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New 32-bit SIM Chip from STMicroelectronics
by R.A. Hettinga 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

>The core includes dedicated DES (Data Encryption Standard) instructions >for Secret Key cryptography, and a fast Multiply and Accumulate >instruction for Public Key (RSA) and Elliptic Curve cryptography, plus a >CRC (Cyclic Redundency Check) instruction. A firmware cryptographic >subroutine library is located in a secure ROM area to save designers the >need to code first-layer functions. <http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Oct/1087666.htm> Technology Marketing Corporation TMCNet [October 27, 2004] New 32-bit SIM Chip from STMicroelectronics Will Benefit Mobile Phone Multimedia Services GENEVA, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STMicroelectronics has announced a new smartcard MCU in its ST22 range -- based on the SmartJ(TM) Java-accelerated RISC architecture -- which integrates 256-kbytes of EEPROM memory with a high performance CPU to support the demands of multimedia applications on the latest mobile phones. With sales of multimedia-equipped handsets booming, mobile communications operators supporting 3G (Third Generation) and 2.5G mobile phones need (U)SIM cards (Universal Subscriber Identity Modules) that have sufficient memory capacity to store Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) data, video, and photographic images, coupled with the capability to transfer and use this data efficiently to provide advanced phonebooks and audio-visual services. 2.5G is an intermediate level of service that uses an enhanced second-generation technology to provide some of the 3G features over GPRS (General Packet Radio Service). "The ST22N256 is perfectly in line with the growing demand for secure high-performance chips with high-speed interfaces and a large memory capacity, for use in 2.5 and 3G SIMs," said Reza Kazerounian, General Manager of ST's Smart Card ICs Division. "ST already offers the largest range of secure 32-bit processors for smartcard systems, and will remain at the forefront of smartcard silicon suppliers as 3G takes off." The SmartJ CPU core at the heart of ST22 Family -- which the new ST22N256 now combines with 256-kbytes of EEPROM -- is a 32-bit RISC-architecture core developed specifically to provide very fast execution of Java, the programming language commonly used for small applications, or applets, downloaded to mobile phones. The ST22 augments its own highly efficient native RISC instruction set with a hardware decoder that directly converts Java bytecodes into native microcode instructions, thereby eliminating the overhead and lower performance of processors based on Java emulation. The result is not only very fast Java execution but also reduced power consumption. An essential component of all GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) mobile phones, the SIM card stores critical subscriber authentication information; private data such as personal phone directories, messages, audio, and images; and the operating system and operator's multimedia environment. With the quantity and size of users' MMS messages increasing, operators will now be able to provide increased storage for subscriber data without impacting user friendliness, due to the exceptional performance of the ST22N256's SmartJ processor, and its communication through a fast Asynchronous Serial Interface (ASI) which enables 440-kbit/s communication speeds with mobile equipment, in line with the fastest deployments of ISO 7816 in the GSM world. Two additional serial I/O ports are also provided. The Java-accelerated CPU ensures that the ST22N256 not only provides the memory needed for today's multimedia services (M-services), but also the processing power to exploit it. The core, with 24-bit linear memory addressing, is complemented by 368-kbytes of on-chip ROM, 16-kbytes of RAM, and a set of standard peripherals and custom plug-in circuits. Logical and physical security mechanisms are fully integrated into the silicon, including a hardware Memory Protection Unit for application firewalling and peripheral access control, and a protected Context Stack. The core includes dedicated DES (Data Encryption Standard) instructions for Secret Key cryptography, and a fast Multiply and Accumulate instruction for Public Key (RSA) and Elliptic Curve cryptography, plus a CRC (Cyclic Redundency Check) instruction. A firmware cryptographic subroutine library is located in a secure ROM area to save designers the need to code first-layer functions. The ST22 product platform is supported by a comprehensive Integrated Development Environment, which allows coding, compilation, and debugging using a common interface. It provides a code-generation chain that includes a C/C++ compiler, a native and JavaCard assembler and a linker, plus a SmartJ instruction set simulator, C/C++ source level debugger, and hardware emulation tools. Operating System developers currently working with the 128-kbyte ST22L128 will be able to benefit from the design continuity offered by the ST22N256, as well as its immediate availability and compliance with the fastest communication standard adopted by handset manufacturers. The SmartJ development methodology allows customers to significantly reduce the time and cost of developing secure applications. It supports concurrent hardware and software development, multiple development teams and IP reuse, as well as security evaluation to the Common Criteria and the use of formal methods for security assurance through executable high-level specifications and model checking techniques. Development of the ST22N256 follows more than 20 years' experience in the design of silicon products to the highest levels of security. ST is a major manufacturer for the smartcard market, and is the number one supplier of secure ICs to the financial sector for card applications. Over the years it has evolved a "security culture" across design and manufacturing functions, in addition to meeting the stringent requirements of formal security certification. The ST22N256 is manufactured using 0.15-micron technology, and is currently the only secure IC to combine 32-bit processing power with 256- kbytes of EEPROM and 368-kbytes of ROM. It is available in sample form now, with volume production starting 2005. US pricing for the product is between $4 and $5, depending on quantity and final packaging. About STMicroelectronics STMicroelectronics is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2003, the Company's net revenues were $7.24 billion and net earnings were $253 million. Further information on ST can be found at http://www.st.com/. For further information, please contact INVESTOR RELATIONS: Stanley March Fabrizio Rossini Benoit de Leusse Vice President Senior Manager Director Investor Relations Investor Relations Investor Relations Tel: +1.212.821.89.39 Tel : +41.22.929.69.73 Tel : +41.22.929.58.12 Fax : +1.212.821.89.23 Fax : +41.22.929.69.61 Fax : +41.22.929.69.61 Email: Email: Email: stan.march(a)st.com fabrizio.rossini(a)st.com benoit.de-leusse(a)st.com MEDIA RELATIONS: Maria Grazia Prestini Michael Markowitz Director, Corporate Media Relations Director, U.S. Media Relations Tel: +41.2.29.29.69.45 Tel: +1.212.821.8959 Fax: +41.2.29.29.69.50 Fax: +1.212.821.8922 Email: mariagrazia.prestini(a)st.com Email: michael.markowitz(a)st.com STMicroelectronics CONTACT: INVESTORS: Stanley March, Vice President, Investor Relations,+1-212-821-89-39, or fax, +1-212-821-89-23, stan.march(a)st.com, or FabrizioRossini, Senior Manager, Investor Relations, +41-22-929-69-73, or fax,+41-22-929-69-61, fabrizio.rossini(a)st.com, or Benoit de Leusse, Director,Investor Relations, +41-22-929-58-12, or fax, +41-22-929-69-61,benoit.de-leusse(a)st.com; or MEDIA: Maria Grazia Prestini, Director, CorporateMedia Relations, +41-2-29-29-69-45, or fax, +41-2-29-29-69-50,mariagrazia.prestini(a)st.com, or Michael Markowitz, Director, U.S. MediaRelations, +1-212-821-8959, or fax, +1-212-821-8922, michael.markowitz(a)st.com,all of STMicroelectronics Web site: http://www.st.com/ [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Deadline extended to November 5th - Fourth Annual PKI R&D Workshop
by R.A. Hettinga 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

