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by Fountain Of Joy 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

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by sales1 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

Estimado Cliente, Mi nombre es David, Yo represento a la compania Compu Expert Distribution, que esta situada en la Ciudad de Indusrty, CA en los Estados Unidos de America. La compania tiene mas de tres anos en el mercado. Tenemos clientes a nivel mundial. Por ejemplo tenemos clientes en Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, etc. etc. Algunos de nuestros productos incluyen disco compactos grabables de todo tipo, tamano, color y de mejor calidad (grado A) a un precio "increible". Nosotros no solamente ofrecemos la mejor calidad, pero tambien al mejor precio porque tenemos el apoyo total de nuestras fabricas. Le garantizamos que nuestro precio es el mas bajo en el mercado . Nos dedicamos a servir clientes de mundo entero, pero especialmente al continente americano. Nuestras variedades de productos son unicos en California, desde discos compactos regulares para grabar (74min/80min, plata/plata, oro/oro, oro/azul, de colores "rojas, amarilla, naranja, azul, negro, verde", regrabables, de tres pulgadas, estilo de tarjeta de negocio, rectangular, etc) , DVD-R y muchos mas productos disponibles. Nuestra compania ofrece discos compactos de la misma calidad como los producidos por la compania Japonesa Sony. Espero que les pueda ayudar a su negocio, porque comprando de nuestra compania les va a ahorrar mucho dinero y ademas sus clientes van a estar muy contento de la calidad del producto. Llamame hoy, mi numero telefonico es (626) 581-3777. Y mi extension es 107. Si no puedes llamarme, tambien me puedes responder por la email. Ahora tambien tenemos un nuevo producto que se llama "3 in 1 label kit", este es un aparato que es usado para etiquetear 3 tipos de discos( CD-R, 3" y discos de tipo tarjeta de negocio), este producto ya viene con etiquetas incluidas y tambien el software para su uso imediamente. Tambien vendemos las etiquetas por separado en caso de que necesites mas. Somos la unica compania que ofrece este tipo de aplicador y tenemos el derecho reservado en America. Tambien ofrecemos el compact flash memoria que se utilizan para camaras digitales y computadoras portatiles de excellente calidad y a un excellente precio. Si esta interesado, dejeme saber para poder enviarle muestra gratis de nuestros excellentes productos y si tiene alguna pregunta no dudes en llamame or enviarme una email. Nuestra pagina de la web esta lista para su informacion. Que tenga un buen dia y espero escuchar de usted muy pronto. Atado a este email estan los archivos que contienen una lista de precios de nuestros productos. Respetuosamente David Tel(626)581-3777 ext107 Fax(626)581-3778 Mi email es dyao(a)compuexpertusa.com Compu Expert Distribution, Inc. 18539 E. Gale Ave City of Industry, CA 91748 U.S.A David Compu Expert Distribution, Inc. 18539 E. Gale Ave., City of Industry, CA 91748 U.S.A Tel: (626)581-3777 ext 107 Fax:(626)581-3778 email: dyao(a)compuexpertusa.com website: www.compuexpertusa.com

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Matt - FBI Oversight by Bootlicking Senators?
by Jim Bovard 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

