Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] more on U.S. passports to receive RFID implants start

2005-10-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:31 AM 10/30/05 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: They've said they'll fall back on the traditional If we can't read the passport it's invalid and you'll need to replace it before we'll let you leave the country technique, just as they often do with expired passports and sometimes What is the

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] more on U.S. passports to receive RFID implants start

2005-10-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:31 AM 10/30/05 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: They've said they'll fall back on the traditional If we can't read the passport it's invalid and you'll need to replace it before we'll let you leave the country technique, just as they often do with expired passports and sometimes What is the

blocking fair use? 2 Science Groups Say Kansas Can't Use Their Evolution Papers

2005-10-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Here's a very interesting case where (c)holders are trying to ban fair use (educational) of (c) material. I agree with their motivations ---Kansan theo-edu-crats need killing for their continuing child abuse-- but I don't see how they can get around the fair use provisions. (Bypassing whether

Court Blocks Ga. Photo ID Requirement

2005-10-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
[Using the *financial* angle, having to show state-photo-ID is overturned to vote is overturned. Interesting if this could be used for other cases where the state wants ID.] Today: October 27, 2005 at 12:33:27 PDT Court Blocks Ga. Photo ID Requirement ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP) - A

Re: [PracticalSecurity] Anonymity - great technology but hardly used

2005-10-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:41 PM 10/26/05 -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 23:40 -0500, Travis H. wrote: Many of the anonymity protocols require multiple participants, and thus are subject to what economists call network externalities. The best example I can think of is Microsoft Office file

Court Blocks Ga. Photo ID Requirement

2005-10-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
[Using the *financial* angle, having to show state-photo-ID is overturned to vote is overturned. Interesting if this could be used for other cases where the state wants ID.] Today: October 27, 2005 at 12:33:27 PDT Court Blocks Ga. Photo ID Requirement ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP) - A

blocking fair use? 2 Science Groups Say Kansas Can't Use Their Evolution Papers

2005-10-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Here's a very interesting case where (c)holders are trying to ban fair use (educational) of (c) material. I agree with their motivations ---Kansan theo-edu-crats need killing for their continuing child abuse-- but I don't see how they can get around the fair use provisions. (Bypassing whether

Re: [PracticalSecurity] Anonymity - great technology but hardly used

2005-10-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:41 PM 10/26/05 -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 23:40 -0500, Travis H. wrote: Many of the anonymity protocols require multiple participants, and thus are subject to what economists call network externalities. The best example I can think of is Microsoft Office file

crypto on sonet is free, Tyler

2005-10-26 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:15 PM 6/8/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Well, it's interesting to consider how/if that might be possible. SONET scrambles the payload prior to transmission..adding an additional crypto layer prior to transmission would mean changing the line rate, so probably a no-no. Tyler, one can

On special objects, and Judy Miller's treason

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Its unfortunate that some posters had to be reminded that anyone calling for government-licensed reporters (and religions, as one author included) deserves to have their carbon recycled, because of the treason to the BoR. Tim May used to call government licensed citizens special objects. Search

Private records scattered in the wind (FLA)

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
We encourage the publication of the (paper) school records which the FLA hurricane reportedly distributed to locals, as part of an effort to show the sheeple how *well* the state guards their secrets. Particularly interested in offspring of state officials, not that their kids are likely go to

big bro in the car

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Nuclear Detection: Fixed detectors, portals, and NEST teams won’t work for shielded HEU on a national scale; a distributed network of in-vehicle detectors is also necessary to deter nuclear terrorism http://iis-db.stanford.edu/evnts/4249/disarm.pdf Maybe the FCC will require rad detectors in

crypto on sonet is free, Tyler

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:15 PM 6/8/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Well, it's interesting to consider how/if that might be possible. SONET scrambles the payload prior to transmission..adding an additional crypto layer prior to transmission would mean changing the line rate, so probably a no-no. Tyler, one can

Private records scattered in the wind (FLA)