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Re: US Retardation of Free Markets (was Airport insanity)
by Tyler Durden 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

Well, perhaps your comment was made entirely toungue-in-cheek, but I still think you're missing the point. The point is this: Almost and "side" in this world that has committed or commits atrocities can find a true-believing apolegist. And in most cases the best of these can concoct an answer to anything you throw at him. As far as I'm concerned, that's the whole point of going through this excersize (ie, of finding a way to rationalize pretty much ANY form of violence/terrorism.) The danger comes when a nation (ie, the guys who control the guns) is run by the apolegists, or people who hold similar viewpoints. Put in another way, just because you really really REALLY believe you are right doesn't give anyone the right to create huge amounts of turmoil and death in someone else's country. -TD >From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd(a)echeque.com> >To: "cypherpunks(a)al-qaeda.net" <cypherpunks(a)al-qaeda.net> >Subject: Re: US Retardation of Free Markets (was Airport insanity) >Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:59:56 -0700 > > -- >J.A. Terranson: > > > > So if I was to go out tomorrow and spread 2000 curies of > > > > Ci into the local subway system "As payback for Ruby > > > > Ridge", this would not be an act of terrorism? > >James A. Donald: > > > That would be terrorism, because regardless of what you > > > *said* your intent was, you would not be targeting those > > > responsible for Ruby Ridge. > >J.A. Terranson: > > And if the station I chose just happened to be the one > > servicing ATF? > >If your intent was to nail passing BATF employees, surely >hitting closer to their office would be more effectual. Spray >some radioactives in the entrance lobby. > > --digsig > James A. Donald > 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG > KWVunJBmZ52AZSOdaQb2Q5Zoz2Crn5g0U31NRSlo > 4iLTYoVpo0AgmiEow46ObxjN4dPkqPP6I0kKDTG+9 _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

