Re: This new Ethereum-based “assassination market” platform could cause Napster-size legal headaches MIT Technology Review Article

Can't see them scaring the developers into submission as its OS and any attempt to change the code and architecture to thwart its intent will simply cause a fork. On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 3:55 PM jim bell wrote: > > https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611757/this-new-ethereum-based-assassination-mark

Re: This new Ethereum-based “assassination market” platform could cause Napster-size legal headaches MIT Technology Review Article

Freenet seems to work when you predominantly or solely use private/dark peers. On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 4:28 PM Mirimir wrote: > On 08/02/2018 04:14 PM, Steven Schear wrote: > > "Augur’s creators claim they don’t have control over what its users > choose > > to do with the

Re: This new Ethereum-based “assassination market” platform could cause Napster-size legal headaches MIT Technology Review Article

I've been waiting for Loopix, or a similar, anonymity overlay to go into widespread testing but it's seems to be stillborn. On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 4:38 PM Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 04:27:53PM -0700, Mirimir wrote: > > On 08/02/2018 04:14 PM,

Re: Next on the Blockchain: Crowdfunding Death

But despite an abundance of profitable opportunities, we don’t see a lot of high-profile assassinations. The truth is, there simply isn’t some massive pent-up hasn't for murder, languishing for want of a group buy." Apparently, Elaine hasn't been following the alt-left. On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 10:3

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

"These assassination markets raise ethical questions for Augur's creators and force us to confront a hideous side of society that seems to lurk in the seemingly pseudonymous depths of the internet." Should the functioning existence of these markets raise different ethical questions from when gover

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

If AP markets persist, become effective and go "mainstream" they should be considered a RLT (Radical Leveling Technology). On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 11:09 AM Steven Schear wrote: > "These assassination markets raise ethical questions for Augur's creators > and force us to

Re: Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets

that position on a certain date. This would not at all imply a call for violence as the wager, and the intent, could reasonably otherwise be satisified. On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 2:13 PM juan wrote: > On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 13:43:18 -0700 > Steven Schear wrote: > > > If AP markets persist, bec

I only ordered a hand rolled maduro

Did I miss the Augur wager? https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-04/explosions-during-maduro-speech-sends-venezuelan-military-running-their-lives

Re: AP deconstructed: Why it has not happened yet, and will not

According to reputable sources only about 10% of the American colonists actively took part in the Revolution. Most sat on the sidelines even though their futures were most uncertain and they new their lives would be forever changed. Those who opposed the revolt, the Tories, were forced to emergrate

Peak-a-bo

https://apnews.com/828aefab64d4411bac257a07c1af0ecb/AP-Exclusive:-Google-tracks-your-movements,-like-it-or-not

Cody Wilson

A number of Cody's friends and supporters of Defense Distributed are reaching out to help raise money to defend them against the recent suits filed by several State Attorney Generals and to take his case to the Supreme Court. It seems Cody has personally been footing the bill so he really needs the

Re: Peak-a-bo

018 at 5:35 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: > > > On 08/13/2018 07:41 PM, Steven Schear wrote: > > https://apnews.com/828aefab64d4411bac257a07c1af0e > cb/AP-Exclusive:-Google-tracks-your-movements,-like-it-or-not > > Google tracks my movements? Not yet, anyway. > > The cell

Re: Cody Wilson

Here's your opportunity to fund Defense Distributed while at the same time taking money away from Roger Ver! https://freedom.bitcoin.com/defdist/ On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 4:19 AM Cecilia Tanaka wrote: > Juan, my dear, > > Cody's e-mail is "crw at defdist dot org". > > You can complain personall

Re: God Mode Backdoors, AP Crowdfund vs Wikileaks Models

I am told, by a very involved developer in this field, that these concerns are a bit overhyped, limited to now outdated Via C3 CPUs. On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 12:15 AM grarpamp wrote: > > https://www.tomshardware.com/news/x86-hidden-god-mode,37582.html > > > > Some x86 CPUs have hidden backdoors tha

Re: I am a criminal

A SC ruling allowing DD information dissemination could also apply to all ITAR-restricted data, and greatly supporting the Bernstein vs U.S. decision. On Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 8:26 PM Steve Kinney wrote: > > > On 08/28/2018 11:05 PM, CANNON wrote: > > > We live in an era where almost half of the st

