West Coast...Galileo...decent NSA dudes?

2002-12-18 Thread Anonymous
Well, there's some truth to Tim May's east/west coast characterization, at least as far as technology is concerned. East coasters tend to think in terms of fitting into pre-existing organizations and structures, west-coasters are far more able to conceive of creating a new structure. (The arts

Fwd: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2002

2002-12-18 Thread Declan McCullagh
Here's the actual text that's being discussed in another thread. I haven't read it yet, but FYI for those of you who haven't seen it... Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 03:11:26 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bruce Schneier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2002

Re: [IP] Limits Sought on Wireless Internet Access (fwd)

2002-12-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 05:12:35PM -0800, Lucky Green wrote: | In other words, the new WaveLAN cards are shipping with a remote | off-switch held by minor government officials. Let's recap the | initiatives currently underway by both governments and major software | vendors: | | Remote disabling

Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2002

2002-12-18 Thread Bruce Schneier
At 11:08 AM 12/16/2002, you wrote: Are you for real??? I'm reading with horror the editorial of your latest crypto-gram. Phrases like revenge only becomes justice if carried out by the State or the State has more motivation to be fair sound like right out of 1984. What happened to you? This is

Salon - Radio Free Software

2002-12-18 Thread Steve Schear
[This is one of the projects I've been working on, though only the two key technical contributors get a mention. steve] http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/12/18/gnu_radio/index.html Radio Free Software Call them hackers of the last computing frontier: The GNU Radio coders believe that any

Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2002

2002-12-18 Thread Marcel Popescu
From: Shawn Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] While I disagree with the phrase revenge only becomes justice if carried out by the State and I certainly don't agree with everything ever written in a Crypto-Gram, I must disagree with your evaluation of Mr. Schneier's editorial. Specifically, the phrase why

RE: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2002

2002-12-18 Thread Trei, Peter
Marcel Popescu[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] My intuition is that the government is going to be slightly fairer than, for example, Disney. That's just a guess, though. While I do have a talent for pissing off (and getting pissed off by) known celebrities (see Tim May in the cypherpunks

Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, December 15, 2002

2002-12-18 Thread Eric Cordian
Bruce wrote: My intuition is that the government is going to be slightly fairer than, for example, Disney. That's just a guess, though. Governments have no restrictions on their conduct, aside from moderating it to the extent that they are not overthrown from within, or attacked by other

Re: Suspending the Constitution

2002-12-18 Thread Petro
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:18:09PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote: Lincoln's notion that the Constitution is suspendable during a war, or other emergency conditions, was disgraceful. Nothing in the Constitution says that it is suspended when a President

Re: Anonymous blogging and unlicensed medical advice.

2002-12-18 Thread Petro
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 04:27:42PM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: At 08:43 AM 12/11/2002 -0800, Tim May wrote: On Wednesday, December 11, 2002, at 01:31 AM, Morlock Elloi wrote: In a way, Mathew's and Choate's attack upon the list has done us a favour. The list is now effectively restricted to

Re: Extradition, Snatching, and the Danger of Traveling to Other Countries

2002-12-18 Thread Petro
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:44:28AM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: For the Russians, 'a few' was over 70. I hope for a non-violent restoration - this sort of thing could give the Libertarian Party legs, if they handled it right. ROTFLMAO. You a funny man, you ever considered standup? if they

Re: Suspending the Constitution

2002-12-18 Thread Mike Rosing
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Adam Shostack wrote: The Volkh conspiracy blog had this Learned Hand quote recently: I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the

Re: West Coast...Galileo...decent NSA dudes?

2002-12-18 Thread Morlock Elloi
But what I don't fully get is why stance matters, per se. For instance, take p2p. We can actually argue all we want about what government should/not do about the problem, but in the end file sharing is just about unstoppable. If I write or release an app, then, that will facilitate seamless

Re: Verdict's in: Elcomsoft NOT GUILTY of criminal DMCA violations

2002-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
On 17 Dec 2002 at 16:43, Steve Schear wrote: [I'm more convinced than ever that nullification figured into the verdict. If so, bravo for the jury. steve] Both the defense and the prosecution sought to make the facts clear and understandable to the jury. So the defense was betting on

Re: Suspending the Constitution

2002-12-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 03:17:21PM -0800, Petro wrote: | On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:18:09PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote: | Lincoln's notion that the Constitution is suspendable during a war, or | other emergency conditions, was disgraceful. Nothing in the |

[texas-hpr] My first run-in with the Safe Explosives Act (fwd)

2002-12-18 Thread Jim Choate
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Re: [CHOATE FIX] No quantum postcards (Re: Libel lunacy -all laws apply fnord everywhere)

2002-12-18 Thread Jim Choate
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Seems I have to explain why IP packet routing is not broadcasting some more. Those of you who understand that postcards have one trajectory from you to me can skip this. My first post was a first-order Choate fix. This post is a second-order