re: How to Defeat DVD Zone Controls

2002-07-28 Thread mean-green
Most players cannot be hacked. And many hacks do not operate properly. How about just rent or borrow DVDs, reprocess to remove the region controls and reburn to a DVD-R? DVD-Rs are only about $1.25 or less each. Test burn on a DVD-RW to help prevent expensive coasters. See http://mpucoder.d

Re: movie distribution post copyright (Re: Artists)

2002-07-08 Thread mean-green
>At 10:20 PM 7/8/2002 +0100, Adam Back wrote: >But right now copies of recent release movies (post screen release, but pre DVD/VHS relase) are not generally available in high quality format, suitable for projecting. As you note later, most recent releases to the Net are often lower quality 'cams'

Re: Degrees of Freedom vs. Hollywood Control Freaks

2002-06-06 Thread mean-green
At 11:29 PM 6/5/2002 -0700, Tim May wrote: On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 08:37 PM, Morlock Elloi wrote: >>>I only bought one (1) VHS tape, ever (*). That was "Pulp Fiction." So far, I don't have it on DVD. >>DVDs are probably the first product ever rolled out exclusively for content control pu

RE: Degrees of Freedom vs. Hollywood Control Freaks

2002-06-05 Thread mean-green
At 05:06 PM 6/3/2002 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: >Tim, I think you're missing the point here. Valenti and his ilk would like nothing more than to force you to to rebuy your visual media *again*, but they don't have to. I'll bet dollars to donuts that you've rebought some of your VCR tapes as DVDs. W

re: Satellite Hacking Article Now Free

2002-05-01 Thread mean-green
Seems to me that oneof the keys to permanently unlocking sat TV is to do away with the vendor's receiver. From my novice perspective, it seems many or most of the attacks against pirate devices are based on the assumption that the pirate must still have a set-top box which is still, indirectly

re: Reputable E-Gold Funded Debit Cards?

2002-04-02 Thread mean-green
I've been monitoring the e-gold discussion list for some time and this guy appears to be legit (i.e., a lack of negative comments). I have not purchased from him, but am considering obtaining one of these. Would be most interested in your experience should you decide to go ahead. https://www

Hacker threat looms for mobile handsets

2002-02-25 Thread mean-green
CANNES, France — Mischief that has caused cell phones to go haywire in Europe and Japan could be just the beginning. The hacker underground has ordered a hit on the mobile phone platform, industry leaders warned at the 3GSM World Congress here this week. An underground Web news service has iss

NYTimes.com Article: U.S. Companies File in Bermuda to Slash Tax Bills

2002-02-17 Thread mean-green
This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] I find it difficult to see why citizens should be treated any different then corporations whe it comes to their ability to shelter offshore income from the IRS. Some in fact engage in "buy-back" transactions but they mus

re: What Kind Of Government......

2002-02-05 Thread mean-green
Further support for my contention that current court opinions still leave legal wiggle room for tax protesters on their 1040 filings. In United States v. Sullivan, 274 U.S. 259 (1927), the Court held that the privilege against compulsory self-incrimination is not a defense to prosecution

New rallying cry (was Re: FOI- Arizona Stadium Tax Nazis)

2002-01-06 Thread mean-green
At 06:32 PM 1/5/2002 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: Matt, Thanks for posting. I've forwarded it and copied the board members, as a courtesy: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02994.html I'm one of those who believes there may be something to the claims that Secretary Knox perjured himself when he to

WSJ again touts 802.11 as an emerging open solution to wireless

2001-12-07 Thread mean-green
High-Tech Hobbyists Develop Internet Links for the 'Masses' By PUI-WING TAM and SCOTT THURM Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASPEN, Colo. -- Jim Selby clambered up a ladder onto the roof of a four-story office building here to survey his little alternate empire. "I've got one on top

US Pat. No. 6,219,185: Large aperture diffractive space telescope

2001-11-29 Thread mean-green
[Intended for astronomical and continuous sub-meter earth surveillance.] A large (10's of meters) aperture space telescope including two separate spacecraft--an optical primary objective lens functioning as a magnifying glass and an optical secondary functioning as an eyepiece. The spacecraft a

Jamming technology blocks cell phone rings

2001-11-22 Thread mean-green
[I've played around with an expensive version from another vendor. It appeared to function (my dual mode CDMA PCS phone quickly became inopperative). Range was limited due to low power output (about 12wm). The circuits are very simple and the addition of an inexpensive 10-12db power amp stag

