waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
The dead giveaway is the repeated protestations that the new plan is aimed at "criminals", "drug dealers", "terrorists", etc.  You'd think the tactic would be too obvious to trot out yet again after a decade of Sarah and the rest of the Brady Bunch using it to destroy the Second Amendment, but evidently the control nuts feel it will serve them one more time.
In article <C5rrtD.1Gz@agora.rain.com> jhart@agora.rain.com (Jim Hart) writes:  > >What we need is a true *privacy chip*.  For example, a real-time  >voice-encryption RSA, silicon compile it and spit out ASIC.   >Put this chip on the market as a de facto standard for international  >business, diplomats, and private communications.  If the U.S. bans  >it, we make it somewhere else and import it.  The Japanese, German, >Dutch, Taiwanese, Korean, etc. electronics companies don't want the  >NSA spying on them.  U.S. workers lose more jobs to government fascist >stupidity. >  Some countries have laws about importing crypto gear--I believe the U.S. does. Without a license the above scheme won't work (at least not legally) in such countries, including at least France and the U.S.  David
andersom@spot.Colorado.EDU (Marc Anderson) writes:  > methods.  ``This year's crime bill will have teeth, not bare gums,'' > Clinton said.  In particular, his administration will place strict > controls on data formats and protocols, and require the registration > of so-called ``cryptographic keys,'' in the hope of denying drug > dealers the ability to communicate in secret.  Clinton said the > approach could be used for crackdowns on other forms of underground > economic activity, such as ``the deficit-causing tax evaders who > live in luxury at the expense of our grandchildren.''  And some people thought that I am exaggerating when claiming that the Cripple Chip is just a first step in a totalitarian plot against the civil liberties in the USA... It seems that I've even been an optimist - the things are happening even faster than I expected.... That's another of the dirty tricks they used to apply on us under the communist regime - do something secret, THEN tell the people about is (after the fact, when nothing can be done any more), and of course, explaining them how much better the situation is now...  In my previous messages I wrote that the Americans should wake up and fight against the new proposal. Now it seems to me that it is already too late - it has already happened, the civil liberties have been violated, no, stollen from the American people, while the most part of this people has been sleeping happily... :-((( Too sad...  Regards, Vesselin
The message from the NIST about the clipper chip comes from the following address:  	clipper@csrc.ncsl.nist.gov (Clipper Chip Announcement)  Just who is that, I asked myself, or rather, I asked the computer.      % telnet csrc.ncsl.nist.gov 25     Trying...     Connected to csrc.ncsl.nist.gov.     Escape character is '^]'.     220 first.org sendmail 4.1/NIST ready at Sat, 17 Apr 93 20:42:56 EDT     expn clipper     250-<csspab@mail-gw.ncsl.nist.gov>     250-<denning@cs.georgetown.edu>     250-<hoffman@seas.gwu.edu>     250-<mkapor@eff.org>     250-<rotenberg@cpsr.org>     250-<rivest@mit.edu>     250-<mhellman@stanford.edu>     250-<alanrp@aol.com>     250-<dparker@sri.com>     250-<jim@rsa.com>     250-<branstad@tis.com>     250 <mgrsplus@csmes.ncsl.nist.gov>     quit     221 first.org closing connection     Connection closed.  Well, isn't that interesting.  Dorothy Denning, Mitch Kapor, Marc Rotenberg, Ron Rivest, Jim Bidzos, and others.  The Government, RSA, TIS, CPSR, and the EFF are all represented.  I don't suppose anybody within any of these organizations would care to comment?  Or is this just the White House's idea of a cruel joke on these peoples' inboxes?  		Marc
Do you know of any freely distributable c++ (or c) code for public key cryptography (such as RSA)?    I've tried various archie searches to no avail.
Jay Fenton <Fenton@Kaleida.Com> writes:  >How can the government tell which encryption method one is using without >being able to decode the traffic? i.e., In order to accuse me of using an >unauthorized strong encryption technique they would have to take both >keys out of escrow, run them against my ciphertext and "draw a blank".  	I was thinking about this, also. It's quite possible the system transmits, in clear, the serial number of the device being used. That way they can start a tap, get the serial number, and use the warrant for the first tap to get the key.  	If they tap someone who's apparently using encryption, but don't find that prefix, then they'll assume it's an "un-authorized" encryption scheme.  -- 	May the Kloo Gnomes be generous to you.
ns111310@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Nathaniel Sammons) writes: > I second the motion. >  > All in favor?
