Re: CAPSII protest...

2003-03-04 Thread Michael Motyka
Yes Tyler, there is something nasty you can do that will not get you nabbed. It requires the following equipment : airline ticket ( aisle seat ) large pizza with the works quart of yogurt one dozen raw oysters one package of MMs ipecac syrup ( or a wafer-thin mint ) Just imagine the effect

Re: Gullible Journalists

2003-02-04 Thread Michael Motyka
Tyler Durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : John Kelsey wrote... For some reason I've never been able to fathom, many journalists seem to be remarkably gullable, when they're told something from the right kind of source, especially a government agency or other official source. The net effect

Re: Comments from 1998 on shuttle

2003-02-04 Thread Michael Motyka
Mike Rosing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : From: http://ltp.arc.nasa.gov/space/ask/landing/Black_tiles_falling_off.txt If more than a few were lost from the same area, though, the heat could get bad enough to cause damage to the aluminum skin. Nobody wants to see what would happen if the wings

punk and free markets

2003-01-31 Thread Michael Motyka
Jim Choate wrote : On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Tyler Durden wrote: Me? I grew up here in NYC in the 70s, where/when Punk began (please, no one out in the sticks there try to tell me about the Brits inventing Punk, and Yeah, right...not. MC5 (1969, Detroit), Iggy Pop (1973, Detroit)...Kick

Re: Secure voice app: FEATURE REQUEST: RECORD IPs

2003-01-27 Thread Michael Motyka
Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:06:24PM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: DSL lease timeout. A feature of DHCP-based dynamic IP addresses over permanent connections. Similar for cable, though the differences yo observed seem to be rather implementation-dependent than

Re: No Ex Post Facto Laws, No Easy Loss of Citizenship

2003-01-09 Thread Michael Motyka
Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : First, even non-citizens have court rights now being denied to the concentration camp detainees. (Many of you reading this list are snip The Supreme Court should overrule the Appeals Court and say very simply: This man was and is a citizen. His presence

gait control

2003-01-08 Thread Michael Motyka
MV wrote : At 11:34 PM 1/8/03 +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: I don't know the weaknesses of gait-observing systems, so I can't suggest anything. Kilts for men (over the knee, please, and not for aesthetics). Hoop-skirts for women. A heavy backpack carried asymmetrically (for extra fun,

Re: Dossiers and Customer Courtesy Cards

2003-01-06 Thread Michael Motyka
If I remember correctly, right after the WTC attack one of the grocery chains, I think it was Safeway, immediately offered it's customer lists to the FBI. What were they going to do profile people who bought excessive amounts of chick peas, garlic and lemons? Albertson's has recently returned

Snort

2002-12-21 Thread Michael Motyka
My intuition is that the government is going to be slightly fairer than, for example, Disney. That's just a guess, though. Bruce With an emphasis on slightly I might tend to agree but it looks more like the difference between liver cancer and kidney failure than it does the difference

Re: Thwarting LE library fishing expeditions

2002-08-30 Thread Michael Motyka
Steve Schear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : After reading this ALA document http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/usapatriotlibrary.html , I believe I have concocted a legal administrative measure to thwart the anonymous fishing expeditions (esp.those authorized under the USA Patriot Act). In a

Re: TCPA and Open Source

2002-08-13 Thread Michael Motyka
James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : -- On 13 Aug 2002 at 0:05, AARG! Anonymous wrote: The point is that while this is a form of signed code, it's not something which gives the TPM control over what OS can boot. Instead, the VCs are used to report to third party challengers (on

Re: Mandatory hardware

2002-08-01 Thread Michael Motyka
Major Variola \(ret\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : TV makers may face mandate on digital receivers Wed Jul 31, 9:17 AM ET In an effort to jump-start the languid rollout of digital TV, federal regulators next week are expected to require all new TV sets to include digital receivers by 2006,

Re: Pizza with a credit card

2002-07-31 Thread Michael Motyka
One useful piece of advice: Don't but pizza with a credit card: SNIP Course all those terrorists buying their pizzas with cash get away clean. I've wondered for years how much longer this will be allowed. Cash is still viable. Not as viable as it was 10, or even 5 years ago.