Re: I am a criminal

No popular insurrection against a modern military has occurred mainly due to the lack of easy and affordable access of smart weapons. A broad interpretation of DD's right to publish its 3D plans might soon lead to practical TOW, Stinger and other smart weapons that could neutralize commonly deploye

Re: I am a criminal

ey wrote: > > > > > > On 08/29/2018 06:05 PM, Steven Schear wrote: > > > >> No popular insurrection against a modern military has occurred mainly > >> due to the lack of easy and affordable access of smart weapons. > > > > Define "smart w

Re: I am a criminal

nsing, attitude control and computing element for adequate daylight operation MANPAD. On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 7:22 PM Mirimir wrote: > On 08/29/2018 07:07 PM, Steven Schear wrote: > > Stingers seem to be the deciding element for the Soviets in their > > withdrawal from Afghanistan. &

Re: I am a criminal

Except for the barrel most/all the metal parts of a modern auto- or semi-automatic firearm can be manufactured using a combination of 3D printed plastic parts, "loss wax" molding from the plastic parts and heat treatment or ball shot hardening of the molded metal parts. On Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 7:27

Re: I am a criminal

> On Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:58:55 -0700 > Steven Schear wrote: > > > In a similar way that we all have 1970s era super computers in our > pockets, > > I am assuming, with some basis, that it's possible to affordably modify > > discarded current era smartphones (with

Re: I am a criminal

8 10:07 PM, Steven Schear wrote: > Stingers seem to be the deciding element for the Soviets in their > withdrawal from Afghanistan. > > Wasn't it Isaac Asimov that used gene-targeted assassination as the > major plot element in one of his stories? Isn't it you who seems t

Re: God Mode Backdoors, AP Crowdfund vs Wikileaks Models

Until, as Andrew "Bunnie" Hwang has written, we have fully OS CPUs and SoCs (including the pre-boot code which is still proprietary for even otherwise open designs) we can't even begin to trust them. On Sun, Aug 26, 2018, 12:22 AM grarpamp wrote: > On 8/24/18, Steven Schea

Re: I am a criminal

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 7:14 AM Steve Kinney wrote: > > > On 08/30/2018 12:44 AM, Steven Schear wrote: > > > Not directly and certainly not the metal combustion chamber or nozzel. > > Probably not the parts exposed to high aerodynamic forces either but > > these are e

Re: I am a criminal

Estes and similar are model rocketry not amateur (I began there too). On Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 8:43 AM Razer wrote: > > Steven Schear wrote > > > You don't appear to have any experience with amateur rocketry. > > I do. Estes... You can use the parachute charge as

Re: God Mode Backdoors, AP Crowdfund vs Wikileaks Models

The pre-boot code cannot be created from only the specification. It is often the single place where the many variances found during manufacture that roll-up erratas and internal memos by the manufacturer and fab. On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:09 PM grarpamp wrote: > On 8/30/18, Steven Sch

Re: Slavic supermodel cosplay - SFW though, so no warning needed [PEACE]

The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters. Genghis Khan On Tue, Sep 11, 2018, 5:04 PM Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Peace train on the w

Re: Alice and Bob

MC Plus+ - Algorhythms [Full Album, 2005] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHrugBhQfvA On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 1:30 AM John Newman wrote: > > > On September 10, 2018 7:06:43 PM CDT, Steven Schear < > schear.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Alice is sending her message t

Re: busted memes - Jews NOT expelled 109 times [PEACE]

Or the expulsions could often mean, that unlike other groups, they kept their identities and refused to assimilate. Where are those that kicked them out? How many other groups have even existed for more than 2500 years? Maybe being kicked out so often has resulted in their group survival. On Sep

Re: The best defense is a good offense. Was: Re: Silk Road gossip

Jim, A much better solution to the problem of secure sales of controlled substances is to eliminate conventional distribution. (I think we may have discussed this more than two decades ago): use genomics. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05659-z No reason such yeasts couldn't be informa

The Assassination Of Donald Trump

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-23/cj-hopkins-assassination-donald-trump

Re: The Assassination Of Donald Trump

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-26/mainstream-media-outlet-publishes-trump-assassination-short-story On Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 10:04 AM grarpamp wrote: > On 10/24/18, Steven Schear wrote: > > > https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-23/cj-hopkins-assassination-donald-trump &

Re: latest false flag attack?

