Re: How to Exit the Matrix

2005-08-09 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 07:27 PM 8/1/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Network Forensics Evasion: How to Exit the Matrix https://n4ez7vf37i2yvz5g.onion/howtos/ExitTheMatrix/ Tor (tor.eff.org) required "Privacy and anonymity have been eroded to the point of non-existence in recent years. In fact, in many workplaces, emp

Re: Well, they got what they want...

2005-07-22 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 02:08 PM 7/22/2005, Duncan Frissell wrote: entrance until you make it into the system without a search.  Or you can decline to use government transportation entirely and call 212-777- for the Tel Aviv car service (most of who's drivers are the sons of Hagar rather than the so

Re: Well, they got what they want...

2005-07-22 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 11:00 AM 7/22/2005, Tyler Durden wrote: OK, OK...so the police are deterrents against a few lone crazy copycats, who don't have enough sense to enter away from police line-of-site. But it sure seems damned silly to be giving up constitutional protection for the sake of an image of protection.

Re:The Nazification Of America ("Show Me Your Papers" - Day 1)

2005-07-05 Thread Duncan Frissell
Fine, I'll just order the birth certificate and get it over with, right? Wrong.  New York wants affirmative proof of identity for a copy now: passport or your [missing] original birth certificate.  Anyone else see a circular problem here? http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/birth.htm Id

Re: Got.net and its narcing out of its customers

2003-12-09 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Tim May wrote: > It happened in one of the "movies" groups (rec.arts.current-movies), > when the thread was on DVD copy protection and the (claimed) illegality > of making DVDs of movies. > > I explained how I was cheerfully making an average of a DVD a day of my > favorite cur

Re: [declan@well.com: [Politech] FBI visits John Young, asks about anti-government activity [fs]]

2003-11-06 Thread Duncan Frissell
It's a little late for Special Agent Todd Renner to avoid publicity: http://www.networks.org/?src=cnn:2003:US:Northeast:05:22:explosives.arrest "Todd Renner -- an FBI special agent assigned to the Joint Terrorist Task Force in New York" DCF At 02:39 PM 11/5/03 -0800, Eric Murray wrote: - F

Re: Year in Jail for Web Links

2003-08-06 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Eric Cordian wrote: > An anarchist has been sentenced to a year in jail for having links to > explosives information on his Web site. AmeriKKKa is further fucking the > First Amendment by restricting whom he may associate with in the future, > and what views he may espouse.

RE: U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV

2003-03-31 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 12:43 PM 3/29/2003 -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: I totally agree. The US has lost everything in terms of world opinion. We are morons led by an insane lunatic and the US needs to be dealt with accordingly. Once we start invading Syria, the world will retaliate in a big way. We're already building

Re: COWed news networks not showing Baghdad market dead

2003-03-31 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:02 PM 3/29/2003 -0800, Eric Cordian wrote: Let me quote a few of their comments, as it gives new meaning to the term "World Arrogance," and illustrates why we should "Support Our Troops(tm)" only if they are on their way to the gallows via an international tribunal, along with their Commander

Re: Porn for neo-conservatives

2003-03-14 Thread Duncan Frissell
Yes, I think it's terrible that tax money is stolen to buy weapons for public employees. Very immoral. That village should be destroyed by mercs operating on the free market. Perhaps for the oil companies. Then we could judge its morality depending on the guilt of the targets. As it is, such a

Re: A prediction

2003-02-18 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 03:24 PM 2/18/03 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: -- The Iraq war will, as everyone knows, be launched on the 27 or 28th of february. I was thinking about 0400 hours (GMT+3) on the morning of the 28th (that being "Sunday" in Muslim countries). Sunday the 2nd is dark of the moon and an ear

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-18 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:49 PM 2/16/03 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: Peter: I think you're right. It's had some, spotty coverage: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22robert+byrd%22+war+iraq+floor&btnG=Search+News One reason why it may not have been picked up (speaking as a political journalist, albeit not one