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Re: US Retardation of Free Markets (was Airport insanity)
by Tyler Durden 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

>Moral equivalence, the rationale of those who defend tyranny >and slavery. Exactly. -TD > > > --digsig > James A. Donald > 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG > 9UPtpcIvFgtu2JFnBNLIA/QPpXk7MkK68mtvmQya > 45I4CX0wox3d7YrExie7R1Q+2YFGk2ao4amh5DlM6 _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

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US Retardation of Free Markets (was Airport insanity)
by Tyler Durden 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

>On 18 Oct 2004 at 15:31, Tyler Durden wrote: > > Aside from that, your posts are completely saturated with the > > "They're more evil than we are therefore it's OK for us to be > > fuckin them over" logic. > >They are more evil that we are, as demonstrated by their >propensity to kill all sorts of people, including each other, >and including us. This forces us to do something violent. >Imposing democracy on Iraq at gunpoint was probably a bad idea, >but it was selected as the option that would raise the least >objection. Any more effectual measure is going to piss you lot >off even more. A more effectual measure and considerably less >costly measure would have been to confiscate Iraq's and Saudi >Arabia's oil reserves, and ethnically cleanse all male muslims >above the age of puberty from the oil bearing areas. This >democracy stuff did not work in Haiti and things look >considerably more difficult, and more expensive, in Iraq. Well, let's dig into this. It appears on the surface to harbour a lot of the common myths shared in the hallowed corridors of DC. Most Cypherpunks would agree that free markets are a good thing. Basically, if you leave people alone, they'll figure out how to meet the needs that are out in there and, in the process, get a few of the goodies available to us as vapors on this world. I assume you would agree to this. That said, the question is whether American interference abroad has helped or possibly greatly hindered the formation of free markets. And I think the verdict is beocmming increasingly clear that American interference hurts free markets. Of course, there are the arguable exceptions: Post-war Germany and Japan, but these countries not only had a strong history of free markets at the time they both ahd large corporations and a rapidly modernizing infrastrcture. In developing markets the US track record is terrible. The more we interfere and set up puppet governments and petty dictators, the result has always been the near elimination of any kind of real modern economy. More than that, some of the countries we've been kicked out or prevented from influencing have been modernizing rapidly, the most obvious example is China and Vietnam. Bolivia is interesting to watch. One could in fact argue that the faster a country removes our shadowy "help", the sooner they can get on their own two feet and start developing. In this light, US influence starts to look like it's on some levels designed to quash the local development of modern industrialization and perhaps this is no suprise: We don't really want the competition. In the long run this is unsustainable, and can only lead to even bigger September 11ths. under there and examine the substance of what he's saying. -TD _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee. Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Re: Donald's Job Description
by John Kelsey 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

>From: Tyler Durden <camera_lumina(a)hotmail.com> >Sent: Oct 25, 2004 9:40 AM >To: measl(a)mfn.org >Cc: adam.cypherpunks(a)fastmail.fm, cypherpunks(a)al-qaeda.net >Subject: Re: Donald's Job Description >Well, the Bush "supporters" I've met aren't normally so sure. They'll kind >of hem and haw, or saw "Well, he's got advisors...", or "Well, Kerry ain't >any better." Once in a while they'll point to Buh's believability or >decisiveness, but I've never seen anyone (besides Mr Donald) attempt the >role of super-apolegist for anything the current regime has done. This is my experience, too. Bush supporters I know prefer him to Kerry, not because he's a great and infallable leader, but because they think he's doing a reasonable job relative to what Kerry would do. It's not like this is an entirely nutty position to take, since Kerry really does seem to blow a lot of smoke when talking about Iraq, albeit less than Bush does. ... --John

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Proxy trading thriving at DSM bourse
by R.A. Hettinga 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

