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But will they block Tor? - Forwarded message from David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 08:46:00 -0400 To: Ip Ip ip@v2.listbox.com Subject: [IP] Wireless access for all? Google plan would offer free Internet throughout SF X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 30, 2005 9:44:43 PM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Wireless access for all? Google plan would offer free Internet throughout SF Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wireless access for all? Google plan would offer free Internet throughout SF - Verne Kopytoff and Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writers Friday, September 30, 2005 Google Inc. has proposed to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet access, placing a marquee name behind Mayor Gavin Newsom's effort to get all residents online whether they are at home, in a park or in a cafe. The offer by the Mountain View search engine was one of many competing bids received by the city before its deadline Friday. Officials will now review the submissions and make a decision about which, if any, of the candidates get the green light for so-called Wi- Fi service. In joining the competition, Google is showing yet another sign of its boundless ambition. In the past few months, the company has released a succession of new products including instant messaging and telephone service that take it further from its search engine roots. The proposal furthers existing speculation that Google intends to create a free national Wi-Fi network. If so, it could pose a serious challenge to existing Internet service providers, such as SBC-Yahoo, Earthlink, Comcast and America Online, which charge subscriptions for wire connections. This is a great opportunity to provide a community service to the Bay Area, said Chris Sacca, who oversaw Google's wireless Internet bid in San Francisco. This furthers the goal of providing access to all residents and visitors on as wide a scale as possible. Mayor Newsom unveiled a goal of a free, city-wide Wi-Fi network last year as part of his state of the city address. Since then, officials have been weighing how to carry out despite a tight budget, finally asking for proposals from over the summer. As part of its proposal, Google said it could do the job without charge to either the city or residents. Google is a neophyte in wireless Internet access. It's experience is limited to tests at a gym and cafe near its headquarters and at Bryant Park, in New York City. Separately, Google sponsors free Wi-Fi service in San Francisco's Union Square in conjunction with a local start-up, Feeva. Competitors who submitted responses to the city's request for comments said Google's proposal is not entirely surprising. But they questioned the company's ability to follow through on its plans. Donald Berryman, EVP and president of municipal networks for Earthlink, questioned if Google had the know-how to be an Internet service provider. He said providing the deal for free is also not sustainable in the long run. We've looked into free service and we haven't found a model where free works, said Berryman. At some point free becomes less sustainable because there's no way to upgrade service and the networks when no one's paying for it. Chuck Haas, CEO of MetroFi, which runs two wi-fi networks in Cupertino and Santa Clara, wondered if Google would be meet the city's goals for coverage. But he said the idea of free service is not entirely far-fetched. He said his company submitted a proposal in which wireless broadband would be free across San Francisco but would be paid for with ads and would have no technical support or services for users. For $19.99 a month, subscribers would get enhanced service with no ads and customer support. I believe we'll have enough people that want full security and customer support with no ads that we could make money, Haas said. But no matter who the city chooses, I don't think the city will have to pay for this network. SBC spokesman John Britton said his company encourages competition, but feels that governments should seek greater investment from private companies to increase broadband service. He said in San Francisco's case, the city is already served by SBC and enjoys more than 400 free wi-fi hotspots, more than any other in the country. We feel there is already widespread broadband available today, Britton said. Vince Vasquez, a policy fellow with the Pacific Research Institute, which receives funding from SBC, said there has never been a company willing to volunteer this kind of a network. But even if it's free, it might represent too much involvement by the city in a sector that should left to private industries, he said. Our concern
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At 2:58 PM +0200 10/1/05, Eugen Leitl wrote: But will they block Tor? snip... Google plan would offer free Internet throughout SF More to the point, is it finally time to short Google? ;-) Cheers, RAH -- - 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'
Data, Net tax plan divides Republicans
http://news.com.com/2102-1028_3-5569545.html?tag=st.util.print CNET News Data, Net tax plan divides Republicans By Declan McCullagh A recent congressional report saying that new taxes could be levied on all Internet and data connections is pitting two influential groups of Republicans against each other. Sixteen members of Congress have slammed a suggestion from Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation that a tax originally created to pay for the Spanish-American War could be extended to all Internet and data connections this year. In a letter to the committee sent Tuesday, the House members said they were perplexed that the committee would gratuitously suggest tax increases that would slow the growth of the U.S. economy. The committee is headed by two Republicans, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Rep. William Thomas of California. Consumers who now enjoy freedom from regressive taxes on Internet access are not tax cheats, the letter says. It charges the committee with finding ways to justify tax hikes when its report was supposed to be about identifying people who were dodging taxes. I think the problem lies not with the senators but with staff that is involving itself gratuitously in proposals to raise taxes on the Internet, Rep. Chris Cox, a California Republican who signed the letter, said in a telephone interview with CNET News.com. George Yin, the tax committee's chief of staff, was not immediately available for comment. Currently, the 3 percent excise tax applies only to traditional telephone service. But because of technological convergence and the dropping popularity of landlines, the Joint Committee on Taxation said extending the century-old tax to broadband and data links was an option. The committee's report, published in late January, said that tax law could be rewritten so the telecommunications levy would cover all data communications services to end users, including broadband; dial-up; fiber; cable modems; cellular; voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and DSL, or digital subscriber line, links. Another option it listed was extending the tax only to VoIP providers, including Internet-only ones like Skype. Congress enacted the so-called luxury excise tax at 1 cent a phone call to pay for the Spanish-American War back in 1898, when only a few thousand phone lines existed in the country. It was repealed in 1902, but was reimposed at 1 cent a call in 1914 to pay for World War I and eventually became permanent at a rate of 3 percent in 1990. Republicans signing the letter to the tax committee include Chris Cannon, R-Utah; Walter Jones, R-N.C.; Chip Pickering, R-Miss.; Ron Paul, R-Texas; Jeff Miller, R-Fla.; Mark Foley, R-Fla.; Mike Rogers, R-Mich.; Fred Upton, R-Mich; Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.; Jerry Weller, R-Ill.; Rob Simmons, R-Conn.; Charles Bass, R-N.H.; and Vito Fossella, R-N.Y. Two Democrats, John Lewis, D-Ga. and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. also signed the letter. Members of the Joint Committee on Taxation include Orrin Hatch, R-Utah; Max Baucus, D-Mont.; John Rockefeller, D-W.Va.; and representatives Bill Thomas, R-Calif.; and Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. -- - 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'
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http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/plan/ A Plan for Liberty We yearn to experience a zero-government society (ZGS.) But how can we cause it to happen? Opinions differ quite widely, and that suggests nobody really knows. Given that it would be unique in human experience, that's unsurprising. Proposals tend to group into four: 1. Enjoy life and do nothing, confident that eventually the State will implode of its own accord, by the inexorable laws of economics 2. Work to reduce the State gradually, by any of a variety of means such as political activism, tax and other resistance 3. Found a free society beyond a frontier, where no existing State is operating 4. Educate opinion leaders, so that they will help us change our existing society. I'm not convinced about #1, because the laws of economics have operated for thousands of years but as far as we know have never yet caused a State to implode. They did, it's true, pull the props from under the Soviet one, but only because its leaders were so dumb as to flout them deliberately, for the first time ever; other governments have been smart enough to allow cows to live, in order to milk them. Thus, this option could involve a very long wait. Option #2 is praiseworthy, but to my mind takes too little account of the awesome power of government to close down any resistance as soon as it shows promise of success. We're familiar with the political freeze-out, for example; very skilfully, Libertarians are prevented from getting elected. Those who lead tax revolts are silenced. Option #3 would be great, except that no frontiers exist any more, or not on this Planet except for regions so barren and cold that normal life would hardly be feasible. Additionally even if a ZGS were to prosper in Antarctica, for example, what is to stop those States most shamed by its success and appeal from nuking it out of existence? Fears of melted ice? Option #4 holds more promise, but so far has made very modest headway and suffers from one flaw: no plan exists (to my knowledge) to bring about an intellectual conversion of everyone in society - only of the leaders. The usually-unspoken assumption is that once the elite sees the way to go, they will take everyone else along; by force (eg by a majority-vote plebiscite) if necessary. I have in the past made just such a proposal. Somehow, though, that seems to sit ill with our self-ownership, no-force axiom. So this paper proposes a new and ambitious variation on Option 4: universal re-education which will result in a fully anarchist America by the year 2027. It rests upon the following assumptions: 1. All humans are rational, thus open to reasoned persuasion 2. The free market (market anarchism) is the only rational system 3. A thorough yet simple course can be designed, to teach such a system on line 4. Once he understands it, every new anarchist will want to help teach it to others Those assumptions should be checked. All are critical, but here are remarks about the first two. The Nature of a ZGS A free society would consist only of people who wish to belong to it - who transact with other people only by means of contracts they wish to make. Therefore, everyone - not just some - must be shown its virtues, and desire them. Given that the first ZGS must occupy some geographic area currently in control of a government, only two alternatives exist: (i) 100% of that population be re-educated so everyone volunteers, or (ii) Some volunteer and the rest are made to move out! - a step hardly consistent with our nonagression axiom. I wondered about that possibility that a very small residue of ineducable statists remained, intransigent. Must they be forced out? - I think not. Nobody in the free society would (being well-educated) elect to trade with them except under the terms of proper contracts, and so they would either sign those contracts (to use somebody's road, for example, or to buy someone's potatoes) or leave of their own accord. It would be possible to live as a hermit with a veggie garden and no human interaction, but statists are not made of such hardy stuff so I predict it would never happen. So it seems to me our aim should be for 100%, and that is a new proposition, a higher aim than anarchists have previously proposed. Society is Not an Onion It's often observed that a cultural or intellectual change needs to be made by approaching society as if it were an onion; convert the outer (most open-minded, leader-thinker) layer first, then peel off the next, and so on until no further persuasion is possible. Certainly, we may suppose that somewhere in there is to be found a hard, resistant core of government junkies who would starve rather than work for their own living; and certainly, everyday experience tells us that some listen better than others. However, a satisfactory plan for moving
Cyber Fears On Fed's Web Plan
