Valenti: Music is for the ear. It's like words. Movies are not

2001-07-26 Thread Alfred Qaeda
>"We're dealing with vastly disparate art forms," said Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. "Music is for the ear. It's like words. Movies are not."< Valenti is scum. *Dumbass* scum. But you knew that. >Pending bills by Lieberman and Rep. Steven Israel, D-N

Calif law applies everywhere; DeCSS

2001-08-08 Thread Alfred Qaeda
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cn/20010807/tc/out-of-state_resident_can_be_sued_in_dvd_case_1.html Out-of-state resident can be sued in DVD case By Jim Hu CNET News.com An out-of-state resident who allegedly posted computer code that circumvents DVD encryption mea

US psyops uses Napster to steal music for broadcast

2001-11-09 Thread Alfred Qaeda
http://www.msnbc.com/news/654592.asp?cp1=1 "He [Sgt in 4th psyops group] has downloaded hundreds more tunes from Internet sites that specialize in Afghan music." No, I don't know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation unde

Bad Opsec: Afghan hills, atavan for geologists

2001-12-05 Thread Alfred Qaeda
excerpts from http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-120501shroder.story about the importance of operational security Later CNN gave Shroder an enhanced copy of the complete tape. It revealed that the camera operator did not turn off the camera while he removed it from the tripod. As

A note to virus authors

2001-12-06 Thread Alfred Qaeda
>>"The subject line says 'Hi' and will be from someone you know," Symantec security response group manager Kevin Haley said. "The text will say 'How are you? I saw this screensaver and immediately thought of you.' That's a giveaway."<< Authors, How can you put so much effort into writing cool vir

guns, encryption, ID, biometrics, document authentication, unswipable CA drivers licenses

2001-12-05 Thread Alfred Qaeda
Learned the following today: starting soon --Jan 2002 IIRC-- you can't use an unswipable drivers license to buy a gun in CA. When asked, the employee said there was encrypted info on them that was harder to forge than the holograph-laminated front. When I said that the licenses could be read wi