December 2016 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Hawking Says: We're Fucked, And It's Our Fault
by grarpamp 27 Dec '16

27 Dec '16

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2016/11/17/stephen-hawking-we… http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35344664 In January, during a BBC Reith lecture, Hawking said humankind is inching closer to demise, and it’s our fault.

3 3

Criticism of a recent Ninth Circuit Court case regarding email searches.
by jim bell 27 Dec '16

27 Dec '16

https://www.lawfareblog.com/surprisingly-weak-reasoning-mohamud [Partial quote follows}By Orin Kerr Friday, December 23, 2016, 7:30 AMIn a recent post here at Lawfare, April Doss argues that the Ninth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Mohamud “got it right.” In her view, the critics of the decision—myself included—are just wrong. I disagree. Here’s why I think the reasoning of the decision is hard to defend. First, an important caveat: My argument is about reasoning and not result. A lot of discussion on Mohamud focuses on the bottom line of which side won. That’s understandable, but it’s not my concern. My concern is whether the reasoning of the case makes sense as a matter of Fourth Amendment law.When viewed from that perspective, Mohamud strikes me as awkward and unconvincing. Its core holding is weak and hard to square with Supreme Court doctrine. Other parts of it border on the incoherent. And it could have reached its result much more easily without the conceptual wrong turns. I. There Is No “Targeting” Doctrine in Fourth Amendment LawIn Mohamud, the government obtained e-mails from a monitoring point inside the United States that collected e-mails between Mohamud inside the United States and another person who was a foreigner outside the United States. Mohamud had Fourth Amendment rights; the other person didn’t. How does the Fourth Amendment apply to a communication in transit between them? Here’s the Ninth Circuit’s first key Fourth Amendment holding:[end of partial quote]

3 2

New low for the intercept : censorship.
by juan 26 Dec '16

26 Dec '16

Now pay-pal-ebay-greenewald's "The Intercept" features Censored Comments.

3 3

Re: New low for the intercept : censorship.
by juan 26 Dec '16

26 Dec '16

On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 05:28:33 -0500 Digitalfolklore <digitalfolklore(a)protonmail.ch> wrote: > why surprised? Good question. I thought Mr. paypal-greenwald would pretend a bit harder to be different from the 'main stream media' he pretends to criticize. Silly me =) > > > VH > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: New low for the intercept : censorship. > Local Time: 26 December 2016 7:56 AM > UTC Time: 25 December 2016 8:56 PM > From: juan.g71(a)gmail.com > To: cp <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org> > > > > Now pay-pal-ebay-greenewald's "The Intercept" features Censored > Comments.

1 0

Suggestion for reading (was Fwd: [liberationtech] Fake News)
by Cecilia Tanaka 26 Dec '16

26 Dec '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Yosem Companys" Date: Dec 9, 2016 1:51 AM Subject: [liberationtech] Fake News To: "Liberation Technologies" <liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu>, Anyone know of any academic studies showing that fake (social media) news influenced the 2016 presidential election outcome? Thanks, Yosem -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at companys(a)stanford.edu. ======= Hi again, shiny happy people! :D I strongly recommend the reading of this amazing thread on the Liberation Technologies list. It's gorgeous, pretty interesting, with 70 or more messages until the moment! I loved it, Yosem! Thank you very much! <3 Hey, Rr, ask to Luiz Moncau, one of the cute Stanford guys who wrote a message on this thread, about my existence! :D He knows me in person and will tell you I do exist and I seem a happy dumb puppy, pretty cute, but terribly clumsy and crazy, hahaha!! ;D I do love cats, but unhappily I never had feline elegance and charm. Hmm... Maybe only when flirting... Meow, baby! ;) - PS for Mirimir, the person: - Mirimir, the ugliest cat that I already saw in my whole life, is being brave, but he is dying faster than I expected, my love. He will probably not see 2017 arrives, but I promise his last days will be full of love, care and food, my dear. Like you, he is a great explorer, pretty curious and loves eating fish and strange music. He likes to meow when my neighbour listens to bizarre songs (Brazilian funk 'pancadão', with vulgar bad words and explicit sexual content). I was very proud until yesterday, thinking he also detested them like me and was complaining in cat's language, but noticed he was purring while meowing, hahaha!!! Traitor of the good music, haha!! ;D He wants attention and when I try to sleep, he simply sits on my face and I can't breath... Now Zzz will tell everybody I am 'lesbian' because I had a 'bald pussy' on my face in the last days, aff... Mirimir has lost his fur and is so bald as Zzz. Hope this guy leaves the closet soon to stop annoying LGBT people. He needs lots of love (and anal sex!) for being a better person! :-/ OK, I will try to sleep a bit and stop writing so much. (-_-)* zzzzz Mirimir, the cat, and his pet, Ceci, wish you all a great life! Meow meow meow!!! <3 <3 <3 - PS's PS: - "Dear Santa, I am writing to tell you that I have been naughty, but -- wow! -- it was worth it! With love, Ceci. :D"