Matt: Thought you might get a laugh out of this piece on the Senate Judiciary Committee's first FBI oversight hearing. I don't think there is going to be any BS shortage in Washington this summer. take it easy Jim Bovard's Batterings June 22, 2001 American Spectator Online www.spectator.org FBI Oversight by Bootlicking Senators? By James Bovard The Constitution has been saved! The Senate Judiciary Committee last week held the first of a series of oversight hearings on the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) set a lofty tone in his opening statement: "Our purpose in holding these hearings is to find ways to restore confidence in the FBI, not to tear it down. There are many irresponsible critics of the FBI who promote their conspiracy theories on Internet Websites and in the popular media." However, anyone who sat through the hearing would have to wonder which is more deluded -- the typical anti-FBI website or the U.S. Senate. The senators supposedly came to discover and proclaim truth. Instead, they did as they usually do -- they groveled at the mere mention of the FBI and competed to heap laurels on the heads of federal agents. The only thing that kept most senators from actually licking boots was FBI Director Louis Freeh's decision to spurn Leahy's invitation to testify at the hearing. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal), in her opening statement, proudly announced that "I went through the Ruby Ridge hearings and I went through the Waco hearings," which the Senate Judiciary committee conducted in 1995. Her choice of words is accurate: She had sat there like a potted plant during those hearings -- except when she made inane comments or sought to impede other senators from uncovering federal malfeasance. A big clue that Wednesday's hearing was a farce was the lead-off witness: John "Saint Jack" Danforth, Janet Reno's hand-picked special counsel on Waco. Danforth was his usual pious self, repeatedly assuring senators that the FBI did nothing "dark" at Waco. Danforth's remarks stirred no controversy -- in the committee's view, evidently, there couldn't be anything "dark" about sending in tanks in broad daylight to gas young children. Senators are anguishing over the need to create a new oversight mechanism to make double-sure that all FBI agents obey the law. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) announced a bill to create a "blue ribbon commission to conduct a top-to-bottom review" of the FBI. Their press release noted that the commission would "be made up of top law enforcement experts." Schumer hailed the FBI as "the premier law enforcement agency in the world" and Hatch gushed that the FBI is "one of the finest law enforcement agencies in the world." It is most ironic to have Schumer and Hatch in the forefront of FBI "reform" -- since they were two of the biggest FBI apologists. Hatch worked mightily in 1995 to block Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)'s valiant efforts to conduct an investigation into federal abuses at Ruby Ridge. Hatch even publicly praised FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi - who killed Vicki Weaver as she stood in her cabin door holding her baby -- as a "great American hero." Schumer was the Clinton administration's point person during the House hearings on Waco in the summer of 1995. Schumer continually derided and sneered at any suggestion that the FBI had done anything less than laudatory during its siege and final assault on the Branch Davidians. Schumer did more than any other congressman to protect the FBI coverup on Waco. (During the hearing Wednesday, Schumer congratulated Danforth for doing a great job with his Waco investigation). In sharp contrast to all the other committee members, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) has consistently and courageously pursued allegations of FBI abuses. Grassley is one of the few Republicans who does not instinctively cringe and kowtow at any mention of the FBI's name. Nor does he spend half his allotted speaking time at hearings apologizing for raising any doubts about the FBI's infallibility. Grassley derided the notion of appointing an "FBI Review Commission." He noted that the "end result" of commissions to investigate the FBI "has usually been that the FBI ends up with a bigger budget, more jurisdiction, and the Director [of the FBI] walks out with a nice pat on the back." The same could be said of the response by Congress to most of the FBI fiascoes of the last decade. After the FBI sent in the tanks at Waco, Congress provided a hefty budget increase to expand its Hostage Rescue Team. (FBI reforms are percolating elsewhere in Washington. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday - a few minutes before the start of the Senate hearing -- his plans to create a Strategic Management Council for the FBI, stocked with plenty of insiders from federal law enforcement. Also on Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee passed a bill to create an Inspector General for the FBI.) There was scant awareness at the hearing that part of the blame for FBI misconduct rests on the U.S. Senate - especially on the Judiciary Committee -- for its lax oversight. Instead, senators speak as if FBI abuses were something that "just happened" in spite of the explicit wishes of Senate Judiciary Committee members for the FBI to "play fair and square." The Senate has been criminally negligent in overseeing federal law enforcement -- and now we are supposed to be thrilled that some senators are calling for the appointment of another review commission. Charles Carroll of Maryland, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, declared that it was the task of elected representatives "to examine severely, and judge impartially the conduct and the measures of those employed in the administration, to represent the grievances, and watch over the liberties and the properties of the people of this nation." Carroll's concept of a representative's duty seems even more archaic than George Washington's wooden teeth. James Madison's scheme for a "balance of power" between the legislative and executive branches did not assume that senators would perennially prostrate themselves before the feet of federal lawmen. The Judiciary Committee is planning to conduct other FBI "oversight" hearings. Perhaps more senators will leave their knee-pads at home for the next round of questioning. Perhaps Grassley's example and record will finally inspire his fellows. Perhaps Leahy will surprise and silence cynics by resolutely pursuing the hard facts underlying the FBI's greatest controversies. Perhaps... James Bovard is the author of "Feeling Your Pain": The Explosion & Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years (St. Martin's Press, 2000). ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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Matt - FBI Oversight by Bootlicking Senators?
by Jim Bovard 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

