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''' : '-.------------' '-------------. . |f l| . !|l editor in chief | alienbinary l|! ||| co-editor and dissident in cheif | Turnspike ||| | | editor, enforcer | Nemisis | | | | bandwidth god | Cheezi | | | | kicks ab when he slacks off | AngryMonkey | | | | tells it like it is | Dorky | | | | hardware whore | Mr. Echo | | | | angel of death | GrinReaper | | | | | | '!l._______________________________ fear with two threes __.|!' ---> In this issue of everyone's favorite propaghanda rag: <--- /'-._____________________________________________________________.-'\ \ / \ PA1Nv2x01 > Letter from the Editor ................ alienbinary / / \ / PA1Nv2x02 > The Right to bear arms ................ alienbinary \ | | / PA1Nv2x03 > Dumpster Diving 101 ..................... Turnspike \ f! ! || PA1Nv2x04 > Project Loki Archives #1 .............. alienbinary | !| | l PA1Nv2x05 > How to make a Chemical Shredder ....... alienbinary ( j | f| PA1Nv2x06 > Big Brother is Watching me (write this) ..... 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PA1Nv2x1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ bring the PA1N: letter ] [ from alienbinary ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x1 Monday, September 1st. 10:11 PM -------[ the ringleader addresses the audience... ] I was telling Turnspike before the first issue of PA1N was released that the hardest part about running a zine, getting it going, and keeping it going is getting the first issue out. The problem with the internet is also it's biggest selling point: anyone can do something half-assed. Ever since the Legion of Doom Technical Manuals have been distributed over the internet, and PHRACK started detailing everything from fucking with KMART to Quantum Encryption, electronic magazines have come out of the woodwork like wildfire, and more often than not, they don't even make a first issue. Usually someone gets inspired, and tries to rally the spirits and talents of his or her online community to get a 'zine going. One or two articles get sent in, and it's either a peice of shit two article job, or the editors have to write everything themselves first. Generally the ones you and I know about started out with two people getting the project off the ground by sacrificing a lot of time and sanity to accomplish something big. In the last few months that PA1N has been growing from idea to product to movement [ed.: more on that later.], and now the first issue is enjoying one of the largest hit counts of all the news stories on SPFD2600.org, a heavily trafficked underground cyberpunk news forum and home of "What the Fuck?" Radio. I didn't know what I was going to find when I publicly announced the formation of PA1N magazine, I kind of expected raucaus laughter and gaining a poor attitude for several weeks until I gave up. Instead, I was offered bandwidth, writers, stories, talents, and distribution, as well as the official Co-Editor Turnspike stepping up to make this happen. Admittedly, I watch the number of hits that PA1Nv1 gets on spfd2600's site, and I get a nice warm feeling that I'm doing my part to stir the world up every time it increases by another hit. One night I went to bed, woke up, checked the stats and twenty people had read the magazine while I was in bed. This, is goddamn sexy. So the answer to my personal question of "am I really going to be able to make this project work?" is a big whopping YES. Not only that, but it's getting stronger, as more people join the effort and more people share the magazine. A little bit about writing submissions and distribution: By all means, download every issue and give it out to whoever the hell wants one. I want to thank Jib_Cat for sharing issue one on his WASTE network 12 hours after the release of PA1Nv1. If you like what you read, please, let myself or Turnspike know at the email addresses provided after this introduction. If you would like to mirror the magazine and have bandwidth to spare, please by all means, put up a mirror, and send me a link so I can formally thank you in the next issue. Every bit helps. Remember, this time, we hold the power of the pen, not the other way around. If something's going on, and word needs to get out, a new voice has been borne of the internet in the grand tradition of good old Cyberpunk. Other thanks you's: Firehazard for providing me with enough good solid quotes to line each and every article, as well as solid feedback. If something sucks, she's the first to tell me it does. FH, you rock. Also, AngryMonkey, for putting up with all the deranged ramblings and frustrated conversations that occurred during the making and production as well as release of each issue of PA1N. Once again, Jib_Cat, for putting PA1Nv1 on the WASTE network. Carebear, for inspiring several of the articles in this issue from conversations that we've had over the last few days. The entire crew of both rantradio and SPFD2600.org for all the support, as well as everyone who made it in this issue's quote section. And lastly, there are some more people I'd like to thank who provided inspiration, some of whom died before I was even born... Jello Biafra, the original big mouth, the man who brought us "names for bands" and "love, American Death Squad Style." Henry Rollins, who took the time to write a reply email and offer helpfull advice about independent publishing from the days when he used to sell books out of his backpack. Rollins, you're a big dude, so I hope if you ever see this, you like what you see. Also, for putting out the 'RISE ABOVE' benifit CD which hardened my resolve to write PA1Nv1x3, I do intend to do another Dept. of Injustice Article, next time on the West Memphis Three. To Bob Marley, who used non-violence to help the rastafarians unite the Jamaican people against a corrupt government. To Che Guevara who gave up his career in modern medicine in Argentina, and eventually his life, to assist Fidel Castro in overthrowing the Batista Regime in Cuba, finally driving out the American Mafia and the CIA. His eventual assassination was due to an unending drive to free the world from oppression from people who would seek to see money as more important than human life. All I can say then is this: those of you who choose to put yourselves in the line of fire and stand up for what you beleive in, you have brought hope back to the human race. Don't let the propaghanda that claims you cannot acheive anything alone discourage you for even a minute. Anyone who doesn't think one man can change the world hasn't read the bible, probably doesn't know who Ghandi was, and thinks that the world is too abstract a concept to visualize, let alone manipulate it for the better. - alienbinary Monday, September 1st. 10:52 PM. "Raise your voices, raise your fist, we're still here and we're still pissed!" -- the Pist, 'Still Pist' .-[ X-O.O-X ] ---------------------- [ X-O.O-X ]-. |f 't| !|! "Let me say, at the risk of seeming i|I !|| rediculous, that the true revolutionary II| ||! is guided by great feelings of love." ||| !!! !