<http://www.menafn.com/qn_print.asp?StoryID=67783&subl=true> MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network Proxy trading thriving at DSM bourse The Peninsula - 25/10/2004 Doha: DSM officials have urged Qataris not to encourage outsiders to indulge in proxy trading, as demand for identity (ID) cards of nationals and power of attorney issued by them, is said to be increasing in view of the forthcoming mega public issue of Qatar Gas Transport Company (QGTC). According to Al Sharq, there is a thriving black market as demand for ID cards of Qataris for proxy subscription to QGTC issue to be launched in January next year, is picking up fast. Al Sharq quoted DSM sources as saying there are many takers for ID cards of Qataris for the initial public offering of QGTC set for floatation on January 16, 2005. DSM sources told The Peninsula yesterday that some rich investors from Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia were coming to Qatar and persuading some nationals to lend their as well as their family members' ID cards for the purpose of proxy trading. According to DSM rules, a national can sign a power of attorney endorsed by the legal documentation department at the Ministry of Justice authorising a relative, a friend or a foreign partner to buy shares in his name. "This facility we have in place considering that a Qatari cannot be expected be physically present in Doha all the time, so he has the right to appoint a nominee for purchasing or selling local stocks," a DSM source told The Peninsula. In case the stocks are to be sold, a separate power of attorney is issued authorising a relative or friend, who could be a non-Qatari. However, the cheque (of the amount of sale proceeds) is issued by a broker only in the name of the Qatari buyer of the shares concerned. The cheque is not bearer, so the money is transferred to the bank account of the national. It is okay as long as an ID of a Qatari and the power of attorney issued by him or her is for genuine reasons. But the problem is that some Qataris are being offered large sums by outsiders, especially some rich investors from neighbouring countries, for using their ID cards for proxy trading, DSM sources said. Lending an ID and giving a power of attorney for the purpose of proxy trading is not only illegal but also hurts the interest of small Qatari investors, a DSM source said. "That is why we are urging nationals not to encourage this trend. Instead of violating law and looking for easy money Qataris should take loans from local banks and invest in stocks themselves," the source added. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Follow the Money: From St. Moritz to Singapore
by R.A. Hettinga 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

