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Electronic Signatures
by nCognito＠rigel.cyberpass.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Some of the other info in the AP article seems to be coinciding with discussions on the list, so heres a less condensed version of the article. Are we still within the limits of the copyrights? God i hope so. :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- TAMPA - Flroida now recognizes electronic signatures as legal and binding, however, working out the logistics to implement the new law may take some doing. Andrew Greenberg, an associate at a large Tampa law firm...says, the process saves time by using a computer to handle notary duties that used to be done by hand. he expects the mechanics of electronic certifaction to become simple enough for everybody to use. "It will be like the telephone - anybody can use it without thinking or knowing how it works," he said. Ted Barassi, chairman of the United States Council for International Business, is among a pool of experts Florida Secretary of State Sandra Mortham is expected to call on to set up the state's emerging electronic signature certifacation process. The law does not specify how an electronic document must be signed, but Barassi and others say it probably will mean coding the text and typed signature so they cannot be changed by anyone other than the writer. No on knows yet just how this will be done, but Mortham's own expert on the subject, Gene McGee, envisions a central database that tracks coded computer signatures for individuals and businesses. With Florida already a hub of Latin American trade, cybernotary lawyers could make the state a mecca for international trade, McGee predicts. _______________________________________________________________________ Its kind of scary when the best minds the state could find are so obviously without a clue. One of you politically involved folx could dig up addresses for some of our mis-representatives and forward them discussion from this list, maybe. :) Adios..

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RE: Crypto, anyone?
by Name 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

i need off this mailing list now On Sunday, March 22, 1998 1:40 AM, Anonymous [SMTP:nobody@replay.com] wrote: > andrew fabbro wrote: > > > > I was just wondering if anyone would be interested in discussing > > cryptography, personal privacy, security protocols, digital signatures, > > anonymous remailers, digital cash, crypto anarchy...? No? OK, then we > > can go back to spam, Microsoft bashing, calling each other "idiots" and > > "chickens," and forwarding News of the Weird for no obvious reason. > > What the fuck is crypto? Can you *say* that on a public mailing > list? > Isn't child cryptography illegal? > Isn't sharing pubic keys a form of perversion? > Is digital cash used to buy a blow-job? > > "How can you tell when Windows is about to crash?" > "It boots." > >

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Re: Is That A Balck Helicopter Up There?
by Toto 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Brian B. Riley, who snuck into the WhiteHouse, put on a Bill Clinton halloween mask, and raped Mona Lewinski, wrote: I honestly don't know if I would be too paranoid to say that the government is behind all these happenings, I really don't like the territory that takes us to; but they most surely are quick to exploit them for the own agenda ... it seems now that every untoward incident that happens is hopped upon by some goverment official or goverment schill as an excuse to shorten the leash ... ~~~ Brian, The power of your posts resides in the fact that you do not beat the drum for a totally paranoid view of reality, yet you allow room for that view, just the same. To claim that the children who recently killed a number of their fellow students during a false fire-drill were encouraged by the government in order to draw attention away from the '48 Hours' show on government involvement in the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King would be a stretch. On the other hand, the issues being debated by the '48 Hours' special would have been considered a stretch at the time of the event, despite the fact that they are well supported by information that has been wrested from the grip of secrecy in the time since then. The bottom line is that we currently live in a society whose view of reality has been formed/programmed by the media/medium of TV. "Watch me and I'll bleed you, 'cause you eat the shit I feed you. ~ Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention The danger of the Sheeple being misled by false conspiracy theories propogated by the Fringe Media (TM) is small compared to the danger that they will continue to be misled by the Reality (TM) being spammed deep within the programming centers of thier minds by a mainstream media which feeds at the same trough as FBI snipers and Marine units whose motto seems to be "My country, wrong or wrong..." My career as a would-be shit-disturber and troublemaker pales in comparison with the inevitable leakage that occurs around the edges of the Official World View (TM) propagated by those who employ the gatekeepers of the Media Feeding Pen and the Dogs Of Whore whose teeth ensure that the Sheeple will not stray from their appointed destiny. Toto <or_so_I_would_have_you_believe@it's_a_trick!.com>