|! ||| -- Ernesto 'Che' Guevara ||| '-[_____________________________________________]-' ---> Welcome to PA1N MAGAZINE, Issue Number Two <--- alienbinary - pain@e-lite.org Turnspike - turnspike@spfd2600.org PA1Nv2x2----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ the right to bear arms ] [ alienbinary ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x2 //////////---------------------------------------------+ | | | "Fuck cocaine, killer, I sniff gun powder." - Onyx | | | +-------------------------------------------\\\\\\\\\\+ My boss was telling me the other day that her new neighbors have a collection of handguns, several rifles, a pickup truck and a bumper sticker that says "Gun control is using both hands". This, as I assume it certainly was not meant to do, made me think long and hard about the issue, as if I hadn't considered it enough. I'll state my opinion clean and simple: gun control is impossible, which is unfortunate because it just might be a good idea; however since it is impossible and I will explain my reasons for saying so, I think we can move on to other subjects in congress. [ The Second Ammendment ] "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." - The Second Ammendment, Bill of Rights The second ammendment decrees that citizens have the right to bare arms. Several billion people have no idea what the hell this means. When the constitution was drafted, the 'founding fathers' had just fought a long and bloody guerilla war against the colonial British, who had been attempting to curtail the seperation of the new world and the British Empire. The bill of rights is written incredibly carefully to disallow narrow or wrongful interpretation of the rules set forth. I firmly beleive that if Thomas Jefferson had ever seen a Tec-9 open up the chest of a six year old girl, he would have thrown the second amendment in the fireplace, and written something like "the right to bare big sticks." The language used in the article is very important. First of all, it speaks of a well-armed militia, not an individual stockpiling weapons in the back of his RV. Conveniently, the National Rifle Association has left this part of the bill out of almost every single press release they have. If it were to get out that the second ammendment was referring to trained troops, the NRA would be shit out of luck and business. At the time of that draft, a well armed militia had just successfully fought off the British with a little help from the French, using guerilla warfare and extroardinarily bloody tactics. Like the Civil War that would come later, rivers really did have so many bodies sometimes that the water ran red. In the gun control argument, on either side, people neglect to consider the situation in which the 'right to bare arms' was conceived: One of the first moves a tyrannical dictator or king, in this case a king and a whole long list of aristocrats, will take to assure that his power is not questioned in any threating manner, is to take away a citizen's right to defend themselves. When only the fascist police and the corrupt military had firearms, it was a suicidal concept to openly oppose any, let alone all, the policies of the government. At this time, the death penalty wasn't just used often, it was a time honored tradition, and it rarely required proof. This being the world the colonists had attempted to leave behind, Jefferson wanted to insure that if the government of the United States of America, which he was laying the groundwork for, ever became corrupt and oppressive like that of King James' England, it would be an act of civic duty to overthrow said government and re-instate a democracy. Very few people know this, but there is a failsafe clause in the constitution that essentially works like a self destruct mechanism. A part of the civic duty of a citizen is to be prepared to overthrow any and all corrupt polititians. This language can be found in his various writings on the subject of democracy, and can probably be found on a Federal Server if you look hard enough. However, it is important to keep in mind that the bill does not specify which armaments could be held. An awful lot of people would like to defend their 'right' to own a rocket propelled grenade launcher, but not a single one of them would ever consider the fact that an RPG let alone the portable launchers such as the M-79, did not yet actually exist. At the time of the constitution, as well as the first five ammendments, it took several minutes to load a single shot gun, and war was so arduous that most carnage was done with bayonnets or cannons. So, at best, the second ammendment allows US citizens to take care of their own, in case the government should fail. [ The State of Gun Control in the United States ] "I think every bullet should cost five thousand dollars. $5,000 for a bullet. You know why? Cuz if a bullet cost $5,000, there'd be no more innocent bystanders. Every time someone get shot, you'd be like 'he must have done SOMETHING, they put fifty thousand dollars worth of bullets in his ass.'" -- Chris Rock on Gun Control I recently purchased my own copy of "Bowling for Columbine," the pseudo-documentary by Michael Moore about high school shootings. Halfway through the DVD, it cuts to Chris Rock wearing his all black vinyl and leather suit giving the previously quoted routine. Personally, I used to own the album that's from, so I had heard the quote before, but AngryMonkey turned to me and said "that's a good idea, that's a damn good point." It was, too. I firmly beleive that the world is full of nutcases, and that a large portion of these crazy bastards are carrying serious hardware. However, unlike congress, I disagree that it would make any difference whatsoever if they banned guns or extended the background check. First of all, if someone's buying a gun, and they're willing to wait for the background check, they probably don't have a criminal record. If the gun is to be used illicitly, the crime is going to take place AFTER the computer finishes the dossier, not before. Second, it's already illegal to own what are known in the law enforcement business as "street sweepers." The most notorious of the street sweepers is the Thompson Machine gun, Dillinger's Tommy Gun. I don't know the year off the top of my head, but I do remember when clinton signed into law a bill that made the sale and ownership of such weapons a federal crime. Anyone who reads the newspaper knows that this has done a whole lot of absolutely nothing to stop drive-by-shootings. Basic logic should prevail in this case: if a person is responsible enough to register a handgun, they probably do not intend to murder someone with it. If a person kills someone, it's unlikely the gun is registered to them. In other words, only the law abiding citizens are unarmed. When was the last time you read about a serious murder trial where a person was shot with a gun the perpetrator still owned, using a registered firearm? If this was the case, no one would give a damn about gun control, because the violent criminals would be caught in record numbers. Such is not the case. During the DC sniper manhunt from late fall of 2002, there was an increased interest in the legislation of bullet fingerprinting. The idea behind this is that every time a gun is fired, the slug leaves the chamber at an incredible speed to slam down the barrel of the gun. Since no gun has been made frictionless, and since the barrell of a gun is often in a spiral shape to imporove accuracy, there is an inherent unique set of grooves and knicks in a slug that can be used for ballistics. Later on in the year, everyone forgot about the law, since the two suspects had been operating outside the realm of the law, well away from national firearms databases. If they hadn't been, the FBI could have caught the two suspects in a matter of days after the initial hit. [ is there a solution? ] Now lets return to the bumper sticker "Gun control is using both hands." Obviously, this is a joke, designed to flout the presence of a gun carrying person to anyone afraid of such people. But it almost hits the core of what I see as the solution. Since someone in china developed black powder to add a kick to the new years festival, people have died at the merciless