Guns & Duct Tape

2003-02-14 Thread Duncan Frissell
were the most important part of any emergency survival kit. Ron's classic quote: "Guns will get you through times of no duct tape better than duct tape will get you through times of no guns." -- Posted by Duncan Frissell to The Technoptimist at 2/14/2003 9:26:27 AM Powered by Blogger Pro

Re: The Statism Meme

2003-02-04 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Tim May wrote: > I'm struck by how many of them this year treat civil liberties as gone, > either as old-fashioned or as just plain ignorable. I love the frequent use of facial recognition systems on TV as well. With, of course, no mention of the fact that they don't work. DC

RE: The Statism Meme

2003-02-04 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Blanc wrote: > Years ago I asked a group of Libertarians at a meeting what they would do if > a particular politican, who was then running for President, won and turned > everything into a bona-fide, outright statist state like Russia was at the > time. They couldn't adequatel

Re: bin Laden, Hanssen, Inslaw Promis, Oh My!

2003-01-09 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 09:58 AM 1/9/03 -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030106-75579570.htm --- Greets to the TLA moths flitting to the flame of keywords.. Though the article would be better if it had named the former NJ Governor Thomas H. Kean instead of "David H. Kean

Re: citizens can be named as enemy combatants

2003-01-09 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Tim May wrote: > Fuck the U.S. Fuck it dead. Do it soon. > > This is one of the rulings which completes the shredding of the > Constitution. Every member of that Court should be killed for their > crimes against the Constitution. It's a good thing he was captured by the Feds

RE: JYA ping

2002-10-04 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We paid a surprise Sunday morning visit to the CIA back entrance, got > surrounded by HMMVs and spiffy guards with hands on guns, interrogated by a > swell looking Ms. Security who ran our Duncan Frissell ID card through the > master fil

Raise the Fist Webmaster pleads guilty

2002-09-25 Thread Duncan Frissell
4a.article and http://www.raisethefist.com/news.cgi?artical=wire/9845643t4a.article -- Posted by Duncan Frissell to The Technoptimist at 9/25/2002 1:54:34 PM Powered by Blogger Pro

The SSA in Peace and War

2002-09-05 Thread Duncan Frissell
you that the Social Security Administration would become an instrument of totalitarian control back in 1935 when it was created. But you didn't listen -- Posted by Duncan Frissell to The Technoptimist at 9/5/2002 2:52:44 PM Powered by Blogger Pro

Selling Privacy for ETC

2002-08-20 Thread Duncan Frissell
. -- Posted by Duncan Frissell to The Technoptimist at 8/19/2002 1:52:02 PM Powered by Blogger Pro

RE: White House Sounds Call For New Internet Standards

2002-08-01 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Lucky Green wrote: > > How about IPv6 with IPSEC? > > --Lucky > Isn't that a creaky, cranky 10-year-old protocol? DCF

Is Latvia Offshore?

2002-07-30 Thread Duncan Frissell
that it is Latvia. Now it is certainly possible that heroic Latvians could be offering fabulous anonymous bank accounts and credit and debit cards but how would one know this in advance. Then there's the fact that the record was created in May. A bit young. Give it a while to age. DCF -- P

A Q&A exchange between me and Eugene Volokh

2002-07-30 Thread Duncan Frissell
deral licenses should be required to answer a basic question -- what activities should be subject to state and federal permission and which activities should not? DCF -- Posted by Duncan Frissell to The Technoptimist at 7/30/2002 10:40:04 PM

Pizza with a credit card

2002-07-29 Thread Duncan Frissell
ant or completely spurious remains to be seen, but those kinds of weird things happen with data." Course all those terrorists buying their pizzas with cash get away clean. DCF Posted by Duncan Frissell to <http://technoptimist.blogspot.com>The Technoptimist at 7/29/2002 10:19:30 AM

Hollywood Hackers

2002-07-29 Thread Duncan Frissell
Congressman Wants to Let Entertainment Industry Get Into Your Computer Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Calif., formally proposed legislation that would give the industry unprecedented new authority to secretly hack into consumers' computers or knock them off-line entirely if they

How to Defeat DVD Zone Controls

2002-07-28 Thread Duncan Frissell
From Ditherati: YOU CAN'T FIRE ME, I SUBMIT "I care more about this than getting myself fired, but the fact is that getting myself fired today would have hurt Hewlett-Packard's Linux program." Open-source guru Bruce Perens, on his courageous decision to keep drawing a paycheck instead of tea

RE: Are the Feds Wimps or What?