http://www.nypost.com/business/18671.htm The New York Post CYBER FEARS ON FED'S WEB PLAN By HILARY KRAMER Email Archives Print Reprint August 15, 2004 -- With little fanfare, the Federal Reserve will begin transferring the nation's money supply over an Internet-based system this month - a move critics say could open the U.S.'s banking system to cyber threats. The Fed moves about $1.8 trillion a day on a closed, stand-alone computer network. But soon it will switch to a system called FedLine Advantage, a Web-based technology. Proponents say the system is more efficient and flexible. The current system is outdated, using DOS - Microsoft's predecessor to the Windows operating system. But security experts say the threat of outside access is too big a risk. The Fed is now going to be vulnerable in two distinct ways. A hacker could break in to the Fed's network and have full access to the system, or a hacker might not have complete access but enough to cause a denial or disruptions of service, said George Kurtz, co-author of Hacking Exposed and CEO of Foundstone, an Internet security company. If a security breach strikes the very heart of the financial world and money stops moving around, then our financial system will literally start to collapse and chaos will ensue. FedLine is expected to move massive amounts of money. Currently, Fedwire transfers large-dollar payments averaging $3.5 million per transaction among Federal Reserve offices, financial institutions and federal government agencies. Patti Lorenzen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Reserve, said the agency is taking every precaution. Of course, we will not discuss the specifics of our security measures for obvious reasons, she said. We feel confident that this system adheres to the highest standards of security. Without disclosing the specifics, it is important to note that our security controls include authentication, encryption, firewalls, intru sion detection and Federal Reserve conducted reviews. Ron Gula, president of Tenable Network Security and a specialist in government cyber security, said he's sure the Fed is taking every precaution. But no system is 100 percent foolproof. If the motive was to manipulate the money transferring, there are Tom Clancy scenarios where there are ways to subvert underlying technologies, Gula said. For example, a malicious programmer can put something in the Fed's network to cause the system to self-destruct or to wire them money. The biggest concern isn't the 13-year-old who hacks into the Fedwire and sends himself some money - it's terrorism. On July 22, the Department of Homeland Security released an internal report saying a cyber attack could result in widespread disruption of essential services ... damag(ing) our economy and put(ting) public safety at risk. But the Fed's undertaking of this massive overhaul is considered a necessity. Our strategy is to move to Web-based technology because there are inherent limitations with DOS based technology and our goal is to provide better and robust product offerings to meet our customers' needs, said Laura Hughes, vice president of national marketing at the Chicago Fed, which has spearheaded this program. -- - 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'
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http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB10569205648909100,00.html The Wall Street Journal June 30, 2003 PORTALS By LEE GOMES Is Priceline Founder Walker's Plan To Police Sites Genius or Just Goofy? Jay Walker, who made a fortune with Priceline , the name-your-price airline ticket company, describes himself less as a businessman than an inventor, using the Internet to rethink how things work. Having helped remake the way the country buys plane tickets, Mr. Walker is now working on changing the way it fights terrorists. His USHomeGuard, a for-profit company that Mr. Walker and associates are now talking up in Washington and elsewhere, is one of those ideas that will either leave you applauding its cleverness and ambition, or cringing at its kookiness and opportunism. I think Mr. Walker is on to something, though not in quite the same way he probably imagines. As do most other terrorism entrepreneurs, Mr. Walker begins by noting that there are tens of thousands of pieces of unprotected infrastructure in the country: power plants, gas tanks, petroleum refineries and the like. USHomeGuard would point Webcams at all of them. Those photographs would then be distributed over the Internet to the home PCs of Americans who have signed up to earn money -- an estimated $10 an hour -- working as what Mr. Walker calls citizen spotters. Most of us would just call them security guards. These spotters would be shown still pictures, one after another, selected randomly from somewhere around the country. If everything in the picture looks OK, they'd press the equivalent of an All Clear button. If something seems out of the ordinary -- a vehicle is parked where it isn't supposed to be -- they'd press a second button. Mr. Walker explains that since these are places no one is supposed to be, it would be easy to detect an interloper. When a spotter spots a potential problem, a central facility gets notified. USHomeGuard employees would then be able to talk with the intruder over a loudspeaker. If they weren't satisfied with his answers, they'd call the police. To make sure the citizen spotters were paying attention, every now and then, the system would send out a staged photo, purporting to show some sort of intrusion. Spotters would be required to recognize these as potential problems -- or else be briefly suspended from duty. It's easy to find flaws in all this. The bad guys in USHomeGuard's publicity material skulk around otherwise empty sites carrying satchels. In real life, they tend to drive trucks with bombs or board planes carrying box cutters. It's also unclear how someone not intimately familiar with a facility would know that the fellow in the truck parked next to a big gas tank, who can't hear the loudspeaker because of a passing rainstorm, isn't a terrorist, but rather Al, the maintenance guy, on his weekly rounds. Mr. Walker says he's come up with a highly effective way of preventing terrorism. It seems to me that he has come up with a minimally effective way of preventing a bunch of high-school kids from parking their van by the reservoir and getting stoned. And a likely side effect is an epidemic of false alarms, like the ones that happen with all those high-tech security systems in Beverly Hills. What I think Mr. Walker has done right, though, is the manner in which he has again recognized the transformational nature of the Internet, just as he did with Priceline. I can't imagine a remote monitoring system like USHomeGuard being used to protect anything truly critical. But for second-tier locales -- the infrastructure equivalents of the unsold airplane tickets that Priceline sells -- why not? Maybe one day soon, that reservoir will indeed be guarded by someone at a PC far away. But USHomeGuard isn't taking the economic and technical logic of the Internet to its logical conclusions. As Americans by the hundreds of thousands are learning, if a job can be done at a keyboard and monitor, chances are good it can be done anywhere in the world. In the publicity material for USHomeGuard, the citizen spotters look just like folks you see in a Charles Schwab brochure: earnest middle-class types wearing Lands' End sweaters, absorbed in their Dells. But there's no reason to pay citizen spotters even $10 an hour when the work can be done for a tenth or twentieth of that overseas. And I mean seriously overseas: the polite English-speaking programmers and help desk attendants of Bangalore, India, are vastly overqualified for this kind of work. You don't need English skills, or many skills at all, to know whether a truck is, or is not, in a TV picture. And they are no more or less handicapped at recognizing Al, the maintenance guy. Also, the safeguards used to prevent snoozing spotters in the U.S. would work equally well abroad. The real value of Mr. Walker's proposal is in the way it reminds us about the easy exportability of labor in the 21st century, if not for USHomeGuard
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Practice to Deceive Chaos in the Middle East is not the Bush hawks' nightmare scenario--it's their plan.
... the administration sees the invasion as only the first move in a wider effort to reorder the power structure of the entire Middle East. Prior to the war, the president himself never quite said this openly. But hawkish neo-conservatives within his administration gave strong hints. In February, Undersecretary of State John Bolton told Israeli officials that after defeating Iraq, the United States would deal with Iran, Syria, and North Korea. Meanwhile, neo-conservative journalists have been channeling the administration's thinking. Late last month, The Weekly Standard's Jeffrey Bell reported that the administration has in mind a world war between the United States and a political wing of Islamic fundamentalism ... a war of such reach and magnitude [that] the invasion of Iraq, or the capture of top al Qaeda commanders, should be seen as tactical events in a series of moves and countermoves stretching well into the future. ...to date, every time a Western or non-Muslim country has put troops into Arab lands to stamp out violence and terror, it has awakened entire new terrorist organizations and a generation of recruits. ... a worst-case scenario that would involve the United States occupying the Saudi's oil fields and administering them as a trust for the people of the region. As one former Army officer with long experience with the Iraq file explains it, the physical analogy to Saddam Hussein's regime is a steel beam in compression. Give it one good hit, and you'll get a violent explosion. One hundred thousand U.S. troops may be able to keep a lid on all the pent-up hatred. But we may soon find that it's unwise to hand off power to the fractious Iraqis. To invoke the ugly but apt metaphor which Jefferson used to describe the American dilemma of slavery, we will have the wolf by the ears. You want to let go. But you dare not. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0304.marshall.html steve War is just a racket ... something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small group knows what its about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. --- Major General Smedley Butler, 1933
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-- For a long time, the west has been exporting its most evil ideologies and most disastrous economic policies to the middle east. Saddam is not Islamic fundamentalism, rather, Baathism is a mixture of Communism and Nazism. Even Bin Laden owes more to Heidegger than Mohammed, though he denies it. The bush plan is to export our more desirable ideolgy and economic order, the order and ideology of the Glorious Revolution, by force, as we forced on Napoleon's france, Hitler's Germany, and Japan. Of course there is something rather self contradictory in attempting to export that program by aggressive imperial war, and the practical effect so far has been to make America less free, rather than Iraq more free, Perhaps a more subtle means would be more likely to succeed, but exporting that program by some means is a sound plan --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG i57sGqsg2GlVWFyI/PkO7dqkqaAvdB7u2NI9bTsO 4nWbwIen7NnSiUUWUwLg0g3p3ByUf3b0kaAJ0Dnie
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Iran and North Korea plan nuclear tests.
Disarm and get invaded. Develope a credible military detertant like North Korea has, and the Bushies back down and politely ask the Chinese to broker negociations. Welcome to the new global arms race. U.S. has photos of secret Iran nuclear sites http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/12/12/iran.nuclear/ From David Ensor CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) --The United States has evidence that Iran has secretly been building large nuclear facilities -- sites that could possibly be used to make nuclear weapons, senior U.S. officials tell CNN. Commercial satellite photographs taken in September show a nuclear facility near the town of Natanz and another one near Arak, the officials said. (View map) But Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said the country's only nuclear activity is of a peaceful nature, and its facilities have been regularly and frequently inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA. Iran hasn't committed any acts that can be considered against international rules, and will not do so in the future, Hamid Reza Assefi told CNN. At the same time, no country could, for its own political objectives, prevent Iran from achieving its own goals. A spokesman at the IAEA in Vienna, Austria confirms the agency is seeking access to the two sites and has so far been put off by Iran. The vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said the development was disturbing news. We don't need another nuclear power -- not with Iran sponsoring terrorism that it has in the past, said Sen. Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican. The fact that they are seemingly pursuing an avenue to build nuclear weapons should be disturbing to everybody. Assefi said the United States was trying to start a negative publicity campaign to divert attention from other issues. This kind of publicity is not new, Assefi said. Certain circles within the United States are trying to create tensions and poison the international atmosphere, and to avert international public opinions away from the real regional danger, which is Israel. Iranian dissidents have long contended that Iran has been working on nuclear capabilities. But the new satellite photographs and the conclusions drawn from them by nuclear experts are the first evidence to support such claims. Nuclear expert David Albright said the size and secrecy of the program suggest Iran might be working toward building nuclear weapons. Albright is head of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), which identified the photographs. The non-profit, non-partisan ISIS focuses on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. The satellite picture of the facility near Arak concerns nuclear experts. Corey Hinderstein, also of ISIS, said the site resembles heavy water plants found in Pakistan and contains a similar Z-shaped structure. The large facility at Natanz appears to U.S. intelligence officials to be a uranium-enrichment plant, and civilian experts, including Hinderstein, agree. Iran has a declared nuclear program at Bushehr that is designed to produce nuclear power for electricity only, according to the country's U.N. ambassador. I can categorically tell you that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program, Mohammed Javad Zarif said in an interview with CNN. Any facility we have ... if it is dealing with nuclear technology, it is within the purview of our peaceful nuclear program. (Transcript of interview) Iranian officials say a visit by senior IAEA officials is expected in February. IAEA officials say they want to visit Arak and Natanz on that trip. IAEA officials also point out that nothing Iran is known to have done has violated international law. Bush labeled Iran part of an axis of evil, along with Iraq and North Korea, in his State of the Union address this year.