2 1

Assange still alive and kickin'...
by Rayzer 26 Dec '16

26 Dec '16

> Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has offered guarded praise of > Donald Trump, arguing the president-elect “is not a DC insider” and > could mean an opportunity for positive as well as negative change in the > US. > > Assange described his feelings about the US election results in an > interview as “mixed” before going on to sharply criticize Democratic > nominee Hillary Clinton and providing a more ambivalent assessment of > Trump’s ascent to the White House. > > “Hillary Clinton’s election would have been a consolidation of power in > the existing ruling class of the United States,” Assange told the > Italian newspaper la Repubblica. > > “Donald Trump is not a DC insider, he is part of the wealthy ruling > elite of the United States, and he is gathering around him a spectrum of > other rich people and several idiosyncratic personalities.” > > He added: “They do not by themselves form an existing structure, so it > is a weak structure which is displacing and destabilising the > pre-existing central power network within DC. It is a new patronage > structure which will evolve rapidly, but at the moment its looseness > means there are opportunities for change in the United States: change > for the worse and change for the better. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/24/julian-assange-donald-trump-h…

5 12

Intel 8008: 3000+ gates
by Faggy 25 Dec '16

25 Dec '16

> John Newman: > I have no idea what the reputation is or how well any of it works These cats use Olimex: https://labriqueinter.net/ Polka round thur

1 0

Intel 8008: 3000+ gates
by grarpamp 25 Dec '16

25 Dec '16

http://www.righto.com/2016/12/die-photos-and-analysis-of_24.html Die photos and analysis of the revolutionary 8008 microprocessor, 45 years old Intel's groundbreaking 8008 microprocessor was first produced 45 years ago.1 This chip, Intel's first 8-bit microprocessor, is the ancestor of the x86 processor family that you may be using right now. I couldn't find good die photos of the 8008, so I opened one up and took some detailed photographs. These new die photos are in this article, along with a discussion of the 8008's internal design Ancient chip, still not a complete reverse engineering. No chance at even getting close to that in public with today's chips. #OpenFabs #OpenDesigns