cold-steel of a gun. In the movie "Bowling for Columbine," the number was over 11,000 people a year in the United States alone. Now what's the solution? Obviously there are people like Charleton Heston who are far too chickenshit to attempt to live without a gun, therefore it is important to face the fact that guns are here to stay. If this is so, I think there should be more money put into education on how to use a firearm, how to properly clean it, and how to secure the damn thing so someone doesn't lose their kid in a game of cops and robbers. One. If the average armed robber knew that the average law abiding american could handle a Glock 9mm, there would be a drastically lower number of these people actually willing to test those working behind the counter of the local 7/11. Two. The majority of children related deaths associated with guns are due to the inability of people to properly secure their firearms. An eleven year old boy is not entirely unlikely to play with a handgun if he finds it in his father's sock drawer, but he stands no chance in hell if he finds it in a proper Smith and Wesson lockbox. In addition to a lockbox, don't keep the weapon loaded. Contrary to popular beleif, most people would not know how to check the chamber, load the clip, pull the slide/cock the hammer, turn off the safety and chamber a round. Guns are reasonably complex instruments. If you want to have one kicking around the house, leave the firing pin in a different lockbox. It's a hell of a lot harder to accidentally shoot oneself without the mechanism required to set off the round. Three. Most people really have no fear of dying when they have a gun, because they are under the impression that a gun automatically makes them safe. Since often movies like 'the Matrix' and 'Equilibrium' are blamed for gun-related violence, it's important to actually pinpoint the problem that these movies really engender. It's not a matter of the presence of guns, but a matter of the lack of a pesence of the aftermath. Things would look a whole lot less cooler if four hours of the movie were dedicated to the autopsy and the funeral of everyone shot in a movie. -- 2003, alienbinary PA1Nv2x3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Dumpster Diving 101 ] [ Turnspike ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x3 So, you have read about dumpster diving. You have seen the articles, heard the stories, but don't really know where to start. Here's a quick 'how to' that will get you started finding stuff in your neighborhood, stuff you can keep for yourself, give to your friends, or sell at a nice profit. Once people know you are dumpster diving, you will be amazed at the number and type of people who will open up and admit the same to you. So let's start with the basics: æ Basic Equipment: -------------------------------- !. Flashlight: Any flashlight will do, but many will suit your needs and then some. My personal flashlight is a small LED light that is easy to stash away, can easily be held in my mouth is both hands are busy, and has a long battery life. Kello, who dives with me a lot, carries a large Maglite that can double as a club in case of trouble (not that we have had any). 2. A Pole: Not everyone uses these, but every experienced dumpster diver wishes they have brought one now and then. A stout pole can pick thru trash bags and 3 day old Chinese food without having to actually get in the dumpster. A great variant on this is the 'grabber' tool that they sell at medical supply stores to aid the elderly who need to pick stuff off the floor without bending over. 3. Optional Stuff: Police Scanners, GPS systems, city maps, phone books, 2-way radios. We have used all these things once in a while. They tell us where the cops are hanging around, lets us map where the good finds are, and gives us an idea where to look for something new. You can bring these and lots more equipment you might find useful, but remember that you will need to save room for your bounty, so try to pack light. æ Where to Dive: -------------------------------- Start with places you are comfortable with: the rent-to-own down the street, your favorite video store, flea markets, hotels, anywhere that you are familiar with enough to know what goes on around there at the time you are diving. Are there security guards? Do the local police eat dounuts in the parking lot? Is the store manager known to send late nights at the shop? These are all things that might deter you from certain dumpsters. If you are not breaking any trespassing laws the cops seem to have little interest in dumpster divers, but might question you to be sure you aren't robbing the joint. But nobody wants to be hassled, so again it's nice to know what kind of traffic to expect around the area. æ When you get tired of your comfort zone, strike out and find new turf. The places you dive should be similar to the places you shop, but don't forget to look at industrial parks, offices, and warehouses too. If you have some time, check out the occasional 'mystery' dumpster as well. I have found great things in dumpsters that I have just hit on a whim. æ How to Dive: -------------------------------- When we go diving, we like to hit many dumpsters quick. We fly out of the car take a look in, and throw a couple of bags around. If we see nothing that catches our eye, we are out of there. But if you have the time you might find it more rewarding to open a few bags and look. Black bags are very attractive to the dumpster diver. Things stores donÍt want to be seen will be in thereƒstuff you might want. And lastly, DONÍT BE AFRAID to jump into a dumpster. Be cautious, butæ when the need arises get in, because some things are too big to be pulled out with a stick. æ The Payoff: -------------------------------- In the last year I have found well over $1000 worth of stuff. Chandeliers, amplifiers, toys, office furniture, display racks, storage bins, DVD and VHS movies, computer software and hardware, pottery, fishing tackle, tools, dented canned goods, and magazines galore. All these things were found in either perfect working order, or with small defects. Why is this? Stores will toss out products that sit on the shelf too long in favor for newer, more popular things. Some stores will intentionally damage the product by slashing them with razors, or beating them with hammers before they trash them, however when they miss something or become lazy, you benefit. æ More Resources: -------------------------------- 2600 Magazine has had several good articles on dumpster diving, and I may submit one of my own to supplement them. There is also a newsgroup I frequent, alt.dumpster, where you can contact other dumpster divers, and brag about your finds. Chances are you will also bump into other dumpster divers while diving, last week I found a guy digging through a dumpster I wanted to hit at about 5 in the morning. If you have the guts, strike up a chat with them...maybe you will get some good info. And lastly, get to know your garbage man. æ Turnspike PA1Nv2x4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Project Loki Archives: Writing on the Walls ] [ alienbinary ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x4 [ preface to the archives ] This is a feature that I intend to include in as many issues of PA1N as I can find real life instances of this activity in action. This is not meant to be confused with PHRACK's 'Project Loki' http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=49&a=6, which was designed to implement ICMP tunneling, the purpose of which I'm disinclined to explain right now as it has nothing to do with this feature. This feature is a highlight