Matt: Thought you might get a laugh out of this piece on the Senate Judiciary Committee's first FBI oversight hearing. I don't think there is going to be any BS shortage in Washington this summer. take it easy Jim Bovard's Batterings June 22, 2001 American Spectator Online www.spectator.org FBI Oversight by Bootlicking Senators? By James Bovard The Constitution has been saved! The Senate Judiciary Committee last week held the first of a series of oversight hearings on the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) set a lofty tone in his opening statement: "Our purpose in holding these hearings is to find ways to restore confidence in the FBI, not to tear it down. There are many irresponsible critics of the FBI who promote their conspiracy theories on Internet Websites and in the popular media." However, anyone who sat through the hearing would have to wonder which is more deluded -- the typical anti-FBI website or the U.S. Senate. The senators supposedly came to discover and proclaim truth. Instead, they did as they usually do -- they groveled at the mere mention of the FBI and competed to heap laurels on the heads of federal agents. The only thing that kept most senators from actually licking boots was FBI Director Louis Freeh's decision to spurn Leahy's invitation to testify at the hearing. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal), in her opening statement, proudly announced that "I went through the Ruby Ridge hearings and I went through the Waco hearings," which the Senate Judiciary committee conducted in 1995. Her choice of words is accurate: She had sat there like a potted plant during those hearings -- except when she made inane comments or sought to impede other senators from uncovering federal malfeasance. A big clue that Wednesday's hearing was a farce was the lead-off witness: John "Saint Jack" Danforth, Janet Reno's hand-picked special counsel on Waco. Danforth was his usual pious self, repeatedly assuring senators that the FBI did nothing "dark" at Waco. Danforth's remarks stirred no controversy -- in the committee's view, evidently, there couldn't be anything "dark" about sending in tanks in broad daylight to gas young children. Senators are anguishing over the need to create a new oversight mechanism to make double-sure that all FBI agents obey the law. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) announced a bill to create a "blue ribbon commission to conduct a top-to-bottom review" of the FBI. Their press release noted that the commission would "be made up of top law enforcement experts." Schumer hailed the FBI as "the premier law enforcement agency in the world" and Hatch gushed that the FBI is "one of the finest law enforcement agencies in the world." It is most ironic to have Schumer and Hatch in the forefront of FBI "reform" -- since they were two of the biggest FBI apologists. Hatch worked mightily in 1995 to block Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)'s valiant efforts to conduct an investigation into federal abuses at Ruby Ridge. Hatch even publicly praised FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi - who killed Vicki Weaver as she stood in her cabin door holding her baby -- as a "great American hero." Schumer was the Clinton administration's point person during the House hearings on Waco in the summer of 1995. Schumer continually derided and sneered at any suggestion that the FBI had done anything less than laudatory during its siege and final assault on the Branch Davidians. Schumer did more than any other congressman to protect the FBI coverup on Waco. (During the hearing Wednesday, Schumer congratulated Danforth for doing a great job with his Waco investigation). In sharp contrast to all the other committee members, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) has consistently and courageously pursued allegations of FBI abuses. Grassley is one of the few Republicans who does not instinctively cringe and kowtow at any mention of the FBI's name. Nor does he spend half his allotted speaking time at hearings apologizing for raising any doubts about the FBI's infallibility. Grassley derided the notion of appointing an "FBI Review Commission." He noted that the "end result" of commissions to investigate the FBI "has usually been that the FBI ends up with a bigger budget, more jurisdiction, and the Director [of the FBI] walks out with a nice pat on the back." The same could be said of the response by Congress to most of the FBI fiascoes of the last decade. After the FBI sent in the tanks at Waco, Congress provided a hefty budget increase to expand its Hostage Rescue Team. (FBI reforms are percolating elsewhere in Washington. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday - a few minutes before the start of the Senate hearing -- his plans to create a Strategic Management Council for the FBI, stocked with plenty of insiders from federal law enforcement. Also on Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee passed a bill to create an Inspector General for the FBI.) There was scant awareness at the hearing that part of the blame for FBI misconduct rests on the U.S. Senate - especially on the Judiciary Committee -- for its lax oversight. Instead, senators speak as if FBI abuses were something that "just happened" in spite of the explicit wishes of Senate Judiciary Committee members for the FBI to "play fair and square." The Senate has been criminally negligent in overseeing federal law enforcement -- and now we are supposed to be thrilled that some senators are calling for the appointment of another review commission. Charles Carroll of Maryland, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, declared that it was the task of elected representatives "to examine severely, and judge impartially the conduct and the measures of those employed in the administration, to represent the grievances, and watch over the liberties and the properties of the people of this nation." Carroll's concept of a representative's duty seems even more archaic than George Washington's wooden teeth. James Madison's scheme for a "balance of power" between the legislative and executive branches did not assume that senators would perennially prostrate themselves before the feet of federal lawmen. The Judiciary Committee is planning to conduct other FBI "oversight" hearings. Perhaps more senators will leave their knee-pads at home for the next round of questioning. Perhaps Grassley's example and record will finally inspire his fellows. Perhaps Leahy will surprise and silence cynics by resolutely pursuing the hard facts underlying the FBI's greatest controversies. Perhaps... James Bovard is the author of "Feeling Your Pain": The Explosion & Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years (St. Martin's Press, 2000). ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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Re: eBay: Burn DVD movies onto CD?
by David Honig 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