3 2

Re: Assange still alive and kickin'...
by Cecilia Tanaka 25 Dec '16

25 Dec '16

On Dec 25, 2016 2:52 AM, "Assorange" <assorange(a)sigaint.org> aka Zenaan Harkness wrote: Zenaan, Please, in this Christmas day, I sincerely ask you to stop disturbing this list. You made references to God and the Bible in past messages, so I think you believe in Jesus existence and sacrifice. Today is his birthday and you are doing evil and cruel things. Do you think it is the correct way of acting to honor the life and death of your saviour? :(( If you want to annoy and to attack me, simply do what you always do: send me lots of stupid garbage and spam *in private*. Please, let the cypherpunks list in peace. You hate me, so attack only me and don't disturb the whole list with junk and prejudiced messages, please. Do something good for this world, creature. Spread good feelings, not hate, racism and prejudices. I am not using nail polish today because I am too exhausted to make my own manicure after spending the last weeks fixing and cleaning old toys to donate to poor and refugee children. My private messages are pretty late because I was busy painting hundreds and hundreds of little colourful nails in old dolls to make them more beautiful to the children. I am naked, using no make up today, but in the last days I made little clothes, hundreds of ribbons and beautiful make up in several old dolls to make them look beautiful like new toys. Glitter becomes bright fairy dust when you want to believe in the magic... <3 Please, try to spread a bit of love instead hate and intolerance, Zenaan. Think of the children. They will be the future. > > Cecilia Tanaka cecilia.tanaka at gaymail.com What is the problem about being gay, uh? I am not gay, but if I was, I would tell to everybody about my sexual preferences with sincere proud. It's wonderful when someone accepts their own sexuality and respect the sexual choices of other people. It's about love, about respecting people, about honouring the freedom of letting they live their own lives in the way they want. I had threesome sexual relations with my boyfriend and another girl. It was wonderful, a really gorgeous meeting. I don't discard to fall in love or having sex with a girl again, but I simply don't feel lesbian or bissexual because my passion is being penetrated and I love real penises, not the artificial ones. Just it. No problems about accepting my own sexuality, but I think it would be healthy for you to leave the closet and try to be happy. So much hate is pure envy, my dear! ;) > > Sat Dec 25 12:00:00 EST 2016 wrote: > > My love, I said that Assange is alive > > Are you the authority on these things lol No, I am not. Ask "Julian". I never called him in a so intimate way like you, Zenaan, but I think Assange won't care about it. Everybody knows I am more intelligent, charming and interesting than you and if someone like you can call him "Julian", I probably can too. ;) Yep, my ego can be so big as yours! It's pretty annoying, isn't it? Hahaha!! ;D Nah, my ego trips ignore your existence. I use better references in my comparations or it would be too much cowardy with you, little poor devil. ;P > > will be kicked soon > > Snitches... No, not my style. You offended the Japanese people some times and yes, we are "rice eaters", but we are proud and believe in honour, loyalty and respect, concepts that you probably never will understand. I am a proud rice eater. My favorite comfort food is "Kare Raisu" in a spicy veggie version, with no meat and more vegetables than the traditional Japanese recipe. Remember in the future that Brazilians love rice too. With beans, please. :) My blood is Japanese, but I am and I always will be Brazilian. Not because of my documents, but because it was my heart's choice and I always follow my heart. Merry Christmas, Zenaan. Remember Jesus rejected the hypocrites and, please, think seriously about being a better person. I will do the same. I always make this kind of reflection in the end of all the years. Cecilia Tanaka

1 1

[OT] [song] Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
by Cecilia Tanaka 25 Dec '16

25 Dec '16

This song doesn't sound pretty 'cypherpunk', but made me laugh a lot, hahaha!! It was new for me and I loved it, hahaha!! ;D Wish you all a wonderful Christmas/Hanukkah/Chomsky's Day, with much love, sincere smiles and peace, yay!! :D Tender kisses and hugs!! <3 Ceci ===== Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy https://youtu.be/MgIwLeASnkw Grandma got run over by a reindeer. Walking home from our house Christmas eve. You can say there's no such thing as Santa, But as for me and grandpa we believe. She'd been drinking too much eggnog, And we begged her not to go. But she forgot her medication, and she Staggered out the door into the snow. When we found her Christmas morning, At the scene of the attack, She had hoof-prints on her forehead, And incriminating Claus marks on her back. Now we're all so proud of grandpa, He's been taking this so well. See him in there watching football, Drinking root beer and Playing cards with Cousin Mel. It's not Christmas without Grandma, All the family's dressed in black And we just can't help but wonder: Should we open up her gifts, Or send them back? Send them back!! Now the goose is on the table And the pudding made of fig And the blue and silver candles That would just have matched The hair on grandma's wig. I've warned all my Friends and neighbors Better watch out for yourselves, They should never give a license To a man who drives a sleigh And plays with elves

1 0