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Re: Flaw with lava lamp entropy source
-- On 17 Dec 2004 at 22:51, Major Variola (ret) wrote: I've been running a 1970s-era lava lamp for some time, and found that it can enter a stable attractor where you get a non-circulating blob o' wax at the bottom. While Walker et al.'s (?) LL video entropy source is cute/clever, the general lesson we can take from this is to be careful that physical sources do not fail. These days the video entropy source is not a lava lamp, but a lens cap - in the dark, the ccds generate significant thermal noise, which (unlike chaotic noise) cannot fail, unless someone immerses the camera in liquid helium. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG YIh62RYRs2hLkj/bbMuhph73iWN9Kmjo6IJ27mBf 4RyyRBC0ayoxtSug4pB9k+d7sjGlnt3gsa6yVYFy5
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/books/review/19DONADIO.html?8bu=pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times December 19, 2004 ESSAY Is There Censorship? By RACHEL DONADIO In accepting a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation at a black-tie gala in Manhattan last month, Judy Blume, the doyenne of young-adult fiction, delivered herself of the following admonition: ''Your favorite teacher -- the one who made literature come alive for you, the one who helped you find exactly the book you needed when you were curious, or hurting, the one who was there to listen to you when you felt alone -- could become the next target.'' A target, that is, of censorship. Blume's books, which address sexuality and religion with a frankness that has made many a grown-up squeamish, have been among the books most frequently banned from public school libraries over the years, and so the author certainly knows whereof she speaks. Yet there was something slightly alarmist in Blume's remarks. In somber, insistent tones, she spoke as if the authorities were lurking behind the doors of the Marriott Marquis ballroom ready to burst in at any moment and break up the party. Blume's speech perfectly captured the mood in certain literary circles these days, where air once thick with now banned cigarette smoke instead hangs heavy with talk of the C-word. But the kind of censorship Blume has faced concerns individual libraries choosing not to lend her books, or placing restrictions on who can borrow them. It isn't about government harassment, even though that's what Blume seemed to be implying. The definition of censorship has loosened so much that the word has become nearly devoid of meaning. Long gone are the days when the government banned racy books like D. H. Lawrence's ''Lady Chatterley's Lover,'' Henry Miller's ''Tropic of Cancer'' or James Joyce's ''Ulysses.'' When it comes to the written word, censorship debates are no longer about taste and decency -- although those issues are much in the news concerning the visual arts, television and radio. Instead, the debate over books tends to center on geopolitics, national security and foreign policy. Today, most defenders of the written word are focusing their energies on opposing certain sections of the USA Patriot Act, chief among them Section 215, which states that federal investigators can review library and bookstore records under certain circumstances in terrorism investigations. Larry Siems, the director of international programs at the PEN American Center, strikes an oft-heard chorus when he denounces ''the growing use of government surveillance and government intrusion into your creative space.'' This, in turn, feeds a concern ''that the government is able to see more deeply into our intellectual lives,'' Siems says. Where there is smoke, there may very well be fire, but there may also be mirrors. It's often hard to draw the line between perception and practice, between how certain government regulations are viewed and how they're actually being enforced. The very mention of the Patriot Act is enough to drive many publishers, writers, librarians, bookstore owners, readers and concerned citizens into a near-paranoid frenzy at the idea that the government is intruding into their personal business, although few can cite specific instances in which that is the case. Indeed, the marketing department of any given publishing house probably has far more power over free expression in America than any government office; if it decides a smart book won't sell, the publisher may not sign it. Attitudes are rampant, but facts are harder to find. And ultimately, grandstanding and self-righteousness obscure the fact that some cases do approach government censorship. Consider two recent lawsuits. This fall, a group of publishers and Shirin Ebadi, a lawyer and leading women's rights advocate in Iran who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, filed two separate lawsuits against the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, which places serious restrictions on importing written work by authors in Iran, Sudan, Cuba and other countries under United States trade embargo. Under these regulations, buying the rights to unwritten books or making significant editorial changes to written works without a license is considered ''providing a service,'' and therefore akin to trading with the enemy, something punishable with jail time and fines of up to $1 million. Publishers argue that this regulation violates the First Amendment. OFAC devotes most of its resources to investigating terrorist financing and narcotics trafficking, and the regulations are largely intended for those aims. Some of the regulations at issue have been on the books for decades -- the Trading With the Enemy Act dates to 1917 -- and since the 80's amendments have been added to exempt ''informational materials'' from being subject to sanctions. But the current fuss dates back to
The end of the world: A brief history
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A.C.L.U.'s Search for Data on Donors Stirs Privacy Fears
