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Domain names and "The Network $olution", from The Netly News
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

*********** http://pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1155,00.html The Netly News Network (http://netlynews.com) July 10, 1997 The Network $olution by Declan McCullagh (declan(a)well.com) It could have been the perfect way to liberate the Net from the much-reviled monopoly of Network Solutions Inc., the company that handles almost all U.S. domain name registrations. Backed by well-regarded groups such as the Internet Society, the seven-page proposal promised to reduce prices, increase choices -- and best of all, really put the screws to everyone's least favorite domain name registrar. But a month before the curtain is set to lift on a host of new domains to supplement .com and .org, the ambitious plan suddenly seems as doomed as the recently extirpated Communications Decency Act. Not only did just one government, Albania, sign the "Memorandum of Understanding" (MoU), but the U.S. actively opposed it. So did Network Solutions, after they realized with gut-wrenching dismay the consequences of losing their lucrative monopoly on .com. Yesterday another group of MoU critics met in Washington to form the Open Internet Congress, which hopes to wrest control of Net governance from "hobbyists" and "volunteers" and haul it into the mainstream. "I don't want a bunch of volunteers playing around and trying to run the show. I don't want petty battles over who's in charge and who's keeping the lights on," says Andrew Sernovitz, the president of the Association for Interactive Media, which organized the summit. Sernovitz envisions a ruthlessly commercialized cyberspace that's safe for companies like IBM, Intel, NBC and Time Warner (Netly's corporate big brother) that cough up $9,000 a year to be governing members of AIM. The talk yesterday was of revolution. Sernovitz spoke about holding an Internet "Constitutional Convention" this fall. He passed out supportive columns quoting from "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine. I even heard folks call the MoU the move that will spark the online equivalent of the Boston Tea Party. (Led, presumably, by firms like Time Warner? Since that media giant also owns CNN, you can be sure the revolution will indeed be televised.) [...]

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17 Dec '03

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Re: Recreational pharmaceuticals by genetic engineering (fwd)
by Ray Arachelian 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 18:09:27 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eileen Tronolone (Pathfinder)" <eileent(a)pathfinder.com> To: Ray Arachelian <sunder(a)brainlink.com> Subject: Re: Recreational pharmaceuticals by genetic engineering (fwd) Also Sprach Ray Arachelian: > Psilocibe mushrooms usually cause vomiting. Most Amanita species > have an lethal dosage which is uncomfortably close to the > effective dosage, not a good thing in a drug. Amanita muscaria > however was used by the vikings to help induce their 'berserker' > state for battle. Actually - and you can forward this to relevant parties - woad, the infamous herb used by the Celtic warrior in the form of blue body paint, when mixed with urine (which is how they applied it to their bodies) causes a reaction very similar to cocaine and most amphetamines. The reduction in pain that is felt from wounds and the ecstacy brought on can easily be confused with a typical beserker reaction. The term beserk originates from "bare sark" - the beserkers wore little if no armor and the Celts are particularily famous for going into battle "in the altogether" except for the blue war-paint. The feeling of invulnerability that comes from the woad "high" led to this custom. Other semi-legal although dangerous "highs" can result from the ingestion of too much nutmeg or jasmine, both hallucenogens. -- Eileen Tronolone | eileent(a)pathfinder.com | Do not CD c System Administrator | redsonja(a)giti.com | taunt --------P===\==/ Commerce Team | gotagun(a)liii.com | happy fun /_\__ Time Inc. New Media | 212-522-9121 | fencer! _\ \