In article <1993Apr19.052005.20665@ulysses.att.com> smb@research.att.com (Steven  Bellovin) writes:  > Nothing was said about where K_P comes from.  If you've got a secure device, you don't need public keys.  If the secret key which all chips share is SK, you can just use KP =  E{(myname, yourname, date) ; SK}.  Maybe that's why Jim Bidzos was reported as being cheesed off.
In article <1r3hgqINNdaa@uwm.edu> Rick Miller <rick@ee.uwm.edu> writes: >jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz) writes: >>marc@mit.edu (Marc Horowitz N1NZU) writes:   >>Seems like sombody didn't like your snooping around, Marc. > >Or, the more *likely* explanation is that Marc is spoofing. >                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >I sincerely doubt that Denning and crew are keen enough to react that >quickly, and I doubt they'd want to cripple their SMTP server t'boot. >  Marc is not spoofing.  Try it yourself.  At least, the commands work exactly as he described (i.e. they do not work.)  - Josh.
1. Do a straight encryption of your keyrings and put the         results with misleading names somewhere they won't be noticed         (eg. in the \windows directory; nobody knows what half those         files are).       2. Do a straight encryption of a .BAT file that will decrypt         the keyrings to RAMdisk and will set PGPPATH to point at it.       3. Set up another .BAT file to decrypt and execute the first         (again on RAM disk). Have it take the name of the target file         as an argument so that there is no link between this file and         the (non-existent) batch file referred to by the rest of the         system. Comment it so it looks like a test script for fooling         around with PGP. Set PGPPATH to the PGP directory.       4. Leave the original keyrings that came with PGP in the         directory with PGP; a good indication that you are playing         with, but haven't made serious use of PGP. Add a set of keys         with your name and a really simple passphrase. Never use it,         or use it as your widely published key for low-security         e-mail.       5. When needed, run the second .BAT file. Make sure all         intermediate and plainfiles are generated on RAMdisk.       6. When you hear the concussion grenade, hit the power switch.                  Cheers,                 Marc  ---  Marc Thibault        | CIS:71441,2226     |  Put another log  marc@tanda.isis.org  | NC FreeNet: aa185  |  on the fire.  -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.0
wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (Bill Stewart +1-908-949-0705) writes:  >The fact that the NSA is listening may affect your willingness to use >wimpy crypto technologies, but it may also affect your willingness to >use technologies that violate RSA's patents, e.g. if you use PGP, the >NSA may tell RSA that you're doing so, and if the Secret Service catches on,
In article <1qmugcINNpu9@gap.caltech.edu> hal@cco.caltech.edu (Hal Finney) writes: >The key question is whether non-Clipper encryption will be made illegal. > It seems pretty obvious that it will be made illegal if VERY LOUD NOISE is not made about this IMMEDIATELY to Congress and the House!  >It looks like the worst nightmares raised by Dorothy Denning's proposals >are coming true.  If the government continues on this course, I imagine >that we will see strong cryptography made illegal.  Encryption programs >for disk files and email, as well as software to allow for encrypted >voice communications, will be distributed only through the >"underground".  People will have to learn how to hide the fact that >they are protecting their privacy.   I don't know what's worse - the waste of money, or the fact that (in SPITE of all Clinton's rhetoric to the contrary) this is a feeble attempt by a large group of bored intelligence bureaucrats to justify their currently useless jobs. Clinton said he was going to trim the fat from the government. This doesn't look very dietetic to me!   As I said before in this group: drug dealing and terrorism both tend to be international crimes which are not going to cease if the US starts to regulate encryption. The drug dealers and terrorists will simply go to other countries to communicate their plans, and will still carry them out here and/or wherever else. This is not the solution to the problem.  They try to invent a new problem by saying we "need" encryption. I guess it's a good thing Bill Gates isn't a 4-star general or we would all "need" our own copies of MS-DOS too, right?  Und vee haff vays uff findink out iff you are usink DOCTOR DOS!!  >It's shocking and frightening to see that this is actually happening here.  Our health care and education systems are in the toilet and they come up with THIS pearl. If this goddamned government doesn't get a clue real quick and start trying to repair the infrastructure of the country rather than inventing someone to blame, Germany and Japan are going to eat the US alive, and we will deserve it. It's not like there's any shortage of REAL problems to solve, guys!   A Clipper chip is really going to help the homeless! A Clipper chip is really going to help educate the children in the ghettos of our cities! Just think of the generation gap that can be developed when they rehire DoD engineer dad to work on Clipper chips that will be used to decrypt slightly rebellious adolescent hacker son's naughty GIF files! I can see the shitcom already.  If that wasn't a forged post or a sick joke, I'm popping that Dead Kennedys tape into the car stereo and tearing ass to Canada. Clinton on White Horse is near. It's the suede/denim secret police! They have come for your uncool niece! Don't worry it's only a phone...shit, I knew I should have gotten some of those "consent to monitoring" stickers they keep on Autovon phones when I had the chance. I should have known I'd need them in civilian life.