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Re: i need off
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Name wrote: > > how the hell do i get off this mailing list??? Kill the president. Wm. Clinton <president(a)whitehouse.com>

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DCSB Cocktails Over Back Bay
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: 6 Jun 96 10:13:48 EDT From: "Julie Rackliffe" <RACKLIFFE(a)tcm.org> Subject: DCSB Cocktails Over Back Bay To: "dcsb" <dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu> Sender: bounce-dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Julie Rackliffe" <RACKLIFFE(a)tcm.org> Greetings! As those who attended yesterday's lunch already know, We Have A Date! I am simply delighted to announce that Open Software Foundation has generously agreed to sponsor our first ever cocktail party for the Digital Commerce Society of Boston. I promises to be a memorable evening and I hope that you will plan to come, and please feel free to introduce a friend to this unique group. Our intention is that this event should be used as a networking opportunity in addition to getting some more people interested in DCSB (and, of course, expanding our mailing list!) So, here's the specifics: When: Thursday, June 20, 1996 5-8 pm Where: The Harvard Club, One Federal Street, 38th floor in The Lounge (sunset over the Back Bay will be featured!) Hot and Cold Hors D'oeuvres ala The Harvard Club and cool libations compliments of OSF and DCSB. What's the Catch?- No Catch! Just RSVP to me before June 17 Do Come! Julie Rackliffe The Computer Museum Annual Fund/Membership Manager 300 Congress St, Boston 02210 rackliffe(a)tcm.org 617.426.2800 X432 ******************************************************************************** The Walk-Through Computer 2000 is open! This is a "must see"! Museum Membership:SR/STU $25...IND $35...FAM $50...NON-PROFIT $250...LIB $500 Web Site: http://www.tcm.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from this list, send a letter to: Majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu In the body of the message, write: unsubscribe dcsb Or, to subscribe, write: subscribe dcsb If you have questions, write to me at Owner-DCSB(a)ai.mit.edu --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "If they could 'just pass a few more laws', we would all be criminals." --Vinnie Moscaritolo The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Re: Terrorism Hysteria on the Net
by Sandy Sandfort 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C'punks, At 05:35 PM 6/5/96 -0700, Rich Graves wrote: >Pooh-poohing the potential risk is not a winning proposition. Pointing out >that the government's policies against properly secure systems have created >this house of cards in which we live is. A classic case of government being a disease posing as its own cure. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Playboy Channel Implicated In Arkansas School Massacre!
by Toto 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The governor of Arkans(redneck)as(sholes) has stepped forward to lay responsibility for the latest school massacre tragedy squarely on the shoulders of those elements of the entertainment media who have not thus far been implicated in the political shennanigans and illegal drug deals perpretrated by the former governor of Arkansas, who is currenly dipping his dick in those entering the Whitehouse through the 'Ladies Only' entrance. It seems that responibility for the massacre lies in the current social acceptance of the licentious violence being spammed upon the public by the immoral profitmongers of the entertainment industry. This is in marked contrast to the current social acceptance of the licentious violence being spammed upon the public by the moral profitmongers of the Biblically-based religion industry. It is obvious that new laws will have to be passed to protect the children exposed to the sex and violence contained in the Christian Bible from being further influenced by corresponding material in the secular sector of society. SpermMonger "Spilling my seed on the ground since puberty."

