Re: Chelsea Manning Is Ordered Released from Jail

2020-03-12 Thread grarpamp
On 3/12/20, John Young  wrote:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/politics/chelsea-manning-released-jail.html

https://twitter.com/DefendAssange/status/1238229231089393677

> A Federal District Court judge overseeing the matter, Anthony J.
> Trenga, said that he also dismissed on Thursday the grand jury that
> Ms. Manning was refusing to testify before after finding that its
> business had concluded.
>
> "The court finds that Ms. Manning's appearance before the grand jury
> is no longer needed, in light of which her detention no longer serves
> any coercive purpose," Judge Trenga wrote.

http://www.medievalwarfare.info/torture.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crushing_(execution)
https://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-brutal-execution-methods/
https://from-bedroom-to-study.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-terrible-torture-of-pressing-penance.html
https://people.ucls.uchicago.edu/~snekros/Salem%20Journal/People/ElbertD.html

Moar weight they shall say!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture
https://twitter.com/NilsMelzer/status/1238086155205324800

Long due time "governments" recognize when someone says
they won't talk. That's a human right, and a freedom exemplar.
Highly informative and confirmative expose that abusive thugs
known as "governments" step to such pointless stripping of
social contact in solitary kidnapping, banning comms with
lawyers and friend support, poor food and healthcare, stealing
money and property, no bail, and mental and physical torture to
the point of suicide and martyrdom. Fucking shame on them.
Doing any of that grossly tilted bullshit to anyone is a crime
in almost every book on the planet, and a crime regardless.
You would be arrested and prosecuted were you to do it to someone.
Manning and Assange NEVER did such harm to anyone.
These political persecutions and witch trials against those who've
done nothing but expose and embarrass GovCorp must end.
Prosecute these criminals in governments and shut them down.

Go Chelsea!

#FreeAssange

https://twitter.com/xychelsea
https://twitter.com/assangedefense

Chelsea should not pay these Govt extortionists one penny
of their "fines", and they should be prosecuted for theft if
they try to take anything from her.



[charter hypocrite dishonorable censor Perry Metzger list dropped]


The Heckler's Veto

2020-03-12 Thread Ryan Carboni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Bache_(journalist)
In April 1797, while Bache was investigating the construction of the
ship USS United States, Clement Humphreys, the son of the ship's
architect, physically assaulted him. Bache escaped, but heard remarks
from the crowd that he deserved the beating. He had printed an
accusation that the ship's carpenters were taking bribes. In May 1798,
Bache's residence and office were threatened by a mob. They smashed
the glass door leading to his office, but refrained from vandalizing
his home. His family was terrified.


Inverse: Honeywell has built the most powerful supercomputer in the world

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
Inverse: Honeywell has built the most powerful supercomputer in the world.
https://www.inverse.com/innovation/honeywell-supercomputer


The Verge: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
The Verge: AT is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers 
due to coronavirus.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/12/21177538/att-broadband-internet-data-cap-coronavirus-suspend



Re: Behind the curve. The mathematics of deaths.

2020-03-12 Thread Zig the N.g
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 02:25:37AM +, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
> On 12/03/2020 23:56, Zig the N.g wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 09:54:54PM +, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
> > > Please recirculate freely.

> > > as recent evidence shows that the Chinese have
> > > managed to slow it almost to a stop using strong confinement.
> > > - whereas if the present UK policy
> > > is continued then at some point a majority of people in the UK will catch 
> > > the
> > > disease, and a million people will die unnecessarily [1].
> > 
> > And you're holding that to be a bad thing, even if it does happen?
> > 
> >   [Damn!  Did I just ask that?  Talk about effective long term propaganda 
> > ...]
> 
> Maybe not (and now you may see my true colours, though they were never
> hidden). The UK has a large proportion of older people. Older people who need
> extensive healthcare, expensive pensions, who tie up a lot of wealth and
> property - of the predicted million deaths about 900,000 would be older types.
> 
> This clearing away of unproductive and expensive (and wealthy) population
> would more than balance the budget, would release several hundred thousand
> badly-needed homes (and cause a property price crash; the UK needs about 1
> million homes, which is why UK property is so expensive. I have been trying to
> work out the price elasticity of housing in the UK if several hundred thousand
> properties became available, but it is hard) and would provide a more balanced
> population pyramid.
> 
> For the UK as a nation it would not be a bad thing (ignoring the deaths), and
> I fear some politicians think "Hey, it's just the useless oldies, who cares?".
> 
> But I care. Where there is life there's hope, and the biggest fuck-you you can
> give is to death. Do not go gentle and all that crap.
> 
> But even the Chinese didn't do that. Initially they didn't realise, later,
> well, perhaps they revere the old more, perhaps it's just because they have
> less old people.
> 
> And yes, that is probably a bit racist, but after Tiananmen and forced
> abortions we westerners have the impression that the Chinese have a lower
> respect for life than we do.
> 
> Which is probably nonsense, it's just the Japs who're like that.


I am, astounded.


Notwithstanding, what the UK really needs is a lot (!) more 
infiniggimmigration, to finally fill up the demand for employees in the tech 
sector and increase the high-income tax base (upper middle class) from the 
government can draw abundant funds for such things as further housing, health 
and other programs needed by the elderly.

You really gotta get with the program.



...
> We will then have a still-vulnerable population, whereas those other countries
> will not, we will have a lot of expensive-to-keep old people; comparatively as
> a country we would be disadvantaged if not to say fucked.

Infiniggimmigration, bruh!


> At least until someone develops a vaccine or a cure. Only took ten years for
> AIDS...
> 
> 
> > > We should be taking extreme measures to get that figure of new infections 
> > > per
> > > case down to less than 1.
> > 
> > How extreme?
> > 
> > I hear a bullet can reduce the areal transmission boundary for an 
> > individual...
> 
> Yes, sometimes that extreme. If  they are going to kill other people if you
> don't shoot them, and they refuse a reasonable alternative, then you may have
> to shoot them.


HIV is a far greater problem I say, especially in infants up to 6 months old - 
mandatory 0-day vaccinations are a must, and, as always, the UK must lead the 
empire like a bull by the nose.

I agree that bullets should only be reserved for those who fail to comply.


> But beware, bullets can spread viruses in blood spatter etc.; and they don't
> always kill or even prevent areal spread of infected people.

Damn!

Science will invent better bullets, fer sure!

And you UKians can test 'em for us, eh?



Re: Behind the curve. The mathematics of deaths.

2020-03-12 Thread Peter Fairbrother

On 12/03/2020 23:56, Zig the N.g wrote:

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 09:54:54PM +, Peter Fairbrother wrote:

Please recirculate freely.


Behind the curve. The mathematics of deaths.

The present United Kingdom strategy on COVID-19 was to initially try to
contain the virus with a weak containment policy, and when that failed to move
to the "delay phase" we are in now to try to slow its spread. This delay would
place a lower maximum load on healthcare, spread heathcare requirements over
time, and thereby allow more per-patient care.

An underlying assumption and consequential end result of that policy is that
practically everybody in the UK will inevitably eventually catch the virus.


s/assumption/intention/

TFTFY.


You might be right.




And the Red Death will hold illimitable dominion over all.


Racist terminology - please re-read the Bee's guide to non-racist terminology.



The strategy made sense if, as was believed when it was made, there would be
no way of eventually stopping the epidemic by containment, something I myself
believed.



However, that does not seem to be the case: the disease is not quite as
infectious as at first thought,


Au-contraire, [snip]


Infectiousness has no direct correlation to infected ratio. And 
comparing COVID-19 with Spanish Flu or anything other than a perceived 
measure of COVID-19's infectiousness misses my point - COVID-19 is at 
least a little less infectious than _we thought_ it was.




as recent evidence shows that the Chinese have
managed to slow it almost to a stop using strong confinement.
- whereas if the present UK policy
is continued then at some point a majority of people in the UK will catch the
disease, and a million people will die unnecessarily [1].


And you're holding that to be a bad thing, even if it does happen?

  [Damn!  Did I just ask that?  Talk about effective long term propaganda ...]


Maybe not (and now you may see my true colours, though they were never 
hidden). The UK has a large proportion of older people. Older people who 
need extensive healthcare, expensive pensions, who tie up a lot of 
wealth and property - of the predicted million deaths about 900,000 
would be older types.


This clearing away of unproductive and expensive (and wealthy) 
population would more than balance the budget, would release several 
hundred thousand badly-needed homes (and cause a property price crash; 
the UK needs about 1 million homes, which is why UK property is so 
expensive. I have been trying to work out the price elasticity of 
housing in the UK if several hundred thousand properties became 
available, but it is hard) and would provide a more balanced population 
pyramid.