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/18/national/18aclu.html?ei=5006en=1fb103f41ec09d84ex=1104037200partner=ALTAVISTA1pagewanted=printposition= The New York Times December 18, 2004 A.C.L.U.'s Search for Data on Donors Stirs Privacy Fears By STEPHANIE STROM he American Civil Liberties Union is using sophisticated technology to collect a wide variety of information about its members and donors in a fund-raising effort that has ignited a bitter debate over its leaders' commitment to privacy rights. Some board members say the extensive data collection makes a mockery of the organization's frequent criticism of banks, corporations and government agencies for their practice of accumulating data on people for marketing and other purposes. Daniel S. Lowman, vice president for analytical services at Grenzebach Glier Associates, the data firm hired by the A.C.L.U., said the software the organization is using, Prospect Explorer, combs a broad range of publicly available data to compile a file with information like an individual's wealth, holdings in public corporations, other assets and philanthropic interests. The issue has attracted the attention of the New York attorney general, who is looking into whether the group violated its promises to protect the privacy of its donors and members. It is part of the A.C.L.U.'s mandate, part of its mission, to protect consumer privacy, said Wendy Kaminer, a writer and A.C.L.U. board member. It goes against A.C.L.U. values to engage in data-mining on people without informing them. It's not illegal, but it is a violation of our values. It is hypocrisy. The organization has been shaken by infighting since May, when the board learned that Anthony D. Romero, its executive director, had registered the A.C.L.U. for a federal charity drive that required it to certify that it would not knowingly employ people whose names were on government terrorism watch lists. A day after The New York Times disclosed its participation in late July, the organization withdrew from the charity drive and has since filed a lawsuit with other charities to contest the watch list requirement. The group's new data collection practices were implemented without the board's approval or knowledge, and were in violation of the A.C.L.U.'s privacy policy at the time, said Michael Meyers, vice president of the organization and a frequent and strident internal critic. Mr. Meyers said he learned about the new research by accident Nov. 7 in a meeting of the committee that is organizing the group's Biennial Conference in July. He objected to the practices, and the next day, the privacy policy on the group's Web site was changed. They took out all the language that would show that they were violating their own policy, he said. In doing so, they sanctified their procedure while still keeping it secret. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of New York appears to be asking the same questions. In a Dec. 3 letter, Mr. Spitzer's office informed the A.C.L.U. that it was conducting an inquiry into whether the group had violated its promises to protect the privacy of donors and members. Emily Whitfield, a spokeswoman for the A.C.L.U., said the organization was confident that its efforts to protect donors' and members' privacy would withstand any scrutiny. The A.C.L.U. certainly feels that data privacy is an extremely important issue, and we will of course work closely with the state attorney general's office to answer any and all questions they may have, she said. Robert B. Remar, a member of the board and its smaller executive committee, said he did not think data collection practices had changed markedly. He recalled that the budget included more money to cultivate donors but said he did not know what specifically was being done. Mr. Remar said he did not know until this week that the organization was using an outside company to collect data or that collection had expanded from major donors to those who contribute as little as $20. Honestly, I don't know the details of how they do it because that's not something a board member would be involved in, he said. The process is no different than using Google for research, he said, emphasizing that Grenzebach has a contractual obligation to keep information private. The information dispute is just the latest to engulf Mr. Romero. When the organization pulled out of the federal charity drive, it rejected about $500,000 in expected donations. Mr. Romero said that when he signed the enrollment certification, he did not think the A.C.L.U. would have to run potential employees' names through the watch lists to meet requirements. The board's executive committee subsequently learned that Mr. Romero had advised the Ford Foundation, his former employer, to follow the nation's main antiterrorism law, known as the Patriot Act, in composing language for its grant agreements, helping to ensure that none of its money inadvertently underwrites terrorism or other unacceptable
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Major Variola typed: If he really gave a shat he'd investigate the RDX stored in the Murrah building, next to daycare, but that was just a (.mil trained) 'Merican, not a bunch of specops Ay-rabs. the proper pejorative is 'Merkin. JYA may be Architects (snicker) but methinks he groks structures, and even if not, his cryptome penance absolves him from the sins of the artsy. PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? which fedscum, do you have a mentionable source, c.? reminds of the Reno quote, They have computers and... other weapons of mass destruction.
Re: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist
At 06:12 AM 12/19/04 +0100, Anonymous wrote: Major Variola typed: PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? which fedscum, do you have a mentionable source, c.? I haven't found the source, I recall that I heard it. Might have been a quickie comment on eg the Crystal Cathedral shooter. (Their depressed music conductor who alas didn't take Schuller out.) reminds of the Reno quote, They have computers and... other weapons of mass destruction. ..They have computers, they're tappin' phone lines, you know that ain't allowed..