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ALERT: Court decision expected soon in free speech case; spreadthe word! (fwd)
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:44:10 -0400 From: shabbir(a)vtw.org (Shabbir J. Safdar) To: Multiple recipients of list <com-priv(a)lists.psi.com> Subject: ALERT: Court decision expected soon in free speech case; spread the word! - ------ [Dear Friend-of-VTW, During our "Turn the Web Black campaign", you wrote us regarding that protest. Because of the success of that campaign, we are asking you to participate again in another net-campaign to draw attention to the upcoming decision in the lawsuit to challenge the net censorship legislation. This information is not widely available yet, and I would appreciate it if you did not redistribute this. Because you helped us out during the highly successful "Turn the Web Black" campaign, we are giving you advanced notice of this effort before we tell anyone else. -Shabbir J. Safdar, Voters Telecommunication Watch (www.vtw.org) ======================================================================== __ _________ __ __ ____ ____ _____ \ \ / /_ _\ \ / / / / / ___| _ \_ _| Raise the roof \ \ / / | | \ \ /\ / / / / | | | | | || | for the Court's \ V / | | \ V V / / / | |___| |_| || | decision on net \_/ |_| \_/\_/ /_/ \____|____/ |_| free speech! Voters Telecommunications Watch / Center for Democracy and Technology JOIN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NET USERS IN SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE FIRST RESULT OF THE FREE SPEECH LAWSUIT June 5, 1996 Redistribute (intact, please) only until June 28, 1996 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of contents News - A decision in the court case is near How to participate How will this campaign work? Press information on this event Background: what is the CDA? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS - A DECISION IN THE COURT CASE IS NEAR The fate of the Internet and the future of the First Amendment in the information age hang in the balance. As early as this week, three federal judges in Philadelphia are poised to issue a ruling in the law suit challenging the Communications Decency Act (CDA), which restricts constitutionally protected speech on the Internet. Will the court rule that the CDA is unconstitutional? That the Internet is a unique communications technology that deserves the same First Amendment protections enjoyed by the print media? Or will the court side with Senator Exon, conservative "pro-family" groups, and the Justice Department who have argued that the government is the best judge of what material is appropriate online. Regardless of the outcome, the decision will have a profound impact on the future of the Internet as a medium for free expression, education, and commerce. JOIN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUR FELLOW NETIZENS IN ANNOUNCING THE DECISION When the Communications Decency Act was signed into law by President Clinton on February 8, 1996, the World Wide Web went black in protest. When the decision in the historic legal challenge to the CDA is announced, join tens of thousands of your fellow netizens in spreading the word on the decision and its impact. This campaign follows in the steps of the Turn the Web Black campaign, which was a tremendous success. Believe it or not, many Internet users had only superficial knowledge about the proposed law and the enormous press coverage and online awareness afterwards mobilized large numbers of people. In addition to the online campaign, there are currently rallies planned for New York, press conferences from the CIEC and the ACLU, and a net campaign to raise awareness to the decision and the effects it will have on free speech. The result of the first CDA decision is an extremely important milestone in the fight for free speech online. Will the net look more like print, or more like Saturday morning television? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE: In anticipation of the decision, you can help keep your fellow Netizens informed on the latest news and participate in a dramatic demonstration when the decision is announced. 1. Add the following link *TODAY* in a prominent location on your web site: <a href="http://www.vtw.org/speech/"> <img src="http://www.vtw.org/images/cda.gif" alt="Free speech court decision" align=top></a><br clear = all><br> A decision is near in the fight to overturn the Communications Decency Act. <br>Watch this image and follow the link for more information. 2. To let us know you have joined us, fill out the form at http://www.vtw.org/speech/ with your URL. A list of participating will be displayed. 3. Attend the online press conference with lead CIEC (Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition) attorney Bruce Ennis on HotWired. More details are available on the WWW page. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW WILL THIS CAMPAIGN WORK? After you have added the link (above) to your page, an animated image signifying that a decision in the case is expected soon will be displayed on your site. By clicking on that image, visitors to your page can jump to a site containing the latest news and information on the case. As soon as a decision is announced, the image will be changed automatically (the update will happen at our server - you will not have to do anything), and Netizens throughout the entire global Internet will immediately be aware of the result (win or lose). By clicking on the updated image, visitors to your page will be able to obtain the text of the decision, analysis, and other relevant information. Until the decision is announced, there will be information about upcoming events and rallies on the VTW Free Speech page, http://www.vtw.org/speech/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRESS INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT For more information on this event, including press inquiries, please contact: Jonah Seiger, Policy Analyst, Center For Democracy and Technology (CDT) <jseiger(a)cdt.org> +1.202.637.9800 Shabbir Safdar, Online Representative, Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) <shabbir(a)vtw.org> +1.718.596.2851 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BACKGROUND: WHAT IS THE CDA? The Communications Decency Act was passed as part of the Telecommunications Reform bill in February 1996. The law seeks to protect minors from objectionable or sexually explicit material on the Internet by imposing stiff criminal penalties on the "display" of "indecent" or "patently offensive" material online. Opponents to the new law argue that while well intentioned, the CDA fails to account for the unique nature of the Internet, and that it will have a far-reaching chilling effect on constitutionally protected speech online. On a global, decentralized communications medium like the Internet, the only effective and constitutional means of controlling access to objectionable material is to rely on users and parents, not the government, to decide what material is or is not appropriate. Two lawsuits have been filed to challenge the constitutionality of the CDA in a Philadelphia federal court. The cases have been consolidated and an decision is expected in early June 1996. The cases have been brought, respectively, by The Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition (CIEC), comprised of civil Liberties groups, libraries, Internet Service Providers, Commercial Online Service Providers, Newspaper, Magazine and Book Publishers, and over 45,000 individual internet users, and a coalition of civil liberties groups, authors, and others organized by the ACLU. Detailed information on the legal challenges, as well as information about the CDA, is available at the following web sites: Legal Challenges To The CDA - ---------------------------- * The ACLU - http://www.aclu.org/ * The Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition (CIEC) - http://www.cdt.org/ciec Background Information On The CDA/Internet Censorship Issues - ------------------------------------------------------------ * The ACLU - http://www.aclu.org * Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) - http://www.cdt.org * Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - http://www.eff.org * Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) - http://www.epic.org * Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) - http://www.vtw.org ======================================================================== ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "If they could 'just pass a few more laws', we would all be criminals." --Vinnie Moscaritolo The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/