2002-07-22 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Trei, Peter wrote: > Well, the other possible interpretation is that the Feds are not > black-at-heart, Big Brother, neo Stalinist fascist JBTs > pouncing on any opportunity to make confetti of the Bill of Rights; > but rather are actually trying to respond to 9/11 with a min

Are the Feds Wimps or What?

2002-07-22 Thread Duncan Frissell
ion of 132 megs. I guess there could be a few more internees but they'd be tough to hide. Too many others would note their absence. I thinks the Feds are just to wimpy to indulge in actual oppression these days. At least on a wholesale basis. Maybe I'm wrong but I need more evidence fi

Highjacker's Banking Problems

2002-07-10 Thread Duncan Frissell
can just mail them one or two at a time. Most of them will get through. No big deal. The truth is that it's a bit tricky to block the movement of small amounts of money like this. -- Posted by Duncan Frissell to The Technoptimist at 7/10/2002 10:30:45 AM Powered by Blogger Pro

Re: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen.

2002-07-09 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Tim May wrote: > Why do you think a person without a green card is exempt from IRS > jurisdiction? I assumed that he meant a US non-resident. Obvi > > Unless one's stay is a short one (see below), income or other money > earned while in the U.S. (and maybe earned outside t

Re: [OT] why was private gold ownership made illegal in the US? (Re: "to outlaw general purpose computers")

2002-07-02 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Adam Back wrote: > Just curious, but what was the rationale under which private possession > of gold was made illegal in the US? It boggles the mind... > > Adam Eric's comment are correct. A bit more info. The US wanted to devalue the $ and substitute a general gold standa

Choate a Spammer or a Victim?

2002-04-23 Thread Duncan Frissell
Has anyone noticed genuine spam wrapped in Choatian wrappers? Perhaps someone who's good at header analysis can comment. This is the header of a mailing list sales pitch I retrieved from my trash file (where Choate and MattX go. I also got some porno spam. Innovation thy name is spam. DCF

Supremes Legalize Virtual Kiddieporn

2002-04-16 Thread Duncan Frissell
According to WABC at 10:30, the Supremem Court overturned the ban on virtual or morphed kiddie porn. DCF

Re: Among the Bourgeoisophobes

2002-04-12 Thread Duncan Frissell
Not to mention continent-wide free trade zone since 1790-1803 or so. Lower taxes. Relaxed regulatory environment. Free(er) media and art industry. DCF On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Julian Assange wrote: > > and awe (arrogance), the rejection of superstition (godlessness), > > Europeans certainly don'

Re: One for declan Mc CATOhead,pass it on dec!

2002-04-12 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, matthew X wrote: > http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/12/1018333413565.html > 700,000 awarded against British American Tobacco.Possible 1,000,000 fine > for destroying evidence. > Put that in your pipe and smoke it you cheap shill. > I thought "

Re: One for declan Mc CATOhead,pass it on dec!

2002-04-12 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, matthew X wrote: > http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/12/1018333413565.html > 700,000 awarded against British American Tobacco.Possible 1,000,000 fine > for destroying evidence. > Put that in your pipe and smoke it you cheap shill. > But I thought: "No opinion a law -- n

ID & Citizenship Believe it or Nots

2002-04-09 Thread Duncan Frissell
Identification & Citizenship Believe it or Nots by Duncan Frissell http://technoptimist.blogspot.com/?/2002_04_07_technoptimist_archive.html Last September's attack on the United States vastly increased debate on identification, citizenship, and immigration. For your education and

Re: DOJ press release: Visa offshore records to be turned over

2002-03-29 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 07:17 PM 3/28/02 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: >DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >COURT APPROVES IRS SUMMONS FOR OFFSHORE CREDIT CARD RECORDS Records from >VISA International Will Identify People Who Use Offshore Credit Cards to >Evade Federal Income Taxes WASHINGTON, D.C. -

Is Illegal Immigration Illegal?