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
We encourage the publication of the (paper) school records which the FLA hurricane reportedly distributed to locals, as part of an effort to show the sheeple how *well* the state guards their secrets. Particularly interested in offspring of state officials, not that their kids are likely go to

big bro in the car

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Nuclear Detection: Fixed detectors, portals, and NEST teams won’t work for shielded HEU on a national scale; a distributed network of in-vehicle detectors is also necessary to deter nuclear terrorism http://iis-db.stanford.edu/evnts/4249/disarm.pdf Maybe the FCC will require rad detectors in

On special objects, and Judy Miller's treason

2005-10-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Its unfortunate that some posters had to be reminded that anyone calling for government-licensed reporters (and religions, as one author included) deserves to have their carbon recycled, because of the treason to the BoR. Tim May used to call government licensed citizens special objects. Search

Re: Color Laser Printer Snitch Codes

2005-10-19 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
At 12:24 PM 10/17/05 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Soon we'll find out that toothbrushes are able to determine what I ate for dinner and are regularly sending the info... Soon there will be sensors in urinals that page the DEA..

Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
So this dupe/spy/wannabe journalist thinks that journalists should be *special*.. how nice. Where in the 1st amendment is the class journalists mentioned? She needs a WMD enema. LAS VEGAS (AP) -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller defended her decision to go to jail to protect a source

Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-18 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
So this dupe/spy/wannabe journalist thinks that journalists should be *special*.. how nice. Where in the 1st amendment is the class journalists mentioned? She needs a WMD enema. LAS VEGAS (AP) -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller defended her decision to go to jail to protect a source

Re: Color Laser Printer Snitch Codes

2005-10-18 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
At 12:24 PM 10/17/05 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Soon we'll find out that toothbrushes are able to determine what I ate for dinner and are regularly sending the info... Soon there will be sensors in urinals that page the DEA..

test

2005-10-11 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
ignore

All your routers are belong to us

2005-07-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Take da subway, its da bomb LAS VEGAS--Cisco Systems has taken legal action to keep a researcher from further discussing a hack into its router software. The networking giant and Internet Security Systems jointly filed a request Wednesday for a temporary restraining order against Michael Lynn

go for the head shot -they're wearing puffy jackets

2005-07-26 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Now that the UK got a little feedback for their empire assist, its amusing (in a black, american kinda way) to see them demonstrate their lack of a first amendment. The papers are filled with brits calling for state coercion against their own citizens for their opinions. Naturally, the sheeple

FTC bans P2P, anonymity, encryption

2005-06-02 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The FTC seems to think they can require (by force) the disconnection of zombie PCs. To cut spam. If they assert the right to control what software runs on net-connected machines, what is to stop them from barring any other software? After all, P2P threatens the economy, anonymity and

FTC bans P2P, anonymity, encryption

2005-06-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The FTC seems to think they can require (by force) the disconnection of zombie PCs. To cut spam. If they assert the right to control what software runs on net-connected machines, what is to stop them from barring any other software? After all, P2P threatens the economy, anonymity and

Practical AP

2005-05-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Declan, tonight I dined with a major spam fighter and he said he had direct confirmation of the fact that the vast bulk of spam is sent by a small number of parties, perhaps 200 at most, and the bulk of that by a core group of about 20. This from Politech. The author goes on to suggest legal

Lions and tigers and iraqi minutemen

2005-05-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:25 AM 5/23/05 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: While it doubtless would have been better to behead the Saudi monarchy rather than the Iraqi dictatorship, nonetheless American troops seem to be finding an ample supply of Saudis in Iraq. In what imaginary universe? Perhaps you need to be

[Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions?]

2005-05-24 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:03 PM 5/17/05 -0700, cypherpunk wrote: [1]DocMurphy asks: I'm working with some dissidents who are looking for ways to use the Internet from within repressive regimes. Many have in-home Internet access, but think it too risky to participate in pro-freedom activities on home

Lions and tigers and iraqi minutemen

2005-05-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:25 AM 5/23/05 -0700, James A. Donald wrote: While it doubtless would have been better to behead the Saudi monarchy rather than the Iraqi dictatorship, nonetheless American troops seem to be finding an ample supply of Saudis in Iraq. In what imaginary universe? Perhaps you need to be

[Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions?]