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018, 11:28 AM grarpamp wrote: > Financial scams like 2008 are always effective ops because > they don't teach any of that in school to the non elite masses. > Great video on how the WS grandees missed prior major market opportunities, as they did the crypto asset boat, and are no

Re: when the state's "mafia face" exposes itself: UK: Unexplained Wealth Orders - [MINISTRY] [PEACE]

In the 80's an accountant buddy told me about several of his clients who were in this situation. However, they were smarter and owned nothing that could be lawfully seized. With the exception of modest personal possessions everything was rented or leased. All expenses paid via CC. At that time cour

Re: Cryptocurrency: Voluntary Japan - Talks with Bitcoin.com re Bitcoin Cash BCH, Voluntaryism

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 12:32 AM juan wrote: > > > well, btc could be used privately if the internet were not the > biggest spy machine ever created. Although bitcoin doesn't have special > mechanisms for privacy in the protocol, it doesn't have any mechanisms to > identify users either. Th

Ending world wars

Wars, not just individual or tribal violence, requires heirarical societies able to support a significant warrior class. This, in turn, requires stores of food significantly in excess of the needs of the population. Today, those food stores are only practical to acquire through agricultural. If ag

Re: Assange Journalism

On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 8:28 PM Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 02:06:46PM -0500, John Young wrote: > > > > Who would duplicate Assange, knowing that some form of prison is most > likely to cut you off from the world, your children/ family, etc for > a decade? (Well I know a cou

Re: Autonomous Weapons

AW's could become real RLTs for insurgents. For example, A.I. based automated gun turrets can transform a small group (or even a individual) into an effective force to hold a position. If the turrets are motorized or airborne drones the mission and multiplier can greatly increase. AFAIK, there's

Re: Hand over encrypted data.

Anyone who ever thought E2E was only for criminals and activists may now think twice. On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 6:25 PM jim bell Australia poised to force tech firms to hand over encrypted > datahttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/australia-poised-force-tech-firms-hand-over-encrypted-224740050--finance.ht

Re: Facebook’s internal documents show its ruthlessness

Seems like normal competitive business practices. On Thu, Dec 6, 2018, 4:13 PM jim bell > https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/05/facebook-internal-emails-documents-mark-zuckerberg-uk-parliament/ > > [partial quote follows] > > As expected, the UK Parliament has released a set of internal Facebook >

Gatwick drones

One has to wonder if the Gatwik dronners simply found a way to modify the wifi frequency placing it out of the ISM band and the military's radio countermeasures were specifically only for those frequencies.

Re: Tim May's Passing Confirmed

Surprisingly, NYT has covered TCM's passing too: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/obituaries/timothy-c-may-dead.html Here's a CoinDesk interview with him from October: https://www.coindesk.com/enough-with-the-ico-me-so-horny-get-rich-quick-lambo-crypto Steve On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 10:44 AM Jo

Re: Gatwick drones

ing explored for possible Next Generation military comms. On Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 1:20 AM jim bell On Friday, December 21, 2018, 12:23:44 PM PST, Steven Schear < > schear.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >One has to wonder if the Gatwik dronners simply found a way to modify the > wif

Re: Goodlatte: “Obviously, we can’t let citizens raise money and say, ‘The government will spend my money on this purpose.’ ”

We don't need a wall on the border near as much as we need a wall in some huge basement, a 'la " The Cask of Amontillado ", for our federal legislators. On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 10:55 PM Zenaan Harkness wrote: > "Your rulers" on full display:

Re: Tim May 1992 Post on Future of Cyberspace/Cryptology/Digital Money/Transnationalism

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 2:03 PM juan On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 09:47:23 + (UTC) > jim bell wrote: > > > On Saturday, December 22, 2018, 7:06:34 PM PST, juan < > juan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > From: tc...@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) > > > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 11:06:29 PDT > > To: cypherpu.