thirty year plan
Here's a link to an interesting article about the US plan to control the world's oil supply. It points put the hazard of inviting the wolves to watch your henhouse for you. http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/10/ma_273_01.html David Neilson
thirty year plan
Here's a link to an interesting article about the US plan to control the world's oil supply. It points put the hazard of inviting the wolves to watch your henhouse for you. http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/10/ma_273_01.html David Neilson
Plan Australistan
Plan indefensible 03mar03 LAST week confirmed the Howard Government failed utterly to foresee any of the security crises that have erupted around us in the past three years. This has been a serious lapse in analysis and judgment by the Government and its top security officials. Yet to this day we have not been told how our experts got it so wrong. Or how they'll do better. Less than three years ago, the Howard Government unveiled what it bragged was the most specific and detailed defence plan in more than 25 years. Its Defence 2000 White Paper would set Australia's strategic policy over the next decade. Next decade? This 10-year plan lasted less than a year, before the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States blasted it to bits. Let me whiz you through just some of its lowlights. Defence 2000 mentioned the word terrorism in just two fleeting sentences in its 123 pages, listing it merely a potential problem, and suggesting not one response. Since then, of course, al-Qaida and its allies have struck around the world, and 88 Australians have been blown up in Bali. Defence 2000 suggested North Korea was calming down and that reconciliation with South Korea seems closer now than for many years. Since then, North Korea has unveiled its secret nuclear weapons program, told its people to prepare for war, fired a warning missile and warned it will scrap its armistice with South Korea. Defence 2000 didn't mention Iraq once. Or Afghanistan. It even predicted that if we had to fight outside the Asia Pacific, we'd send only a relatively modest contribution, because the further away a crisis, the less threatening it probably was. Since then, our soldiers have fought in Afghanistan, and we've sent ships, planes and 2000 troops to deal with Iraq. Crucially, we have tragically learned that globalisation makes distance no defence to terrorists. Defence 2000 said that in any action, we would more likely involve air or naval forces than land forces. Since then, our soldiers have been called upon most to fight, with our special operations forces alone needing 305 more men. Defence 2000 declared the main job of our armed forces was to defend Australia without relying on the combat forces of other countries, and that they should be equipped and organised specifically for that role. Since then, our armed forces have been used exclusively overseas, and as a junior partner to the United States -- the ally which ultimately guarantees our security. Moreover, it hasn't had all the equipment it needs to wage these distant coalition wars. Defence 2000 said weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were horrors, and we must remain vigilant about the missiles which could deliver them, but it was very unlikely we'd be attacked with them. Since then, we've learned that North Korea, for one, is building missiles which could reach Australia, and groups like al-Qaida, which lists us as a target, have worked on biological and nuclear weapons. We've had to rush in smallpox vaccine. Defence 2000 claimed the United Nations has become more active and effective in taming rogue states. Since then we've found it cannot be counted on even to disarm genocidal Iraq. These are just some of the blunders in this plan that was supposed to safeguard our security until 2010 and beyond. It could hardly have been more wrong. Yes, no one predicted the September 11 attacks, which changed everything. But we pay a lot of spies, analysts, strategists and politicians to see into our security future. Instead, they've stared at out past. You'd think having misjudged something so critical the Government would at least root out those responsible. Instead, some of the same people behind our now dated defence plans have fought hard to stop Defence Minister Robert Hill from rewriting them to adapt to the bloody new realities. Twice they sent him a draft rewrite which seemed to treat terrorism as just a little hiccup with few implications for our armed forces. Twice Hill tore it up. Last week he finally got what he wanted, an almost alarmist document titled Australia's National Security: A Defence Update 2003. It warned that although the threat of a direct military attack on us was very remote, we faced terrorist groups that had demonstrated both willingness and capability to inflict massive casualties on civilian targets as a strategic end. There was now a great risk that these groups had set their sights higher, possibly including the acquisition and use of WMD. They could buy these weapons from rogue states such as North Korea, which was developing nuclear weapons, plus ballistic missiles able to spear them at targets thousands of kilometres away. The threats of terrorism and WMD are real and immediate, the report said. More importantly, we had to accept that the war on terrorism was a global conflict, and we must be prepared to fight anywhere. There were also frank warnings that failing
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I've got saucer.ssz.com under Plan 9 r4
Hi, Just a quick note that I've finally got Plan 9 to load without a lot of hassle (eg some temporary DOS partition w/ a image). It now sees the CD on install. So, I'm ready to do the demo next Thu. We are hot and online people, finally ;) After that I'll put my energy into getting the Auth functionality working. At that point we'll bring the 9P file server online (ie roswell.ssz.com). It will be 80G. After that I'll get igor (ie general purpose anonymizing remailer under Plan 9) working so we can move all the mailing lists and such over (that's going to take a little longer). In the interim I'll get a irc server and webpage going on saucer. I should have much ready in the next 2-3 weeks. At that point I'll be in a position to start managing keys for other sites w/ respect to namespace/resource access. We need somebody who can do graphics, for the webpage. All work would be contributed in some sort of Open Source license (which we'll have to work out). We need machines with dedicated and reasonably high speed (= 128kb ISDN) connections. Process serves are probably needed first. I'd suggest that anyone interested create their own public (and private) namespace and then we can transitively mount it through any of them. It would also be nice if anyone has the resources if we could keep a 'lazy update' going so nobody would lose anything in the namespace (at least that stuff that is reasonable to back up). Several archive sites would be even sweeter. With respect to the number of connections per node, we're trying to make this a 'small worlds' network architecture. That means that each node should have ln(n) connections (this is backbone connections as compared to users accessing via a server. Each pair of nodes on a connection should act to minimize common connections. Regarding the irc server we'll have the following channels: #plan9 #inferno #hangar18 #cypherpunks #open-science #cliology We can make other channels on request, provided they seem 'reasonable'...;) If you're receiving this it means that you're on a mailing list which is set to be moved in the near future to a Plan 9 based server. If you're intrested in Plan 9 then please visit: http://plan9.bell-labs.com http://open-forge.org ps If there are any musicians out there, I'm interested in having a demo where muscians pipe their data via Plan 9 servers from distant sites where they each share the n-1 hardware feeds in parallel from the other sites.this means that any listener would mount the outgoing feeds under /dev/* and then dump them to their local sound card. -- We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, Plan 9 from Outer Space [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org
Plan American.