In article <C5HCBo.Joy@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:  >The biggest problem with this is that all orbits are not alike.  It can >actually be more expensive to reach a satellite from another orbit than >from the ground.    But with cheaper fuel from space based sources it will be cheaper to  reach more orbits than from the ground.  Also remember, that the presence of a repair/supply facility adds value to the space around it. If you can put your satellite in an orbit where it can be reached by a ready source of supply you can make it cheaper and gain benefit from economies of scale.    Allen
Is there a few Grasp pictures of space related items, namely Space Station Designs, so you can see the "finished" revolt around..  If you don't know what a grasp prograsm is.. Check out some adult entertainment files and see what I mean.. Or maybe geta few GIF files and create a "slide shows" (I think Cshow can do this)..
About three weeks ago on the SPACE list, someone was quoting a source on the relative traffic and rankings of this listserv.  A figure of 88th in traffic(?) was given.  Unfortunately I did not clip the message and I would like to know the source of the rankings list.  If anybody still has that discussion on their disk or knows the source (or is the poster himself!) I'd appreciate getting that reference.  Being on the road I have temporarily unsubscribed to the list to cut down mail box stuffing <g> so please reply via e-mail to lek@aip.org OR 71160.2356@compuserve.com or I won't get your answer!
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C-3's bird may be flaking out and expecting to die soon.  or C-3  may orbit over  major users areas, and it may be needed to provide  redundancy on that plane  while b-4  may orbit over hicksville, and not have muc of a user community.
In article <C74rGL.4u7@ucdavis.edu>, ez012344@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (Dan Herrin) writes: [deleted] >Is it not also an abomination that somebody would spend money on "space  >advertising" when those children are starving? Perhaps some redistribution >of wealth would help them ... > >Dan >  Not to flame (REALLY), but thats an abominable viewpoint (while were on the subject of abominations).  If we followed the "redistiribution of wealth" (and by the way, ist that what Clinto and the Democrats are trying to do...), EVERYONE would starve in short order.  Not only is it impossoble to organize a fair distribution that depends on every (wo)man's altruism (can you say black market under communisim anyone?), but the current methods of resource production are entirely energy dependant.  There are not enough sources of cheap capital (aside from human capital) to allow us to stop looking at space a an excellent source of materials and realestate.  More directly, perhaps you mioght consider the fact that BILLIONS are spent by TV companies, and their sponsors, (ABC, NBC, CBS...) on the SUPERBOWL, the OLYMPICS, and even on monday night baseball games.  Perhaps we should boycott those games?  If DC-X and company get finished, and there is a market for it, those "abominable" space will probably be much more cost effective for the companies, and those starving children.  More people buy products, the company hires more workers, end result fewer children die of starvation.  --
I once read an article on  Computer technology  which stated that  every new computer technology was actually lower and slower then what it replaced.  Silicon was less  effective then the germanium  products then available.   GaAs  was less capable then Silicon.  Multi-processors were slower then  existent single processors.  What the argument was, though was that these new technologies promised either theoretically future higher performance  or lower cost or higher densities.  I think that the DC-1  may g=fit into this same model.  ELV's can certainly launch more weight  then  a SSRT,  but  an SSRT offers the prospect of  greater cycle times and  lower costs.  This is kind of a speculative posting,  but I thought i'd throw it out as a hjistorical framework  for those interested in the project.