Will QCs ever deliver? (was: The Star Online: Is quantum computing a cybersecurity threat? - Tech News)

After reading some articles, written by some credible mathematicians and computer science engineers, I've become skeptical whether quantum computers are likely to become practical devices for the many problems they are being proposed to solve. https://www.quantamagazine.org/gil-kalais-argument-aga

Re: Timothy C. May tribute - TDS “#1 Timothy C. May Fan Siteâ€

Sounds a bit more like something Kayser Soze might say. On Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 2:00 PM juan On Tue, 25 Dec 2018 15:38:23 -0500 > John Young wrote: > > > From: Tim May > > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 02:15:33 +0800 > > To: cypherpu...@algebra.com > > > > ... [Sig tag] > > > > --Tim May > > > > We woul

Re: ZME Science: Yes, a quantum internet is possible, new study shows

Retrorefltors are very useful. They are hard to beat for covert comms. Unfortunately, optical ones are limited by weather. Much more versatile, if possibly less covert, are radio types. Ultra lights the size of the Echo are now easily deployed via inflatable and UV regidification. On Sun, Dec 30,

Re: ZME Science: Yes, a quantum internet is possible, new study shows

le bound:). They can complement broader NVIS HF which is less reliable and narrow band. On Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 5:08 PM grarpamp On 12/31/18, Steven Schear wrote: > > Retrorefltors are very useful. They are hard to beat for covert comms. > > Unfortunately, optical ones are limited

Re: Where is Coderman?

Excellent reasons to be "self-employed" as a crypto asset trader with a friend fronting for you at any exchanges requiring AML/KYC for fiat withdrawals to bank accounts. Maybe buy a "pre-paid" major CC in your name from someone dividing up their large credit line into smaller (e.g., $2000) accounts

Farewell, Forced Decryption: A Dive into Cypherlock

"..with Cypherlock, privacy is not assured by concealment, but rather by transparency." Well known cypherpunks Smuggler (aka Jonathan Logan, aka Matt) and Frank Braun presented their newest community software contribution at HCPP18 in October. Medium: https://medium.com/chainrift-research/farewel

Re: Dropgangs, or the future of darknet markets

The cryptographic artifacts are currently based on inexpensive, off-the-shelf, devices. The passive WiFi mode is ingenious. One problem, AFAIK, with the commercial devices I found is the absence if a RTC (I think these can be soldered, carefully, onto the PCB) without which power consumption if too

Re: USA: Longest Govt Shutdown Since Revolution, Theft Victims Save $Billions, TLS Down

Cloudflare’s CEO told me he personally reached out to DOJ and NASA to sign them up for automatic certificate renewals. But the agencies can’t accept the offer, he said, because no one’s there to agree to Cloudflare’s ToS: https://twitter.com/b_fung/status/1085886749409079301 On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 a

Re: US 9/11: The Dark Overlord - Feeds Grand Jury, Fucks With The Deep State

Safety rule #1 for supertall buildings: do not occupy floors higher than the local FD has means to directly reach. On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 8:51 AM John Young wrote: > At 11:37 PM 1/7/2019, you wrote: > >Architects & Engineers for > >9/11 Truth > > This group is woefully unqualified to judge the c

Re: Socialism - nature's answer to curbing a once-great empire

One of the best and easily accessible historical books on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. And the ebook is free! https://mises.org/library/new-deal-old-rome-0 On Fri, Jan 25, 2019, 8:56 PM Zenaan Harkness Socialism actshuallay has a greater purpose - to curb once great > empires, puttin

Re: Phys.org: Listening to quantum radio

Yes, they would, providing some way of preserving the entanglement for a long enough time for the other side of the communication end point to obtain the possession of the system with the required quantum state. On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 11:25 AM \0xDynamite wrote: > Would quantum radio conceivably a

First Quantum-Secured Blockchain Technology Tested in Moscow

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608041/first-quantum-secured-blockchain-technology-tested-in-moscow/

How they almost smoked Maduro

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/americas/venezuela-drone-maduro-intl/index.html

This is why there are preppers...

https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2019/03/10/they-turned-off-the-lights-and-walked-out/

Re: Drones attacked Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela in August. Here's the inside story - CNN

If some enterprising fellows were to create plug transceiver replacements, using UWB comms, for the WiFi chips for these commodity drones they would be comms covert and effectively unjammable. On Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 8:19 PM jim bell wrote: > From that article: > > "The plan was foiled by guards w

Re: Ray Dalio: to 60 minutes USA: the state of American capitalism "is a national emergency" - remember the Fed - [PEACE]