of peices of anarchic activity that have caught my attention walking around in the world of, well, meat. Before I delve into this issue's subject, I should provide some background on who 'Loki' is: 'Loki', the God of Mischeif has popped up in so many cultures around the world that it would be folly not to at least admit that there's more to the 'myth' than one might think. The sheer fact that every habitated continent on the planet has a rendition of the god of mischeif, who just so HAPPENS to have a name quite similar to "Loki" strikes me as a bit of a mindfuck. One might venture far enough to say that Loki has more evidence of his existence than any other deity thus far created by mankind. So what did Loki do? Loki is known in greek mythology best as Pan, the goat- legged pervert who pinched the buttocks of swimmers, and set flocks of sheep free while the shepherd slept. In hawaii, Loki is a vengefull god. It's not wise to trifle with forces you don't understand, they have a way of coming back at you from directions that didn't hitherto exist. In the Asutru Pantheon, aka the Norse Pagan Pantheon, Loki was a crafty god who spread chaos and disorder throughout the land. Unlike the rigid judeo-christian religions, many pagan religions whose to recognize each element of power for what it was, and honored them with a deity. In Norway, he was an Asutru God, meaning that he rode horseback, and lived the life of a warrior, often with Thor riding shotgun. In the society we live in, anything that stirs up the least bit of trouble is feircely frowned upon, which I think might be a bad viewpoint. If no one stirs the waters, no one can see how muddy they really are. If no one bothers to talk above a whisper, none of the slumbering masses will wake up to the slaves that they have become. Therefore, I've been unable to get my mind off the possibilities that an entity like Loki would provide for an ally against the corpolitical state. [ The writing on the walls ] I woke up one morning, got dressed and walked to work, only to find that someone had written "SLAVES" on every newspaper vending machine outside the store. On an unemployment rag that showcases minimum wage jobs for desperate people, someone had written "wage slavery isn't---" right above a large yellow-lettered sticker proclaiming "FREE." Funny, I was just about to clock in, and all I could think about was what would make someone take all the time and effort to personally deface each vending machine in a manner that corresponded with the content, and most of all, I kept thinking about what the vandal had written: "Wage slavery isn't free." gallery link 1 ---> http://thorn.e-lite.org/vending1.jpg gallery link 2 ---> http://thorn.e-lite.org/vending2.jpg gallery link 3 ---> http://thorn.e-lite.org/bsbox.jpg There's no explanation for this as the site in question is always patroled by police officers, and several security cameras are focused directly on the spot of the graffiti, yet the cops have caught no one, since the graffiti gets more and more ambitious each new hit. Witnessing a small bit of mischeif was all I needed to wake up some more. I walked right into the office laughing and grinning, telling everyone to just up and leave their posts to go check out the artwork. Subsequently, when I aquired a new stainless steel mug for my tea, I decided to name it "Loki," in honor of the unknown artist. A walk through Newbury Street in downtown Boston also yeilded some interesting grafitti. I found a spin-off of the "what would Jesus do?" on an olive drab government mailbox, inquiring "Who would Jesus Bomb?" in block letters, as if it belonged on the mailbox itself. This particular peice of graffiti appeared around the time the US started targeting sites in Iraq that no one could understand the threat of. If we seek to save people, it would be wise not to rain hellfire missiles on their hospitals. The war was so dire, and the element of religious conflict so prominent, that this peice of art caused me to buckle over hysterically. It took me several minutes to stop laughing. gallery link 4 ---> http://thorn.e-lite.org/wwjb.jpg Mailboxes are the target of the latest campain as well, where a stencil of GW Bush has been carved out with the word "LIAR" written underneath it, done up in bright hunter orange. If you look at the picture for a few minutes, you can see a similarity to the "BIG BROTHER" posters from Orwell's 1984. gallery link 5 ---> http://thorn.e-lite.org/gwbliar.jpg So now you might be wondering, do I, alienbinary, condone this sort of defacement? I don't know. I honestly can't say that I was unhappy to see it. In fact, I liked each one enough to photograph, so it's plausible I don't condone it, but I definitely don't disagree. The thing is, it's important to remember that whoever manages to remind everyone purchasing a corporate owned newspaper that it is all a bunch of bullshit is providing valuable consumer information, and although their tactics are illegal, the goal is respectable. I don't think you can actually put a 'right' or 'wrong' tag on the actions of these lone artists. All I know is that at least three local artists have done a great job of making some businessmen stare, made fellow wage-slaves laugh, and have raised a little bit of awareness that no one is entirely powerless. That was the lesson of Loki. Although his actions were never entirely noble, sometimes the results were positive. It's like the old story about the emporer's clothes. After a while, someone had to point out that he didn't have any on or no one would have noticed. ---> May Server Protect us all. <--- ---> May Loki keep us all on our toes. <--- [ alienbinary ] [ aug., 2003 ] PA1Nv2x5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ How to Make a Chemical Paper Shredder ] [ alienbinary ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x5 I figured that since Turnspike is doing an article on Dumpster Diving, it couldn't hurt to have an article on how to prevent your personal information from leaking out into the hands of someone with less scruples than my buddy TS. According to the DoJ, whom I marginally trust for STATISTICS, identity theft becomes a bigger and bigger problem every year. This surprises me not at all, since the media has done a remarkable job in convincing people to aim not to have one of their own. Here are a some good tips on keeping yourself anonymous, keeping your invoices private and your life a little less at risk of becoming fantastically irritating. [ What you do not know, will hurt you. ] The average customer receipt has at least enough data for someone to address a manager of a given store with the pretense of being you. If you have ever examined all the seemingly meaningless numbers and data on a sample of receipts from the same store, you'll notice that there are repeating numbers in various locations distributed throughout the printout. The receipt has the following information: > Method of Payment --> if CC or Debit, then the last four digits and the expiration date > Cost of purchase > Store number and location of purchase --> this allows an individual to pinpoint where and when you made the purchase on record, and gives anyone a rough idea of your shopping habits. It's a good thing that ClearChannel hasn't started dumpster diving yet. > What you bought --> This is a whole lot more telling than one might think. Someone Who wants to know more about you can learn an awful lot from this. > time and date of purchase --> excellent. so now instead of tailing you, someone can just read old invoices to keep tabs on you. [ Destroy the records ] Have you noticed a trend yet? There's a stupid amount of information given away on the receipt that has no purpose getting out of your hands. Here's a good way to prevent people from getting their hands on these slips, without actually resorting to incineration or buying a paper shredder: 1. Get a good twenty oz or more bottle of any drink, so long as the bottle is glass. Enjoy it, because you're not keeping the thing in tact in this project. 