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RE: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist
At 05:33 PM 12/17/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional, he said. Tee hee hee... Indeed. The dude shows that 1. ability to inherit $$$ doesn't imply brains 2. he should take a structural engineering class 3. he might appreciate the hubris of Architects (tm) but that requires #2 If he really gave a shat he'd investigate the RDX stored in the Murrah building, next to daycare, but that was just a (.mil trained) 'Merican, not a bunch of specops Ay-rabs. JYA may be Architects (snicker) but methinks he groks structures, and even if not, his cryptome penance absolves him from the sins of the artsy. PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? (Ans: The general would ask, why do we not guillotine the bastards?)
[Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist Offers $100,000 Prize (fwd)
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004 Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist Offers $100,000 Prize NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jimmy Walter has spent more than $3 million promoting a conspiracy theory the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States were an inside job and he is offering more cash to anyone who proves him wrong. The millionaire activist is so convinced of a government cover-up he is offering a $100,000 reward to any engineering student who can prove the World Trade Center buildings crashed the way the government says. Of course, we expect no winners, Walter, 57, heir to an $11 million fortune from his father's home building business, said in a telephone interview from California on Wednesday. He said a panel of expert engineers would judge submissions from the students. Next month, he also launches a nationwide contest seeking alternative theories from college and high school students about why New York's World Trade Center collapsed. The contest offers $10,000 to the best alternative theory, with 100 runner-up awards of $1,000. Winners will be chosen next June. The World Trade Center's twin towers were destroyed after hijackers slammed two commercial airliners into them. The attack in New York killed 2,749 people. Various official investigations give no credence to Walter's theory. A Sept. 11 commission spokesman did not return calls seeking comment. Walter insists there had to be explosives planted in the twin towers to cause them to fall as they did, and also rejects the official explanation for the damage done at the Pentagon. We have all the proof, said Walter, citing videotapes and testimony from witnesses. It wasn't 19 screw-ups from Saudi Arabia who couldn't pass flight school who defeated the United States with a set of box cutters, he said. He dismissed the official Sept. 11 commission report, saying, I don't trust any of these 'facts.' Walter has spent millions of dollars to bolster support for his case, running full-page ads in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and Newsweek, as well as alternative newspapers and 30-second TV spots. He points to a Zogby poll he commissioned last summer that showed 66 percent of New Yorkers wanted the 9/11 investigation reopened. Walter has spent about 30 percent of his net worth on his efforts. I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional, he said.
Flaw with lava lamp entropy source
I've been running a 1970s-era lava lamp for some time, and found that it can enter a stable attractor where you get a non-circulating blob o' wax at the bottom. While Walker et al.'s (?) LL video entropy source is cute/clever, the general lesson we can take from this is to be careful that physical sources do not fail. Cooling the lamp and restarting it seems to have put it back into a quasi-random physical trajectory. I suppose my visual observation counts as an online entropic monitor that any physical source apparently should have. This was driven by a 40 watt bulb and the ambient temperature dropped when it stabilized. Shaking did not restart it; only cooling and then reheating did. Now back to your regularly scheduled war crimes.
RE: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist Offers $100,000 Prize (fwd)
I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional, he said. Tee hee hee... From: J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist Offers $100,000 Prize (fwd) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:16:08 -0600 (CST) Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004 Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist Offers $100,000 Prize NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jimmy Walter has spent more than $3 million promoting a conspiracy theory the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States were an inside job and he is offering more cash to anyone who proves him wrong. The millionaire activist is so convinced of a government cover-up he is offering a $100,000 reward to any engineering student who can prove the World Trade Center buildings crashed the way the government says. Of course, we expect no winners, Walter, 57, heir to an $11 million fortune from his father's home building business, said in a telephone interview from California on Wednesday. He said a panel of expert engineers would judge submissions from the students. Next month, he also launches a nationwide contest seeking alternative theories from college and high school students about why New York's World Trade Center collapsed. The contest offers $10,000 to the best alternative theory, with 100 runner-up awards of $1,000. Winners will be chosen next June. The World Trade Center's twin towers were destroyed after hijackers slammed two commercial airliners into them. The attack in New York killed 2,749 people. Various official investigations give no credence to Walter's theory. A Sept. 11 commission spokesman did not return calls seeking comment. Walter insists there had to be explosives planted in the twin towers to cause them to fall as they did, and also rejects the official explanation for the damage done at the Pentagon. We have all the proof, said Walter, citing videotapes and testimony from witnesses. It wasn't 19 screw-ups from Saudi Arabia who couldn't pass flight school who defeated the United States with a set of box cutters, he said. He dismissed the official Sept. 11 commission report, saying, I don't trust any of these 'facts.' Walter has spent millions of dollars to bolster support for his case, running full-page ads in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and Newsweek, as well as alternative newspapers and 30-second TV spots. He points to a Zogby poll he commissioned last summer that showed 66 percent of New Yorkers wanted the 9/11 investigation reopened. Walter has spent about 30 percent of his net worth on his efforts. I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional, he said.