2005-05-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:03 PM 5/17/05 -0700, cypherpunk wrote: [1]DocMurphy asks: I'm working with some dissidents who are looking for ways to use the Internet from within repressive regimes. Many have in-home Internet access, but think it too risky to participate in pro-freedom activities on home

Re: Len Adleman (of R,S, and A):

2005-05-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:45 PM 5/17/05 -0700, cypherpunk wrote: Iraq war (a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, and many people took 9/11 personally). Please explain what Bush's invasion of a soverign nation had to do with the Saudi 9/11 Theatre? (Sorry to offend the 'Merkins who can't distinguish one

Re: Len Adleman (of R,S, and A):

2005-05-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:45 PM 5/17/05 -0700, cypherpunk wrote: Iraq war (a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, and many people took 9/11 personally). Please explain what Bush's invasion of a soverign nation had to do with the Saudi 9/11 Theatre? (Sorry to offend the 'Merkins who can't distinguish one

Re: Pi: Less Random Than We Thought

2005-05-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:55 PM 5/6/05 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Yes, but only provided the universe lasts long enough for those digits to be computed! -TD Actually, a few years ago someone discovered an algorithm for the Nth (hex) digit of Pi which doesn't require computing all the previous digits. Mind blowing.

Twelve Monkeys

2005-04-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
So, if you were a Handler, would you try to score some H5N1 asian flu for NYC, or would you convince a pre-symptomatic Angolan to fly into Rome? Just curious.

Reading every ones g-mail

2005-04-04 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:17 AM 4/1/05 -0800, Sarad AV wrote: hi, Maybe it was just a bot parsing the contents of the mail. Cannot say for sure. Reading every ones g-mail doesn't appear to be practical. Whoah, are you clueless. Not only reading, but indexing, and indexing all your correspondants. Can you spell

Re: [silk] Google Targeted ads - gmail (fwd from rishab@dxm.org)

2005-04-04 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 11:26 AM 4/1/05 -0800, cypherpunk wrote: On Apr 1, 2005 10:57 AM, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now here's your one stop shop for evil. A position for Google minister for propaganda is about to be posted, so I hear. Let's get this straight. It's not evil if people are voluntarily

mu-metal Altoids

2005-04-04 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:54 PM 4/3/05 -0500, Riad S. Wahby wrote: Thomas Shaddack shaddack@ns.arachne.cz wrote: Putting the tag into an enclosure made of a feromagnetic material helps, though. Altoids can proved to be a pretty effective shielding. Clearly we need mu-metal Altoids tins. Mu-metal is expensive and

Your epapers, please?

2005-04-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:08 PM 3/31/05 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: government plan to insert remotely readable chips in American passports, calling the chips [2]homing devices for high-tech muggers, So the market for faraday-cages for your passport will grow to equilibrium. A cage will cost less than a buck in

Your epapers, please?

2005-03-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:08 PM 3/31/05 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: government plan to insert remotely readable chips in American passports, calling the chips [2]homing devices for high-tech muggers, So the market for faraday-cages for your passport will grow to equilibrium. A cage will cost less than a buck in

Re: AP For Starvation Judge

2005-03-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
It would be interesting socially if the vegetable in question had fried her brain with her choice of unlicensed pharmaceuticals, instead of her choice of self-starvation (leading to cardiac failure, leading to joining the vegetable kingdom). Would Jeb be trying to adopt a coke-stroke negro? It

Re: WiFi Launcher?

2005-03-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 03:06 PM 3/25/05 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: I noticed you did a little editing! Sigh. Few can stand in the light for very long, save the various beautiful women that clamor to spread my DNA... Your barber can spread more of your DNA. Your female can help you *copy* your DNA, but only about

Re: AP For Starvation Judge

2005-03-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
It would be interesting socially if the vegetable in question had fried her brain with her choice of unlicensed pharmaceuticals, instead of her choice of self-starvation (leading to cardiac failure, leading to joining the vegetable kingdom). Would Jeb be trying to adopt a coke-stroke negro? It

Re: WiFi Launcher?

