Peru's Best Export

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
To me, at least, the most important task of financial cryptography is to create and transfer property rights without relying on the state at all. Below, Hernando de Soto receives the Friedman Prize from the Cato Institute for making the state *enforce* property rights to begin with. Cheers, RAH

Re: Mercs need to wear clean underwear

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 4:30 AM + 4/1/04, Italy Anonymous Remailer wrote: Yes, we do. And some of our dreams are of invading the homes of rich Amerikan assholes to fund the jihad. rich Amerika assholes falls rather nicely in the Marxist concordance profile.

Re: Mercs need to wear clean underwear

2004-04-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:19 PM 3/31/04 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: So, what, declare all current property claims in Fallujah to be null and void, sell claims off to the highest bidder, and whoever gets there with the most men owns it. I mean, it worked in Texas with the Comanches and Apaches... How long do we

Re: Mercs need to wear clean underwear

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 10:18 AM -0800 4/1/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote: How long do we have to wait before we can name our new attack helicopters Fallujahs? Do Iraqis know how to run casinos? Saddle up. Remember, the first Texas Rangers were antsy young last-born

Re: [Politech] John Gilmore on the homeless, RFID tags, and kittens

2004-04-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 03:22 PM 4/1/04 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Last year I found it almost impossible to adopt a kitten or cat that didn't have an RFID tag implanted under its skin. What is his problem? You just put them in the microwave and the chip is useless.

Re: Mercs need to wear clean underwear

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 1:12 PM -0800 4/1/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Well of course. It was our destiny, our mission. Just like bringing democracy (tm) to the a-rabs, etc. If, of course, they vote for our puppets, and their presses print what we like. Damn

Re: [Politech] John Gilmore on the homeless, RFID tags, and kittens

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 1:15 PM -0800 4/1/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote: You just put them in the microwave and the chip is useless. Tastes just like chicken? Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar

Re: Mercs need to wear clean underwear

2004-04-01 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:41 PM 4/1/04 -0500, R. A. Hettinga wrote: More to the point, once you cleaned out a bunch of injuns, *somebody* had to ranch the land, right? Well of course. It was our destiny, our mission. Just like bringing democracy (tm) to the a-rabs, etc. If, of course, they vote for our puppets,

Re: [Politech] John Gilmore on the homeless, RFID tags, and kittens

2004-04-01 Thread Steve Furlong
On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 16:21, R. A. Hettinga wrote: Tastes just like chicken? Can we change the subject? My girlfriend is Chinese, I've already eaten things that I wouldn't have considered to be food, she doesn't like my cat, and I don't want her getting any ideas. However, to answer Robert's

Blackwater

2004-04-01 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.blackwatersecurity.com Blackwater had no web pages before Aug 2002. Funny how the 0wn3d media doesn't question the consultant label.

The 'Privacy' Jihad

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB108079540145771406,00.html The Wall Street Journal April 1, 2004 COMMENTARY The 'Privacy' Jihad By HEATHER MAC DONALD April 1, 2004; Page A14 The 9/11 Commission hearings have focused public attention again on the intelligence failures

RE: The 'Privacy' Jihad

2004-04-01 Thread Tyler Durden
Silly bitch. But then again, she may just be looking for a gig. Can someone out there slip her name into the do-not-fly registries so we can have a new privacy advocate? Here's the part I love... As with any public or private power, TIA's capabilities could have been abused -- which is why the

[IP] U.S. may need to step in, says cybersecurity report

2004-04-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
Two hints: 1. It's not the camel's nose, and, 2. It's not your tent, either. Cheers, RAH --- begin forwarded text Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:51:10 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Dave Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IP] U.S. may need to step in, says cybersecurity report Sender: