Re: mil disinfo on cryptome

2002-04-03 Thread Morlock Elloi
> I think someone got careless: terrorists have used sodium cyanide in > their "urea nitrate bombs"--the first WTC bombing, as a matter of fact. > Look it up. The compound referred to as an "explosive used by terrorists" > was primarily urea nitrate based, and indeed contained all the components

Re: mil disinfo on cryptome

2002-04-03 Thread Faustine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Major Variola" wrote: referenced on cryptome: >> Another fertilizer-based explosive used by >>terrorists is Urea Nitrate (its components are urea, sulfuric acid, >>nitric acid, and sodium cyanide). >As is well known, and used in execution chambers,

RE: My current readings in Category Theory

2002-04-03 Thread Jim Choate
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Fisher Mark wrote: > Why it is that Perl has this large of a community is probably really OT for > cypherpunks, though... Cypherpunks write code. -- There is less in this than meets

FUCANN Fully UnCentrallized Authority for Naming and Numbers

2002-04-03 Thread Frob the Builder
At 02:16 AM 4/3/02 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: >At 05:51 AM 04/02/2002 -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: >>And Morloch: your replacing DNS (as a vulnerable point of >>failure/control) is a good idea. >>you'll have to write a browser plug-in, or background daemon that >>modifies the resolver's behav

mil disinfo on cryptome

2002-04-03 Thread Major Variola (ret)
From http://afsf.lackland.af.mil/Organization/AFSFC/SFP/AF%20Pubs/VEHICLE%20BOMB%20MITIGATION%20GUIDE.PDF referenced on cryptome: >> Another fertilizer-based explosive used by terrorists is Urea Nitrate (its components are urea, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and sodium cyanide). << As is well kno

Re: My current readings in Category Theory

2002-04-03 Thread dmolnar
In passing about category theory and ML: * ML supports generic programming by a language feature called a "functor." I don't know enough category theory to know how close ML's notion of "functor" is to a mathematician's. this page is a small intro http://ww

Re: My current readings in Category Theory

2002-04-03 Thread Tim May
On Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 06:54 AM, Julian Assange wrote: > Category theory is nice, but would be nicer if could draw in > information theoretic and cognitive metaphors. Maths is a programming > language selected over time for execution on (perhaps slightly > modified) human brains. The fai

RE: My current readings in Category Theory

2002-04-03 Thread Fisher Mark
Tim May writes: > * object-oriented systems. In my view, this one _has_ > basically lived up > to its billing, largely because it works for building more complex > systems (and is arguably how Mankind has usually built > complex systems > like bridges and skyscrapers and chips). But some of t

Re: Babel (Re: on the state of PGP compatibility)

2002-04-03 Thread jamesd
-- On 1 Apr 2002 at 8:49, Curt Smith wrote: > And James, although the best standard may win, a lack of viable > alternatives is unhealthy. We have an oversupply, not an undersupply, of viable alternatives. The reason for all the collisions and incompatibilities is feature creep, and the reas

Re: My current readings in Category Theory

2002-04-03 Thread Julian Assange
> 4. Perhaps even more strangely, but more practically, there may be some > very interesting uses for Cypherpunks visions. Weirder than Baez, > weirder than Egan...in some ways. The basic insight is that just as > category theory is about "objects/things" (called categories) and the > "transfo

Re: Internet is dead (Was Re: Celsius 451 -the melting point of Cat-5)

2002-04-03 Thread Bill Stewart
At 05:51 AM 04/02/2002 -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: >And Morloch: your replacing DNS (as a vulnerable point of >failure/control) is a good idea. Of course, >AOL does this, with their own name space. But without their tightly >herded masses, or access to the Root Servers >you'll have to writ

re: Reputable E-Gold Funded Debit Cards?

2002-04-03 Thread Bill Stewart
>On 2 Apr 2002 at 10:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've been monitoring the e-gold discussion list for some time and this > guy appears to be legit (i.e., a lack of negative comments). I have not > purchased from him, but am considering obtaining one of these. Would be > most interested in

Austin Cypherpunks Physical Meet: Apr. 9, 2002

2002-04-03 Thread Jim Choate
Time:Apr. 9, 2002 Second Tuesday of each month 7:00 - 9:00 pm (or later) Location:Central Market HEB Cafe 38th and N. Lamar Weather permitting we meet in the un-covered tables.

US digitized passports

2002-04-03 Thread Bo Elkjaer
List: Does anyone know what "It incorporates a digitized image with other enhanced security features" means in detail? I'm curious - and we'll probably see it soon enough in the EU. Yours Bo Elkjaer, Denmark U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman For Immediate Release April 2, 2002