HiFrom my tweets to Ray: I also believe that capitalism might be a fundamentally sound system. But we don't have capitalism and that's why what we have is not working well for the majority of people. True capitalism means markets freed of all regulations except fraud, etc. We don't have that and

Re: The countries that trusted bugged Swiss encryption devices

Interesting that these series of articles do not mention encryption appliance competitors Racal and Cylink (where I was a director until 1994 and where I am sure we modified the RNG to compromise our devices to NSA requirements). On Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 4:38 AM jim bell wrote: > https://www.swissi

Re: Foundations for treason against MSM executives ? -- ONE lousy vote, every 4 years! - treason - USA 2020 Elections: Thread

No one like these exec's or deep staters will ever face serious charges until we have private criminal prosecutions or a revolution. On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 12:20 PM Zenaan Harkness wrote: > To what extent could charges of treason be sustained in the SCOTUS against > executives of CNN, MSNBC, AP a

Re: How to get standing - SCOTUS tosses TX case - USA 2020 Elections: Thread

So let me get this straight. These so-called high powered lawyers mis-estimated whether SCOTUS would assume Texas has standing (standing is the first basic test to determine in a U.S. court if a plaintiff is qualified to bring a suit). Give me a break! Only 2nd or 3rd string constitutional lawyers

Re: What is Steven Schear's standing to post here?

G concern-trolling list is two >> clicks over. >> > > Steven Schear created the Warrant Canary Method exactly here, on this > list. > > How about you? :) > >>

National guards / state militias are "dead letters". Private militias are toothless without credible forces.

https://mises.org/wire/when-state-governors-tried-take-back-control-national-guard

Re: Presidential Pardon Campaigns for Ulbricht, Winner, Assange, Snowden...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-considers-clemency-for-ross-ulbricht-silk-road-kingpin-convicted-of-drug-and-money-laundering-charges On Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 5:08 AM grarpamp wrote: > See the various campaigns now running for Trump to > pardon Ulbricht, Winner, Assange, Snowden, et al during >

Re: Boing Boing: What you need to know about police drone surveillance at protests against police brutality

Germany and China have developed laser directed energy defense systems to counter drones. On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 9:22 AM grarpamp wrote: > On 7/10/20, jim bell wrote: > > Boing Boing: What you need to know about police drone surveillance at > > protests against police brutality. > > https://boin

The poor state of discussion on this list

The inability or unwillingness of some to deal with their cognitive dissonance. Although this situation has existed since early list days, I think it's become all too common and driven away the best and brightest who use to hang out here. (I'm expecting an almost immediate knee-jerk or ad hominem f

A series on the origin and philosophy of the Cypherpunks

Part 1 of the 4 part series: https://reason.com/video/2020/10/07/before-the-web-the-1980s-dream-of-a-free-and-borderless-virtual-world/

Alt-Right Groups and Personalities Involved In Last Week’s Capitol Riot Received Over $500K In Bitcoin From French Donor One Month Prior

https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/capitol-riot-bitcoin-donation-alt-right-domestic-extremism

Re: The Verge: A hacker who exposed Verkada’s surveillance camera snafu has been raided

The nail that sticks out gets hammered flat. On Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 4:51 PM jim bell wrote: > The Verge: A hacker who exposed Verkada’s surveillance camera snafu has been > raided.https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/12/22328344/tillie-kottmann-hacker-raid-switzerland-verkada-cameras > > >

Re: Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle’s API copyright case

An obviously sound decision. I guess Larry can't afford to buy another Hawaiian island. On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 6:56 PM jim bell wrote: > https://share.smartnews.com/VLJT > > >

The Number Zero and Bitcoin

Satoshi gave the world Bitcoin, a true “something for nothing.” His discovery of absolute scarcity for money is an unstoppable idea that is changing the world tremendously, just like its digital ancestor: the number zero. https://breedlove22.medium.com/the-number-zero-and-bitcoin-4c193336db5b

Re: TechRadar: Exclusive: Seagate 'exploring' possible new line of crypto-specific hard drives

How about 2-4 TBs of RAM? Removes the wear-and-tear issue of SSDs. 🤑 On Mon, May 31, 2021, 9:06 AM jim bell wrote: > TechRadar: Exclusive: Seagate 'exploring' possible new line of > crypto-specific hard > drives.https://www.techradar.com/news/exclusive-seagate-exploring-possible-new-line-of-cr

Re: Private free-space communication.

