number that fits in the same range of Social Numbers in use today. Because the Federal Laws do not require you to give your SS# to anyone besides your Employer and the Government, you can now legally use this number in place of your SS# on credit applications. Remember, your new number will only be used for new credit. Step 2 - No two people with the same name have the same mailing address, so you will need to obtain a new mailing address for use on your new credit file. A friend, relative or mailbox address in your area will be perfect. Step 3 - No two people with the same name have the same telephone numbers, so you will also need a new telephone number for use on your new credit file. A friend, relative, voice mail or pager will again work perfectly. Step 4 - With your new Social Security number, new address and new telephone number we will open your new credit file. It will now be totally impossible for any creditor to know anything about your past credit history. Step 5- To guarantee that you will quickly have EXCELLENT CREDIT, we will assist you in instantly adding UNLIMITED positive information to your credit file. This is an unknown way of adding real accounts to your new credit file to give you an Excellent Credit Rating in less than 15 days. As you know, the more positive information on your credit file, the more money banks will lend you. Countless clients of ours have credit lines over $100,000 because of our Proven Credit Advantage Program! When we are finished you will receive a copy of your credit file proving that you now have excellent credit! This will take less than 15 days. You will now be able to easily qualify for ANY credit you apply for! To be on the road to EXCELLENT CREDIT simply send us your name, complete mailing address including zip code and telephone number (optional), along with a check, money order or credit card payable to American Financial Services Inc. for $29.95. All necessary paperwork will be priority mailed to you within 72 hours! $$$$ RISK FREE DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!! $$$$ My Proven Credit Advantage Program unconditionally guarantees you will qualify for personal loans, business loans, credit cards, auto loans, home loans and any other credit you apply for! If you are not able to qualify for credit after using my program, simply return your Proven Credit Advantage Program along with your denial letter and your $29.95 investment will be refunded DOUBLE! That's a $59.90 refund if this doesn't work like I said! I make this guarantee to you because the Proven Credit Advantage Program has already helped over 37,000 people just like you. I KNOW it works - all you need to do is sign up TODAY! I truly look forward to making you another SATISFIED CLIENT!! ------------------Print & Cut Order Form--------------------- Yes! I deserve excellent credit. Please enroll me in the Proven Credit Advantage Program. The following information is for our records only and does not need to be your new credit file information. *** Please Print Carefully *** NOTE: Orders cannot be processed without complete information. Credit cards must including your signature. NAME____________________________________________________ COMPANY NAME____________________________________________ CURRENT ADDRESS_________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER____________________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS___________________________________________ TYPE OF PAYMENT: ______CHECK/MONEY ORDER (Payable to American Financial Services Inc.) Credit Card orders please complete the following: ______VISA ______MASTERCARD _______AMEX_______ CREDIT CARD# __________________________________________ EXPIRATION DATE________________________________________ NAME ON CARD___________________________________________ TOTAL AMOUNT $29.95 DATE:x__________________ SIGNATURE(Required):x_________________________________ ___ Please e-mail me my PROVEN CREDIT ADVANTAGE PROGRAM to the above e-mail address. ___ Please send me my PROVEN CREDIT ADVANTAGE PROGRAM via United States Priority Mail to the above address. For CREDIT CARD ORDERS you may fax this form to us. 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110. For Check by FAX orders: ......................................................... Attach a completed and signed check here. Simply paste check here and FAX. 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110 1-310-934-6110. Or mail to: American Financial Services Inc. Attn: Mike Robbins 311 N. Robertson Blvd. Suite 625 Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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The Fading Altruism of Open Source Development
by Jim Choate 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_12/lancashire/ -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: eCash reported mortally wounded...
by Lucky Green 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

Eugene wrote: > On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Lucky Green wrote: > > > --Lucky, waiting patiently for 2005. > > Patent expiration date? Which one? US Patent 4759063 "Blind Signature Systems" will expire on July 19, 2005. Given that this is a Tuesday and taking into account that whoever may own the patents at that time is not about to file a patent infringement suit on Monday, the last day the patent is valid, I hereby announce a patent expiration party at my place on Saturday, July 16 2005. The day will come, --Lucky

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Crypto winter
by mattd 10 Dec '01

10 Dec '01

When the crap corporate media start to beat up an OSD scare,it might pay to be aware.Not fearful or defensive but aware. 3 things are lying around,1 is contract killing,as seen in prizzis honor,crimes and misdemeanors, etc. 2 is the www,something whipping out 5 kilometres of fibre optic as we speak.Not getting smaller or going away. 3 is injustice,something most children know about.So what if OSD puts these together,so anyone can. No one or no govt can stop 3 basic things being combined or eliminate even one without massive insane effort. Its the same as clipper,bio-warfare agents and nuclear knowledge.Its out there.Its also needed.We are facing a crisis that will make us rapidly extinct soon if we dont take action."Targeted action".Tim may be right about a crypto winter cos the scare campaign on OSD could be massive.They will huff and puff,yet more and more are getting their news from Independent media,so they'll lose there as well.I wrote on www.indymedia.org around april that we are approaching a phase transition.Jim bell wrote that it will seem like a roller coaster ride,but it will be worth it,for we will be free.Euletheria.

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