2005-03-27 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 03:06 PM 3/25/05 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: I noticed you did a little editing! Sigh. Few can stand in the light for very long, save the various beautiful women that clamor to spread my DNA... Your barber can spread more of your DNA. Your female can help you *copy* your DNA, but only about

Re: FW: on FPGAs vs ASICs

2005-03-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:44 PM 3/20/05 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: What I suspect is that there's already some crypto net processors out there, though they may be classified, or the commercial equivalent (ie, I assume there are 'classified' catalogs from companies like General Dynamics that normal clients never see).

on FPGAs vs ASICs

2005-03-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Tyler, Riad, etc: FPGAs are used in telecom because the volumes do not support an ASIC run. Riad doesn't seem to appreciate this. He does understand that an ASIC is more efficient because its gates are used only for 1 computation, rather than most (FPGA) gates being used for reconfigurability

on FPGAs vs ASICs

2005-03-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Tyler, Riad, etc: FPGAs are used in telecom because the volumes do not support an ASIC run. Riad doesn't seem to appreciate this. He does understand that an ASIC is more efficient because its gates are used only for 1 computation, rather than most (FPGA) gates being used for reconfigurability

Re: SHA1 broken?

2005-03-05 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:23 PM 2/19/05 +, Dave Howe wrote: I am unaware of any massive improvement (certainly to the scale of the comparable improvement in CPUs) in FPGAs, and the ones I looked at a a few days ago while researching this question seemed to have pretty FPGAs scale with tech the same as CPUs,

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
A cypherpunk is one who is amused at the phrase illicit Iraqi passports. Given that the government of .iq has been replaced by a conquerer's puppet goverment, who exactly has authority to issue passports there? And why does this belief about the 1-to-1-ness of passports to meat puppets or other

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:38 PM 2/9/05 -0600, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 09:09 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating system, so Linus did. Linus Torvalds didn't write the GNU OS. He wrote the Linux kernel, which when added to the rest of the

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-09 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:38 PM 2/9/05 -0600, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 09:09 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating system, so Linus did. Linus Torvalds didn't write the GNU OS. He wrote the Linux kernel, which when added to the rest of the

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-09 Thread Major Variola (ret)
A cypherpunk is one who is amused at the phrase illicit Iraqi passports. Given that the government of .iq has been replaced by a conquerer's puppet goverment, who exactly has authority to issue passports there? And why does this belief about the 1-to-1-ness of passports to meat puppets or other

LA Times on brinworld, complete with nothing to hide quote

2005-02-08 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Article Published: Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 7:14:24 PM PST Who's got an eye on you? Secret cameras are everywhere

Re: Auto-HERF: Car Chase Tech That's Really Hot

2005-02-07 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:41 PM 2/4/05 -0800, Steve Schear wrote: At 10:15 AM 2/4/2005, R.A. Hettinga wrote: The beautiful part of using the (microwave) energy is that it leaves the suspect in control of the car, he said. He can steer, he can brake, he just can't accelerate. Sorry Charlie, but I think newer

Re: Auto-HERF: Car Chase Tech That's Really Hot

2005-02-05 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:41 PM 2/4/05 -0800, Steve Schear wrote: At 10:15 AM 2/4/2005, R.A. Hettinga wrote: The beautiful part of using the (microwave) energy is that it leaves the suspect in control of the car, he said. He can steer, he can brake, he just can't accelerate. Sorry Charlie, but I think newer

Re: MPAA files new film-swapping suits

2005-01-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:41 PM 1/28/05 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: Not really. The P2P assm^H^H^H^H architects are reissuing new systems with holes patched reactively. There's no reason for a P2P system designed in 1996 to be water-tight to any threat model of 2010. (Strangely enough, they had IP nazis and lawyers

Re: Cpunk Sighting

2005-01-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:12 PM 1/21/05 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote: John Young, Cryptome strikes again. NPR is running a story on all of the sensitive information available. Funny shit! LATimes ran something too! And even included a link to the mental-jihadist, terrorist-du-coeur, amateur

crypto, science, and popular writing

2005-01-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:23 PM 1/20/05 +, Justin wrote: How could they possibly get clue? Scientists don't want to write pop-sci articles for a living. It's impossible to condense most current research down to digestible kernels that the masses can understand. SciAm should close down, requiring those who care