For the UK as a nation it would not be a bad thing (ignoring the 
deaths), and I fear some politicians think "Hey, it's just the useless 
oldies, who cares?".


But I care. Where there is life there's hope, and the biggest fuck-you 
you can give is to death. Do not go gentle and all that crap.


But even the Chinese didn't do that. Initially they didn't realise, 
later, well, perhaps they revere the old more, perhaps it's just because 
they have less old people.


And yes, that is probably a bit racist, but after Tiananmen and forced 
abortions we westerners have the impression that the Chinese have a 
lower respect for life than we do.


Which is probably nonsense, it's just the Japs who're like that.



People should be encouraged to wear masks, not discouraged


Which masks, exactly, are you suggesting?  Remember, any incorrect answer is a 
life and death thing for some...


Any masks, even those with only minimal effectiveness - I am not talking 
about protecting yourself but about protecting the population, and any 
reduction in exponential rate is better than none.


Though good masks will obviously help protect you better than bad ones, 
or no masks at all. After all, Medical people use the good masks - if 
they didn't work at least a bit, why would they bother?...



If you want a non-expert opinion I'd recommend 3M 8835+ for a disposable 
[2] respirator, see:


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t=j==s=web=1=rja=8=2ahUKEwi94v2IrpboAhWUiVwKHYXEC9sQFjAAegQIAxAB=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaqr.org%2Farticle%2Fdownload%3FarticleId%3D1436%26path%3D%2Ffiles%2Farticle%2F1436%2F17_AAQR-16-09-OA-0390_1305-1315.pdf=AOvVaw0RAiKZh0sttRYU7LAdyS6b 
  figure 3c,


but I use a reuseable respirator (which I bought long before COVID-19) 
with 3M 6035 P3 filters myself. Don't forget the goggles, Bolle ULTIM8 
are not too large and unwieldy. And learn to use them, in this case 
actually do RTFM.


[2] they can in theory be reused, but need sterilisation in between uses 
to protect against viruses - UV or sunlight plus seal wipe should work, 
but don't get the white parts wet.





- even a tiny
difference in transmission rate can be the straw which will make the
difference between the epidemic dying out or growing: that is how the chain
reaction of an epidemic works. If each infected person 

Re: Chelsea Manning Is Ordered Released from Jail

2020-03-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 06:22:14PM -0400, John Young wrote:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/politics/chelsea-manning-released-jail.html
> 
> A Federal District Court judge overseeing the matter, Anthony J. Trenga, said
> that he also dismissed on Thursday the grand jury that Ms. Manning was
> refusing to testify before after finding that its business had concluded.
> 
> "The court finds that Ms. Manning's appearance before the grand jury is no
> longer needed, in light of which her detention no longer serves any coercive
> purpose," Judge Trenga wrote.
> 
> https://cryptome.org/2020/03/manning-041.pdf


A toast to Ms Manning!  Damn fine hero to many of us - absolutely staunch in 
her refusal to testify against Assange!

Manning, you are a literal hero and a great example for future generations of a 
human voluntarily choosing suffering by jail etc imposed by the empire, and to 
not compromise your own principles.

On behalf of the world, on behalf of Assange, and on behalf of every Soul with 
a spine, thank you Chelsea Manning!

Any time you're in this neck o' the woods, you're welcome to a tour of the 
local sights, a meal and a beer on me... I am truly grateful and humbled.

Thank you.



Re: Chelsea Manning Is Ordered Released from Jail

2020-03-12 Thread Razer


On 3/12/20 10:22 PM, John Young wrote:
> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/politics/chelsea-manning-released-jail.html
> 
> 
> A Federal District Court judge overseeing the matter, Anthony J. Trenga,
> said that he also dismissed on Thursday the grand jury that Ms. Manning
> was refusing to testify before after finding that its business had
> concluded.
> 
> "The court finds that Ms. Manning's appearance before the grand jury is
> no longer needed, in light of which her detention no longer serves any
> coercive purpose," Judge Trenga wrote.
> 
> https://cryptome.org/2020/03/manning-041.pdf
> 
> 
> 
> 


Think this is just until the new grand jury convenes?

Like a boot stomping on Manning's face forever.

Rr



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Re: Behind the curve. The mathematics of deaths.

