From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 15:15:18 +0800
To: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@smarter.than.nu>
Subject: Re: Superdistribution development/release
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971203215304.204C-100000@thought.calbbs.com>
Message-ID: <199712040711.CAA27313@users.invweb.net>
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In <Pine.BSF.3.96.971203215304.204C-100000@thought.calbbs.com>, on
12/03/97 
   at 09:56 PM, "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@smarter.than.nu> said:

>On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, William H. Geiger III wrote:

>> For practical reason data must be in the clear in memory at some point in
>> time. Also the data must be transferred into some type of peripheral so
>> the user can do somthing with the data (read text off a monitor, print a
>> document, listen to music, ...ect).
>> 
>> This is the biggest failings in these systems. Once the user has the
>> ability to decrypt the data the game is lost. One does not need to break
>> the crypto system as they give you the keys with the product!! 

>Ut oh.  Now the government is going to protect us from the new Horseman,
>copyright violators, by mandating diskless network computers that run
>only government-approved software.  We can't let those awful hackers
>unlawfully disassemble software for the purpose of stealing other data,
>now can we?  After all, it's for the children... and this solves that
>pesky strong crypto problem too.

Yep see Electronics and Computer Science added to the Evil Book Topic
list:

Evil Book Topic List
====================

Chemistry  -- could be used by "Terrorist"
Physics    -- could be used by "Terrorist"
Biology    -- could be used by "Terrorist"
Mathematics -- could be used by "Terrorist" 

Not to mention the fact that if you have any equipment related to any of
these evil topics and you are not a state approved scientist automatically
elevates you to either "terrorist" or drug manufacture if not both.

Basically it is getting to the point where having an IQ greater than 100
is a crime (no doubt generated out of jealousy by those who work for the
State).

One has to wonder how far Edison would have gotten in times such as today.

"Beware the bureaucrats as they do far more damage than all the Hitlers
and Stalins combined."

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