Harare - Former Israeli intelligence agent Ari Ben-Menashe has claimed that the United States Central Intelligence Agency was going to help Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change assassinate President Robert Mugabe. Ben-Menashe made the claim in the Harare High Court on Wednesday, the third day of the treason trial of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and two of his senior lieutenants. Ben-Menashe, the state's star witness, testified that Tsvangirai and his men asked his Canadian political consultancy, Dickens and Madson, for advice about a plan to assassinate Mugabe and topple his government in a coup. The state's case is resting on an almost inaudible videotape secretly recorded by Ben-Menashe. It is purported to reveal Tsvangirai discussing the assassination plan at a meeting in the boardroom of Dickens and Madson in Montreal on December 4, 2001. Ben-Menashe said one of the men sitting in the room at that meeting had introduced himself as Simms and said that he worked for Team America. Asked by deputy attorney-general Bharat Patel what Team America was, Ben Menashe said, In the lingo, that's the CIA. His company had brought Simms in to assist with Mugabe's elimination. Tsvangirai's counsel, human rights lawyer George Bizos, has asked Justice Paddington Garwe to rule the tape inadmissible as evidence because it is inaudible. Judge Garwe rejected the plea. The hearing continues on Thursday. - Independent Foreign Service http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=84art_id=vn20030206053349109C859500set_id=1
Bush's new plan for wealth transfer
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased to transmit a legislative proposal to establish the Millennium Challenge Account and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Also transmitted is a section-by-section analysis. The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) represents a new approach to providing and delivering development assistance. This new compact for development breaks with the past by tying increased assistance to performance and creating new accountability for all nations. This proposal implements my commitment to increase current levels of core development assistance by 50 percent over the next 3 years, thus providing an annual increase of $5 billion by fiscal year 2006. To be eligible for this new assistance, countries must demonstrate commitment to three standards -- ruling justly, investing in their people, and encouraging economic freedom. Given this commitment, and the link between financial accountability and development success, special attention will be given to fighting corruption. The goal of the Millennium Challenge Account initiative is to reduce poverty by significantly increasing economic growth in recipient countries through a variety of targeted investments. The MCA will be administered by a new, small Government corporation, called the Millennium Challenge Corporation, designed to support innovative strategies and to ensure accountability for measurable results. The Corporation will be supervised by a Board of Directors chaired by the Secretary of State and composed of other Cabinet-level officials. The Corporation will be led by a Chief Executive Officer appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. This proposal provides the Corporation with flexible authorities to optimize program implementation, contracting, and personnel selection while pursuing innovative strategies. The Millennium Challenge Account initiative recognizes the need for country ownership, financial oversight, and accountability for results to ensure effective assistance. We cannot accept permanent poverty in a world of progress. The MCA will provide people in developing nations the tools they need to seize the opportunities of the global economy. I urge the prompt and favorable consideration of this legislation. GEORGE W. BUSH
Some details on Bush's Bioshield plan
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 3, 2003 Project BioShield TODAYS PRESIDENTIAL ACTION X In his State of the Union Address, President Bush announced Project BioShield -- a comprehensive effort to develop and make available modern, effective drugs and vaccines to protect against attack by biological and chemical weapons or other dangerous pathogens. Project BioShield will: o Ensure that resources are available to pay for next-generation medical countermeasures. Project BioShield will allow the government to buy improved vaccines or drugs for smallpox, anthrax, and botulinum toxin. Use of this authority is currently estimated to be $6 billion over ten years. Funds would also be available to buy countermeasures to protect against other dangerous pathogens, such as Ebola and plague, as soon as scientists verify the safety and effectiveness of these products. o Strengthen NIH development capabilities by speeding research and development on medical countermeasures based on the most promising recent scientific discoveries; and o Give FDA the ability to make promising treatments quickly available in emergency situations this tightly controlled new authority can make the newest treatments widely available to patients who need it in a crisis. PROJECT BIOSHIELD AN OVERVIEW X Today, the country is better prepared than ever to meet the threat of terrorist attack with a biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear agent. The national stockpile of medical countermeasures is more extensive and can be accessed more rapidly than ever, and additional diagnostic tests, drugs, and vaccines are under development. X But, the possibility of the intentional use of biological or other dangerous pathogens represents a threat to our society. Unfortunately, the medical treatments available for some types of terrorist attacks have improved little in decades, while there has been tremendous and rapid progress in the treatment of many serious naturally-occurring diseases. o The smallpox vaccines available today are not much different than those last used by the public in the 1960s. Some treatments for radiation and chemical exposure have not changed much since the 1970s. o In contrast, since the 1960s, the treatment of the vast majority of naturally-occurring illnesses has changed dramatically as a result of ongoing innovations from biomedical research and development. Heart attacks were often fatal in the 1970s, but they are much less so today. Better detection and therapeutic options have significantly increased survival rates for many kinds of cancer over the last 20 years. X The President believes that, by bringing researchers, medical experts, and the biomedical industry together in a new and focused way, our Nation can achieve the same kind of treatment breakthroughs for bio-terrorism and other threats that have significantly reduced the threat of heart disease, cancer, and many other serious illnesses. The Presidents Project BioShield has three major components: Spending Authority for the Delivery of Next-Generation Medical Countermeasures. The President proposed the creation of a permanent indefinite funding authority to spur development of medical countermeasures. This authority will enable the government to purchase vaccines and other therapies as soon as experts believe that they can be made safe and effective, ensuring that the private sector devotes efforts to developing the countermeasures. o The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services will collaborate in identifying critical medical countermeasures by evaluating likely threats, new opportunities in biomedical research and development, and public health considerations. New NIH Programs to Speed Research and Development on Medical Countermeasures. The President proposed to give the NIH new authorities to speed research and development in promising areas of medical countermeasure development. NIHs usual methods for supporting research and development on conventional diseases have been extremely effective in those areas but may not always be suited to meet the urgent demands posed by the risk of terrorism. The new authorities would apply only to support research and development on bioterrorism threat agents and include the following features: o The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases would have increased authority and flexibility to award contracts and grants for research and development of medical countermeasures. Funding awards would remain subject to rigorous scientific peer review, but expedited peer review procedures could be used when appropriate. o This authority would also permit more rapid hiring of technical experts, and would allow NIH to quickly procure items necessary for research. New FDA
Some details on Bush's Bioshield plan
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 3, 2003 Project BioShield TODAYS PRESIDENTIAL ACTION X In his State of the Union Address, President Bush announced Project BioShield -- a comprehensive effort to develop and make available modern, effective drugs and vaccines to protect against attack by biological and chemical weapons or other dangerous pathogens. Project BioShield will: o Ensure that resources are available to pay for next-generation medical countermeasures. Project BioShield will allow the government to buy improved vaccines or drugs for smallpox, anthrax, and botulinum toxin. Use of this authority is currently estimated to be $6 billion over ten years. Funds would also be available to buy countermeasures to protect against other dangerous pathogens, such as Ebola and plague, as soon as scientists verify the safety and effectiveness of these products. o Strengthen NIH development capabilities by speeding research and development on medical countermeasures based on the most promising recent scientific discoveries; and o Give FDA the ability to make promising treatments quickly available in emergency situations this tightly controlled new authority can make the newest treatments widely available to patients who need it in a crisis. PROJECT BIOSHIELD AN OVERVIEW X Today, the country is better prepared than ever to meet the threat of terrorist attack with a biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear agent. The national stockpile of medical countermeasures is more extensive and can be accessed more rapidly than ever, and additional diagnostic tests, drugs, and vaccines are under development. X But, the possibility of the intentional use of biological or other dangerous pathogens represents a threat to our society. Unfortunately, the medical treatments available for some types of terrorist attacks have improved little in decades, while there has been tremendous and rapid progress in the treatment of many serious naturally-occurring diseases. o The smallpox vaccines available today are not much different than those last used by the public in the 1960s. Some treatments for radiation and chemical exposure have not changed much since the 1970s. o In contrast, since the 1960s, the treatment of the vast majority of naturally-occurring illnesses has changed dramatically as a result of ongoing innovations from biomedical research and development. Heart attacks were often fatal in the 1970s, but they are much less so today. Better detection and therapeutic options have significantly increased survival rates for many kinds of cancer over the last 20 years. X The President believes that, by bringing researchers, medical experts, and the biomedical industry together in a new and focused way, our Nation can achieve the same kind of treatment breakthroughs for bio-terrorism and other threats that have significantly reduced the threat of heart disease, cancer, and many other serious illnesses. The Presidents Project BioShield has three major components: Spending Authority for the Delivery of Next-Generation Medical Countermeasures. The President proposed the creation of a permanent indefinite funding authority to spur development of medical countermeasures. This authority will enable the government to purchase vaccines and other therapies as soon as experts believe that they can be made safe and effective, ensuring that the private sector devotes efforts to developing the countermeasures. o The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services will collaborate in identifying critical medical countermeasures by evaluating likely threats, new opportunities in biomedical research and development, and public health considerations. New NIH Programs to Speed Research and Development on Medical Countermeasures. The President proposed to give the NIH new authorities to speed research and development in promising areas of medical countermeasure development. NIHs usual methods for supporting research and development on conventional diseases have been extremely effective in those areas but may not always be suited to meet the urgent demands posed by the risk of terrorism. The new authorities would apply only to support research and development on bioterrorism threat agents and include the following features: o The Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases would have increased authority and flexibility to award contracts and grants for research and development of medical countermeasures. Funding awards would remain subject to rigorous scientific peer review, but expedited peer review procedures could be used when appropriate. o This authority would also permit more rapid hiring of technical experts, and would allow NIH to quickly procure items necessary for research. New FDA
Plan Colombia at work.
Translated by ASEJ/ACERCA From La Prensa, Panama 1/21/03 http://www.prensa.com/hoy/portada/853397.html Fear and Pain in Paya, Attack Leaves Four Dead Four Kuna indigenous authorities were assassinated this weekend and two US and one Canadian reporter were kidnapped by a Colombian paramilitary group that attacked the villages of Paya and Pucuro, in the Darien, this past weekend. A group of 150 paramilitaries assassinated the leaders of the Kuna Paya village Ernesto Ayala, mayor; San Pascual Ayala, second mayor, and Luis Enrique Mart**nez, village commissioner. One of the US reporters is Robert Pelton of the Discovery Channel. According to local witness Luis Caicedo, We found three corpses chopped up by machetes with bullets in their head in the mountains so we couldn't take the corpses back because the land was still being guarded by the paramilitaries. Gilberto Vasquez, mayor of Vasquez, was also murdered. His body was found with a bullet in the back of his head inside his house in the village. This same paramilitary brigade had captured, just hours before, the US Discovery Channel reporter Robert Pelton and two other reporters, Marc Wedever of Canada, and another US journalist that is unidentified. Migdonio Batista, a correspondent for the radio station Voices without Borders of the Darien, who resides in Paya indicated that the paramilitaries, in addition to killing the village authorities, robbed all of the belongings of the only radio station office in the village. He also said that the armed paramilitaries robbed the chickens, ducks and pigs and murdered the dogs. Upon leaving the village they dropped explosives in local trucks so that they could get away without being followed. Another resident, Victor Maritinez, explained that since last Saturday afternoon, when they were attacked by the Colombian paramilitaries, the residents have not eaten anything and have only drank water from the river. Also, as of 48 hours after the weekends murders the National Police had not arrived with any help or protection. The Prensa newspaper confirmed that as of two days after the attack there was still no response from the border patrol. Isidro Ayala, whose father was assassinated in this attack, explained that the indigenous had to confront the paramilitaries with bows and arrows and with wooden beams to defend their property and families because there hasn't been any police in this place for two years. Paya is a community with 530 indigenous residents located in the mountains of Pinogana and about 2 hours from the Colombian border. After the attack, there was only 50 residents remaining in Paya. The rest of the town was seeking refuge in the Boca de Cupe community or in the nearby mountains. Pucuro, a close by village, was entirely abandoned by its 20 residents. The paramilitaries arrived in Pucuro, burnt 5 houses down, and after finding no residents assassinated Gilberto Vasquez, who had been taken prisoner in Paya. ACERCA/ASEJ received this action alert from The Kuna Youth Indigenous Movement asking for international solidarity to conndemn the violence of Plan Colombia that has contributed to this murder of indigenous leaders in Panama. We translated the artilce from http://www.prensa.com/hoy/portada/853397.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- What you can do? 1) Please circulate this article far and wide to inform people of this violence of Plan Colombia leading to the death of 4 Kuna Indigenous Leaders in Panama. 2) Stay tuned for follow-up messages and action alerts 3) Stop the violence in Colombia, by getting involved with the March 23rd/24th Colombia Mobilization (http://www.colombiamobilization.org) and the April 10th-15th Latin American Solidarity Coalition (http://lasolidarity.org) http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=230597group=webcast
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From: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FC: Cops spy on Denver citizens, now plan to create a database Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-URL: Politech is at http://www.politechbot.com/ X-Author: Declan McCullagh is at http://www.mccullagh.org/ X-News-Site: Cluebot is at http://www.cluebot.com/ --- From: Danny Yavuzkurt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Yet another... Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 06:24:14 -0500 Here's another article in a seemingly endless series of disclosures of government snooping, this one about the (well-deserved) embarrassment the Denver Police Department has suffered after it began sharing secretly collected data it's been keeping since the 50s.. seems some 3,400 files were being kept (on index cards, in a file cabinet) on people the PD defined as being 'suspicious', including the Nobel-prizewinning American Friends Service Committee (classified as 'criminal extremists'), supposedly 'troubled' students in local public schools (minors who had committed no crimes - I wonder if in future questioning the war on terror will qualify one as 'troubled'?), humanitarian nun groups, and, shamefully enough, a Japanese-American citizen who was detained in WWII - I guess the government just couldn't let the poor woman alone, given her *suspicious ancestry* and *habit of going to protests* (as if she didn't have more than enough reason to already!) And though the PD had specific guidelines prohibiting such spying on 'ordinary citizens not suspected of criminal wrongdoing,' they were never put into effect.. and presumably, the surveillance would have continued unabated had the Denver PD not made the mistake of beginning to share the data with other nearby PDs with less questionable morals - some anonymous whistleblower (no pun intended) dropped a printout of some of these secret records off at a coffee shop (before an Amnesty International meeting, coincidentally enough), for a local man who, along with his wife, was wrongfully surveilled - and, sure enough, he took the docs to the ACLU and sued.. which started turning up skeletons in the closet dating waaay back.. Also, as the article points out, it was only recently that the Denver PD decided to start filing their data electronically (since, literally, their cabinet of illegally obtained data was overflowing..) - and here's another connection to the federal government - they bought a system from Orion Scientific Systems (http://www.orionsci.com - their motto should be 'reach for the sky,' not 'reach for the stars') *which got its start developing software for DARPA 20 years ago*.. the article says the software they peddled to PDs was a 'revamped version' of what they'd developed for the Pentagon, with DARPA's help.. and I wouldn't be surprised if some of this software, with 'criminal extremists' as one of the default classifications for records, was being used by other departments around the country already.. in fact, the article says NYC just paid almost $750K for a new version of OSS's software.. according to Orion's website, the software is a database application which provides the investigator with a comprehensive analytic tool for tracking and analyzing crimes based on information collected about Events, Groups, Individuals, and Vehicles that are related to a crime scene.. but apparently it's just as useful for filing data about people whether or not they're related to crimes.. just like many tools, I'm sure this is useful and beneficial in the right hands, but I'm not sure the police of Denver - or New York, and certainly not LA - are those 'right hands', given their track records.. Finally, I think we should note that this kind of surveillance may become more widespread in future, as more and more police departments are looking to change the laws and guidelines that prohibit them from collecting data on people not suspected of existing crimes.. as noted in the New York Times almost two weeks ago (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/10/national/10PRIV.html, I think I submitted this before..) -Danny -- Intended only for lawful uses. -HP Computer Advert
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Re: Do we need a national ID plan?