At 06:15 PM 6/21/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: >On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, David Honig wrote: > >> My argument, to any judges reading, is that its *not* circumvention if you've >> bought the damn thing, no matter how you decode it. >> >> If you paid for satellite TV but you build your own descrambler, its *not* >> illegal circumvention, even though your gizmo (legally) circumvents >> access controls. Get it? [Rhetorically; Riad is not the problem :-] >> >> Hint: its only illegal if its fraud. DeCSS has nothing to do with fraud. >> "cp" does. Actually, only humans do, "cp" is not a moral entity. > >Actually that won't hold up. There is a distinction that you are missing. > What is that distinction? >Do you legally purchase service from that cable vendor? If so then even >building your own cable descrambling box may be illegal if the contract >says so (you're depriving the cable company of contractual income, >fraud?). 1. yes, contract law always holds; however govt-backed (eminent-domain, spectral allocation) based monopolies should be as open as possible (cf ATT cable in SF) 2. no one has a 'right to income' only the terms of contracts The only(!!!) way that I can see building your own descrambler >and getting away with it is if you have no(!) connection to the vendor, >hence they have no claim to a 'loss' since you're not buying any service >in the first place. Generally a bit provider requires that you have some equiptment to make use of their bits, however you have no obligation to use their equiptment. Bit provider = ISP | DVD producer. Equiptment = cable modem | DVD-licensed player

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Matt - FBI Oversight by Bootlicking Senators?
by Matthew Gaylor 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

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More on the Hague Convention
by Jim Choate 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/06/22/162252.shtml James Choate Product Certification - Operating Systems Staff Engineer 512-436-1062 jchoate(a)tivoli.com

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CIA can't keep up with commies....
by Jim Choate 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/19906.html James Choate Product Certification - Operating Systems Staff Engineer 512-436-1062 jchoate(a)tivoli.com

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The ultimate limits on computers
by Jim Choate 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q2/limits/limits-1.html James Choate Product Certification - Operating Systems Staff Engineer 512-436-1062 jchoate(a)tivoli.com

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Osama on video
by John Doe #2 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

How soon before this gets DivX'd & Gnutella'd? Will it play at Sundance? June 20, 2001 -- Osama bin Laden's terror network is circulating a chilling recruitment video in which he urges Islamic militants to join his holy war on the United States and Israel - and calls for "blood, blood and destruction, destruction." Bin Laden, wearing traditional Yemeni dres with a dagger, is shown on the 100-minute tape telling Muslims they must leave countries that are ruled by "allies of Jews and Christians."

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