Re: Cpunk Sighting

2005-01-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:12 PM 1/21/05 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote: John Young, Cryptome strikes again. NPR is running a story on all of the sensitive information available. Funny shit! LATimes ran something too! And even included a link to the mental-jihadist, terrorist-du-coeur, amateur

crypto, science, and popular writing

2005-01-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:23 PM 1/20/05 +, Justin wrote: How could they possibly get clue? Scientists don't want to write pop-sci articles for a living. It's impossible to condense most current research down to digestible kernels that the masses can understand. SciAm should close down, requiring those who care

RE: [IP] No expectation of privacy in public? In a pig's eye! (fwd from dave@farber.net)

2005-01-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:07 AM 1/14/05 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: It would take some chutzpa, but tacking onto a cops car would send a message Too easy. 5 points for adding to cop's personal car 10 points for adding to cop's spouse's personal car 20 points for adding to cop's mistress' personal car Not sure

Re: US slaps on the wardriver-busting paint

2005-01-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:35 AM 1/14/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: It only remains for us to say that DefendAir costs a cool $69 per gallon (US gallon, presumably). How much is the TV tax in the UK? How long to pay off the costs of paint to hide one's IF oscillator from the White Vans? Surprising that the

Re: Feral Cities

2005-01-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:32 AM 1/16/05 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: Terrorists, as we discovered in Afghanistan, tend to piss people off. They need a government that is strong enough to intimidate the locals to refrain from killing them. Since when did a few remote Al Q boot camps piss people off? Religion-based

RE: [IP] No expectation of privacy in public? In a pig's eye! (fwd from dave@farber.net)

2005-01-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:07 AM 1/14/05 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: It would take some chutzpa, but tacking onto a cops car would send a message Too easy. 5 points for adding to cop's personal car 10 points for adding to cop's spouse's personal car 20 points for adding to cop's mistress' personal car Not sure

Re: US slaps on the wardriver-busting paint

2005-01-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:35 AM 1/14/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: It only remains for us to say that DefendAir costs a cool $69 per gallon (US gallon, presumably). How much is the TV tax in the UK? How long to pay off the costs of paint to hide one's IF oscillator from the White Vans? Surprising that the

Re: Tasers for Cops Not You

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:20 PM 1/8/05 -0800, John Young wrote: However, Taser claims the civilian version is effective only to 15 feet while the LE version will explose a heart at 20 feet. And, Taser says accidental deaths caused by the shock would have happened to those sick persons anyway. Well, yes, homicidal

Re: [IP] The DNA round-up on Cape Cod (fwd from dave@farber.net

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The Beast doesn't know who licked the stamp. A fiducial sample is what they want. In Calif, they could merely arrest you for a bogus charge to have the right to sample your families DNA as carried by you. Schwarzenegger is not Austrian accidentally. GATTACA was optimistic. At 06:02 PM

expectation of privacy

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:01 PM 1/12/05 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: It's time to blow the lid off this no expectation of privacy in public places argument that judges and law enforcement now spout out like demented parrots in so many situations. A court refused to hear the case of a man accused of owning unlicensed

Re: Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:20 PM 1/9/05 -0600, Riad S. Wahby wrote: I love how all of the coverage leaves out the actual search strings, as if it's hard to discover what they are at this point. I'm similarly annoyed that articles omit the URLs of terrorist web sites, being forced to check ogrish.com, even if I

To Tyler Durden

2005-01-13 Thread Major Variola (ret)
TD, I just watched _Fight Club_ so I finally get your nym. (Here in low-earth geosynchronous orbit, content is delayed). Cool. I had thought it was your real name. Maj. Variola (ret)

To Tyler Durden

2005-01-12 Thread Major Variola (ret)
TD, I just watched _Fight Club_ so I finally get your nym. (Here in low-earth geosynchronous orbit, content is delayed). Cool. I had thought it was your real name. Maj. Variola (ret)

Re: Tasers for Cops Not You

2005-01-12 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:20 PM 1/8/05 -0800, John Young wrote: However, Taser claims the civilian version is effective only to 15 feet while the LE version will explose a heart at 20 feet. And, Taser says accidental deaths caused by the shock would have happened to those sick persons anyway. Well, yes, homicidal