At 05:22 PM 07/22/2002 -0700, Steve Schear wrote: In this article http://news.com.com/2010-1079-945347.html?tag=politech you said: That's a reasonable position: The White House has never made an unequivocal statement against the scheme, and it's possible that America could edge toward a situation where the federal government devises an ID and orders everyone to carry it at all times. Most European countries already require just that. Wouldn't this requirement violate the probable cause requirement for seizures of a person which been defined by a series of cases, beginning with Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968)? Of course it would. That's why we'll probably never have a National ID Card - we'll just have a driver's license that's technically enhanced with personal data and biometrics and forgery resistance and gets used for everything that a national ID card would be used for if we had such things (except that kids won't be required to carry them, unless they want to drive, drink, go to government schools, or be out after dark, and we'll probably see increased use of Student ID Cards with pictures, SSNs, and biometrica.)
Do we need a national ID plan?
In this article http://news.com.com/2010-1079-945347.html?tag=politech you said: That's a reasonable position: The White House has never made an unequivocal statement against the scheme, and it's possible that America could edge toward a situation where the federal government devises an ID and orders everyone to carry it at all times. Most European countries already require just that. Wouldn't this requirement violate the probable cause requirement for seizures of a person which been defined by a series of cases, beginning with Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968)? steve
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:22:34 -0700, you wrote: Wouldn't this requirement violate the probable cause requirement for seizures of a person which been defined by a series of cases, beginning with Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968)? steve You are quite idealistic. Neither the Constitution nor case law matters. Neither constrains the behavior of law enforcement. http://www.aclu.org/news/2002/n022002c.html ACLU of CO Sues Federal and State Law Enforcement Agencies Over Illegal SWAT Raid on Family FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ednesday, February 20, 2002 DENVER--The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed a lawsuit today alleging that federal and state law enforcement agents violated the constitutional rights of a Pueblo family when they conducted an illegal SWAT-type raid on the family's home with no warrant or other legal authority. Once again, the war on drugs misses the target and instead scores a direct hit on the Constitution, said Mark Silverstein, Legal Director of the ACLU of Colorado. These government agents had no search warrant, no arrest warrant, and no lawful authority whatsoever. They carried out this armed home invasion in flagrant disregard of the Fourth Amendment, which forbids unreasonable searches and arrests without probable cause. According to the ACLU lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of Dan and Rosa Unis and their two college-aged sons, on August 19, 2000, the family was peacefully enjoying the privacy of their home when black-masked, black-helmeted men brandishing automatic weapons and wearing all-black uniforms with no insignias suddenly burst into the house unannounced, kicked the family's dog across the floor and ordered the entire family to get on the fucking floor. Don't forget to be patriotic.
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In this article http://news.com.com/2010-1079-945347.html?tag=politech you said: That's a reasonable position: The White House has never made an unequivocal statement against the scheme, and it's possible that America could edge toward a situation where the federal government devises an ID and orders everyone to carry it at all times. Most European countries already require just that. Wouldn't this requirement violate the probable cause requirement for seizures of a person which been defined by a series of cases, beginning with Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968)? steve
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-- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:35:56 -0400 From: rob pike, esq. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [9fans] Fourth Release of Plan 9 Now Available The Fourth Edition of Plan 9 may now be downloaded from http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist As usual, this is an open source release. The release notes summarize the changes; a copy is attached but they are available in other formats at: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/release4.html http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/release4.ps http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/release4.pdf Plan 9 From Bell Labs Fourth Release Notes April, 2002 Copyright (C) 2002 Lucent Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved The fourth release of the Plan 9 operating system from Bell Labs packages a major overhaul of the system at every level. From the underlying file system protocol, 9P, through the kernel, libraries, and applications, almost everything has been modified and, in many cases, redesigned or rewritten. The most significant change is that 9P has been redesigned to address a number of shortcomings, most important, its previous inability to handle long file names. Unfortu- nately, squeezing long names onto the disks of existing file servers is a messy business that we're still grappling with, so at the moment fs(4) and kfs(4) can't yet handle long names, although they do talk the new protocol. (In fact, they talk both old and new, as required, to ease transi- tion.) In the meantime, there is a workaround - lnfs(4) - and many of the other file servers such as ramfs(4) and u9fs(4) work just fine with long names. It's only the stan- dard disk-resident file servers that don't, and as soon we have versions that do, we'll release them. The following is a partial list of the major changes throughout the system. * The file system protocol, 9P, has been reworked. It now has variable-length names, so it can handle long names but also is more compact when handling short ones. It uses a different format that is easily parsed, eliminating the need for the old aux/fcall utility, and delegates its authenti- cation duties to an external agent, factotum. * Security has been a focus of attention. A new security agent, factotum(4), manages passwords and other secrets and, coupled with a new secure file store secstore(4), enables secure single sign-on. * Cpu, import, and exportfs all encrypt their connections now, and since they use the new 9P they also use new network port numbers. A new service aan(1) is used by import to make its network connections more reliable in the face of network outages. The old ports still work, through the agency of a protocol conversion filter srvold9p(4). * We are phasing out the IL protocol since it doesn't handle long-distance connections well (and long-distance networks don't handle it well, either). IL is still used by fs(4) (in time, that too will change) but TCP has become the stan- dard protocol for all other services. * The software for the new network-resident secure block store, venti(8), is included with this distribution. We are in the process of reworking fs(4) to use Venti rather than a WORM as its permanent block repository/backup medium, but that code is only in the design stage and is not included in this release. * The need to handle longer file names triggered a rethink- ing of the way the system handles strings in general. The kernel is now more explanatory when it gives an error mes- sage and more consistent in how it handles strings such as commands to devices. The interfaces to many of the system calls, such as errstr(2) and wait(2) all had to change as a result, as did the library interface to read directories, stat(2) and its relatives. * The formatted I/O package described in print(2) and fmtinstall(2) has been redesigned. Although the basic interface is unchanged, it now runs without locks and has an internal buffer management mechanism that means print no longer needs a large on-stack buffer. The interface for writing custom print verbs and custom formatted I/O routines has also been greatly improved. * The thread library thread(2) has been completely rewrit- ten. The main visible change is that, coupled with the changes to printing, threadprint is gone; you can just use print or fprint at will. * Support for electronic mail has been extended in many ways and now includes some new spam filtering tools, much better (and more standard) handling of MIME messages, the ability to render incoming HTML mail, and much more. There are so many changes to the programming interfaces of the system that they are described in a separate document, entitled Changes to the Programming Environment in the Fourth Release of Plan 9. Please read it before you start updating your own software to run under the new system. The installation method has
CNN.com - UK city begins smart card e-government plan - April 26, 2002 (fwd)
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http://open-forge.org -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:01:03 -0500 From: Steve Kotsopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [9fans] [reminder] pointer to Plan 9 FAQ The Plan 9 faq is posted to comp.os.plan9 at the beginning of each month. It is also at news.answers archive sites, look for comp-os/plan9-faq The latest hypertext version of the faq is available at url http://www.fywss.com/plan9/plan9faq.html
Nuclear Posture Review: Secret Plan Outlines the Unthinkable
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Secret Plan Outlines the Unthinkable A secret policy review of the nations nuclear policy puts forth chilling new contingencies for nuclear war. By WILLIAM M. ARKIN LA Times http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-arkinmar10.story WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration, in a secret policy review completed early this year, has ordered the Pentagon to draft contingency plans for the use of nuclear weapons against at least seven countries, naming not only Russia and the axis of evil--Iraq, Iran, and North Korea--but also China, Libya and Syria. In addition, the U.S. Defense Department has been told to prepare for the possibility that nuclear weapons may be required in some future Arab-Israeli crisis. And, it is to develop plans for using nuclear weapons to retaliate against chemical or biological attacks, as well as surprising military developments of an unspecified nature. These and a host of other directives, including calls for developing bunker - -busting mini-nukes and nuclear weapons that reduce collateral damage, are contained in a still-classified document called the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which was delivered to Congress on Jan. 8. Like all such documents since the dawning of the Atomic Age more than a half - -century ago, this NPR offers a chilling glimpse into the world of nuclear-war planners: With a Strangelovian genius, they cover every conceivable circumstance in which a president might wish to use nuclear weapons--planning in great detail for a war they hope never to wage. In this top-secret domain, there has always been an inconsistency between America's diplomatic objectives of reducing nuclear arsenals and preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, on the one hand, and the military imperative to prepare for the unthinkable, on the other. Nevertheless, the Bush administration plan reverses an almost two-decade-long trend of relegating nuclear weapons to the category of weapons of last resort. It also redefines nuclear requirements in hurried post-Sept. 11 terms. In these and other ways, the still-secret document offers insights into the evolving views of nuclear strategists in Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's Defense Department. While downgrading the threat from Russia and publicly emphasizing their commitment to reducing the number of long-range nuclear weapons, Defense Department strategists promote tactical and so-called adaptive nuclear capabilities to deal with contingencies where large nuclear arsenals are not demanded. They seek a host of new weapons and support systems, including conventional military and cyber warfare capabilities integrated with nuclear warfare. The end product is a now-familiar post-Afghanistan model--with nuclear capability added. It combines precision weapons, long-range strikes, and special and covert operations. But the NPR's call for development of new nuclear weapons that reduce collateral damage myopically ignores the political, moral and military implications--short-term and long--of crossing the nuclear threshold. Under what circumstances might nuclear weapons be used under the new posture? The NPR says they could be employed against targets able to withstand nonnuclear attack, or in retaliation for the use of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons, or in the event of surprising military developments. Planning nuclear-strike capabilities, it says, involves the recognition of immediate, potential or unexpected contingencies. North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Libya are named as countries that could be involved in all three kinds of threat. All have long-standing hostility towards the United States and its security partners. All sponsor or harbor terrorists, and have active WMD [weapons of mass destruction] and missile programs. China, because of its nuclear forces and developing strategic objectives, is listed as a country that could be involved in an immediate or potential contingency. Specifically, the NPR lists a military confrontation over the status of Taiwan as one of the scenarios that could lead Washington to use nuclear weapons. Other listed scenarios for nuclear conflict are a North Korean attack on South Korea and an Iraqi assault on Israel or its neighbors. The second important insight the NPR offers into Pentagon thinking about nuclear policy is the extent to which the Bush administration's strategic planners were shaken by last September's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Though Congress directed the new administration to conduct a comprehensive review of U.S. nuclear forces before the events of Sept. 11, the final study is striking for its single-minded reaction to those tragedies. Heretofore, nuclear strategy tended to exist as something apart from the ordinary challenges of foreign policy and military affairs. Nuclear weapons were not just the option of last resort, they were the option reserved for times
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Rep. Culberson drums up Hill votes for trusted traveler plan
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:31:44 -0800 (PST) From: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FC: Rep. Culberson drums up Hill votes for trusted traveler plan [Rep. John Culberson is a first-term Republican from Texas, just west of Houston. http://www.house.gov/culberson/ See also: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03093.html --Declan] Culberson Letter Regarding the Trusted Traveler Program January 29, 2002 Support a Trusted Traveler Program in America Dear Colleague: Please join me in sending the following letter to Under Secretary for Transportation Security John Magaw encouraging him to implement a trusted traveler program in the United States: We are writing to express our support for the immediate implementation of a trusted traveler program authorized by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act and modeled after the successful Israeli program. The National Air Transportation Association is working with Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, and other high tech companies to develop identification cards with encoded biometric data (such as fingerprints) for certain passengers. These plastic smart cards would allow law-abiding U.S. citizens who travel frequently to become trusted travelers and be subjected to less rigorous screening procedures than other passengers. The program would allow airport security and law enforcement personnel to focus their attention and resources on passengers who pose a legitimate hijacking threat, and would help the Transportation Security Administration achieve its stated goal of screening passengers and baggage with no passenger delays greater than 10 minutes. Section 109(a)(3) of the recently enacted Aviation and Transportation Security Act authorizes the Under Secretary of Transportation Security to: establish requirements to implement trusted passenger programs and use available technologies to expedite the security screening of passengers who participate in such programs, thereby allowing security screening personnel to focus on those passengers who should be subject to more extensive screening. We encourage the Administration to establish these requirements in a timely manner and to work closely with the National Air Transportation Association to oversee the development of passenger identification smart cards. Finally, we would like to know what, if any, specific plans the Administration has to implement a trusted traveler program. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this matter, and we look forward to your response. Please contact Tony Essalih of my staff at 5-2571 if you have any questions or would like to co-sign this letter. The deadline for signatures is Wednesday, February 6th. Sincerely, John Culberson Member of Congress Tony Essalih Senior Legislative Assistant Congressman John Culberson (TX-07) (202) 225-2571
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Re: Content protection plan targets wireless home networks
At 01:02 PM 1/15/2002 -0600, xganon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Valenti other mafioso worried about wireless (consumer fair use) broadcasting http://eetimes.com/story/OEG20020111S0060 Content protection plan targets wireless home networks Valenti's mob will try to use trademarks and patents to prevent licensing of open communication systems connected to entertainment HW. Except for burnings at the stake the script is pretty much following the Catholic Church vs. The Press. The end result will likely be similar: a new balance of power and liberties will be struck, probably with the consumer coming up on top. steve
Re: Hillary style health plan to save US
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- mattd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AU has a national health scheme,I used it to have a graft on my eardrum several years back.Didnt cost a cent. There are gaps in the system such as long waiting lists and poor dental cover,its also under pressure from the economic 'rationalists' esp in the liberal party.The only reason I mention such a creation of the hated state is that it could soon be a matter of life or death for many septic tanks.The foot and mouth outbreak in Britain would have been nipped in the bud a lot quicker had computerized tags been used.There's some scrambling around now in the US to shore up sagging public health infrastructure.What's probably really needed is something like I seem to remember Lady C proposing.I'm boosting 2 things here that on the surface may seem anathema to anarchists.IDs for all and socialized medicine.Am I wrong to? You sure as hell are. This is the source of the power of the State: popular demand for its services. AP all the politicians and bureaucrats, and it would be those like yourself who assert entitlement to government benefits who would be stumbling over each other to erect new politicians and bureaucrats in order to provide those services. AP all the self-righteous claimants to entitlements, like yourself, and the State would dry up and blow away. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQBVAwUBPCM3mfPsjZpmLV0BAQHwsgH9HIOurXjOEeXzt8MlJKOlh6PEwSLeoeF5 rsAr2AGlfzMhWf6AIIUpWIizgN5gpsCimSmXzf5jUJEgyvEDRXV4jg== =qjh+ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Hillary style health plan to save US
I'm boosting 2 things here that on the surface may seem anathema to anarchists.IDs for all and socialized medicine.Am I wrong to? You sure as hell are. This is the source of the power of the State: popular demand for its services. Thanks for clearing that up.I thought it was the enormous militarized systems of oppression/repression.And theres a demand for ID's?I had no idea. AP all the politicians and bureaucrats, and it would be those like yourself who assert entitlement to government benefits who would be stumbling over each other to erect new politicians and bureaucrats in order to provide those services. Actually Id be down to the selfmanaged metalstorm factory to work and studying flying part-time.(Im not supposed to fly a plane at the moment) Its nice someone else here believes in APster,thanks. AP all the self-righteous claimants to entitlements, like yourself, and the State would dry up and blow away. True,jim seems to anticipate this with the car thieves scenario.No reason it couldn't apply to welfare Queens.The state needs to be shown that its powerless against APster.Im volunteering to die,just be careful that I'm really dead.Sandy Sandfort see's a way to rip off the APsters here.I think he should be APped.
Re: Hillary style health plan to save US
mattd wrote: AU has a national health scheme,I used it to have a graft on my eardrum several years back.Didnt cost a cent. There are gaps in the system such as long waiting lists and poor dental cover,its also under pressure from the economic 'rationalists' esp in the liberal party.The only reason I mention such a creation of the hated state is that it could soon be a matter of life or death for many septic tanks.The foot and mouth outbreak in Britain would have been nipped in the bud a lot quicker had computerized tags been used.There's some scrambling around now in the US to shore up sagging public health infrastructure.What's probably really needed is something like I seem to remember Lady C proposing.I'm boosting 2 things here that on the surface may seem anathema to anarchists.IDs for all and socialized medicine. Am I wrong to? YES, you are. The aims don't justify the means (initiatory-force regulation of healthcare which is what will happen). Besides that you're not going to reach the aims anyways. Look at what is happening on europe: all insurances are forced on the government standard -- politicians dictate what medicine should be used, prohibiting expensive and alternative products and therapies. The REAL price ultimately includes governmentalisation and bureauratization of practiced medicine. People have to pay more and more for public healthcare tax because the public insurance (and the gov's healthcare standard to which all insurances have to adhere) isn't rentable. Public healthcare was Hillary's masterpiece of economic destruction back then. Be happy that it didn't come to it. Please don't fall for those lawyer-type destructions and antiindivdualistic intrusions for Mrs C's often-cited, very own social good.
Hillary style health plan to save US
AU has a national health scheme,I used it to have a graft on my eardrum several years back.Didnt cost a cent. There are gaps in the system such as long waiting lists and poor dental cover,its also under pressure from the economic 'rationalists' esp in the liberal party.The only reason I mention such a creation of the hated state is that it could soon be a matter of life or death for many septic tanks.The foot and mouth outbreak in Britain would have been nipped in the bud a lot quicker had computerized tags been used.There's some scrambling around now in the US to shore up sagging public health infrastructure.What's probably really needed is something like I seem to remember Lady C proposing.I'm boosting 2 things here that on the surface may seem anathema to anarchists.IDs for all and socialized medicine.Am I wrong to?
