Re: On how the NSA can be generations ahead

2004-08-01 Thread Eric Murray
On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 10:20:38AM -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Tyler D asked about how the NSA could be so far ahead. Besides their ability to make 2 sq. chips at 10% yield (not something a commercial entity could get away with) What,

Terror Threat Level Is Raised For Key U.S. Financial Buildings

2004-08-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB109136672993879685,00.html The Wall Street Journal August 1, 2004 2:46 p.m. EDT WORLD NEWS Terror Threat Level Is Raised For Key U.S. Financial Buildings Associated Press August 1, 2004 2:46 p.m. NEW YORK -- The federal government warned today

RE: On how the NSA can be generations ahead

2004-08-01 Thread Tyler Durden
Well, there's no doubt that what Variola says is basically correct. But it doesn't exactly apply to the specific situation I was referring to, which was whether something inconspicuous might be slipped into a CO unbeknownst to the rank-and-file (ie, the CO manager would probably receive some

Re: Al-Q targeting NY corporations?

2004-08-01 Thread Tyler Durden
Nah, if you're an Al Qaeda member, it's your duty to open up more donut shops and in fact, have a policy of free donuts to every cop. Infact, you should send crates of donuts to every police precinct several times a day. I'd suggest a 10:1 donut to officer ratio. I'm pretty sure I saw bin Laden

On how the NSA can be generations ahead

2004-08-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
Tyler D asked about how the NSA could be so far ahead. Besides their ability to make 2 sq. chips at 10% yield (not something a commercial entity could get away with) they can also *thin and glue* those chips into say stacks of 5 thinned die. 2 sq = 4 x performance 5 thinned die with GHz vias = 20

Re: Terror Threat Level Is Raised For Key U.S. Financial Buildings

2004-08-01 Thread Bill Stewart
At 12:00 PM 8/1/2004, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB109136672993879685,00.html Terror Threat Level Is Raised For Key U.S. Financial Buildings Associated Press August 1, 2004 2:46 p.m. NEW YORK -- The federal government warned today of possible terrorist attacks

Re: Al-Q targeting NY corporations?

2004-08-01 Thread Sunder
FUD Mode=True I've a better idea for the terrorists who may be paying attention, why not just leave NYC alone and target something more useful to take out - like Microsoft, for example. IMHO, the planes that were targeted at the WTC would have been better directed at various Redmond, WA

Re: Al-Q targeting NY corporations?

2004-08-01 Thread John Young
Not yet aware the NY-bound wetback had been nabbed we posted material and photos on July 29 about how Amtrak and Long Island Railroad Manhattan tunnels provide easy access to Madison Square Garden located above subterranean Penn Station and the nearby post office where the thousands of press

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

2004-08-01 Thread Bob Jonkman
This is what J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said about Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarde on 24 Jul 2004 at 18:44 On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: There might be blind cypherpunks, we don't discriminate[1], There Is No We. [1] the original phone phreaks were blind,

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

2004-08-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:07 AM 7/29/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Did you know that your teeth enamel contain isotope ratios that encode regions where you might have grown up around age 6? Yes. I am also aware that tooth enamel has the interesting property of

Re: Email tapping by ISPs, forwarder addresses, and crypto proxies

2004-08-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:36 PM 7/29/04 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Remember that the spookfabs don't have to contend with *economics and yield*. Damn, this is precisely where I wish Tim May was still around. We are all just echoes of the voices in his head. But I did work for a company that owned fabs. And have

Al-Q targeting NY corporations?

2004-08-01 Thread J.A. Terranson
Article below. Just in case AQ is listening, I'd like to remind them that there are some other states that also have some *really* good targets ;-) But, if you're just stuck on New York, let me make my recommendations: (1) Citicorp Center. Thousands of people work in this one gargantuan

Al-Q targeting NY corporations...ah well.

2004-08-01 Thread Tyler Durden
Oh yeah... For those Cypherpunks that actually have sex with something other than their fist, the following statements are officially* fairly cypherpunkinsh: Hey...if I have to take out that garbage then the terrrorists have won. Ah well. We had a pretty good run. Let's face the fact that the