2002-03-27 Thread Duncan Frissell
I'm trying to figure out the answer to what should be a simple question. Is it illegal to be Illegal. I've wandered through various US Code sections: TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 75 > Sec. 1546. Sec. 1546. - Fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents http://www4.law.cornell.edu/usco

Eudora filter file for Cypherpunks

2002-03-21 Thread Duncan Frissell
Sample filers.pce file for Eudora. Filter file transfers all incoming cypherpunks mail to a mailbox called cypherpunks and then transfers certain posters posts to trash: 3 rule +Any Header;cypherpunks transfer cypherpunks.mbx incoming header +Any Header; verb contains value cypherpunks conjun

3rd & 4th Quarter 2001 Taxpats Lists Up

2002-03-14 Thread Duncan Frissell
Late and messy,the Service has finally published its Taxpatriates lists for the last half of 2001. I've updated my Official Taxpatriates Page: http://www.frissell.com/taxpat/taxpats.html and, as always, a .csv database is available at: http://www.frissell.com/taxpat/taxpats.csv. Not too much

Re: Teen Anarchist Back Online Despite FBI & Big ISPs

2002-03-08 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Brian McWilliams wrote: > Yahoo "honors the spirit of the First Amendment and free speech," according > to spokeswoman Mary Osako, but she noted that Yahoo's terms of service > prohibit posting "content that incites violence." So I guess there are no pro government or militar

Re: Film a fed building, get deported

2002-03-05 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 07:12 PM 3/5/02 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: > While he was outside the building Dec. 6, he said, > his filming was stopped by security guards and he > was interviewed by Santa Ana > police, who wrote > down his driver's license. On Dec. 11, FBI agents > were at his doorstep. > > With

Re: Recruiting Agents

2002-03-01 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 08:43 AM 2/28/02 -0800, John Young wrote: >You know, he said, I'm very troubled by what my company >is doing, but I think in times of danger we all have to do >what we can to protect the nation, and I think you should >get in touch with the authorities to be sure information >you get is okay to

Choate, Matt, and Seth -- Agents of the Vatican!

2002-03-01 Thread Duncan Frissell
Now we have the proof: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_doc_20020228_ethics-internet_en.html PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS ETHICS IN INTERNET "The ideology of radical libertarianism is both mistaken and harmful not

Dell Computers Screening Customers for "Combat"

2002-02-27 Thread Duncan Frissell
http://www.jackweigand.com/Dell.html " It seems someone in Dell had already canceled my order, when I asked why I was told Dell was afraid I was going to use the machine for illegal purposes. When I asked why someone would think that I was told it was because of the name of my business Weigand

Re: Cheney: "Atrocity of 9/11 to save tech sector"

2002-02-26 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Graham Lally wrote: > Technology to pimp itself out to a capitalist police state (anyone have a > transcript of the speech?) : > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/24204.html > > Atrocity of 9/11 to save tech sector - Cheney > By Thomas C Greene in Washington > Posted:

Re: Trends in criminal acts against civil aviation 1992-2000

2002-02-12 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Greg Newby wrote: > I was surprised to see that the number of US-registered air carriers > involved in hijackings (and most other acts the FAA considers in these > reports) from 1992 - 2000 is zero. > > This stuff happens to non-US airlines, and usually outside > of the US. >

'Raise the Fist' Owner Busted in NYC

2002-02-05 Thread Duncan Frissell
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/40632.htm BABY 'BOMB' BUST By BRAD HUNTER and LARRY CELONA of the New York Post February 5, 2002 -- A would-be teen terrorist, wanted by the FBI for allegedly posting a how-to-blow-things-up Web site, was nabbed during World Economic Forum demonstrations,

Re: FBI Raid Silences Teen Anarchist's Site

2002-01-31 Thread Duncan Frissell
> Sherman Martin Austin, 18, is believed to have violated federal computer > fraud and abuse laws, as well as statutes prohibiting the distribution of > bomb-making information, according to an FBI affidavit. I wonder what statutes those are? DCF