2020-03-12 Thread Zig the N.g
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 09:54:54PM +, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
> Please recirculate freely.
> 
> 
> Behind the curve. The mathematics of deaths.
> 
> The present United Kingdom strategy on COVID-19 was to initially try to
> contain the virus with a weak containment policy, and when that failed to move
> to the "delay phase" we are in now to try to slow its spread. This delay would
> place a lower maximum load on healthcare, spread heathcare requirements over
> time, and thereby allow more per-patient care.
> 
> An underlying assumption and consequential end result of that policy is that
> practically everybody in the UK will inevitably eventually catch the virus.

s/assumption/intention/

TFTFY.


> And the Red Death will hold illimitable dominion over all.

Racist terminology - please re-read the Bee's guide to non-racist terminology.


> The strategy made sense if, as was believed when it was made, there would be
> no way of eventually stopping the epidemic by containment, something I myself
> believed.

You are truly a seer.


> However, that does not seem to be the case: the disease is not quite as
> infectious as at first thought,

Au-contraire, a quick check of le Wakky:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

conclusively shows us that COVID-19 is literally far more infectious than the 
Spanish flu - and man, that Spanish flu was no shrinking violet, as it 
(according to the inglorious Wakky) literally infected a minimum of 140% up to 
possibly 280%, of the entire world's population!

So it looks like with COVID-19, we could well see upwards of 400 to 500% of the 
ENTIRE WORLD's POPULATION get infected.

Imagine the deaths!


> as recent evidence shows that the Chinese have
> managed to slow it almost to a stop using strong confinement.
> 
> If they succeed in containing the disease, as seems very likely, then most
> Chinese people will never catch the virus

Do we know yet if the virus, after incubation period, entirely stops being 
contagious?  Do we know yet for certain there is no latent/dormancy in those 
who "once had" been infected?


> - whereas if the present UK policy
> is continued then at some point a majority of people in the UK will catch the
> disease, and a million people will die unnecessarily [1].

And you're holding that to be a bad thing, even if it does happen?

 [Damn!  Did I just ask that?  Talk about effective long term propaganda ...]


> So what new policy should be adopted? Well we have the Chinese example to
> follow. Strong containment is working for the Chinese, it should work for us.

That will SO reduce the toilet paper grab-arse!


> All people entering the UK should be quarantined.

s/entering //

TFTFY!#!


> The UK has a "moat" in the
> seas surrounding it, and should take advantage of that.

By dropping most "native UK"ians from helicopters into the moat, closely 
followed by crocodiles!


> Schools and universities should close. Large public gatherings should be
> banned.

But that might reduce the infection rate of this "just the flu bro"?


> People should be encouraged to wear masks, not discouraged

Which masks, exactly, are you suggesting?  Remember, any incorrect answer is a 
life and death thing for some...


> - even a tiny
> difference in transmission rate can be the straw which will make the
> difference between the epidemic dying out or growing:

Acktschuallay, one theory is that today, ~100 years on, we ALL are infected 
with Spanish flu - we, of course, are the survivors...

(Call the Spanish flu COVID-1918, or COVID-18 for short...)


> that is how the chain
> reaction of an epidemic works. If each infected person infects more than one
> other person on average then the epidemic spreads, if on average each infected
> person infects less than one then the epidemic dies out.

Bat soup, bruh! The bird bat soup will always bring back the COVID-19.

If you're susceptible and fearful, better to die out and let those who are 
resistant claim all the leftover gibs.


> We should be taking extreme measures to get that figure of new infections per
> case down to less than 1.

How extreme?

I hear a bullet can reduce the areal transmission boundary for an individual...


> Testing should be stepped up by at least an order of
> magnitude.

I do agree with this one - given the infection rate of say (on average for 
COVID-19) 500% of the population, we should have at least a 600% (/ population) 
testing rate to get on top of this.


> Medical staff should have the power to require testing, and if
> positive then quarantine should be enforced if necessary.

Vaccinations.  Don't forget the mandatory vaccinations.  Perhaps the cultlery 
enriched London should lead the charge on preventative COVID-19 vaccinations - 
I know I'd avoid a vaccine that you poms ave not tested properly first.  
Right-e-o then, duty to the kingdom ya know, so get to it - stiff upper lip an' 
all! Get testing already.


> 

Re: A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress - The Verge

2020-03-12 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 08:37:40PM +, jim bell wrote:
> https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-it-act-encryption-killer-lindsay-graham-match-group

It doesn't bother me at all, but some folks seem to prefer attaching such 
things to the list as a reply into an existing thread (if applicable).