2. Go to your desk and open that junk drawer you can't seem to get rid of. Grab all the pens you probably stole from a hotel concierge and take the ballpoint cartridge from the inside of the pen. Using a pair of needlenose pliers, remove the metal ballpoint from the top, and throw the tip out. Be carefull around this ink, ballpoint ink was made to allow a single ball bearing to generate a stupid amount of scrawls and lines. A drop of ballpoint ink can take an hour and a half to clean up. Trust me. 3. Now determine which side is NOT the one that was capped off by the nib, and place it between your teeth. Put the other end of the tube into the glass bottle and blow air into the tube. At first you will get extreme resistance. The viscosity of the ink is more than a liquid should be allowed. Keep going. Soon, oil droplets will pour out into the basin of the bottle. Once the tube is spent, carefully dispose of the pen. Now go wash your damn hands. 4. Grab all the receipts that have somehow managed to dominate your desktop and put them in a pile. When you have a really good pile going, tear them up as best as you can, and stuff them into the bottle as well. 5. After the bottle is full, pour about 8 oz of Isopropyl alcohol into the bottle, cap the fucker, and shake it really well. The alcohol will mix with the ink and spread it over every inch of the paper inside. 6. Now keep your new chemical shredder handy, preferably capped. The alcohol and just simple physics will lead to the eventual dissolving of all the paper inside. Use the shredder until you're tired of it, and add some more ink for good luck, cap it, tape the seal, and shake the shit out of it. Should some poor bastard try to get at your information now, they get the added bonus of having to sift through broken glass, and ballpoint ink. For those of you who haven't caught on, this will give the sucker an impromptu tattoo that should last several years. PA1Nv2x6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Big Brother is watching (...me write this) ] [ Dorky ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x6 Big Brother is watching (me write this) The sign was by the elevator as I headed out for dinner and my tai chi class: "THE NETWORK IS GOING DOWN TONIGHT AT 10 PM" OK, thats fine...happens all the time. it was the next line that struck me as odd: "when the network is up you will have to register from your personal computer, see studentnet.payingoutmyassforcollege.edu for information." Which i did. the page told me jack shit- which was my first clue that i wasn't going to like what's happening. a little background: I'm a senior at a small private catholic college in the midwest. as my years here have gone by, i have seen security tighten on campus. we now have to show our id's to enter the gym. but this? this was different- this was *my computer* they were talking about. my baby, the first thing I've ever bought with my own (HS Graduation) money. woke up the next morning, checked the net-still down. i got out of work and checked the studentnet page..a little bit more info, and yep, it looks like we're registering onto the network. when i make it back home to register i realize that i really do have no choice. none. they won't let me onto the internet until i register. loading the net sends me to the registration page. so i get ready to register, and read the "user conditions" i am being forced to abide by. i have no problem with these conditions on principle, i honestly don't. i mean, I've never really done a lot of p2p, i don't sell things. I think thats the problem. I feel as though I'm being treated like a criminal. Here i am at this college, paying 20,000 a year (OK, 11,000 after scholarships), and I'm paying for my education myself. I'm responsible, I'm smart-- hell, aside from the very common 2 months of freshman partying, i never even drank under age! and yet, everything i do on the internet can be looked at by someone else. IN college, the point is to teach the students to be adults. I fail to see how having our lives watched so closely will teach us anything about being responsible for ourselves. In fact, it may have an adverse effect. Most people have seen a girl who's father is so strict end up being the wildest person in the class. so, to sum up my feelings on this issue, i would like to say this: fuck you, information technology. I'm old enough to do anything legal in this country, so i should be trusted on my own computer. 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' [ #rantradio on politics ] i am going to run for president have fun I'll vote for her <[-Soultrance-]> run for governer of california... everyone else is damnit, ts, let me have my delusions lol I know delusions...I voted Nader :D [ #rantradio picking on SKTFM (because we love him THAT MUCH) ] soultrance: i bought a dr pepper at the show last week drank it left the can sitting next to me on the wobbly ass bench WEEE! i think the guy next to me hit it teh penis =D and i heard it fall went to grab it, and it kept going all the way to the floor, hitting like 6 things along the way <[-Soultrance-]> lol which promptly brought sean to a standstill ??1;31m? mode/#rantradio [+v Spudly] by Shade <[-Soultrance-]> well yeah, any form of sound or shiney object will distract him [ #rantradio on sexuality ] no i would like it if the boys stopped hitting on the other boys and started hitting on me. you know, why in the hell did she even bother to mention that she's a post-op tranny? god, it's so boring, and lonely around here i need to go hire some hookers or something, to make me feel wanted :) i could go for a massage and a hot tub maybe massive amounts of jello do you know what Bob means? no battery operated boyfriend mike is holding his cock in his sleep lol lol i do that well... not hold it... but my hand is in the area... :P lol [ miscellaneous ] i stuck it in my bra because i don't have any pockets in my kilt PA1Nv2x8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Cut out the headlines ] [ alienbinary ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x8 The newspaper is one of the greatest sources of dissapointment you can turn to if you should ever find yourself in need of a good mood destabalizer. At the moment, I feel confident that I could predict at least twenty five percent of the stories without looking at the headlines, and tell you what the state of the world is, and who's suing whom. ----->| But there's good news! |<---- Two weeks ago I started cutting the headlines out of the newspaper and gluing them into a composition notebook. As it turns out, the world is a much more fascinating and amusing place when you don't know the whole story. On my fishtank, there's a clipping that reads "underwater invaders eyed," which promptly called up the image of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu. Being a definite fan of cryptozoology, I was half expecting to read about a newly discovered species of marine wildlife that have scientists baffled, or something neat like that. Off the coast of Namibia, scientists have already found bacterium that squashed the idea that oxygen is essential to life: since they breathe nitrogen, and feed off of hydrogen sulfide. [ online: http://seti.sentry.net/archive/public/1999/4-99/00000158.htm ] So