Re: [FP] Transcript: AAMVA's InterNational ID Press Conference

2002-01-23 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Ken Brown wrote: > I have neither a driving licence (I don't drive) nor a credit card, > which made visiting the USA interesting. But I did have id because you > lot wouldn't have let me in without a passport. Does that not apply to > Mexicans any more? Or am I missing a subt

Re: [FP] Transcript: AAMVA's InterNational ID Press Conference

2002-01-22 Thread Duncan Frissell
> SCAN THIS NEWS > 1.20.2002 > > TRANSCRIPT FROM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES' > PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ID PROPOSAL. > > [BEGIN] > > http://www.networkusa.org/fingerprint/page1b/AAMVAtranscript.html > > [Alan Cockman] Good morning. We'll get started. I'm Alan Cockman, {Koe~man

Re: Canadian Flag Censorship

2002-01-22 Thread Duncan Frissell
> Dear Friends, > > A few days ago, Canadian government ordered FORCES Canada to remove Canadian > flag from its website. They said the flag is a trademark of the government > (!). Since no other site has been forced to do it, many argue Canadian > government legally attacked FORCES (http://www.fo

Re: Cypherpunk Agitprop.

2002-01-16 Thread Duncan Frissell
> http://www.anarchymag.org/52/violence.html > > "Stop the Violence!"? > Policing the antiglobalization movement > > The antiglobalization movement will continue to build in numbers, > coherence and effectiveness as evidenced by the recent events in Gothenburg, > Sweden and Genoa, Italy. NBL. Th

Re: registering Cypherpunks movement ...

2002-01-14 Thread Duncan Frissell
On 14 Jan 2002, Anonymous wrote: > Not a joke. Also not news. > >http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=corp&group=34001-35000&file=35000-35007 > > "35001. This title is enacted in the exercise of the police power of > this State for the protection of the public peace and safet

Re: Rogue terror state violates Geneva Convention

2002-01-14 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Jim Dixon wrote: > Conventionally, in order to be a prisoner of war you have to be a > soldier. To be considered a soldier, you have to be in uniform > and you have to be part of an organized military force, meaning > that you have a rank and, unless you are the commander

Re: Reg - Linotype copyright action on Adobe-format fonts

2001-12-18 Thread Duncan Frissell
I thought everyone knew. Fonts aren't copyrightable. Font *names* are. The reverse of the norm. With a story or novel the body of text is copyrightable, the title isn't. DCF On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: > Why wouldn't an original typeface be covered under U.S. copyright laws?

Re: Who Am I Anyway?

2001-12-13 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:10 PM 12/13/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote: >Which is beside your point. Your statement was that the government didn't >do ANY identification for ANY of the soldiers in WWII. Patently wrong. >Quit trying to change the rules in the middle of the game. >AFTER the war started, not before. When t

Re: Duncans frizzleling.

2001-12-13 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, mattd wrote: > >>If Womyn and Victims of Color think that it is tough to make it in an > advanced capitalist society, they should have tried doing it the way Dead > White European Males had to do it -- building an advanced capitalist > society out of ancient tyrannies from t

Re: Who Am I Anyway?

2001-12-13 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Jim Choate wrote: > Bullshit, if they had birth certificates they were required to produce > them. And if you worked on the neuclear weapons then the FBI most > certainly did do a background check. But of course they weren't required to have birth certificates. It also se

Re: codetalkers get some press

2001-12-07 Thread Duncan Frissell
"Windtalkers" from John Woo and MGM. Due out June 14th 2002. DCF On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, David Honig wrote: > Last night the local SoCal TV news had some Navajo > codetalkers on the tube, and (today? weekend?) they > will be feted at a parade. Supposedly hollywood > will be milking their accompli

What's Our National Identity?