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Re: Crypto, anyone?
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Name wrote: > > i need off this mailing list now Don't we all...

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Pauline Hanson's Newsletter - March 1998
by Global Web Builders 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

March 1998 Issue 1.8, March 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: No unsolicited email is sent. If you do not want to be on the mailing list please say "REMOVE" in the subject line and return this message in the body. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear One Nation Supporter in NSW, -------- Have you got your tickets for One Nation first birthday raffle yet? The first prize is a QANTAS Global Explorer Holiday for two valued at $12,000 - a 23 day trip visiting Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, Anaheim and Honolulu. The second prize is a 7 day holiday to Hawaii at the Outrigger Reef Hotel for two - value $5,000. The third prize is a 7nights stay at the Novotel Palm Cove at Cairns - value $3,000. You can order a book of 5 tickets (minimum) at $10 per book (or $2 per ticket) by credit card by phoning 1800 620088. Winner's names being drawn at One Nation's Birthday Party at 7pm on April 11th 1998. Winners will be notified by phone and mail with the results being published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Friday 17th April 1998. Be quick - order now while tickets remain! --------- Pauline Hanson endorsed 12 new Queensland state candidates for the upcoming elections last week. One Nation now has over 40 candidates and expects to have candidates in most of the 85 seats by the time the Qld state election is called. Web pages: Pauline Hanson endorsing the candidates at Beenleigh: http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/qldstate/been One Nation Queensland State Election web site: http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/qldstate --------- The issue of the MAI (the multinational's multilateral agreement on investment) continues to create concern. For the most comprehensive set of Australian related links on the MAI visit: http://www.gwb.com.au/mai.html ---------- We hope to have the One Nation Federal Web Site up within the next few weeks - in the meantime bookmark and visit this URL: http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/history we will be covering Pauline Hanson's One Nation birthday party on her farm live over the Easter weekend of April 10-12. Updates on this URL. It is still not too late to make a booking - but be quick. Look forward to seeing you there! Phone: (02) 9976 0283 ---------- GWB Scott Balson

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