Re: Radio: MeshTastic GPS Messenger, Open Time of Flight LIDAR, Rowhammering DDR4 with TRRespass

2020-03-12 Thread Zig the N.g
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 07:16:45PM +, jim bell wrote:
>  Jim Bell's comments interspersed:
> On Thursday, March 12, 2020, 02:42:08 AM PDT, grarpamp 
>  wrote:
> 
> https://github.com/iliasam/OpenTOFLidar
> >Open Hardware scanning laser rangefinder based on Time-of-Flight
> principle. No standalone laser rangefinder modules were used in this
> LIDAR, so its schematic and firmware are fully open.
> 
> 
> For a few years, I have been following the Bosch laser distance measuring 
> unit that has been sold in Home Depot stores.
> https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-BLAZE-PRO-165-ft-Laser-Measurer-GLM165-40/305566975?mtc=Shopping-B-F_D25T-G-D25T-25_1_HAND_TOOLS-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-HandTools_PLA_mmc=Shopping-B-F_D25T-G-D25T-25_1_HAND_TOOLS-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-HandTools_PLA-7170034127224-5873933021546-92700049573927173=Cj0KCQjwu6fzBRC6ARIsAJUwa2R3Lo5YBUmQAo2Va-AvADrj2AKWPZjqhn03mYOiOZFOoVzqJOp3GXkaAtwyEALw_wcB=aw.ds
> 
> And there appear to be a few other manufacturers as well. (I can remember, 
> back in the mid-1980's, when ultrasonic rangefinders seemed neat.)
> One thing I wonder is how much of a 'hard limit' the maximum range is.  
> Optical rangefinders tend to be rather strongly limited by the reflectivity 
> of the target.  One way to drastically increase that range is to use a 
> 'corner-cube' reflector, most often seen as a super-reflective molded plastic 
> module often used on or near roadways, or on the back and sides of a car.  
> Such reflectors have the useful characteristic that they send a great deal of 
> the incident light back in the direction form which it came.  Do a little 
> research in a parking lot at night with a flashlight, and you will find the 
> retro-reflectors.   They are called a "cooperative target".  They can 
> increase the returned signal by a factor of 100's, or even 1000's.  
> So, I wonder if those short-range rangefinders could operate with much-longer 
> distances if they were used with a retro-reflector?  

No chance.  Politicians might get in the way.


> https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/
> 
> It is quite possible that my isotopic dielectric invention will greatly 
> improve performance in the area of resisting rowhammer.  One major 
> figure-of-merit in the DRAM chip design is the ratio of the bit-cell 
> capacitance to the bit-line capacitance:  bigger is better.  The way a DRAM 
> bit line works is that it is connected many hundreds of bit-cells, gated by 
> row-address lines.  Initially, the bit line is fully charged, and then the 
> row address is turned on, shorting the specific bit-cell to the bit-line.
>   There may be many hundreds of bit-cells potentially connected to a given 
> bit-line, but of course only one at a time.  So, if the bitline is charged 
> to, say, 3.0 volts, and the bit-cell is also charged to 3 volts, doing that 
> connection changes little.  But if the bit-cell is charged to 0 volts, doing 
> that connection drops the bit-line voltage slightly.  This voltage difference 
> is amplified during the read cycle, and then written back into the cell at 
> the end of the cycle,
> What is needed is an increase in capacitance of the bit-cell, and a decrease 
> in the capacitance of the bit-line.  My invention can do both.

I thought that invention was supposed to be applicable to fibre-optic cable 
extrusion somehow.  Can you explain how your invention can be applied to the 
semi-conductor fabrication process on an IC (which I understand only extremely 
minimally as layers of materials, at least one layer of some sort of silicon 
and another layer of some sort of conductor, and using acid or lasers to etch 
away a pattern in the top layer.



Chelsea Manning ordered released from jail - The Washington Post

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/chelsea-manning-ordered-released-from-jail/2020/03/12/0ee56efc-6478-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html


Chelsea Manning Is Ordered Released from Jail

2020-03-12 Thread John Young

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/politics/chelsea-manning-released-jail.html

A Federal District Court judge overseeing the matter, Anthony J. 
Trenga, said that he also dismissed on Thursday the grand jury that 
Ms. Manning was refusing to testify before after finding that its 
business had concluded.


"The court finds that Ms. Manning's appearance before the grand jury 
is no longer needed, in light of which her detention no longer serves 
any coercive purpose," Judge Trenga wrote.


https://cryptome.org/2020/03/manning-041.pdf






Behind the curve. The mathematics of deaths.

