can i confirm that this is the Venona archive merged with the 2000-2016 archive from this post:
https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2018-July/042515.html i.e. that we don't have a new, overlapping archive of the 90s period? I'm assuming venona is still the only game in town for the 90s period. On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 at 18:54, Tom Busby <tom@busby.ninja> wrote: > oh fantastic, thank you very much. looks great. > > On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 04:00, Greg Newby <gbne...@pglaf.org> wrote: > >> Dear Tom, >> >> You might be interested to see that I recently merged the archives. (I am >> the current list operator.) You can find it browsable and a few other >> formats. This spans September 1992-July 2013 in the cypherpunks-legacy >> collection. >> >> The current (ongoing) list is in the main cypherpunks collection, from >> 2013-present. They are both here: >> >> https://lists.cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo >> >> Announcement/description: >> >> https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2019-December/078230.html >> >> Best, >> Greg >> >> On Sat, Jan 04, 2020 at 09:41:57PM +0100, Tom Busby wrote: >> > I'm just a guy with a website. Believe me, it saddens me that so much is >> > lost, that's why I originally started trying to piece it all together, >> but >> > my leads ran cold, and if you go look at the commit logs for crypto >> > anarchy.wiki you'll see how little time I've had to work on it lately. >> > >> > In terms of whether this is deliberate forgery or just lost data, I >> have no >> > way of finding out because I don't have other copies of the archive to >> > compare with. That's the only way to do it. And even then I can only >> detect >> > tampering, not innocent loss of data. I was under ten years old during >> this >> > period so I'm flying blind in terms of what it should look like. >> > >> > I'm not a player in this drama, I'm just a guy who is mirroring what's >> > available so that isn't lost too. >> > >> > I simply don't have the time to help you at the moment. I have too many >> > other commitments. I haven't even found time to merge the 1999-onwards >> > archive. >> > >> > If you find a lead on any of it, let me know. As far as I can tell, Ryan >> > Lackey is the only one who can help you. This archive originates on >> Venona. >> > That I'm pretty sure about. If he won't respond to you, I don't know >> what >> > can be done. I really hope someone else finds an archive of this era, >> > because it's the most important era for sure. >> > >> > But other than that, please bear in mind that I'm on your side. We both >> > have the same goal: a complete, accurate archive. I've done what I can >> so >> > far. I won't have time to work on this actively in the near future. >> > >> > On Fri, 3 Jan 2020, 20:27 jim bell, <jdb10...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > >> > > On Friday, January 3, 2020, 02:16:28 AM PST, Tom Busby >> <tom@busby.ninja> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > >>And John Gilmore, Ryan Lackey, Tom Busby, and Declan McCullagh don't >> > > seem to care >> > > >> > > >> > > >It's not that I don't care, I just don't know what I can do about it. >> > > This appears to be the only copy of the archive available. >> > > >> > > >If anyone else has a more complete archive, send it to me and I'll >> merge >> > > it. >> > > >> > > >> > > You are thinking solely in terms of correcting the archive. That's a >> > > limited view. I'm thinking of finding out who is responsible for the >> > > well-planned omissions in the archive. From where was the data >> obtained? >> > > When was the faking of the data done? Who did it? Why? >> > > Who had control of the Cypherpunks list during the 1995-2003 time >> frame? >> > > Was the data stored elsewhere, such as the Wayback Machine? >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Jim Bell >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 08:25, jim bell <jdb10...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > Jeffrey Epstein: Surveillance Video From First Suicide Attempt >> Missinghttps:// >> www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeffrey-epstein-surveillance-video-first-184510141.html >> > > >> > > >> > > Jim Bell's comment: >> > > >> > > Missing, just like a few thousand postings to me, from me, about me, >> and >> > > any mentioning Assassination Politics in the 1995 Cypherpunks archive. >> > > >> > > And John Gilmore, Ryan Lackey, Tom Busby, and Declan McCullagh don't >> seem >> > > to care. Neither does Brian Merchant nor Will Stephenson. >> > > >> > > Concealing the past by erasing the evidence is an old story. >> > > >> > > >> >