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Right out of a Monty Python piece... http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/06/30/ngerb30.xml MI5's secret plan to recruit gerbils as spycatchers By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 30/06/2001) MI5 considered using a team of highly-trained gerbils to detect spies and terrorists flying into Britain during the 1970s, Sir Stephen Lander, the service's director-general, revealed yesterday. The plan was based on the ability of gerbils to detect a rise in adrenalin from changes in the scent of human sweat. Sir Stephen said the Israelis had put the idea into practice, placing gerbil cages to the side of security checks for travellers at Tel Aviv airport. A suitably placed fan wafted the scent of the suspect's sweat into the cage. The gerbils were trained by Pavlovian response to press a lever if they detected increased adrenalin, receiving food as a reward. The system was never put into practice by MI5 because the Israelis were forced to abandon it after they found that the gerbil could not tell the difference between terrorists and passengers who were scared of flying. Speaking at a conference at the Public Record Office in Kew, Sir Stephen said MI5 archives contained a complete volume on the idea - which was based on Canadian research for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - written in the 1970s. Although Dame Stella Rimington made a practice of speaking publicly in an attempt to change MI5, yesterday's Missing Dimension conference was only the second occasion that Sir Stephen has done so. The conference marks a new PRO exhibition on espionage, Shaken Not Stirred, starting today, which includes exhibits on a number of spies including Mata Hari and a spy paid the equivalent of 6.5 million by King George I to spy on the Stuarts. The Missing Dimension refers to the fact that most histories are written before intelligence files have been released and so omit a crucial element of what occurred and why. Sir Stephen admitted that it would be a long time before MI5 would be able to release details of its Cold War activities. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place...
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matt . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Science project? omg shut the hell up. For all we know, your probably some crazed arab going on a suicide spree By the name perhaps a Basque Separatist is more likely. From: coretta fontenot [EMAIL PROTECTED] How can I make an explosive? its cause that's my science project It's a fairly simple process really. 1) read about many types 2) choose one 3) get the materials 4) make it 5) turn the material in to your watch commander 6) blame everyone that you found to be of assistance during your project of providing material assistance to terrorists #6 is all too likely to be true because some terrorists wear uniforms and some hold public office.
Re: A Simple Plan ( Re: explosives )
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States Devising Plan for High-Tech National Identification Cards (washingtonpost.com)
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Re: Why Plan-9?
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: Being 'first' doesn't imply they were 'alone'. You misrepresent reality to your own end. Define your market or relevant niche, with specificity. Computers intended for single-user interactive processing. When looking at cost/performance/feature for the OS'es current in the late 60's none were really effective (I'm excluding Language-in-ROM machines - not that any of them were stellar in performance). What would one day become engineering workstations and personal computers (which are the same thing today). A new class of machines was coming out (my first machine was a PDP 8e running BASIC) and while there were plenty of tools they tended to be vertical in intent or else not general purpose enough for this sort of computing. Look at the first couple of years of Byte or Dr. Dobb's for more specific examples (remember Godbout?) in the personal computer market. Which happens to be one of the primary reasons Unix was developed, there were no realistic choices in the market for this paradigm. So a solution can trotting along. We're facing the same sort of thing today with respect to 'grid computing' and such. All the current OS'es (Linux incl.) are focused on the old style of solutions. We'll also find that our current views of what IP means will be found to be as antiquated. -- The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'/ ``::/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com.', `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
Re: [9fans] What makes Plan 9 unique? (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 20:03:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Choate [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hangar 18: Re: [9fans] What makes Plan 9 unique? (fwd) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 07:56:49 -0400 From: Russ Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [9fans] What makes Plan 9 unique? http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~rsc/plan9.html Why Plan 9? Why Plan 9 indeed. Isn't Plan 9 just another Unix clone? Who cares? First, Plan 9 presents a consistent and easy to use interface. Once you've settled in, there are very few surprises here, whereas Windows still surprises me once in a while (though, to its credit, not as much as older versions did). After I switched to Linux from Windows 3.1, I noticed all manner of inconsistent behavior in Windows 3.1 that Linux did not have. Switching to Plan 9 from Linux highlighted just as much in Linux. One reason Plan 9 can do this is that the Plan 9 group has had the luxury of having an entire system, so problems can be fixed and features added where they belong, rather than where they can be. For example, there is no tty driver in the kernel. The window system handles the nuances of terminal input. If Plan 9 were just a really clean Unix clone, it might be worth using, or it might not. The neat things start happening with user-level file servers and per-process namespace. Recall that in Unix, /dev/tty refers to the current window's output device, and means different things to different processes. This is a special hack enabled by the kernel for a single file. Plan 9 provides full-blown per-process namespaces. Thus, in Plan 9 /dev/cons also refers to the current window's output device, and means different things to different processes, but the window system (or telnet daemon, or ssh daemon, or whoever) arranges this, and does the same for /dev/mouse, /dev/text (the contents of the current window), etc. Since pieces of file tree can be provided by user-level servers the kernel need not know about things like DOS's FAT file system or Linux's EXT2 file system or NFS, etc. Instead, user-level servers provide this functionality when desired. In Plan 9, even FTP is provided as a file server: you run ftpfs and the files on the server appear in /n/ftp. We need not stop at physical file systems, though. Other file servers synthesize files that represent other resources. For example, upas/fs presents your mail box as a file tree at /mail/fs/mbox. This models the recursive structure of MIME messages especially well. As another example, cdfs presents an audio or data CD as a file system, one file per track. If it's a writable CD, copying new files into the /mnt/cd/wa or /mnt/cd/wd directories creates new audio or data tracks. Want to fixate the CD as audio or data? Remove one of the directories. Finally, Plan 9 fits well with a networked environment. Since files or directory trees can be imported from other machines, and all resources are files or directory trees, it's easy to share resources. Want to use a different machine's sound card? Import its /dev/audio. Want to debug processes that run on another machine? Import its /proc. Want to use a network interface on another machine? Import its /net. And so on.
Re: Why Plan-9?
on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 08:35:36PM -0500, Jim Choate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: Being 'first' doesn't imply they were 'alone'. You misrepresent reality to your own end. Define your market or relevant niche, with specificity. Computers intended for single-user interactive processing. The problem I've got with this response is that Unix and GNU/Linux aren't computers, they're operating systems. Unix was written to run on those computers that didn't exist, largely the PDP 7 and 11. I was seeing the market as the *operating systems* running on these computers. While I'll concede that Unix and GNU/Linux probably drove hardware, the fact is that both emerged in environments where there were existing OSs running, almost always preinstalled, on the hardware of choice for each system: RSX-11D, TWENEX, VMS. The Jargon file has TWENEX users migrating to Unix in the 1980s. For larger systms, VM/CMS still has its fans. I guess the question would be: what other OSs were popular in research environments at the time? What benefits did Unix offer? What timeframe are we discussing? Again, public availability of Unix seems to have come after 1974. A new class of machines was coming out (my first machine was a PDP 8e running BASIC) and while there were plenty of tools they tended to be vertical in intent or else not general purpose enough for this sort of computing. Look at the first couple of years of Byte or Dr. Dobb's for more specific examples (remember Godbout?) in the personal computer market. As I've indicated, I'm not as old as you think I am. Unix and I are close to the same age. My real awareness starts in the early to mid 1980s, some exceptions. Incidentally, if you want to remenisce, there's a DEC timeline here: http://www.montagar.com/dfwcug/VMS_HTML/timeline/1964-3.htm http://www.montagar.com/dfwcug/VMS_HTML/timeline/DECHISTORY.HTM Which happens to be one of the primary reasons Unix was developed, there were no realistic choices in the market for this paradigm. So a solution can trotting along. I'm unconvinced. Again, the PDP series, notably the '7 '11, as well as the HP 3000, stand out in searches as significant mini systems of the day. I have to assume they included operating systems. And again, GNU/Linux emerged in a universe of PC operating systems: DOS, Macintosh, OS/2, Xenix, Minix, BSDi. In both cases, the newcomer (Unix/Linux) emerged as a technically inferior system, but (rapidly or otherwise) outpaced its competition due to architecture, licensing, and social factors. Regarding your comment (two posts back) that Linux was coincident with the Internet: yes, I agree that this was a formative factor. I have no doubt that if Linus hadn't come along, another solution would have emerged, the time was ripe. GNU/Linux happened to be best-of-breed. We're facing the same sort of thing today with respect to 'grid computing' and such. All the current OS'es (Linux incl.) are focused on the old style of solutions. We'll also find that our current views of what IP means will be found to be as antiquated. References? -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of Gestalt don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html PGP signature
Re: Why Plan-9?
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: The problem I've got with this response is that Unix and GNU/Linux aren't computers, they're operating systems. Unix was written to run on those computers that didn't exist, largely the PDP 7 and 11. An OS without a computer is worthless. What drives the architecture of OS'es (other than mental mastrubation) is applications and applications environments. In the very late 60's there was a growth in the computers::person ratio coupled with a great increase in #_computers as a whole. This led to a problem of scale and scope. Problems that Unix was able to resolve in a usable way (as 30 years of use will attest). Most other OS'es weren't. Not that Unix was the only alternative (eg C/PM). However, the sorts of problems used in a day to day business/activity creates a 'natural' schism. That is based around the distinctions between design/engineering and business-home/industry. Unix found a first home in the first. The 'smaller' OS'es found homes in the second. Each expanded into the others realm until today. Whence we have several set of originaly niche market solutions. These solutions have now saturated the market. However, there are forces that are changing the market radicaly. Moving from a real 'network is the computer' model. The reality is that the four horsemen of the network (software, hardware, infrastructure, law) are going to be replaced in the next 5 or so years with an almost completely different model. These differences will serve to amplify the current stresses and schisms in our societies. -- The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'/ ``::/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com.', `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
Re: Why Plan-9?
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Sunder wrote: On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Jim Choate wrote: Transitive means that A mounts B, C mounts A and gets B free. Plan 9 does this, managed by a set of authorization layers for fine control, native. This could be bad. Say B doesn't want to allow access to C for its file systems. Then what? Any mechanisms to prevent A from resharing it? It's also bad depending on how it's implemented. http://plan9.bell-labs.com -- The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'/ ``::/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com.', `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
Re: Why Plan-9?