The problem with IR laser comms is its only p2p, LoS, meaning its only practical fixed end points. A nice complement may be possible in the near UV (200 - 350nm, with a peak at about 250nm) by using only the molecular vibrational modes of ozone. Due to atmospheric aerosols beams at these frequencie

Re: John McAfee dead by suicide after extradition approved by Spanish court.

https://sarcophagus.io/? On Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 9:42 PM grarpamp wrote: > > McAfee Dead Man's Switch > > When one is taken from us, a hundred more will rise to fill their shoes. > > Instructions: > FBMD230009650129044b049d047a0cf90daf105e1204146817 > > Neve

Re: John McAfee dead by suicide after extradition approved by Spanish court.

> "We can get anywhere. You can't stop it by taking elaborate precaution. > We can always murder so sometimes it can't be proven." > Isn't that also along the lines Bell might "toll" for those wagered on AP? Also, somewhat reminds me of the movie, The Mechanic. >

Re: How to isolate/figure out whispers in audio clip?

Also, once the software has an accurate vocal tract model (easy as high quality Biden speech is widely available) extraction of more marginal content from the same speaker becomes much more successful. On Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 8:57 PM jim bell wrote: > > > Another thing:. google-search 'DSP voice r

Re: Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment - Stundin

https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/the-weird-creepy-media-blackout-on It's been more than three days since the stundin ​story broke, and yet somehow not only is Assange still in prison, but the mass media are completely ignoring the massive story about his case On Sun, Jun 27, 2021, 2:45 AM

Re: Sneaky "reverse targeting"

This was the practice behind telephone wiretaps SC justice Brandeis strongly object to. Warrant Canary creator On Mar 24, 2017 11:44 AM, "Razer" wrote: > > > On 03/24/2017 09:17 AM, jim bell wrote: > > Within the last day, I've seen references to "reverse targeting". > Apparently it is illegal

Re: Uber faces criminal probe over Greyball s/w used to evade regulation

Mirimir, This is what https://swarm.city/ is trying to bootstrap. Also, https://twitter.com/SwarmCityDApp Steve On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Mirimir wrote: > On 05/07/2017 02:12 AM, Vasily Kolobkov wrote: > > [2017-05-06 20:21] "Shawn K. Quinn" > >> Is Lyft any better? Is zTrip any better?

Re: What is the value of the State?

One of the best answers to this oft asked question can be found in Frank Chudorov's, The Rise and Fall of Society. Free .pdf and .epub unavailable at Mises.org https://mises.org/files/rise-and-fall-society Steve Warrant Canary creator On May 2, 2017 5:40 PM, "jim bell" wrote: > > > --

Re: What is the value of the State?

>From that reply I will assume you have nit read the book. Warrant Canary creator On May 8, 2017 4:12 PM, "juan" wrote: > On Mon, 8 May 2017 15:59:11 -0700 > Steven Schear wrote: > > >> Mises.org > > conservative fascists posing as 'libertarian' > >

Re: What is the value of the State?

Those pushing the anthropomorphic climate change agenda never, AFAIK, ever admit that this view is ONLY consensus (based on data and models) but not independently verifiable via the Scientific Method, the gold standard for science. Warrant Canary creator On May 8, 2017 5:22 PM, "\0xDynamite" wro

Re: Angry Good Germans demand reinstatement of Gestapo chief

If these manipulated and quasi-radicalized Muslims were smarter they would plan a lethal surprise for their handlers as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn suggested for the Soviet security people. Warrant Canary creator On May 11, 2017 9:10 AM, "Razer" wrote: > Angry "Good Germans" demand reinstatement of

Re: The Zen White Paper

Government regulation of cryptocurrencies (and Bitcoin in particular) will have a similar result to regulatory capture. A major missing element to thwart this is a well-conceived, widely adopted, and open technology that offers trust without government. I propose Open-Transactions. The other miss

Re: Snowden defends Comey

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/05/no_author/blaming-russia-rather-saudi-arabia-israel/ Warrant Canary creator On May 11, 2017 6:40 AM, "John Newman" wrote: > https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/862069019301601281 > > "This FBI Director has sought for years to jail me on account of > my politic

Re: What is the value of the State?