2001-12-06 Thread Duncan Frissell
http://sierratimes.com/archive/files/dec/06/eddf120601.htm What's Our National Identity? By Duncan Frissell 12.06.01 Oracle's Larry Ellison and Harvard's Allen Dershowitz have been all over the media recently pitching a National ID Card. One poll indicates 70% public support

Re: CJ sent you a Yahoo! Greeting

2001-12-06 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And a happy bomb day to you too CJ :-) > Many happy _returns_ !!! And last night was Guy Fawkes: http://www.bonefire.org/guy/ Gunpowder and all. DCF "At least John Ashcroft protects tha 2nd Amendment Rights of aliens so he hasn't tossed ou

Re: Reputation of a Reputation

2001-12-05 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Tim May wrote: > By the way, a topic I talked about a month or two ago, the bogus nature > of the _Economics_ prize, has been in the news. Some of the descendants > of the Nobel family want the Economics prize to have no connection to > the name "Nobel." > > Their claim is tha

Re: Reputation of a Reputation

2001-12-03 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 03:39 PM 12/3/01 -0500, Faustine wrote: >Great points, but consider the example "Harvard University." People are >willing to pay a premium to be associated with it regardless of the academic >worth of the individual programs in the eyes of specialists. A lot of students >are after the cachet an

Re: CNN.com - Bush defends tribunals, saying 'we're at war' -November 29, 2001

2001-11-30 Thread Duncan Frissell
But they won't be. In any case, how are they "levying War against them [the United States], or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort? DCF On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Harmon Seaver wrote: > Dubbya should be impeached, and both he and Asscruft arrested for > treason. > > --

Drivers License as ID Card

2001-11-27 Thread Duncan Frissell
Americans and their Drivers Licenses. There's something funny about them. ** http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A32717-2001Nov2?language=printer "States Devising Plan for High-Tech National Identification Cards By Robert O'Harrow Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, Nov

RE: Nuclear Pipe Bombs

2001-11-19 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote: > Won't work on Berkeley, though. The City Council declared Berkeley a > "Nuclear Free Zone." Guess that leaves only conventional weapons. > > > S a n d y > Those restrictions usually also prohibit the *design* of nuclear weapons (don't know if Berze

Re: Sedition

2001-11-14 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:13 PM 11/13/01 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: >On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 02:20:28PM -0500, Faustine wrote: > > It sure is. That's why I think (and have always openly said, here and > > everywhere) we need more pro-freedom policy analysts in Washington. > >Of course, if you're a hardcore libert

Re: Osama bin Laden as SF fan

2001-10-31 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Ken Brown wrote: > Ken McLeod posted the following to rec.arts.sf.fandom > > > Forwarded with permission from China Mieville, fantasy writer > > and student of international relations: > > >> --- Forwarded message follows --- > > >> My supervisor, an expert in the Mid

Re: Pravda Propaganda On The NRA, GOA and Militias

2001-10-26 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 10:51 AM 10/26/01 -0700, j eric townsend wrote: >AIt's been done that way for years on television vote tallies. They never >use, say, purple and orange, almost always red and blue (and green, I >think for independents). I'm not sure, but I think GOP has always been >red and Dems have alway

Re: Where The Torture Never Stops...

2001-10-26 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 01:11 PM 10/26/01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Duncan Frissell wrote: > > > Besides, "Prison is not punishment to the literate." > >Please tell me this is not meant as it reads. I keep trying, but seem >unable to find anything but a

Re: The end of the Fourth Amendment

2001-10-26 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Tim May wrote: > On Friday, October 26, 2001, at 05:38 AM, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > Too many totalitarian surveillance state measures to comment on, but the > "sneak and peek" provision is such a slam dunk violation of the Fourth > Amendment that it bears special comment.

Re: James Glassman wants national IDs: "We have to give up" privacy

2001-10-26 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: > [You can see James Glassman's bio here: > http://www.techcentralstation.com/Bios.asp?FormMode=Bio&ID=6 His column is > not merely poorly-reasoned, but poorly researched as well: He makes some > factual errors, such as saying the lack of a national ID

Re: Where The Torture Never Stops...