<http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB109865726182354106,00.html> The Wall Street Journal October 25, 2004 BUSINESS EUROPE Follow the Money: From St. Moritz to Singapore By ANTON KELLER October 25, 2004 GENEVA -- Built on the unique appreciation and goodwill the French kings had developed over centuries for the lives and treasures of Swiss mercenaries, Hans-Konrad Hottinger of Zurich started in Paris in 1786 what, seven generations later, is still a family-owned, discreet wealth-management enterprise in the service of sophisticated clients. Today, the pillars of society and the economy, the inherently and the newly rich are still looking forward to open accounts with Swiss bankers in Zurich, St. Moritz, Singapore, etc. For both foreign friends of Heidiland and concerned Swiss citizens, the question is whether this obliging heritage is still in safe hands, whether this unique trust, awe -- and the premium service charges that go with it -- are still justified. "In most cases no longer!" answered the American Iconoclast Philip Wainwright, adding: "But don't despair either, for while the Swiss have a penchant for near-perfection of mediocrity, the next generation of Swiss bankers may again be able and willing to play hardball when needed, to effectively stand up for their clients and not to sell them out, and thus again become successful because and not despite of themselves." The Wall Street Journal's Allan Otten gave the alert back in 1982, saying that "A change in attitude is taking place here that makes Switzerland a less attractive center than it used to be." Deploring Switzerland's adoption of "Lex Americana," he and others have "been trying to alert the Swiss to the American regulatory bureaucracy's penchant for growing real problems if given fertile ground." Since then, it has only gotten worse. Swiss laws and codes have been focused less on investors' legitimate needs than on what some short-sighted bureaucrats here and there have felt comfortable with. Mostly "under foreign and especially U.S. pressure," foreign agendas were thus accommodated, undermining Switzerland's position in the global financial market. Gone are the days when demand for Swiss banking services was such that foreign clients could bring in more money only with an annual negative interest penalty of 10%. What produced the "Swiss Banking Miracle" -- and what could bring it back? Take Charles Pictet-de Rochemont's public-service record. The gratitude of the Swiss people and government is written in stone at his statue in front of the City Hall of Geneva (in 1814/5 he negotiated Geneva's accession to Switzerland, obtained universal recognition for Switzerland's permanent armed neutrality, and contributed to the foundation of Europe's industrialization). Paul Pictet (another outstanding member of the family, which has served discerning banking clients since 1805), took the fight to preserve treaty rights concerning Geneva's "zones franches" in 1923 to the Swiss people and won, despite the government's sell out to France. Jacques Darier (of the 1796-founded private bank bearing his family name), while visiting his clients in Paris after World War II, was followed by French taxmen and arrested to compel him to inform on his clients. At the commissariat, rather than betraying his clients, he grabbed and swallowed the paper slip that the police officer had found on him listing their telephone numbers. After Francois Mitterrand's election as French president in 1981, Pierre Darier, with Charles and Pierre Pictet, effectively neutralized the French government's fiscal attacks on their clients, persuading the Swiss Parliament to reject as "diplomatic treason" what the Swiss Bankers' Association and the Swiss Government had already granted to the French socialists. The Geneva Stock Exchange followed up with imaginative countermeasures directed against bureaucratic lawmaking by the OECD, U.N. and EU. But that also caught the ire of colleagues who, single-mindedly, eyed the U.S. market. They ignored the lessons of the World War II-era dormant-accounts disaster, snubbing and free-loading on the pro-market, pro-sovereignty and pro-privacy efforts that had derailed the OECD's Interfipol convention, its truly harmful "Harmful Tax Competition" initiative and the EU's tax-data-exchange program. Indeed, these principled stands have proved the exception rather than the rule for over 50 years in Switzerland. Over the decades, in a misguided attempt to curry favor with tax authorities in the U.S. and Europe, Swiss bankers have acceded to the adoption U.S. insider-trading laws, money-laundering and anti-corruption rules, and IRS Qualified Intermediary regulations, and most recently to breaches of privacy and liberties on purported antiterrorism concerns. All of these short-sighted measures could not fail to degrade the investment climate to the point where Switzerland is now threatened by a macroeconomic tailspin. After September 11, 2001, the compliance mentality became nigh-universal, paralyzing and asphyxiating the remaining productive forces, with the compliance departments often the only growth shows in town. But it also offered a renewal opportunity, a dignified path with a distinct future appreciably away from all foreign and home-made obstacles to legitimate market opportunities. For those with a corresponding public service-oriented vision focusing on both the enterprising responsible citizen and the common good, there always was and will be a bright future -- if they are capable and willing to admit past errors as preconditions for not repeating but correcting them. Swiss bankers can start by regaining the lost wisdom of the Pictets and the Dariers; they will only thrive if they can see the necessity of acting on behalf of the ever-growing number of individual clients here and there with legitimate surplus earnings, not against them. These clients don't need bankers turned agents of the state, but competent and trustworthy allies against an increasingly overbearing state bureaucracy. Mr. Keller is secretary of the Swiss Investors Protection Association. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Re: Donald's Job Description
by Tyler Durden 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

Well, the Bush "supporters" I've met aren't normally so sure. They'll kind of hem and haw, or saw "Well, he's got advisors...", or "Well, Kerry ain't any better." Once in a while they'll point to Buh's believability or decisiveness, but I've never seen anyone (besides Mr Donald) attempt the role of super-apolegist for anything the current regime has done. Oddly, when I see Bush speak, I actually in a weird way kind of like him. Or at least, I believe that he believes in what he's doing. Don't get me wrong now: he's completely wrong, and a wan smile would cross my lips if his meeting with Jesus were hastened quite a bit. -TD Old mother Reagan went to heaven at the pearly gates she was stopped. (Violent Femmes) >From: "J.A. Terranson" <measl(a)mfn.org> >To: Tyler Durden <camera_lumina(a)hotmail.com> >CC: adam.cypherpunks(a)fastmail.fm, cypherpunks(a)al-qaeda.net >Subject: Re: Donald's Job Description >Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:16:22 -0500 (CDT) > > >On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Tyler Durden wrote: > > > I've just never > > encountered anyone who had NO doubt about anything the current regime is > > doing. > >Really? I have - every single person voting for Shrub seems to be >exhibiting this particular blindness. > > > -TD > >-- >Yours, > >J.A. Terranson >sysadmin(a)mfn.org >0xBD4A95BF > > "An ill wind is stalking > while evil stars whir > and all the gold apples > go bad to the core" > > S. Plath, Temper of Time _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee. Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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How Empires Really End
by R.A. Hettinga 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

One of the reasons I habitually use the Gibon quote in my .sig. Cheers, RAH ------- --- begin forwarded text

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