On Mon, 3 Oct 1994, David K. Merriman wrote:
Caught from the radio this morning:
Toronto (Canada) city council is debating a by-law to ban information on bomb construction. This after one of the council members was mailed a faulty (or fake) pipe-bomb. Rough quote: ~This is different than the gun control issue because there is no valid use for bombs.~
Bull. They're great for blowing something up.....
I wonder how much of the libraries' engineering books section they'll have to burn because of this.
All. What part of Engineering doesn't have some impact or use in bombmaking/usage?
Genetic Engineering, of course, my silico-centric friend :-) Query: Why is it that, when the usual stream of crypto-conversation begins to dry up, the topic of bombs comes up? Maybe crypto-anarchists should seek to replace the traditional symbol of anarchy (you know, the bowling ball with the fuse) with something more moderne. Any suggestions on what the well-dressed (black trenchcoat and fedora, for tradition's sake) crypto-anarchist is seen clutching in his hand as he skulks off into shadows of Blacknet??? You know, something that would make a good .gif. C. J. Leonard ( / "DNA is groovy" \ / - Watson & Crick <cjl@welchlink.welch,jhu.edu> / \ <-- major groove ( \ Finger for public key \ ) Strong-arm for secret key / <-- minor groove Thumb-screws for pass-phrase / )