2020-03-12 Thread Peter Fairbrother

Please recirculate freely.


Behind the curve. The mathematics of deaths.

The present United Kingdom strategy on COVID-19 was to initially try to 
contain the virus with a weak containment policy, and when that failed 
to move to the "delay phase" we are in now to try to slow its spread. 
This delay would place a lower maximum load on healthcare, spread 
heathcare requirements over time, and thereby allow more per-patient care.


An underlying assumption and consequential end result of that policy is 
that practically everybody in the UK will inevitably eventually catch 
the virus.


And the Red Death will hold illimitable dominion over all.


The strategy made sense if, as was believed when it was made, there 
would be no way of eventually stopping the epidemic by containment, 
something I myself believed.


However, that does not seem to be the case: the disease is not quite as 
infectious as at first thought, as recent evidence shows that the 
Chinese have managed to slow it almost to a stop using strong confinement.


If they succeed in containing the disease, as seems very likely, then 
most Chinese people will never catch the virus - whereas if the present 
UK policy is continued then at some point a majority of people in the UK 
will catch the disease, and a million people will die unnecessarily [1].




So what new policy should be adopted? Well we have the Chinese example 
to follow. Strong containment is working for the Chinese, it should work 
for us.


All people entering the UK should be quarantined. The UK has a "moat" in 
the seas surrounding it, and should take advantage of that.


Schools and universities should close. Large public gatherings should be 
banned.


People should be encouraged to wear masks, not discouraged - even a tiny 
difference in transmission rate can be the straw which will make the 
difference between the epidemic dying out or growing: that is how the 
chain reaction of an epidemic works. If each infected person infects 
more than one other person on average then the epidemic spreads, if on 
average each infected person infects less than one then the epidemic 
dies out.


We should be taking extreme measures to get that figure of new 
infections per case down to less than 1. Testing should be stepped up by 
at least an order of magnitude. Medical staff should have the power to 
require testing, and if positive then quarantine should be enforced if 
necessary.





But most of all, we have to stop thinking that a million people will die 
and there is nothing we can do to prevent it.


Diligent and intense containment can work if we are willing to pay the 
price now, the Chinese example is proof of that. Any delay in 
implementing strong containment will cost lives. Failing to implement 
strong confinement will result in a million unnecessary deaths over the 
next few months.




[1] "One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." - Joe 
Stalin.


The UK age demographic contains more older people than the Chinese, and 
older people are far more likely to die of COVID-19 than younger people; 
so the UK fatality rate would be more than the Chinese rate, which works 
out to a bit over a million deaths if we assume 3/4 of the population 
get the virus.


A delay to provide better health care might reduce the death toll to 
about a million. Strong confinement now could reduce it to a few thousand.



Peter Fairbrother


CNN: National security surveillance authorities to expire after Senate negotiations collapse

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
CNN: National security surveillance authorities to expire after Senate 
negotiations collapse.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/politics/fisa-reauthorization-expiration-congress/index.html
Jim Bell's comment:.   Could be good news !

A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress - The Verge

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-it-act-encryption-killer-lindsay-graham-match-group


Re: Radio: MeshTastic GPS Messenger, Open Time of Flight LIDAR, Rowhammering DDR4 with TRRespass

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
 Jim Bell's comments interspersed:
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, 02:42:08 AM PDT, grarpamp  
wrote:

https://github.com/iliasam/OpenTOFLidar
>Open Hardware scanning laser rangefinder based on Time-of-Flight
principle. No standalone laser rangefinder modules were used in this
LIDAR, so its schematic and firmware are fully open.


For a few years, I have been following the Bosch laser distance measuring unit 
that has been sold in Home Depot stores.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-BLAZE-PRO-165-ft-Laser-Measurer-GLM165-40/305566975?mtc=Shopping-B-F_D25T-G-D25T-25_1_HAND_TOOLS-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-HandTools_PLA_mmc=Shopping-B-F_D25T-G-D25T-25_1_HAND_TOOLS-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-HandTools_PLA-7170034127224-5873933021546-92700049573927173=Cj0KCQjwu6fzBRC6ARIsAJUwa2R3Lo5YBUmQAo2Va-AvADrj2AKWPZjqhn03mYOiOZFOoVzqJOp3GXkaAtwyEALw_wcB=aw.ds