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Re: The Recent Trend in "Collective Contracts"
by Jim Ray 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 10:49 PM 7/10/97 -0700, Steve Schear wrote: ... >What if private citizens decided to place Joe Camel ads in print and TV or >sponsor an event. Would they also be constrained in their freedom of >speech? That depends on what constrains people. Those with the capital resources to place TV ads or sponsor events would likely imagine the investigation from bureaucrats into their connections with the evil weed. Bureaucrats tend not to assume that liking the first amendment motivates anyone when compared to the lure of filthy lucre (ample evidence to the contrary notwithstanding). I can imagine a conversation something like this: "Ok, let's look into the stock portfolio of this "Steve Schear" guy who placed the ad that pissed the FDA commissioner off. Any RJR-Nabisco? What about his family? Hey, call the IRS and see if he's been audited lately, and plunk his name into that big FBI database CD-ROM we got from the Whitehouse." Leaving aside regulations governing TV stations and possible pressures on event promoters by government, I don't think that private citizens with the means to do this would have the will. As an increasingly less-partisan-and-more-anarchistic Libertarian, I must point out a little-noted aspect of the Democrats' scam (there is no other word). (from http://www.washtimes.com/politics/inside.html) Donor guests . . . . The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee scheduled a small dinner last night at La Brasserie. Among the "donor guests" of the anti-smoking party: Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and the Tobacco Institute. What still gets me is the shamelessness of it. This is like N.O.R.M.L. taking money from pee-test manufacturers (they don't, AFAIK). I know, "strange bedfellows" and all, but you'd think that they'd wait to dine privately together until their little public tiff is settled. I guess they figured that they can count on the media (aside from the Washtimes) not to call them on it. JMR -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEPAwUBM8XafTUhsGSn1j2pAQHhEAfQwjGRDAhYQaZ928SgRNrdqAuFPepdeJVl fC6fSNVPsV7AxRAcnMUEqPH+MigIOQ9c84zMvmifBX/u1+X6Bi8lBKYB82W9COY4 QWcikhRFMkHGm6PhT52tjz0sE6l28PGqEi0j979N1srikwMhY82QUFPwE0+c6nJk tdbVWibae7SWfOQMFNDF9M3Ia3EzUf/ALdrDgz3Y5DVsBLA7bb2qBfLVn3uZ67gS 4KpPS5y8s4mUEEX5A83Sbz+ySfExv3OAHh4rDvjfulpDw7Sxhr42fsKdClirkHcg zOGe3/pbjUZS2CfCgm40PTjhXM71cvR/pST5COGuoVVnMQ== =ti9f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Controversy over UK escrow proposal (fwd)
by Paul Bradley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 12:08:13 +0100 From: Ross Anderson <Ross.Anderson(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> To: ukcrypto(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk Cc: prz(a)pgp.com Subject: Controversy over UK escrow proposal This may be of interest, as the first news report that a government department is going on the record to oppose the escrow proposals of another government department. Ross Encryption: NHS FIGHTS TO BE EXEMPT FROM TTP Service claims key data access would breach patient confidentiality (Network Week v 2 no 41 (9/7/97), front page lead) By Daryl Wilcox The NHS has demanded to be exempt from proposed regulations requiring encryption keys to be lodged with a trusted third party (TTP). The NHS said it was concerned that if keys to medical data were held by TTPs, as proposed by the DTI for access by law enforcernent agencies, patients would lose confidence in the service's commitment to confidentiality. A source close to the DTl confirmed last week that the NHS had called for an exemption from TTP rules in a submission to the DTI on its proposals. The NHS is keen to be free to adopt encryption to allow the electronic movement of patient records between hospitals and GPs. The move looked likely to fuel widespread objection to the proposals from commerce and civil liberties groups, who would interpret the NHS position as a blow to thc credibility of a compulsory TTP system. Marion Bain, hcad of data protection issues at the Common Services Agency of the NHS, raised the NHS's concerns at last week's annual conference of data protection professionals' club Privacy and Business. ``The NHS concerns are different to business con- cems,'' she said. ``Patients would be resistant to the electronic transfer of their information if they thought access to it was available to a third party. The NHS would welcome being exempt from TTP rules.'' A source close to tlie DTI said: ``The NHS wants no part of a TTP rule. They have fought hard for patient data to only be made available to clinical practitioners and they want to preserve this.'' (ends)

