Re: design considerations for distributed storage networks
On Friday, March 22, 2002, at 01:55 PM, Morlock Elloi wrote: Sharing copyrighted material in order to get the same is the only working example that I can see. If someone can point to reason why large number of people would give a fuck about fighting censorship, enhancing privacy and anonymity, I'd like to be enlightened. With working real-world examples. Unemployed cypherpunks do not count. It doesn't require a large number of people, only a small number who are willing to spend their lives to expunge those who would deny the rest their rights to speech and privacy. One has only to look at the middle east to see what a small number of zealots with C4 can do. Fear of imprisonment and/or loss of friends, family and financial stability are the main weapons of the state. Many may be capable but few are willing to engage in some creative political destuction. There are very few like Timmy, but there could be more if the terminably ill were offered a sufficient incentive. Maybe what's needed is an American Patriot family relief fund. A group which supports families of those who gave their all fighting the powers that be. If had less than 6 months to live I would, without a doubt, take one or more tyrants to the grave with me. After all what have I got to lose. For the majority of short-timers without the ideological zeal but who haven't planned very well for their retirement and their family's support a posthumous windfall could tip the balance. Hush provide the worlds most secure, easy to use online applications - which solution is right for you? HushMail Secure Email http://www.hushmail.com/ HushDrive Secure Online Storage http://www.hushmail.com/hushdrive/ Hush Business - security for your Business http://www.hush.com/ Hush Enterprise - Secure Solutions for your Enterprise http://www.hush.com/ Looking for a good deal on a domain name? http://www.hush.com/partners/offers.cgi?id=domainpeople
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At 03:37 AM 6/16/2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone figure this out? It's a link from the ebay splash page, so it's high profile. Is it DeCSS? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1439250171 # #[ pictured are DVD movies ] # #All the software needed to burn your own DVD's is included with #this auction. Now you can make copies/Backups of ALL of your #favorite DVD's and never have to worry about replacing them. #There are only 2 options. You could either spend thousands of There is no practical way to just burn DVDs onto CDs for subsequent viewing. Without compressing, and lowering the resolution, the data volume is prohibitive (6GB or more). That's not to say this compression will yield poor results if done properly. Most consumer DVD players support the Video CD format (VCD) and many an enhanced format SVCD. SVCD, a standard from Philips, has a peak data rate of about 2.6Mbps, compared to DVD's 8Mbps. Feature length movies generally fit on three 80/800MB minute SVCDs. Audio quality is excellent (Dolby surround is supported). Subjectively, I think SVCD video quality (if mastered correctly from a DVD) is better than SVHS. These SVCDs can also be viewed on PCs. See http://www.vcdhelp.com for a complete explanation of the ripping, editing, compressing, cutting, merging and burning tools (most free) and techniques. Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com
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At 03:37 AM 6/16/2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone figure this out? It's a link from the ebay splash page, so it's high profile. Is it DeCSS? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1439250171 # #[ pictured are DVD movies ] # #All the software needed to burn your own DVD's is included with #this auction. Now you can make copies/Backups of ALL of your #favorite DVD's and never have to worry about replacing them. #There are only 2 options. You could either spend thousands of There is no practical way to just burn DVDs onto CDs for subsequent viewing. Without compressing, and lowering the resolution, the data volume is prohibitive (6GB or more). That's not to say this compression will yield poor results if done properly. Most consumer DVD players support the Video CD format (VCD) and many an enhanced format SVCD. SVCD, a standard from Philips, has a peak data rate of about 2.6Mbps, compared to DVD's 8Mbps. Feature length movies generally fit on three 80 minute CDs. Audio quality is excellent (Dolby surround is supported). Subjectively, I think SVCD video quality (if mastered correctly from a DVD) is better than SVHS. These SVCDs can also be viewed on PCs. See http://www.vcdhelp.com for a complete explanation of the tools (all/most free) and techniques. Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com
RE: EM weapons against cars, courtesy of the DoJ
OR We can use a string to pull a $50 spikestrip across the road when the target car approaches, then pull it out of the way before any other vehicles pass by. Cheap, reliable, low-tech is often preferable to expensive, chancy, high-tech. Good point, equally in that there are less (if any) criminal countermeasures. Any toss in front devices assume that other LEAs have been radioed and are in position. I would imagine that a sufficient amount of dangerous pursuit would have already commenced. Maybe criminal autos could be fitted with low-ride cattle guards to thwart any above ground strip. :) Its much easier than that. There are foams you can buy in spray cans that will set in a few minutes to flexible mass. Place a tire on a spin-type tire balance or put a car up on a lift and spray the foam into the empty valve body until it fills a good part of the volume then inflate to the proper pressure. Spin the tires till the foam sets then drive. This type foam has been used by the armed forces to prevent tire deflation in similar circumstances. However, speed ust be kept under about 50 mph to prevent to much internal heat buildup due to foam friction. Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com