This entire view misses the(!) one most important component of Unix's (and Linux's) success, they were first. There was NO credible competition. The same thing can be said for Apache and BIND and many other apps. It isn't that they were the best, they were simply the first - and get to reap market inertia as a result. However, and it's a doozy, this won't last. As the Open Source market expands and takes over pretty much completely you'll see this dominance begin to decrease. Why? Because of the component nature of the software. On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: [Long standard history of Unix deleted] -- The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'/ ``::/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com.', `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
Re: Why Plan-9?
on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 09:53:35PM -0500, Jim Choate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: This entire view misses the(!) one most important component of Unix's (and Linux's) success, they were first. Not hardly. I wasn't keeping notes when KR were designing their gaming platform, but history seems to recall OS/360, Multics, TICO, ITS, VMS. A bit of quick Googling suggests the PDP-7 had its own native operating system (the PDP-11 certainly did), certainly more than what a couple of guys hanging around a broom closet could hammer out in a few days. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Ken Olsen was selling VAXs running VMS and complaining bitterly about snake oil (I guess there's a bunch of snakes out there). However, to quote someone's response to Tim May in this list recently, I'm just one of the dilettants posting here out of ignorance for some free research on the part of the rest of you. Someone who was around at the time is going to have a better answer than me. When Linus started Linux, he was bootstrapping with Minix, and trying to get around its limitations. For PC Unix, there was alread Xenix and one or more of the very forgettably named SCO products (not Xenix). The Jolitzesi were wresting BSD from Berkeley. FSF had been working on the HURD since 1983 (originally as TRIX), in fits and starts. By the time Larry McVoy wrote The Sourceware Operating System Proposal in 1993, it still wasn't clear whether or not FreeBSD or Linux was the cart to hitch the horse to. http://www.redhat.com/knowledgebase/otherwhitepapers/whitepaper_freeunix.html The ultimate success of Linux doesn't have a single factor -- it meets most of the marks set in the exerpt I posted from KP, I'd argue that licensing played a role, as did the fact it wasn't encumbered by the ATT/UCB lawsuits, and most people give Linus himself strong credits for his project management skills and personality. Topics covered extensively elsewhere. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of Gestalt don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html PGP signature
Re: Why Plan-9 licensing?
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: The trend in free software licensing has been strong reluctance to accepting novel licenses. Right, that's why there are so many of them out there... Interaction for who, the author or the user? Interaction between licenses. It's more overhead for the developer to deal with. Interaction between licenses for who?... You're using a flawed model. There are three 'roles'; author, distributor, user. Any license must interact with all three roles. The fact is that the license doesn't effect the developer nearly as much as the distributor and the end user. You're only looking at a single layer of interactions. There is another aspect you're completely ignoring, unless one license prohibits(!) use with another license the interaction (outside of Can I make money off it?) is nil - both for developers and users. All license start out in the minority. It's a competition in a way. What are you competing for? What characteristic of a license will win the competition? Utility, which license brings the maximum benefit to all three roles. This isn't software domination, Yes, it is. it's more a protocol for collaborative development. Once you've got that nailed down, stop dicking with the damned lawyers, and start writing code. One shoe doesn't fit all. -- The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'/ ``::/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com.', `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
Re: Why Plan-9 licensing?
on Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 08:30:19PM -0500, Jim Choate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: Summer, June/July, IIRC. I've done a couple of look-ups since. There's been little additional news or information (I'm not saying none, I'm saying little). OpenBSD, a relatively little-known free 'nix, gets rather more press and community coverage. You need to be on the mailing list. There is almost constant changes. You can also visit the wiki link at Bell Labs for the most current info. I'll stop by. proposed licenses and terms. I'm rather convinced that novelty, all else being equal, is bad. Can't disagree more. Care to expand (off list if you wish). It's an area of interest. Nutshell argument: license interactions are factorial. Interaction complexity reduces overall value of a codebase, and tends to marginalize minority licenses. By various methods (Debian package listings, Sourceforge projects), the GPL or LPGL are applied to some 84% of free software. A tally from January of this year: Of the roughly 8,800 listed projects with a license on SourceForge: 8,384 are based on an OSI approved license. 208 are based on an other or proprietary license. 235 are public domain. Of the OSI licenses, the breakdown is as follows (note that results may vary daily as projects are added and removed): GNU GPL:6,178 74% GNP LGPL: 844 10% BSD: 4806% Artistic: 3024% MozPL:1141% MIT: 1101% Python:781% QPL: 601% zlib/libpng: 461% IBM-PL:101% MITRE (CVW):40% As mentioned, 84% of projects are licensed under the GPL. Compatibly licensed projects include software under the BSD (revised) terms, MIT, Artistic, and Python (most recent) licenses. Major QPL projects are licensed compatibly with the GPL. Major MozPL projects are licensed compatibly with the GPL. Given some room for variance (there are non-compatible BSD, and MozPL projects), some 90-95% of projects are likely licensed under terms compatible with the GNU GPL. Noncompatibility puts you in a rather small mindshare camp, with a serious sacrifice of network effects (Metcalfe's Law). This does assume that a project's intent is to become relatively widely used and supported by broad mindshare. As these are among the principle technical advantages offered by free software / open source, it's not an advantage to discard lightly. Per the FSF's analysis, Plan 9 is, again, not open source, free software, or GPL compatible. This is a significant strategic handicap. Moreover, the bulk of terms in the Plan 9 license serve the corporate interests of the software's owner -- there's little quid pro quo for the developer or community. This is typical of corporate licenses, particularly first drafts. The evolution of IBM's own Jikes licensing is instructive. If the code exists for its own purposes, it may not matter. From a broader community perspective, you could do better. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of Gestalt don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html PGP signature
Plan 9 Products
http://www.vitanuova.com/plan9/licensing.html -- -- The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'/ ``::/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com.', `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
Re: Why Plan-9 licensing?
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: Nutshell argument: license interactions are factorial. How so? Proof? Interaction complexity reduces overall value of a codebase, and tends to marginalize minority licenses. Interaction for who, the author or the user? All license start out in the minority. It's a competition in a way. I've also got some question about exactly which of the Plan 9 licenses the reviews were for. There have been several over the last couple of years. As objections have been raised they've been addressed. I'll send a URL along to the list... -- The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'/ ``::/|/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ssz.com.', `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
Re: Why Plan-9 licensing?
on Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:20:34AM -0500, Jim Choate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: Nutshell argument: license interactions are factorial. How so? Proof? Sorry. Combinatorial. Not quite as extreme. From a legal standpoint, interactions of all combinations of licenses must be considered. The interesting cases usually reduce to a much smaller number. The trend in free software licensing has been strong reluctance to accepting novel licenses. A strong case for benefit is generally requested, many licenses boil down to ego, corporate politics, or failure to understand free software / open source concepts -- the licenses simply aren't either, again, Plan 9 is a case in point. There's also been a tendency among major projects to seek compatibility (usually through dual or multiple licensing) with the GPL, Sun and Mozilla being two cases in point. Interaction complexity reduces overall value of a codebase, and tends to marginalize minority licenses. Interaction for who, the author or the user? Interaction between licenses. It's more overhead for the developer to deal with. Case in point: Tom's Root/Boot. GNU/Linux on a floppy, 1.77 MB. Licenses themselves comprised some 50KB, significant for this task. Terms for compliance that require license and binary to occupy the same media in use are not acceptable for the technical task (fortunately none of the major free software licenses require this). OpenBSD has eliminated several packages from Donald J. Bernstein due to his licensing clauses, despite their being technically excellent (if non standards compliant) software. Any number of proposals cross the OSI's door which exclude specific types of use or transfer. It's too much overhead for developers to consider most of these, they'll stick to a half-dozen or so known (or highly similar) licenses. Again, GPL, LGPL, BSD/MIT, and Mozilla cover a broad range of strategic interests. All license start out in the minority. It's a competition in a way. What are you competing for? What characteristics of a license will win the competition? This isn't software domination, it's more a protocol for collaborative development. Once you've got that nailed down, stop dicking with the damned lawyers, and start writing code. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of Gestalt don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html PGP signature
Re: Why Plan-9?
Built-in crypto is a big overstatement for OpenBSD. Unfortunately, Win 2000 has more built-in crypto than OpenBSD does. Hint: Try to create an encrypted FS on OpenBSD. Now try on Windows 2000. You trust Win2k's encryption? Are you CRAZY? No and no. You're trusting a closed source product to do what it advertizes to do, every time? And does do encrypt the swap, does it? Excuse me -- professes to do. I didn't say I trust it. I just said it's there, and it isn't there in OpenBSD. Why doesn't OpenBSD support such a basic thing as an encrypted FS? There's encryption built-in everywhere else except the one place which makes all the difference if the machine itself is stolen. I think there are Two Great Encryption Tabboos: Encrypted voice and encrypted FS. I would like to see OpenBSD support the encrypted FS in its default kernel, thus making it the first OS with such a feature (I don't count hacks such as loopback FS). Thanks for wetting my keyboard with beer via nasal passage. Beer is precious. Don't waste it on your keyboard.
Re: Why Plan-9?
On 22 Oct 2001, Dr. Evil wrote: Built-in crypto is a big overstatement for OpenBSD. Unfortunately, Win 2000 has more built-in crypto than OpenBSD does. Hint: Try to create an encrypted FS on OpenBSD. [...] dd if=/dev/zero of=diskimage bs=1024k count=1024 vnconfig -ck svnd0 diskimage [enter a passphrase] newfs /dev/svnd0c mount /dev/svnd0c /mnt -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] F289 2BDB 1DA0 F4C4 DC87 EC36 B2E3 4E75 C853 FD93 http://zem.squidly.org/ I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible..
Re: Why Plan-9?
Built-in crypto is a big overstatement for OpenBSD. Unfortunately, Win 2000 has more built-in crypto than OpenBSD does. Hint: Try to create an encrypted FS on OpenBSD. [...] dd if=/dev/zero of=diskimage bs=1024k count=1024 vnconfig -ck svnd0 diskimage [enter a passphrase] newfs /dev/svnd0c mount /dev/svnd0c /mnt I am aware of that, but it's a hack, and it doesn't work well. For example, it has no way of detecting when you enter an incorrect password. Anyway, for an OS which prides itself on built-in crypto, why do we have to mess around with loopback? There are many FS features, such as being able to change read, write end execute perms for owner, group and root, which don't require a loopback FS. How is this any different from that? If it were really integrated crypto, I would be able to do mount -k /dev/sd0c and it would do the right thing. Even better, I would be prompted for a password during boot so it could boot from an encrypted fs. This is a glaring hole in OpenBSD's crypt-everywhere mantra.