The Scientific Method requires that experiments with controlled initial conditions be conducted. If a field of science is such , as in cosmology or climatology, that such experiments cannot be conducted then this is a "soft" science whose "truth" can never exceed opinion, which is politics. Warran

Re: What is the value of the State?

Michael Crichton's famous lecture drops the mike on consensus vs. science and should be required reading for anyone with an open mind on this topic. http://www.burtonsys.com/climate/Aliens_Cause_Global_ Warming_by_Michael_Crichton.html Warrant Canary creator On May 13, 2017 4:51 AM, "Zenaan Ha

Re: What is the value of the State?

;card". https://www.sciencealert.com/stephen-hawking-and-32-top-physicists-just-signed-a-heated-letter-on-the-origin-of-the-universe Warrant Canary creator On May 13, 2017 7:46 AM, "Steven Schear" wrote: > Michael Crichton's famous lecture drops the mike on consensus

Re: What is the value of the State?

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 9:32 AM, John Newman wrote: > > > > On May 13, 2017, at 7:12 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > >> On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 01:59:32PM -0400, John Newman wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On May 13, 2017, at 10:46 AM, Stev

Re: Fwd: [Webinar] Decrypting the WannaCry ransomware: Why is it happening and (how) is it going to end?

Any bets on whether ending cryptocurrency (esp. bitcoin) privacy & fungibility will be near the top of the discussions? Warrant Canary creator On May 17, 2017 11:48 AM, "Cecilia Tanaka" wrote: Forwarding with tenderness and lots of kisses from Brazil ! <3 Ceci # May 17, International Day Ag

Re: "All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years..."

Alternatively, bio-engineering will make practical the efficient creation of liquid fuels from sunlight, water and CO2. No carbon footprint. No massive upgrades to utility grids, recharge vs. refueling time tradeoffs or distribution changes. Warrant Canary creator On May 17, 2017 11:25 AM, "John

Re: Fwd: [Webinar] Decrypting the WannaCry ransomware: Why is it happening and (how) is it going to end?

ends. Warrant Canary creator On May 17, 2017 1:03 PM, "Mirimir" wrote: > On 05/17/2017 08:43 AM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote: > > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Mirimir wrote: > >> On 05/17/2017 08:15 AM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote: > >>> On Wed, May 17,

Re: "All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years..."

Quite likely self-driving cars will be a red herring to massively chip away at personal liberties. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-01/it-wont-be-jetsons On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 2:09 PM, oshwm wrote: > On 17 May 2017 21:50:36 BST, juan wrote: > >On Wed, 17 May 2017 14:25:10 -0400 > >John

Re: "All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years..."

If you want to see what many large cities will look like once driverless cars become available to the upper 10% consider how traffic is often jammed in Mumbai around popular entertainment and shopping areas as massive numbers of cars of the wealthy continuously circle, driven by low-paid chauffeurs

Re: "All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years..."

Warrant Canary creator On May 18, 2017 8:06 AM, "Razer" wrote: On 05/18/2017 12:27 AM, grarpamp wrote: > Can't abandon current average lifespan of most recently sold > gasoline vehicle, so definitely not 8 years, more like 25. In the US, after 10 years you can no longer get many parts for you

Re: "All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years..."

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Razer wrote: > > > On 05/18/2017 08:56 AM, Steven Schear wrote: > > With the maturation of additive manufacture (for more structural > > plastics and metals using laser sintering and electron beam melting) > > parts for autos (and ot

Re: Torrenting The Darknets

One of the great weaknesses of torrents (and filesharing systems in general ) is the lack of mechanisms to promote persistence. That's why a group of us (including Bram Cohen, BitTorrent and Bryce Wilcox-O'Hearn (Zooko), Tahoe-LAFS, MNET, ZCash) created Mojo Nation. Unfortunately, Mojo failed to ge

Re: Torrenting The Darknets

Warrant Canary creator On May 20, 2017 9:34 PM, "grarpamp" wrote: Rewards seem nice, yet not everyone who wants to play can pay, or the math overhead is crushing, or it becomes centralized. Definitely worth trying, especially if it fits some usage model. Another form is to just let the network

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