Re: Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams

2005-01-12 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:20 PM 1/9/05 -0600, Riad S. Wahby wrote: I love how all of the coverage leaves out the actual search strings, as if it's hard to discover what they are at this point. I'm similarly annoyed that articles omit the URLs of terrorist web sites, being forced to check ogrish.com, even if I

Re: [IP] The DNA round-up on Cape Cod (fwd from dave@farber.net

2005-01-12 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The Beast doesn't know who licked the stamp. A fiducial sample is what they want. In Calif, they could merely arrest you for a bogus charge to have the right to sample your families DNA as carried by you. Schwarzenegger is not Austrian accidentally. GATTACA was optimistic. At 06:02 PM

expectation of privacy

2005-01-12 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:01 PM 1/12/05 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: It's time to blow the lid off this no expectation of privacy in public places argument that judges and law enforcement now spout out like demented parrots in so many situations. A court refused to hear the case of a man accused of owning unlicensed

Re: California Bans a Large-Caliber Gun, and the Battle Is On

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:53 AM 1/4/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Terri Carbaugh, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, had made his position clear during his campaign. It's a military-type weapon, Ms. Carbaugh said of the .50 BMG, and he believes the gun presents a clear and

Technology vs social solutions

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:06 PM 1/4/05 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: From: Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. Homebrew warning systems will face the same problems as eg pro volcano warning systems: too many false alarms and no one cares. The best defense would seem to be a population with a lot of TVs and radios

sitting ducks

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:16 PM 1/4/05 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: Interesting questions: How hard is it for someone to actually hit an airplane with a rifle bullet? How often do airplane maintenance people notice bulletholes? My understanding is that a single bullethole in a plane is not likely to do anything

Re: California Bans a Large-Caliber Gun, and the Battle Is On

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:53 AM 1/4/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: Terri Carbaugh, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, had made his position clear during his campaign. It's a military-type weapon, Ms. Carbaugh said of the .50 BMG, and he believes the gun presents a clear and

sitting ducks

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:16 PM 1/4/05 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: Interesting questions: How hard is it for someone to actually hit an airplane with a rifle bullet? How often do airplane maintenance people notice bulletholes? My understanding is that a single bullethole in a plane is not likely to do anything

Technology vs social solutions

2005-01-06 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:06 PM 1/4/05 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: From: Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. Homebrew warning systems will face the same problems as eg pro volcano warning systems: too many false alarms and no one cares. The best defense would seem to be a population with a lot of TVs and radios

Re: How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month

2005-01-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:01 AM 1/3/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041230.html PBS: I, Cringely -- The Pulpit How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month 1. 150 K asians is nothing. 2. You will see 10,000 K dead worldwide from the next H5N1 flu

Re: [IP] Cell phones for eavesdropping

2005-01-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
From: Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cell phones for eavesdropping - finally some public chatter Of course, the low-budget govt snoops go for the basestations and landline links. The pending cell phone virus which calls 911 should be a real hoot. I wonder if cell virii can carry a voice

Re: How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month

2005-01-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 10:01 AM 1/3/05 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041230.html PBS: I, Cringely -- The Pulpit How to Build a Global Internet Tsunami Warning System in a Month 1. 150 K asians is nothing. 2. You will see 10,000 K dead worldwide from the next H5N1 flu

Re: [IP] Cell phones for eavesdropping

2004-12-30 Thread Major Variola (ret)
From: Gadi Evron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cell phones for eavesdropping - finally some public chatter Of course, the low-budget govt snoops go for the basestations and landline links. The pending cell phone virus which calls 911 should be a real hoot. I wonder if cell virii can carry a voice

All your wavelengths belong to us (or Powell, or the SS)

2004-12-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The FCC is trying to shut down a guerilla radio station in DC calling for protests during Bush's January re-anoint^H^H^H^H^H Google for it.

All your wavelengths belong to us (or Powell, or the SS)

2004-12-23 Thread Major Variola (ret)
The FCC is trying to shut down a guerilla radio station in DC calling for protests during Bush's January re-anoint^H^H^H^H^H Google for it.