2001-10-26 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Steve Thompson wrote: > That would be my view. After all, mistakes do happen and so we should all be > understanding of our and their all-too-human failings which occasionaly lead > to minor inconveniences. Besides, "Prison is not punishment to the literate." DCF "

Re: The Cost of Oil

2001-10-25 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 03:22 PM 10/25/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >Though the article was somewhat silly, or partisan, or both, in places. >Excerpt: > > >The Republicans oppose it as they oppose all taxes, especially ones > >that could harm the key industries--and important political > >contributors. > >Republi

Re: MORE MENTALISM

2001-10-25 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 10:54 AM 10/25/01 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote: >C'punks, > >Penn asked Teller for a good book on mentalism. Teller suggested a "great >classic mentalism book is THIRTEEN STEPS TO MENTALISM by Corinda." I didn't >find it on Amazon, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere. > >Soon, you too will b

Re: Your papers please

2001-10-18 Thread Duncan Frissell
Don't do it in Massachusetts. They consider it wiretapping. Most states aren't so funny. But why take it out. Leave it in your pocket (save when clearing the metal detector, of ocurse). DCF At 03:48 PM 10/18/01 -0700, Jamie Lawrence wrote: >Sometime around 02:50 PM 10/18/2001 -0700, Steve

Taxpatriates Page Updated

2001-10-01 Thread Duncan Frissell
In spite of the war, the Feds finally issued the 4Q 2000 and the 1Q & 2Q 2001 Taxpatrates lists some months late on September 24th. See: http://frissell.com/taxpat/taxpats.html I trust that their inefficiency doesn't extend to tax collections. I've updated the various .csv and Palm OS databas

Re: Alert! Congress to target "TOXIC MOLD!"

2001-09-29 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 08:17 AM 9/29/01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The correct response is to wipe down the highly visible mold >with dilute bleach solution, then leave a window cracked open >whenever you see condensation. Or live in a house made of real materials instead of wallboard. Or live in a cold clima

Re: crypto law survey questions

2001-09-19 Thread Duncan Frissell
-Original Message- I wonder what's going to be in the emergency anti-terrorism bill that Bush will send Congress on Wed or Thurs. Maybe not crypto restrictions, but the language will likely bear a close read. -Declan I wonder about enforcement as well. Crypto was outlawed in WWII but I

Re: I hope this war puts an end to PC nonsense

2001-09-17 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:28 PM 9/17/01 -0700, David Honig wrote: >I spent a minute thinking about how to use my laptop as a shield. Wondering >how much a drink-cart weighs. I was thinking of what would be available and somewhat effective as an improvised weapon on a hijacked aircraft since we've been deprived of

RE: I hope this war puts an end to PC nonsense

2001-09-17 Thread Duncan Frissell
-Original Message- That so many millions of children are programmed to mutter about how "bigotry is our most important problem" and "terrorism comes from our hearts" shows how far we've sunk into the miasma of political correctness. I hope if nothing else good comes from recent events,

Re: Naughty Journal Author Denied Plea Change

2001-09-05 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is the case I had in mind when I made my recent assertion that > thought==action in today's "court". How can anyone see this case, and not > conclude otherwise? This dude is going to spend a long time in stir, for > a *pure Thought Crime*. >

Border Control Protocol Failure

2001-09-04 Thread Duncan Frissell
But the question is: How can the Canadian Border Guards tell if a "letter from mom" is genuine? Major protocol failure. DCF >CANADA > >[John McCaslin, columnist for the Washington Times just returned from >vacation] > >U.S. passports are not required for entry into Canada, but as my 13-year-ol

Re: your mail

2001-08-31 Thread Duncan Frissell
On 31 Aug 2001, Anonymous wrote: > When I saw the "general response to bombz" post with the below mentioned book, I >asked my significant other to please order a copy for me, because she gets a very >nice reduction on prices of books she buys as an employed of Borders Bookstore chain. > > She

Re: kuro5hin.org || How Home-Schooling Harms the Nation

2001-08-31 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All I said was that actions can have unintended consequences. Make well > considered choices. Look at the power industry deregulation in CA. Too > much, too quickly and poorly crafted. By all means let's improve the > educational opportunities in thi

