Re: [cryptography] Cypherpunks mailing list

2013-03-25 Thread jameschoate
Well then start one up and show us how it's done Adam. Put your money where your mouth is. Adam Back a...@cypherspace.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 05:13:57PM +0100, Moritz wrote: On 25.03.2013 09:25, Adam Back wrote: because its a silly domain that people who dislike inviting

Re: [cryptography] Cypherpunks mailing list

2013-03-25 Thread jameschoate
Speaking as one of the two people who started that particular effort, it never quite worked out that way. Way too many TLAs, law suits, IRS visits, and those who read their own press releases to make it nearly as enjoyable as it sounds. Moritz mor...@headstrong.de wrote: On 25.03.2013

Re: [cryptography] New mailing list for crypto politics/non-tech (Was: Cypherpunks mailing list)

2013-03-25 Thread jameschoate
Lodewijk andré de la porte l...@odewijk.nl wrote: To politics there is more than the destructive side. That is the funniest thing I've read in a long while. You sir don't have a drop of Cypherpunk blood in your body. -- -- -- -- -- Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus jamescho...@austin.rr.com

Re: [cryptography] New mailing list for crypto politics/non-tech (Was: Cypherpunks mailing list)

2013-03-25 Thread jameschoate
Actually, you're both wrong. Politics is a coping strategy we inherited from our social ancestors, nothing scientific or intelligent about it - it's an emotional behavior.

Re: [cryptography] Chaos theory

2013-09-26 Thread jameschoate
Wolfram's book is about CAs and not chaos/fractals in general. For an initial intro you might try Chaos and Fractals - New Frontiers of Science by Hans-Otto Peitgen, Rudolph Dietmar, Saupe, Heinz-Otto, Hartmut Juergens. You'll also want to get all their other books. Your first read should

Re: [cryptography] Chaos theory

2013-09-27 Thread jameschoate
Age has nothing to do with it, the math doesn't change. As or AKNOS, their is actually a lot of controversy over that book and the claims Wolfram makes. Kyle Maxwell ky...@xwell.org wrote: Fairly old, but Chaos by James Gleick was a huge influence on me as a young man and has some