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Re: in praise of gold
by Faustine 02 Dec '01

02 Dec '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Morlock Elloi wrote: Faustine wrote: > Any relationship based on desperation or one partner's dysfunctional clingy > need is a complete waste of time. So if you seem to be spending a lot of time > around women who want to mash you down into a mold of some cartoonish happy- > ever-after "ideal", perhaps it's time to look at why you keep choosing and > ending up with them. If you were drawn to strong-willed independent women > instead, I can assure you that you'd be facing an entirely different spectrum > of dysfunctionality. ;) >>The cpunk relevance evades me, but ... Slim to none, actually. Just my two cents in response to various bitter observations to the effect that all women are money-mad golddiggers hell bent on luring hapless men to their doom in the name of providing for large litters of genetically superior offspring, who eventually nag them to death in the name of changing for "a relationship". Or something. >>The 'relationship' is a product of some need, and classifying that need as >>clingy or something else is arbitrary and subjective. Of course. Since when was a value judgment ever anything else? >>You invent 'drawn' as something that is not-clingy-need. Semantic nonsense. Too bad you seemed to have missed the entire point of the passage: if your relationships are making you bitter and miserable, there's no sense in blaming the other half of the human race for whatever weaknesses of your own cause you to keep seeking out the same old archetypically shitty situations. Proclaiming all "men are x" or "all women are y" as some sort of excuse for why you've proven yourself unfit for human companionship is nothing more than a cop-out. So it seems to me, at any rate. ~Faustine. *** The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms. - --William O. Douglas, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. (Diffie-Helman/DSS-only version) iQA/AwUBPAqlePg5Tuca7bfvEQLZDACffRSyj+BBbaYbYIZvspmsEFZKNZwAn2/O TGNJU1oiUGHRDKiUS5VO3kN3 =KeKr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: 256 Bit Encryption for Secure Email and Secure Online File Storage
by Jonny Weron 02 Dec '01

02 Dec '01

>Another proprietary key format. Why not base such a system on OpenPGP? > >Hmm. AES-256 with SHA-256? Children, what's wrong with the balance >in this system? > >How does a user verify authenticity of another user's public key? > >Aside from being incompatible with anything else on the net, how is this >different or more secure than Hushmail? Than Cryptomail.org? The AES-256 is used independently from SHA-256 and for a different purpose. One is used for encryption, the other for hashing. If youd like to match crypto level provided by the hash, you would have to apply something like SHA-512, but that is irrelevant. SHA-256 is a convenient way of hashing passphrases into 256-bit symmetric key-material used to initialize key vectors in the AES. I would suggest you should look into the source code (available from the <a href="http://www.cryptoheaven.com">CryptoHeaven</a> web site) before making such trivial but misleading comments. Also, proprietary key format is not such a bad idea as long as the source is open for review. OpenPGP standard involves much more than simple RSA key, and any software using it is prone to the possible errors that may come with it. Making a simpler key format with only the very things that are necessary make it easier to maintain and it is easier to verify correctness of implementation. So what about Hushmail you ask. For one, CryptoHeaven does not require you to send your encrypted private key to the server making CryptoHeaven a much more secure solution. Furthermore, CryptoHeaven includes things like secure multi party folder sharing and multi user discussions which are not available in other systems. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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02 Dec '01

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: Guardian Unlimited Observer | International | FBI agents rebel over new powers
by mattd 02 Dec '01

02 Dec '01

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02 Dec '01

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by mattd 02 Dec '01

02 Dec '01

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dead reporter found in motel
by mattd 02 Dec '01

02 Dec '01

Kyneton,victoria au.Nov 2001.Wired reporter declan mc cullagh was found dead today in a country motel. Both wrists were deeply slashed with a stanley Knife and police say there are no suspicious circumstances. Though working on an esoteric story about a prototype internet weirdo,mc cullagh was said by a friend called 'measl' to be depressed.A washington lobby group known as the Cato institute is paying to have mr mc cullaghs ashes flown back home where they may be scattered over the city he loved.A huge crowd is expected inc many libertarians. Severance Package Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban's big kahuna, is floating an idea that a lot of publishers might find tempting: Shoot a reporter and get $50,000.

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The Cato Institute,a 'Libertarian' organisation.
by mattd 02 Dec '01

02 Dec '01

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VOTE for DECLAN
by mattd 02 Dec '01

02 Dec '01

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400 motels
by mattd 02 Dec '01

02 Dec '01

Im a writer like your an anarchist. I did read a funny story in PC authority,this systems consultant gets paid an exorbinate fee to test an array for redundancy. The one and only test is a classic,first ask sweaty designer/contractor; "you have absolute faith that taking one server out will not bring down the lot?" When the answer is ,"yes" Go out to car and come back with large chainsaw,hold over individual machine and 'hey presto' Maybe its not totally secure just yet. True (magazine) story,I think by guy named 'honeyball.' I got an offwire from 'pugsley',Ill ask him if you can see it if you like.As far as OSD goes,I see the gays are practising strategic melt so Im hoping sea sheperd might fill the breach.The lunar anti-abortion right are getting a head start!

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