Re: Israeli Airport Security Questioning Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2004

2004-12-22 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:16 PM 12/20/04 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: No doubt a real intelligence agent would be good at getting through this kind of screening, but that doesn't mean most of the people who want to blow up planes would be any good at it! You really continue to understimate the freedom fighters, don't

Re: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist

2004-12-22 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:23 PM 12/19/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: ..They have computers, they're tappin' phone lines, you know that ain't allowed.. Zappa...Heads...Crimson? A profile is emerging here! Either that or you recently broke into your dad's vinyl collection... Very funny. My walls o' vinyl are, BTW,

Re: Coffee, Tea, or Should We Feel Your Pregnant Wife's Breasts Before Throwing You in a Cell at the Airport and Then Lying About Why We Put You There?

2004-12-22 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:23 PM 12/19/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: Funny how most Americans only wake up after it happens to them. As EC said, the only we understand is dead Merkins. Case in point? How 'bout that proud-n-patriotic lady in Farenheit 911? As far as I could tell, prior to her son's death she was all

Re: Israeli Airport Security Questioning Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2004

2004-12-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:16 PM 12/20/04 -0500, John Kelsey wrote: No doubt a real intelligence agent would be good at getting through this kind of screening, but that doesn't mean most of the people who want to blow up planes would be any good at it! You really continue to understimate the freedom fighters, don't

Re: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist

2004-12-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:23 PM 12/19/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: ..They have computers, they're tappin' phone lines, you know that ain't allowed.. Zappa...Heads...Crimson? A profile is emerging here! Either that or you recently broke into your dad's vinyl collection... Very funny. My walls o' vinyl are, BTW,

Re: Coffee, Tea, or Should We Feel Your Pregnant Wife's Breasts Before Throwing You in a Cell at the Airport and Then Lying About Why We Put You There?

2004-12-21 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 04:23 PM 12/19/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: Funny how most Americans only wake up after it happens to them. As EC said, the only we understand is dead Merkins. Case in point? How 'bout that proud-n-patriotic lady in Farenheit 911? As far as I could tell, prior to her son's death she was all

Militia or other Terrorists?

2004-12-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? which fedscum, do you have a mentionable source, c.? It was ATF, about some gun-robbers; it seems to be a reply to trollbait by the Faux news channel or spontaneous dreck.

Re: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist

2004-12-19 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:12 AM 12/19/04 +0100, Anonymous wrote: Major Variola typed: PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? which fedscum, do you have a mentionable source, c.? I haven't found the source, I recall that I heard it. Might have

Re: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:12 AM 12/19/04 +0100, Anonymous wrote: Major Variola typed: PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? which fedscum, do you have a mentionable source, c.? I haven't found the source, I recall that I heard it. Might have

Militia or other Terrorists?

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
PS: heard some fedscum mention 'militia and other terrorists' the other day, what would Gen George W think? which fedscum, do you have a mentionable source, c.? It was ATF, about some gun-robbers; it seems to be a reply to trollbait by the Faux news channel or spontaneous dreck.

Frank Zappa, american composer

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:56 PM 12/17/04 -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: the shiny pages of ''Hippie'' is to breathe deeply. My copy fell open at a manifesto by Frank Zappa, in which he admitted that ''A freak is not a freak if ALL are freaks,'' and went on to assert that ''Looking and acting eccentric IS NOT ENOUGH.''

RE: [Antisocial] Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:33 PM 12/17/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: I am a patriot fighting the real traitors who are destroying our democracy. I resent it when they call me delusional, he said. Tee hee hee... Indeed. The dude shows that 1. ability to inherit $$$ doesn't imply brains 2. he should take a structural

Flaw with lava lamp entropy source

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
I've been running a 1970s-era lava lamp for some time, and found that it can enter a stable attractor where you get a non-circulating blob o' wax at the bottom. While Walker et al.'s (?) LL video entropy source is cute/clever, the general lesson we can take from this is to be careful that

Re: Gait advances in emerging biometrics

2004-12-18 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:28 PM 12/16/04 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: Anyone who owns that infrastructure is even more dangerous than who 0wns the voting machines. Very nice quote. Can I get an insurance policy on you, with me as beneficiary?

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