RE: Jim Bell sentenced to 10 years in prison

2001-08-28 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, John Young wrote: > Tanner's courtroom, she's very dirty. Jeff and Rob and the > undercover agents behaved exactly the same and > relished displaying the effect of their sucker punches > to the jury. But that's no excuse for JB not sucker punching back. The only reason for

Re: The Privacy/Untraceability Sweet Spot

2001-08-28 Thread Duncan Frissell
> It remains a challenge to identify groups that are both (A) wealthy, (B) > in need of anonymity technologies, and (C) morally acceptable to support. > Freedom fighters don't fit all that well, in today's world. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hutus, Tutsis, Vietnamese, Chinese, Russians, Commodities

Re: Borders UK and privacy

2001-08-28 Thread Duncan Frissell
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Bill Stewart wrote: > David Brin's book "The Transparent Society" suggests that you > might as well get used to it. Technological change driven by > the Moore's Law effects in computing power are making > video cameras and computer image processing get cheaper rapidly, > so

Re: Jim Bell sentenced to 10 years in prison

2001-08-25 Thread Duncan Frissell
So does anyone know who's handling Jim's appeal or is he proceeding in forma pauperis, or is he declining to appeal? DCF At 11:41 AM 8/25/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >Two consecutive (not concurrent) sentences, sez the judge yesterday. Jim >made a statement to the court. Judge agreed wit

Re: BESS's Secret LOOPHOLE (censorware vs. privacy & anonymity)

2001-08-22 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 10:24 PM 8/15/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: >Liar, check the archives. I never said anybody was dangerous. What I did >say was that I felt the C-A-C-L philosophy was dangerous. I stand by that. >I believe that were the C-A-C-L philosophy to take hold the results would >make the death counts from

Re: lawyerpunks-in-training...? [OT?]

2001-08-20 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:56 AM 8/20/01 +, David E. Smith wrote: >This is a fairly big list, and there aren't very many lawyerpunks on it. >(And they all seem to be tied up arguing with Choate. :-) There are entirely too many DCF How can you, an anarchist, be a lawyer? My father was a physician. That doe

Re: FBI Tries to Set Up Brian K. West

2001-08-20 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 06:02 PM 8/20/01 -0700, John Young wrote: >Come to think of it Aimee's reminds of Jeff, and the timing >is pretty good for another raid. > >Hark, wipe your disks. Save that Jeff is fresh out of soft targets, unless Choate qualifies. DCF How to prove that 95% of the people are either ana

Re: FBI Tries to Set Up Brian K. West

2001-08-20 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 09:11 PM 8/19/01 -0700, Paul Harrison wrote: >Now here a conundrum for Mr. Sperling, Esquire: If your >classmate's web homepage doesn't directly >link to the page with your home address, home phone, wife's >name, etc. then does the fact that Google's spiders and bots >finked you out (probably

Empire of the Air

2001-08-02 Thread Duncan Frissell
I'm grateful to Michael Hardt, co-author with Antonio Negri, of the social satire "Empire" for reminding me of a *very* inconvenient fact that the foes of Media Monopoly hope we'll forget. On the WBUR (Boston) program "The Connection" after talking about the initial promise of radio as a libe

Re: Salon: The real enemies of the poor

2001-07-26 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:53 PM 7/25/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: >I strongly want global trade and cultural exchange. I do not want global >government or corporate enterprise. I want direct interaction of business >in government to be prohibited. Great idea. As Frank Chodorov suggested during the McCarthy Era. "Wo

Re: Salon: The real enemies of the poor

2001-07-25 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 05:53 PM 7/25/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: >I strongly want global trade and cultural exchange. I do not want global >government or corporate enterprise. I want direct interaction of business >in government to be prohibited. Great idea. As Frank Chodorov suggested during the McCarthy Era. "Wo

RE: Killing the G8 Anarchists

2001-07-20 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 04:56 PM 7/20/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: >Just as much as these protesters object to having their cultures and >planet raped and pillaged for the God $ Fascist good (and not their own). Presumably "their cultures" and "their planet" are the "property" they are defending according to your pr

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