I am looking for any information about the space program. This includes NASA, the shuttles, history, anything!  I would like to know if anyone could suggest books, periodicals, even ftp sites for a novice who is interested in the space program.
In article <EfpX7WS00Uh7QAoP1S@andrew.cmu.edu> Amruth Laxman <al26+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: >... here's my question finally - Are 45g accelerations in >fact humanly tolerable? - with the aid of any mechanical devices of >course. If these are possible, what is used to absorb the acceleration?  This sounds a bit high to me.  Still higher accelerations have been endured *very briefly*, during violent deceleration.  If we're talking sustained acceleration, I think 30-odd gees has been demonstrated using water immersion.  I doubt that any of this generalizes to another order of magnitude.
Well thank you dennis for your as usual highly detailed and informative  posting.     The question i have about the proton, is  could it be  handled at one of KSC's spare pads, without major  malfunction,  or could it be handled at kourou  or Vandenberg?     Now if it uses storables,  then  how long would it take for the russians to equip something at cape york?  If  Proton were launched from a western site,  how would it compare to the T4/centaur?   As i see it, it should lift  very close to the T4.
Can anyone tell me where I might find stereo images of planetary and planetary satellite surfaces?  GIFs preferred, but any will do.  I'm especially interested in stereos of the surfaces of Phobos, Deimos, Mars and the Moon (in that order).   Thanks.
In article <1pcgaa$do1@access.digex.com> prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes: >Now isn't that always the kicker.  It does seem stupid to  drop >a mission like Magellan, because there isn't  70 million a year >to keep up the mission.  You'd think  that ongoing science  could >justify the money.  JPL gets accused of spending more then neccessary, >probably some validity in that,  but NASA  does put money into some >things  that really are Porcine.  Oh well.  I attended a colloquium at Goddard last fall where the head of the  operations section of NASA was talking about what future missions were going to be funded.  I don't remember his name or title off hand and I have discarded the colloquia announcement. In any case, he was  asked about that very matter: "Why can't we spend a few million more to keep instruments that we already have in place going?"  His responce was that there are only so many $ available to him and the lead time on an instrument like a COBE, Magellan, Hubble, etc is 5-10 years minumum.  If he spent all that could be spent on using current instruments in the current budget enviroment he would have very little to nothing for future projects.  If he did that, sure in the short run the science would be wonderful and he would be popular, however starting a few years after he had retired he would become one of the greatest villans ever seen in the space community for not funding the early stages of the next generation of instruments.  Just as he had benefited from his predicessor's funding choices, he owed it to whoever his sucessor would eventually be to keep developing new missions, even at the expense of cutting off some instruments before the last drop of possible science has been wrung out of them.
In article <1993Apr20.101044.2291@iti.org>, aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes: > In article <1qve4kINNpas@sal-sun121.usc.edu> schaefer@sal-sun121.usc.edu (Peter Schaefer) writes: >  >>|> > Announce that a reward of $1 billion would go to the first corporation  >>|> > who successfully keeps at least 1 person alive on the moon for a year.  >  >>Oh gee, a billion dollars!  That'd be just about enough to cover the cost of the >>feasability study!  Happy, Happy, JOY! JOY! >  > Depends. If you assume the existance of a working SSTO like DC, on billion > $$ would be enough to put about a quarter million pounds of stuff on the > moon. If some of that mass went to send equipment to make LOX for the > transfer vehicle, you could send a lot more. Either way, its a lot > more than needed. >  > This prize isn't big enough to warrent developing a SSTO, but it is > enough to do it if the vehicle exists. >  >   Allen >  > --  > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Lady Astor:   "Sir, if you were my husband I would poison your coffee!"   | > | W. Churchill: "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it."             | > +----------------------57 DAYS TO FIRST FLIGHT OF DCX-----------------------+  Or have different classes of competetors.. and made the total purse $6billion or $7billion (depending on how many different classes there are, as in auto racing/motocycle racing and such)..