that being said, it's a real downer what the article was actually about. As it turned out, there was a large group of school children on a biology field trip watching streams of guppies swim by a decaying bridge on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. The guppies, or some fish that was incredibly similar to a guppy had migrated in large swarms to the coastal region around Boston Harbor, and, as you have probably figured out, they weren't local to the area. Hence the "invaders" euphemism. ---->| a Journalist fucks with the public |<---- Now, granted that this was a downer for all of us huge cryptozoo fans, I'll have to admit that I wasn't happy when I read the article. However, the next day, in need of something to occupy my brain with, I created a totally deranged scenario involving invading sea creatures and boston harbor with massive eyes, all based solely on that headline. So perhaps there is a use for the newspaper, after all. Here's another interesting headline I found: "Colorado ponders 'Big Straw' for river" -- the Boston Globe Now this is just fucking stupid. Who the hell comes up with this sort of editorial "humor?" The gist of the article is such: the state needs to drain a very large river, and the easiest way possible is to use a large siphon, which would operate on a principle of fluid dynamics I can't remember enough to explain, nor understand well enough to do the same, but essentially a siphon will create it's own suction action, no need to mechanically suck the water out. The thing is, for something the size of a river, the object/siphon in question really would be one big fuckin' straw, and it's the most sensible and plausible idea anyone has proposed. Now I asked several people why the hell they thought the paper bothered to print the article, and no one had a really good answer until I asked a good friend of mine who suggested the following: 'What if while I was cutting out the headlines and pasting them into a scrapbook, calling the author an idiot, he original intent of the article was to actually mess with the public in turn?' I didn't really get this at first, until I thought about how that would work: the journalist is a staff writer, he's known, and wouldn't get away with making that sort of thing up. However, he obviously pulled a story (probably off the AP wire) that details the State of Colorado's plan to drain a river. Since it is his job to report on stories around the country, it's perfectly acceptable to print a little blurb about this large undertaking. But why the "Big Straw" wording? On the one hand, it is a big straw. There's no other way to really get the idea across than to call it what it is; a cylinder used to suck liquid from point a to point b. That being said, then the idea is kind of intrigueing in a way that relaxes your brain, so it was kind of fun to read, and contained enough solid facts to be considered a decent work. One another hand, it's still a really assenine situation when the public works department of an entire state can't think of any other solution than a large straw, intending to drain a wetland like so much Dr. Pepper. So, in the fine tradition of the 'fourth branch of government,' the press, the journalist was keeping the beaurocrats in line by pointing out that several million dollars being appropriated to construct a big tube is really outrageous when homelessness is at a high, the economy is tanking, and so much more important things can be addressed, but will be put on the back burner for the sake of some engineer's pet project. So in a way, it was the best way to put it. One could almost see the article starting off with "A big straw, that's the BEST you can come up with?" Even more to the point, there's the idea that the words were chosen to draw attention to the article, amuse some people, and get on with life as usual. After more thought, I realized just how funny that was, and how great a practical joke it had been on the part of the name on the byline, which I honestly cannot remember. So in a sense, it was mischeif at it's best. It harms no one, almost no one notices, but the ones that do just laugh. - - - ----->| ...and the award goes to... |<--- - - - The New York Times made my list of 'Headings that really did get printed' with "Suffering News Burnout? Rest of America Is too." It still strikes me as pressingly ironic that the NYT, one of the most read news sources in the world would print an article, as well as a headline that suggested the news was losing it's flare and running out of things to talk about. i | Most grammatically confusing: | "A hope to freeze, bank women's eggs" ! | Captain fucking obvious: | "Shooting death ruled a homicide" <--- no kidding? [ P A 1 N ] you mean the gun didn't just up and fire itself? | | Blame the computer: | "Acquitted Man Says Virus Put Pornography On Computer" I [ editor's note: I'll have to remember that one...] ! | Most Zen Styled Headline: | "Where Has Escapism Gone?" | | .----------------------------------------------------------' ! '---> PA1N MAGAZINE would like to thank the following agencies pre- emptively for not suing us for brutally mocking them: -> The Boston Globe -> The Wall Street Journal i -> The Boston Herald | -> The New York Times | Thanks. -----' PA1Nv2x9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Consumer Fraud: Subscription Service Systems ] [ caffeine ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x9 Preface: course insurrection A certain magazine was required for a class of mine. I know that sounds really peculiar, but the concept was really solid. A writing class is supposed to teach you to take information and run with it, create something big from something little, or vice verse. To warm up the class, the professor would have us read an article from some source that was at least moderately reputable, such as TIME or Newsweek. Then, we had ten minutes to write a detailed essay that summarized the article, as well as expanded on all the ideas presented; furthermore, if we disagreed with the views expressed, it was open forum to speak up. At first this was really stupid, no one could take this seriously. It was like a microscopic book report every morning, and it was an Honors course. Who the hell does that in Honors? But as the year trudged on, everyone learned to write not only better and more concise summaries, allowing them to expand on their personal views, but everyone was getting sharper and sharper at picking up propaghanda. At the end of the second semester, students were writing three page essays solely on photojournalism spreads. Unfortunately, we all got fucked. It wasn't the course, and it wasn't the professor or the college. For once, the professor was on our side, and although none of us held him responsible for the actions of (not to be named) magazine, he felthorrible for some of the harrassment we all endured as a result of the magazine prescribed. The Fees: suddenly having bad credit before having any credit at all. I'm a conscientous student. I like to get my work in, and I don't offer excuses for the things that are genuinely my fault; this being said, I made sure that since I could afford it, I would buy a solid two-year long subscription to (magazine), insuring in the minds of any rational person that I would have no interruption in the subscription service. Here's what happened: 1. Standard practice among scum magazine companies is to send you a 'warning your subscription is almost over' letter two months into the subscription. The idea is that you'll pay these notices without paying attention to the fine print. The fine print reminds you that you have about a year before this is really the case. 2. Out of simple fear, and for the sake of convenience, the average American will just write out a check and send it off, to get the damn company off their backs. 