We don't need no stinking keys...

2002-07-18 Thread Michael Motyka
if you'll just leave your back door ajar. I could suggest some alternate meanings for empowered. Sorry for the imagery. Mike http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/07/18/computer.security.ap/index.html /* Tools of empowerment Clarke said the recommendations -- which currently number 77 but could

Re: 385-3 vote: House OKs life sentences for hackers

2002-07-17 Thread Michael Motyka
Elyn Wollensky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : seems the cyber-terrorist FUD is starting to hit the fan ... ;~( e House OKs life sentences for hackers But time may run out for computer crime bill in Senate http://www.msnbc.com/news/780923.asp WASHINGTON, July 15 - The House of

Re: Hayek was right. Twice.

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Motyka
Marcel Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : From: Sampo Syreeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] But when the yield does not go to the one who created the master copy, why should anyone create anything, anymore? (Or, more realistically, why should people create at an efficient level?) There's no such thing

Re: [OT] why was private gold ownership made illegal in the US?

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Motyka
Anonymous [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just curious, but what was the rationale under which private posession of gold was made illegal in the US? It boggles the mind... snip However doing a straight devaluation was politically unacceptable at the time. Because the dollar was pegged to gold,

Re: Terror Reading

2002-06-26 Thread Michael Motyka
Eric Cordian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : It was my understanding that libraries destroy records of patrons' activity as soon as the books are returned. Nonetheless, this is an interesting Federal fishing expedition, with warrants issued by secret courts, and criminal penalties for librarians

Theft Attempt or LEO Sting?

2002-06-14 Thread Michael Motyka
Look at the two sites : http://www.e-gold.com http://www.e-golb.com - BTW the registrant's info is phony, Docent doesn't know her, carder.com user search fails, may she get boiled alive someday I never opened an e-gold account. I wonder where the fuckers got my e-mail address - here or

Re: Theft Attempt or LEO Sting?

2002-06-14 Thread Michael Motyka
Sunder wrote: The https cert for e-golb shows up as snake oil in all the fields. www.snakeoil.dom Snake Oil, Ltd Webserver Team Snake Town Snake Desert, XY emailAddress: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Snake Oil CA Snake Oil, Ltd Certificate Authority Snake Town Nice scam... Probably

Artist's rights?

2002-06-13 Thread Michael Motyka
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Lucky Green wrote: The other half of the shears cutting away at the public's right to entertain themselves with the artwork they purchased in any way they please is represented by parts of the art culture of significant political clout, in particular in Europe.

Feinstein Follies

2002-05-02 Thread Michael Motyka
What an dumbass Feinstein is, the House and the Senate vote in a draconian bill with zero forethought and she has the goddamned gall to say we should not rush to judgement. http://www.thehill.com/050102/patriot.shtm I think were in a very difficult time where our national security is

Re: Bad guys vs. Good guys

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Motyka
As a simple illustration of the inability to separate the Good Guys from the Bad Guys I use my experiences with my Visa card company. I use the damn thing to buy gas a few times a week and every so often I'll use it for a big ticket item like a PC or a Spa for example. At which time I generally

Re: Coins vs. bills

2002-04-12 Thread Michael Motyka
Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 10:05 PM, Peter Gutmann wrote: (And bear in mind that a one dollar coin is worth about what a quarter ($0.25) was worth in 1970, and about what a dime ($0.10) was worth when silver dollars were still common. Maybe we need a $10

Re: Detectable cash notes a fantasy

2002-04-10 Thread Michael Motyka
Trei, Peter wrote: Michael Motyka[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 10:54 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: Putting RF Tags in cash is one of those ideas with Unintended Consequences. Muggers would love having a way of determining which