And there appear to be a few other manufacturers as well. (I can remember, back 
in the mid-1980's, when ultrasonic rangefinders seemed neat.)
One thing I wonder is how much of a 'hard limit' the maximum range is.  Optical 
rangefinders tend to be rather strongly limited by the reflectivity of the 
target.  One way to drastically increase that range is to use a 'corner-cube' 
reflector, most often seen as a super-reflective molded plastic module often 
used on or near roadways, or on the back and sides of a car.  Such reflectors 
have the useful characteristic that they send a great deal of the incident 
light back in the direction form which it came.  Do a little research in a 
parking lot at night with a flashlight, and you will find the retro-reflectors. 
  They are called a "cooperative target".  They can increase the returned 
signal by a factor of 100's, or even 1000's.  
So, I wonder if those short-range rangefinders could operate with much-longer 
distances if they were used with a retro-reflector?  


https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/

It is quite possible that my isotopic dielectric invention will greatly improve 
performance in the area of resisting rowhammer.  One major figure-of-merit in 
the DRAM chip design is the ratio of the bit-cell capacitance to the bit-line 
capacitance:  bigger is better.  The way a DRAM bit line works is that it is 
connected many hundreds of bit-cells, gated by row-address lines.  Initially, 
the bit line is fully charged, and then the row address is turned on, shorting 
the specific bit-cell to the bit-line.
  There may be many hundreds of bit-cells potentially connected to a given 
bit-line, but of course only one at a time.  So, if the bitline is charged to, 
say, 3.0 volts, and the bit-cell is also charged to 3 volts, doing that 
connection changes little.  But if the bit-cell is charged to 0 volts, doing 
that connection drops the bit-line voltage slightly.  This voltage difference 
is amplified during the read cycle, and then written back into the cell at the 
end of the cycle,
What is needed is an increase in capacitance of the bit-cell, and a decrease in 
the capacitance of the bit-line.  My invention can do both.
               Jim Bell  

I don't like Jew Mob

2020-03-12 Thread Ryan Carboni
I don't like Jew Mob

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/weinstein-ben-affleck-red-flag-list-1203529232/


Re: test message

2020-03-12 Thread Greg Newby
On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:22:00PM -0300, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
> PS 2:  -  I do definitely love Greg!  Thanks for the patience with all the
> list problems and also with my laziness!  Sorry, I swear I used bcc only
> because I was f_cking busy!  :P

  :)

It's truly a pleasure to play a small role in supporting our civil, informed, 
and passionate discourse.
 - Greg


Re: US Elections 2020: Democrats Reveal GunGrab plan via Biden in Detroit [for later Oppression]

2020-03-12 Thread Zig the N.g
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 05:32:49AM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
> https://twitter.com/jerrywaynear14
> https://twitter.com/search?q="jerry+wayne;
> 
> Interviews with Jerry Wayne, good for the context...
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A6Auf5dZ5k Rubin Report
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k367SyCH0SA Eric Zane Show
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBlffJbBEQ Fox News
> https://media.blubrry.com/drew_and_mike/s/storage.googleapis.com/dmpprodpodcast/2020/925-Mar-10-2020-DMP.mp3
> 
> "They work for you, you do not work for them."
> "This is a right that we need to protect with our heart and soul. It's
> not to be infringed."
> "I'm American, that's my party."
> "I want to be a voice for the American people if they want me to do it."
> 
> 
> 
> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ES29-V6UcAEyaD0.jpg

> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ES3FyXqU4AAdnXp.jpg


Oh yeah - every problem an opportunity.

  =D  The Z.g Approves (TM)(NPC)(MUFFAS)  C=

  



Radio: MeshTastic GPS Messenger, Open Time of Flight LIDAR, Rowhammering DDR4 with TRRespass

2020-03-12 Thread grarpamp
https://www.meshtastic.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22540066
An opensource hiking, pilot, skiing, Signal-App-extending GPS mesh communicator
Meshtastic is a project that lets you use inexpensive ($30 ish) GPS
radios as an extensible, super long battery life mesh GPS
communicator. These radios are great for hiking, skiing, paragliding -
essentially any hobby where you don’t have reliable internet access.
Each member of your private mesh can always see the location and
distance of all other members and any text messages sent to your group
chat.


https://github.com/iliasam/OpenTOFLidar
Open Hardware scanning laser rangefinder based on Time-of-Flight
principle. No standalone laser rangefinder modules were used in this
LIDAR, so its schematic and firmware are fully open.