3. The business reply envelope and card arrive at corporate headquarters of a building that is statistically likely to be in Houston, Texas, and the clerk flags your file and annotates that you have bought another however many issues you purchased. 4. The flag overwrites the original file, and all of the sudden, my two-year subscription turned into two months. Ignoring all the mail that they sent me, knowing full well that I had done my part, I didn't pay attention to the letters they sent me, which usually offered subscriptions at a discount to sister publications. As it turns out, if I had paid closer attention, I would have noticed the error and been able to correct it on time. 5. The newly truncated subscription ran out, and like the "money-grubbing scumfucks" (thanks Jello for the expression) they can be, they sent me more issues, attempting to bind me to a contract for another year's subscription without asking my opinion on the matter. 6. Then the phone calls started coming. Harrassment: from snailmail to voicemail It started odd anyway. I was getting delinquency notices for subscriptions I had actually paid twice. When I called the toll free number for account services, a temp answered the phone and heard the usual rap about an accounting error. Doing what she was probably told to do, I was sent on a series of call forwards reaching almost every damn division in the building. Not a single person was able to help me, but they did manage to get a couple threats out about not paying late fees. I called four times, the fourth time I called with my own aces to play. They had left several voicemail, answering machine, and even a couple fucking text messages, if I remember correctly, suggesting that I better pay up. When a collection agency sent me a legal document entailing my be audited for delinquency in payment I called two groups: one, I called a lawyer friend of mine. In a letigious happy society like ours, this is the most potent weapon you can have on your side. In this case, it was a friend, but this meant all of nothing to the company. I was no longer some dumb punk college kid, I was a student who had been fucked over by (magazine umbrella company not to be named), and had been threatened with financial ruin because of an error I never made in the first place. The power of the attorney is so frightening to publishing companies, because it's the weapon they always use. About a month later, XXXXX magazine sent me a generic apology and a check for about six dollars. I have no idea why they bothered with the six bucks, I don't even think I cashed the check. Aftermath: In retrospect The whole affair was just stupid. I still have a hard time believing the mess I got into in the first place, and I still find it appalling that a company with billions of dollars would target kids who didn't know what they hell was going on. I actually asked my entire class if they had similar problems, and about half of them had been threatened in the same manner. I no longer even get shit from them in the mail, let alone "trial issues" of new magazines. When a company called me from california, waking me from much needed rest to try and ensnare me with offers of free subscriptions, and eventually entry into a contest for ten thousand dollars, I told the telemarketer to shut up for a minute. "Where did you get this number?" "We have many companies that we work with, and it's our job to provide---" "stop talking for a minute. These companies, among them, is XXXXX included?" "Um, well, we have many, MANY, affiliates--" "is XXXXXX magazine one of your clients?" "yes. yes they are." "So you received my unlisted phone number from a company that didn't have my permission to distribute this data, let alone sell it, from XXXXX Magazine?" "I can't say exactly which one, but it's possible that your information came from the billing company for XXXXX magazine." "I only have one magazine subscription. That sort of narrows it down, don't you think?" "well, look, um... I'm just doing my job." "I totally understand that. You seem like a good guy, and I'm sorry you were assigned this number. However, I still have to tell you, you're employed under the guise of a sweepstakes, which is a front for fraud. Doesn't that bother you?" "ummmm..." "look, I don't care. This happens all the time, but I know the way the law works, and I'm telling you to remove this information from your computers. If you ever call again, it will be considered harassment by federal law." "I'm very sorry about this." "Don't be, you're just doing your job. Have a nice day." That was it. I was left alone finally, left with an empty mailbox and a new lease on my identity. So why did I relate this story? I think it's important that as companies take over the world more and more, and individual freedoms are considered all but irrelevent, it's imperative to let people know about how these conglomerates work. It's also important to know, you don't have to put up with this. Don't. There have been laws in place for about a decade, to protect you in this sort of situation. Should you find yourself in this trap, call the Better Business Bureau. Keep a record of every communication you receive. Eventually, you'll have the upper hand. Most importantly, don't be scared. No major company is above the reach of consumer protection laws. - caffeine PA1Nv2x10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- [ NEC - Nemisis Encryption ] [ by Nemisis ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x10 NEC - Nemisis Encryption This is an encryption scheme I divised as a way to encrypt all data. Not just Passwords, or text files, but anything and everything. [ Source Code in Plain English ] You Create a Key. The key can be anything, any length (the longer, the more secure.) For example it could be a page from the bible. You must keep the length of the key, the sum of the ascii values of the key, and the length of the data also. [ Ex. of The sum of the ascii values: If they key was Chr(1) and Chr(11) the ascii value would be 12) is divided by 256. After dividing you add the length of the key. ] Now we are almost ready to encrypt the acutal data. What makes this method secure is that each byte of data is individualy encrypted using a part of the key. Also In between each byte of data, is a set of random characters that are the length of the key. So if the Key was 'sisimeN'and the data was 'Nemisis'; The data would look like this before being encrypted: abcabcaNabcabcaEabcabcaMabcabcaIabcabcaSabcabcaIabcabcaS 'abcabca' being any (seven) random characters on the ASCII chart. This of course is not very secure since the data is there in plain sight. So we must encrypt the actual data individualy. So "N" gets encrypted first. We encrypt "N" using the first character in the key. We take the Ascii value of the First character in the key and add it to the ascii value of the first character in the data to encrypt. If it goes over 255 we loop to 0. Then we add it after the random bit of data. Repeat. Second Character in the Key, Second Character in the Data. If you run out of key, you loop back to the beggining. It's as easy as that. Brute force would never work. Too many possiblities, especialy with an extremely long key. [ ed. note: by too many possibilities, the idea is that no matter what conclusion you arrive at, you have no way of knowing if the plaintext you arrive at is the data that was being obfuscated in the first place. Even if the data is decrypted, there's no way