Re: Carnivore To Get "Magic Lantern"

2001-11-21 Thread mean-green
At 05:53 PM 11/20/2001 -0800, FogStorm wrote: http://www.msnbc.com/news/660096.asp?0si=-&cp1=1 ... MAGIC LANTERN installs so-called keylogging software on a suspect's machine that is capable of capturing keystrokes typed on a computer. By tracking exactly what a suspect types, critical enc

Re: De-Macrovisioning Hardware

2001-11-18 Thread mean-green
At 10:31 PM 11/18/2001 +0100, Anonymous wrote: >A number of people are selling the "Sima SED-CM" for anywhere between $25 and $60, which will supposedly remove Level 1 Macrovision. Sima makes a more pricey device, the "Color Corrector" which claims it will remove both level 1 and Level 2. >Does

Re: Red Herring: Terrorism and the challenge to globalization.

2001-11-15 Thread mean-green
At 08:20 AM 11/15/2001 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote: > [Another glimmer of hope as even some of the mainstream business press is > venturing beyond simple patriotic flag waving. Posted in its entirety > as its not online.] > > Terrorism and the challenge to globalization. > BY PETER SCHWARTZ Stupid

Red Herring: Terrorism and the challenge to globalization.

2001-11-14 Thread mean-green
[Another glimmer of hope as even some of the mainstream business press is venturing beyond simple patriotic flag waving. Posted in its entirety as its not online.] Terrorism and the challenge to globalization. BY PETER SCHWARTZ THE CATASTROPHIC, evil attacks on the United States are the resul

Cash - egold co-op

2001-11-07 Thread mean-green
Egold attempts to solve a number of transactional issues, especially non-repudiation. It doesn't directly address privacy concerns. One aspect of establishing financial privacy is unlinkability and one of the best ways to offer that quality is to use bearer instruments during the buy and/or s

How-to be a sheep article on the WSJ

2001-10-04 Thread mean-green
October 4, 2001 Capital A Pivotal Point In American Life IT IS EASY TO ASSERT that Sept. 11 "changed everything." It certainly is redefining normalcy in New York and Washington, where the sound of a siren or the darkness of a blown fuse revives the anxiety of that terrible Tuesday. But life is

Email snarfing

2001-09-21 Thread mean-green
I've recently encountered a number of email problems (delayed delivery, lost mail, etc.) both from my pop accounts and Hush. I'm not trying to be paranoid but could these be caused by problems of TLA-installed transparent SMTP, POP, and HTTP proxies at ISP's in a man-in-the-middle mode, so tha

The Myth of Posse Comitatus

2001-09-21 Thread mean-green
The Myth of Posse Comitatus MAJ Craig T. Trebilcock, USAR The Posse Comitatus Act has been traditionally viewed as a major barrier to the use of U.S. military forces in planning for homeland defense. In fact, many in uniform believe the Act precludes the use of U.S. military assets in domesti

EarthLink rejects FBI\'s request to install Carnivore

2001-09-19 Thread mean-green
EarthLink rejects FBI's request to install Carnivore ATLANTA -- Less than 24 hours after last week's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, FBI agents visited executives in EarthLink's Atlanta headquarters. The agents, subpoenas in hand, wanted EarthLink personnel to install the FBI's

Omniva\'s E-Mail \'Shredder\' Offers New Level of Security

2001-09-06 Thread mean-green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- [Didn't these guys present something at a BA CP meeting last year?] September 6, 2001 Under the Radar Omniva's E-Mail 'Shredder' Offers New Level of Security By ELLEN BYRON Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Imagin

Re: The Privacy/Untraceability Sweet Spot

2001-08-27 Thread mean-green
At 10:46 AM 8/26/2001 -0700, Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sunday, August 26, 2001, at 09:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Right on target. There is one aspect to this loss of nerve not >> mentioned: the correlation between those with the means and interest to >>pursue these avenues

Re: The Privacy/Untraceability Sweet Spot

2001-08-26 Thread mean-green
At 09:56 PM 8/25/2001 -0700, Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: some really great stuff deleted >CONCLUSION: > >To really do something about untraceability you need to be untraceable. > >Draw this graph I outlined. Think about where the markets are for tools for privacy and untraceability.