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

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-19 Thread cyphrpunk
Just presented at ICETE2005 by Daniel Nagy: http://www.epointsystem.org/~nagydani/ICETE2005.pdf Abstract. In present paper a novel approach to on-line payment is presented that tackles some issues of digital cash that have, in the author s opinion, contributed to the fact that despite

Re: [fc-discuss] Financial Cryptography Update: On Digital Cash-like Payment Systems

2005-10-19 Thread Daniel A. Nagy
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:27:53PM -0700, cyphrpunk wrote: Just presented at ICETE2005 by Daniel Nagy: http://www.epointsystem.org/~nagydani/ICETE2005.pdf This is a thorough and careful paper but the system has no blinding and so payments are traceable and linkable. The standard

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Clymer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My understanding is that she only went to jail because of a federal law passed in the early 80's designed to protect undercover federal agents. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I was under the impression that were it not for that law, there would be

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Shawn Duffy
Unfortunately, it's not as simple as protecting a source. Most shield laws, or proposed shield laws, as I understand them, protect a journalist from revealing a source who is exposing wrongdoing that is in the public interest. This is not the same thing. The act of leaking the identity of Ms.

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Clymer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You're just trolling, right? Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Gil Hamilton
On 10/19/05, Chris Clymer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're just trolling, right? [snip] Major Variola (ret.) wrote: 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

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Gil Hamilton
Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On 2005-10-19T19:59:18+, Gil Hamilton wrote: Reporters should have no rights the rest of us don't have. It's hard to imagine the framers of the constitution approving an amendment that said freedom of the press is granted to all those who first apply for

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Gil Hamilton
Dave Howe wrote: Gil Hamilton wrote: The problem is that reporters want to be made into a special class of people that don't have to abide by the same laws as the rest of us. Are you a reporter? Am I? Is the National Inquirer? How about Drudge? What about bloggers? Which agency will you

Re: [Politech] More on Barney lawyer yearning to hack copyright infringers' sites [ip]

2005-10-19 Thread Justin
On 2005-10-19T10:37:55-0700, Declan McCullagh wrote: Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/2005/10/17/barney-lawyer-recommends/ Responses: http://www.politechbot.com/2005/10/19/more-on-barney/ Some of the first-round responses mentioned the iniquities involved in attacking

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Dave Howe
Gil Hamilton wrote: The problem is that reporters want to be made into a special class of people that don't have to abide by the same laws as the rest of us. Are you a reporter? Am I? Is the National Inquirer? How about Drudge? What about bloggers? Which agency will you have to apply to

Re: Judy Miller needing killing

2005-10-19 Thread Justin
On 2005-10-19T19:59:18+, Gil Hamilton wrote: Reporters should have no rights the rest of us don't have. It's hard to imagine the framers of the constitution approving an amendment that said freedom of the press is granted to all those who first apply for and receive permission from