Perplexing proof

2004-09-10 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://www.vnunet.com/print/1157970 Perplexing proof E-commerce is only one mathematical breakthrough away from disaster Robert Valpuesta, IT Week 09 Sep 2004 The fact that even experts often do not fully understand how IT systems work was underlined by recent reports that the Riemann

Flying with Libertarian Hawks

2004-09-10 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://www.techcentralstation.com/090904A.html Tech Central Station Flying with Libertarian Hawks By Max Borders Published 09/09/2004 And covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all. -- Thomas Hobbes Is it possible for one to be libertarian

Re: Perplexing proof

2004-09-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:23 AM 9/10/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.vnunet.com/print/1157970 Perplexing proof E-commerce is only one mathematical breakthrough away from disaster Robert Valpuesta, IT Week 09 Sep 2004 The fact that even experts often do not fully understand how IT systems work was

RE: BrinCity 2.0: Mayor outlines elaborate camera network for city

2004-09-10 Thread Tyler Durden
cameras will be linked -- and authorities will be alerted to crimes and terrorist acts. Whew. I feel better already. If only we had had cameras rolling on 9/11/2001, none of that would have ever happened. -TD _ FREE pop-up blocking

Re: Flying with Libertarian Hawks

2004-09-10 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:53 AM 9/10/04 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.techcentralstation.com/090904A.html Is it possible for one to be libertarian about policies at home and neo-conservative about policies abroad? After all, isn't the principle of non-coercion incompatible with the interventionist policies

Re: BrinCity 2.0: Mayor outlines elaborate camera network for city

2004-09-10 Thread John Kelsey
From: R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sep 9, 2004 9:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: BrinCity 2.0: Mayor outlines elaborate camera network for city .. Some people are concerned about Big Brother invading their privacy but Mayor Daley says the cameras will be located in public areas.

Re: potential new IETF WG on anonymous IPSec

2004-09-10 Thread Zooko O'Whielcronx
On 2004, Sep 09, , at 16:57, Hal Finney wrote: To clarify, this is not really anonymous in the usual sense. Rather it is a proposal to an extension to IPsec to allow for unauthenticated connections. Presently IPsec relies on either pre-shared secrets or a trusted third party CA to authenticate

Re: Flying with Libertarian Hawks

2004-09-10 Thread Justin
On 2004-09-10T12:02:12-0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Damn right. 'Conservative' means agreeing with the most vocal proponents of the current right wing apparatchiks. It seems to have little or no relationship to fiscally conservative ideas. Aren't the most vocal proponents of right-wing

Re: Perplexing proof

2004-09-10 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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Re: Flying with Libertarian Hawks

2004-09-10 Thread Tyler Durden
Damn right. 'Conservative' means agreeing with the most vocal proponents of the current right wing apparatchiks. It seems to have little or no relationship to fiscally conservative ideas. Left wing now refers to anyone who disagrees with the 'Conservatives', even if said left wing policies are