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Jim Bell (FINALLY!) Charged
by Alan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Oregonian Friday July 11, 1997 Page B3 Man whose home was raided by IRS agents is charged A man whose Vancouver home was raided by IRS agents in April has been charged with two felonies in Tacoma. James D. Bell was charged Wednesday with interfearing with a federal officer and using false Social Security numbers. He has been held without bail in the Pierce County Jail since his May 18 arrest. Bell, 38, is scheduled to be arrained July 18 before U.S. Magistrate J. Kelly Arnold. However, sources close to the case said Thursday that plea negotiations are under way and are likely to be concluded before then. Bell's home was raided and searched April 1 by an IRS task force of 20 agents. In an affidavit for the search warrant, IRS Special Investigator Jeff Gordon said that Bell was "directly soliciting others to set up a system to murder government officials" and that he had devised a plan to overthrow the government. At a detention hearing in Tacoma, Arnold ordered Bell held without bail on both allegations. alano(a)teleport.com | "Those who are without history are doomed to retype it."

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Re: Microsoft and Netscape to Provide McCain with Options?
by geeman＠best.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Mostly I'd like to know what the proposals by these loft captains of industry ARE. At 06:15 PM 7/12/97 -0700, Tom Weinstein wrote: > >Alan wrote: >> >> On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Tim May wrote: >> >>> At 5:26 PM -0700 7/11/97, Alan Olsen wrote: >> >>>> McCain said he met with Microsoft representatives recently to >>>> discuss a new technology being developed by the software giant that >>>> could be less intrusive and problematic than key recovery. The >>>> senator also said he plans to meet with Netscape officials next week >>>> to discuss yet another alternative. >>> >>> This is something we should watch _very_ closely! >> >> I agree. The article seemed to imply that both Microsoft and Netscape >> were falling all over each other trying to come up with gak-like >> alternatives to key recovery. I wonder what Tom Weinstien can tell us >> about that... (He has been a bit quiet lately... Too quiet.) > >When I'm quiet, it's probably because I'm busy. It's certainly not >because I was spirited off to Fort Meade by the black helicopters for >brain washing. > >Let's look at this another way. Given the opportunity to discuss your >views with a senator, whouldn't you take it? Even if there's very >little chance of changing his mind? > >We aren't going to suddenly do an about face and start saying that GAK >is good. Even if anyone here believed that, there's no way that we'd be >able to sell it to our overseas customers. > >-- >What is appropriate for the master is not appropriate| Tom Weinstein >for the novice. You must understand Tao before | tomw(a)netscape.com >transcending structure. -- The Tao of Programming | > > >

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by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CNN logo US navbar Infoseek/Big Yellow Pathfinder/Warner Bros US fringe banner All Politics rule MAN SHOOTS COMPUTER IN FRUSTRATION killyerputer ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) -- A man was coaxed out of his home bypolice after he pulled a gun and shot his personal computer,apparently in frustration. "We don't know if it wouldn't boot up or what," Sgt. KeithMoon said Thursday. The computer, in a home office on the second floor of thetownhouse, had four bullet holes in the hard drive and one in themonitor. One bullet struck a filing cabinet, while another made itthrough a wall and into a neighboring unit. No one was hurt. Police evacuated the complex, contacted the 43-year-old man bytelephone and got him to come out. He was taken to a hospital for amental evaluation. Copyright 1997 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Search for related CNN stories: ________________________________________ ______ [Help] Tip: You can restrict your search to the title of a document. Infoseek grfk Example: title:New Year's Resolutions rule Message Boards Sound off on our message boards Tell us what you think! You said it... [INLINE] All Politics rule To the top © 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you.

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Re: Potential terrorists
by Mixmaster 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Phillip M. Hallam-Baker" <hallam(a)ai.mit.edu> wrote: > The Blair administration has a massive legislative program ahead of it > undoing 18 years of Tory mismanagement and corruption. Hmm, let's see: increased taxes, increased interest rates, banning all handguns, the current hunting ban boondoggle, British Airways on strike... somehow I think that 'New Labour' are doing pretty well at instigating their own program of mismanagement. Of course, a government which made banning handguns one of it's first priorities and banning hunting one of the second is hardly likely to be a government which will look gladly on the unrestricted use of cryptography. I won't mention the 'Prevention of Terrorism' act.

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