to verify this without the key. You would have toknow what you were looking for in the first place, which sort of renders the whole idea of securing information rather pointless. - alienbinary ] Heres the VB source code for encrypting and decrypting. [ encryption source ] 'enc module Public Function NEC_ENC(Key As String, Encrypt As String) 'This encrypts the data Dim KeyLen As Integer 'Keeps the len of the key Dim KeySum As Long 'Keeps the sum of the ascii values of the key Dim KeyPlace As Integer 'Keeps how many random chars we input between actual data Dim Encrypted As String 'Keeps the CryptoText Dim EncLen As Long 'Keeps the len of the to be encrypted text Dim i As Integer 'Loop var Dim r As Integer 'Loop var Dim KeyAt As Integer 'Keeps where we are at in the key Randomize KeyLen = Len(Key) 'Get the Length of the Key EncLen = Len(Encrypt) 'Get the Length of the data to be encrypted For i = 1 To KeyLen 'Loop for all of the key KeySum = KeySum + Asc(Mid(Key, i, 1)) 'Add the Current i to the KeySum Next i KeyPlace = (KeySum / 256) + KeyLen 'Divide the KeySum by 256 and then add the length of the Key For i = 1 To KeyLen 'Loop for the len of the keylen Encrypted = Encrypted & Chr(Int((255 - 1) * Rnd + 1)) 'Add random chars to the beggining to prevent anyone from guessing the actual len of the enc data Next i For i = 1 To EncLen 'Loop for every character to be enc'd KeyAt = KeyAt + 1 'Add the KeyAt + 1 For r = 1 To KeyPlace 'loop to add random chars Encrypted = Encrypted & Chr(Int((255 - 1) * Rnd + 1)) 'Add random chars to the enc data Next r If KeyAt > KeyLen Then 'Make sure we loop back to 1 KeyAt = 1 End If Encrypted = Encrypted & GetEncLetter(Asc(Mid(Key, KeyAt, 1)), Asc(Mid(Encrypt, 1, 1))) 'Add The Encrypted Letter 'Encrypted = Encrypted & "A" Encrypt = Mid(Encrypt, 2) 'Get ridda shit we used Next i 'loop that shit frmEncrypt.txtEncrypted = Encrypted End Function Public Function NEC_Dec(Key As String, Decrypt As String) [ decryption source ] 'Decrypt the NEC Dim KeyLen As Integer 'Keeps the len of the key Dim KeySum As Long 'Keeps the sum of the ascii values of the key Dim KeyPlace As Integer 'Keeps how many random chars we input between actual data Dim Encrypted As String 'Keeps the CryptoText Dim EncLen As Long 'Keeps the len of the to be encrypted text Dim i As Integer 'Loop var Dim r As Integer 'Loop var Dim Decrypted As String 'Keep dec'd shit Dim KeyAt As Integer 'Keeps where we are at in the key KeyLen = Len(Key) 'Get the Len of the key Decrypt = Mid(Decrypt, KeyLen + 1) For i = 1 To KeyLen 'Loop for all of the key KeySum = KeySum + Asc(Mid(Key, i, 1)) 'Add the Current i to the KeySum Next i KeyPlace = (KeySum / 256) + KeyLen 'Divide the KeySum by 256 and then add the length of the Key For i = 1 To Len(Decrypt) / KeyPlace 'Loop for the whole string Encrypted = Encrypted & Mid(Decrypt, KeyPlace + 1, 1) 'Get the actual data Decrypt = Mid(Decrypt, KeyPlace + 2) 'Get ridda used shit If Decrypt = "" Then GoTo Nexter 'Make sure we dont keep going Next i Nexter: For i = 1 To Len(Encrypted) KeyAt = KeyAt + 1 'Add the KeyAt + 1 If KeyAt > KeyLen Then 'Make sure we loop back to 1 KeyAt = 1 End If Decrypted = Decrypted & GetDecLetter(Asc(Mid(Key, KeyAt, 1)), Asc(Mid(Encrypted, 1, 1))) 'Add The Encrypted Letter Encrypted = Mid(Encrypted, 2) 'Get ridda shit we used Next i frmEncrypt.txtDecrypted = Decrypted End Function Public Function GetEncLetter(Key As Integer, Encrypt As Integer) As String 'Gets and Enc's a Letter based on the key Dim Total As Integer 'Keep the sum of key and encrypt Total = Key + Encrypt Top: If Total > 255 Then 'Make sure its not greater then 255 Total = Total - 255 'Subtract 255 GoTo Top 'Do Over End If GetEncLetter = Chr(Total) 'Set the Enc Letter End Function Public Function GetDecLetter(Key As Integer, Decrypt As Integer) As String 'Gets and Enc's a Letter based on the key Dim Total As Integer 'Keep the sum of key and encrypt Total = Decrypt - Key Top: If Total < 0 Then 'Make sure its not greater then 255 Total = Total + 255 'add 255 GoTo Top 'Do Over End If GetDecLetter = Chr(Total) 'Set the Enc Letter End Function ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' This is an example of the code. [ NEC in action. ] If the Key = 'Key' The data = 'Nemisis' Ciphertext looks like this = 'éKM!ƒQdT 5?"æì©e?¾d"©£K«T¢o¯.|?‚‰,ø¡è3Ú4" -Nemisis [ editor's note: if any of this was hard to follow, just imagine trying to CRACK IT. ] PA1Nv2x11 --------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Extroductionary Conclusivity. [ the end. ] ] [ by alienbinary ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- PA1Nv2x11 .---[ FRIENDLY REMINDER TO THOSE WHO WOULD SEEK TO SILENCE US ]--. + =-------------------------------------------------------------------= + l| "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, |i !| or prohibiting the free excercise thereof; of abridging the freedom |l I| of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to || i| assemble, and to petition the government for the redress of |I j| grievances." |l +=--------[ The First Ammendment of the United States of America ]-----=+ PA1N is not something that I would restrict to a magazine. PA1N is a movement. We're the ones who choose to stand up and fight even when the cost is high, and the personal gain is almost null. Neither Turnspike nor myself, or any of the writers and contributers of PA1N for that matter, receive anything for the effort we put into this. This is fueled out of pure idealism, any cost for hardware and bandwidth is at a loss to myself. A lot of people are under the impression that idealism is another word for a lost cause. However, idealism is the reason we have desegregated schools. It's the reason that there are at least a few government agencies out there making sure companies don't try and snack up the rest of the world during the night. Idealism is the reason that regions of the internet remain free. That's why PA1N isn't just about writing. PA1N is growing. Dorky saw something that wasn't right, and instead of suffering silently, she put her anger into words. Those words can provide the voice and even the explanation for the actions of those of us who choose to obfuscate data as it travels through the ethernet, making it harder and harder to track individuals. I don't just encrypt my own things, or audit the systems I'm personally interested in, but I help other people keep out of the watchful eye of companies, schools and our many other digital chaperones. Utilities like Ethereal and Netstumbler allow us to watch out for these things. And with organizations that continue to report on each new eye that's found, we can protect each other as best we can. The internet is unique in it's ability to bring people together, as well as it's exquisite ability to tear groups apart. There are portions of what you read here that may have offended you, and for that I'm sorry you can't have a more open mind. The administration of our current US executive branch would have this condemned, it would have freedom of speech outlawed if it weren't for the constitution. Because of people like that, in high places of power, we cannot give up the fight, and cannot let ourselves remain silent while the world is swallowed up whole by the corpolitical state. Everyone reading this has read this far because they must on some level care about what happens to the world around them. So for each person to recognize that, if only a handfull of you are willing to be counted, raise your voice, and support this struggle, we can win this. The world is not in total anarchy. It's in absolute disarray. But we're organized. We're getting together and growing stronger. - alienbinary