Re: Gait advances in emerging biometrics
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 06:46:51PM -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Very nice quote. Can I get an insurance policy on you, with me as beneficiary? Heh. Your tinfoil hat factor is way higher than mine. (Also, politics isn't about people on the Net. It's about people marching in the streets). -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a __ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net pgpcMwitXycxD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Gait advances in emerging biometrics
At 12:28 PM 12/16/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: Anyone who owns that infrastructure is even more dangerous than who 0wns the voting machines. Very nice quote. Can I get an insurance policy on you, with me as beneficiary?
Re: pgp global directory bugged instructions
On 2004-12-16T05:50:22-0500, Adam Back wrote: So PGP are now running a pgp key server which attempts to consolidate the inforamtion from the existing key servers, but screen it by ability to receive email at the address. ... So here's the problem: it does not mention anything about checking that this is your fingerprint. What about the fact that they're tying key validity to valid email addresses, when the two have nothing to do with each other? A key does not need to have an associated email address, or the latter could be purposely incorrect. If this is their idea of key verification, they're going to exclude perfectly legitimate keys from this new database.
Re: pgp global directory bugged instructions
Thanks for the bug report. We appreciate your help in fine-tuning the language in the verification emails of the beta test of the PGP Global Directory. We noticed this one, ourselves, and put out an improvement to it on Tuesday. Please check it over and see what you think of the improved version. If you would like to send bug reports to us directly, please feel free to send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cypherpunks and Cryptography are both inefficient ways to get them to us, as Cryptography waits for Perry to approve the post, and Cypherpunks waits for Bob Hettinga to forward it. However, the Global Directory does not consolidate information from any other keyservers. It is a replacement for the old keyserver, keyserver.pgp.com, and will take over that venerable old server's job once beta test is concluded. We are, however, migrating a number of keys from the old keyserver to that one. Think of the new keyserver as a mix between traditional keyservers, mailing list servers like mailman, and a robot CA. Its intent is to improve upon the older keyservers by giving some modicum of assurance that keys in it belong to someone, as well as allowing someones to recover from forgetting their passphrase. Jon On 16 Dec 2004, at 7:13 AM, R.A. Hettinga wrote: --- begin forwarded text Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:50:22 -0500 From: Adam Back [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Cypherpunks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Cryptography [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: pgp global directory bugged instructions User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So PGP are now running a pgp key server which attempts to consilidate the inforamtion from the existing key servers, but screen it by ability to receive email at the address. So they send you an email with a link in it and you go there and it displays your key userid, keyid, fingerprint and email address. Then it says: | Please verify that the email address on this key, [EMAIL PROTECTED], | is your email address, and is properly configured to send and | receive PGP secured email. | | If the information is correct, click 'Accept'. By clicking 'Accept', | your key will be published to the directory, where other PGP users | will be able to retrieve it in order to encrypt messages to you and | verify signed messages from you. | | If this information is incorrect, click 'Cancel'. By clicking | 'Cancel', this key will not be published. You may then submit | another key with the correct information. So here's the problem: it does not mention anything about checking that this is your fingerprint. If it's not your fingerprint but it is your email address you could end up DoSing yourself, or at least perpetuating a imposter key into the new supposedly email validated keyserver db. (For example on some key servers there are keys with my name and email that are nothing to do with me -- they are pure forgeries). Suggest they add something to say in red letters check the fingerprint AND keyid matches your key. Adam --- end forwarded text -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience. -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' -- Jon Callas CTO, CSO PGP Corporation Tel: +1 (650) 319-9016 3460 West Bayshore Fax: +1 (650) 319-9001 Palo Alto, CA 94303 PGP: ed15 5bdf cd41 adfc 00f3 USA 28b6 52bf 5a46 bc98 e63d -- Jon Callas CTO, CSO PGP Corporation Tel: +1 (650) 319-9016 3460 West Bayshore Fax: +1 (650) 319-9001 Palo Alto, CA 94303 PGP: ed15 5bdf cd41 adfc 00f3 USA 28b6 52bf 5a46 bc98 e63d This message could have been secured by PGP Universal. To secure future messages from this sender, please click this link: https://keys.pgp.com/b/b.e?r=cypherpunks%40minder.netn=NsqztWUvWFO%2Be83dnF4HAw%3D%3D