https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/


Re: US Elections 2020: Democrats Reveal GunGrab plan via Biden in Detroit [for later Oppression]

2020-03-12 Thread grarpamp
https://twitter.com/jerrywaynear14
https://twitter.com/search?q="jerry+wayne;

Interviews with Jerry Wayne, good for the context...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A6Auf5dZ5k Rubin Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k367SyCH0SA Eric Zane Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBlffJbBEQ Fox News
https://media.blubrry.com/drew_and_mike/s/storage.googleapis.com/dmpprodpodcast/2020/925-Mar-10-2020-DMP.mp3

"They work for you, you do not work for them."
"This is a right that we need to protect with our heart and soul. It's
not to be infringed."
"I'm American, that's my party."
"I want to be a voice for the American people if they want me to do it."



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ES29-V6UcAEyaD0.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ES3FyXqU4AAdnXp.jpg


Re: US Elections 2020: Democrats Reveal GunGrab plan via Biden in Detroit [for later Oppression]

2020-03-12 Thread grarpamp
https://www.foxnews.com/media/worker-confronted-biden-auto-plant-guns-fox-friends
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6140441373001
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6140317223001
https://twitter.com/gbtiepolo1/status/1237396463388372993
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/11/joe-biden-is-ignorant-and-dishonest-about-guns-just-like-the-media/

People's man Jerry Wayne...
"I also asked him how he wanted to get the vote of the working man
when a lot of us, we wield arms. We bear arms and we like to do that.
And if he wants to give us work and take our guns, I don't see how he
is going to get the same vote,"
"It was a little bit disturbing to see that a politician wants to take
away my right to defend myself," Wayne told the "Friends" hosts.
"He doesn't need to touch anybody's weapon at all. What we need to do
is we need to concentrate on teaching people how to respect firearms
and how to use them – not take them away," he advised.
"Yeah, I thought I was pretty articulate and respectful. I didn't try
to raise any feathers and he kind of just went off the deep end,"
Wayne explained.
"He wants to be the president now. You are a candidate. You work for
the American people. And, if you can't understand that then you don't
deserve to have a leg in this race."
Wayne said it was an "absolute privilege and an honor" to be the voice
of America on guns.
"This is a right that we need to protect with our heart and soul," he
concluded. "It's not to be infringed."



https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/11/joe-biden-is-ignorant-and-dishonest-about-guns-just-like-the-media/
"the auto plant worker’s remark that triggered the exchange was a
straightforward statement of fact: “You are actively trying to
diminish our Second Amendment rights and take away our guns.” Any
plain reading of Biden’s proposed gun control policies—like banning
AR-15s, the most popular gun in America—is consistent with that
statement."
"the man accurately references comments Biden made at rally on March 2
while accepting the endorsement of Beto O’Rourke. Biden said, “I’m
going to guarantee this is not the last you’ve seen of this guy,”
referring to O’Rourke. “You’re going to take care of the gun problem
with me. You’re going to be the one who leads this effort.”
How else can one interpret that except as an endorsement of gun
confiscation? After all, it was O’Rourke who in a September debate
boasted, “Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.”
"One wonders what “facts” Frum thought he heard from Biden, who told
the Detroit man the government “would take your AR-14s” (no such gun
exists), and that AR-15s are “machine guns” (nope) that are “illegal”
(they aren’t). After this string of false statements"



https://youtube.com/watch?v=bc21Dem5Fac
"No wonder Joe Biden couldnt remember the rest of the lines, huge tell
into the elites priorities, they dont care about the people anymore."
"think about where his health could/will be in four years. I'm
honestly in disbelief people are voting for him to be in the white
house until 2024."
"He is way past his expiration date. The idiots that kept putting him
in office for all those years are definitely part of the problem, TERM
LIMITS, no longer than two terms, and no more than two positions, and
no more pension or ongoing expense account."
"Dementia is often accompanied by violence."



https://gunhub.com.au/australian-banks-shutting-down-firearms-businesses/
Major Australian Bank Shutting Down Firearms Businesses Bank Accounts
Self defence companies get Wikileaks Style Financial Censorship'd
by banks while global arms dealers get Govt handouts via bank accounts
to murder innocent people.
"NAB has chosen to cease providing you with banking services."
"There are some banks in the US that do this shit already."
"This is why you need cryptocurrency, to route around arbitrary bullshit."



https://jacobforliberty.com/position/gun-control/



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they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations,
pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to