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Celebrity bra sizes

2007-01-12T11:16:00.000-08:00

Alicia Silverstone 33-B Alyssa Milano 34-B Anna Kournikova 32-B Anna Nicole Smith 42-DD Demi Moore 34-C Denise Drysdale 38-DDD Dolly Parton 40-DD Elizabeth Hurley 36-C Joan Rivers 34-B Julia Roberts 34-B Kate Moss 32-A Kate Winslet 34-C Madonna 34-C Sarah Michelle Gellar 36-C Britney Spears 34-C Carmen Electra 36-D Cher 32-B Gwyneth Paltrow 33-B Halle Berry 36-C Heather Locklear 34-B Kathie Lee Gifford 35-B Katie Holmes 34-C Michelle Pfeiffer 33-B Tara Lipinski 32-A Janet Jackson 35-C Ivana Trump 33-B Jennifer Love Hewitt 36-C Jenny McCarthy 38-D Pamela Anderson 36-DD Nicole Kidman 34-B Jennifer Aniston 34-

Kill the white people

2006-11-20T07:27:00.000-08:00

2006-02-18T11:49:00.000-08:00

Fuck you, Mariann. Fuck you for leaving such a fucking mess. I hate you.

Happy V-Day!

2006-02-14T10:53:00.000-08:00

Well, I hope you're having a good day, because mine sucks Bush's dick. We all have a limited time on this earth, and I shouldn't spend it fantasizing about raping my best friend. Sure, I'm stuck in the cursed "friend zone" and she is a massive cocktease who dates losers and always comes running back to me for "support." Sure, she's built like a brick shithouse, has huge tits, and we get along great. Yes, I'm in "love" with her and she just wants to stay "friends," even though when we were roommates we fucked a couple of times until I stopped it because she wanted to fuck other people, too. Now, I can't get her out of my head. She is the kind of messed up bitch who rapes easy from all accounts, so I have some bad thoughts. Happy Valentine's Day!

Cartoons of Muhammad not offensive enough, says George W. Bush

2006-02-02T13:30:00.000-08:00

I for one don't want to shit on your beliefs. If you're into Jesus or Allah or Buddha or Wicca or whatever, well, that's your call. I mean, you're wrong to believe a bunch of weird fairy stories designed to make you feel better about dying, but, hey, everyone has their drug. If there's someone in charge up there, He's allowing a nearly endless amount of pain and suffering to exist under his watch. But, hey, yeah... WHATEVER. However, I will have a problem if you not only believe your absurd religious fantasy shit but then insist on either imposing it on me and other people, or broaching no criticism of their divinely inspired crap. Right now, we're unlucky enough to be at the mercy of two groups of "believers" who consistently ignore the moral teachings of the religions that they purport to represent and defend. On one side, it's George W. Asshole and his idiot Christian crusaders, who in part want to make the world safe from fart jokes. On the other, a bunch of wannabe supervilliams out to conquer the world, convert everyone to their goofball religion, and have us all live as if it were the fucking Middle Ages, but with mobile phones. W. you know, and I don't need to tell you what an idiot prick he is. It's the other bunch that we need to talk about today, because they are about to start a war over a bunch of fucking cartoons. Yes, cartoons. Okay, it's not that crazy, because the cartoons are representations of the fellow who supposedly founded their religion after a series of vivid hallucinations. You still don't get it? Well, see, they have a rule that you can't make images of this fellow, the prophet Muhammad. Still lost? Well, so am I, because a Muslim rule about who you can or cannot draw a damn cartoon of is a Muslim rule. It doesn't apply to me, because I'm not a Muslim, and it doesn't apply to a bunch of cheese-eating Danes. (In fact, as I hope I made clear above, the only religion I'll believe in will be one that helps me get laid.) Are you offended by those Danish cartoons? Well, gee, that's too bad, but you see here in the West we have this thing called freedom of speech, the same freedom of speech some of you like to use to incite violence, speak out against "the Jews" and preach the subjugation of women, among other things. So, yeah, no sympathy from me. In fact, I have made my own cartoon of Muhammad. It isn't very good, but, hey, it's my contribution to the cause:

Rape: Most ancient Oriental technique

2006-01-28T03:50:00.000-08:00

Tirad el-kebsh (the Ram's Attack) is the oldest rape technique in the Orient. The Mongols were notorious for it, and there are numerous Chinese and Rajput prints showing Moghul warriors raping women and girls this way. The female is thrown on her side, the assailant lifts her upper leg and squats between her thighs. Bernhard Stern, who observed this method among the Turks and Bosnian Muslims, notes that the rapist sometimes shifts position by lifting the girl's legs upon his shoulders like a yoke; whereupon he holds her thighs tight in his arms with all his might and, kneeling, "drives his sex organ into her, throwing himself upon her with all his weight, untroubled by her sighs and groans."

Cory fired from his day-job?

2006-01-27T12:02:00.000-08:00

Oh god. A long rambling bit of self-congratulation from Mr. Craphound as he leaves the EFF. A little bird has told me that the reason Mr. Doctorow is in Europe is because the EFF crew in the States couldn't stand him. Was one of the Internet's more annoying celebs shipped off to the Old World to be decommissioned? I don't know, but I'm sure that all the people that have done a great job of avoiding his books are not going to give a red rat's ass that he is writing more of them.

Massage Parlour Terms of Service

2006-01-24T14:10:00.000-08:00

Bareback : sex without a condom BBBJ : Bare Back Blow Job : Blow Job without condom BBW : Big Beautiful Woman BJ : Blow Job (oral sex on him) BLS : Ball Licking and Sucking BS : BodySlide : Girl massages you with her body BTW : By the way Cowgirl : girl on top DATY : Dining At The Y : Cunnilingus (oral sex on her) DFK : Deep French Kissing Digits : fingering her Doggie style : man behind girl, penis in vagina French : oral sex French Kissing : kissing on mouth with tongue contact FS : Full Service : Intercourse GFE : Girl Friend Experience, providing aspects of social and physical interaction beyond the act itself. Greek : anal sex GS : Golden Shower : Urinating on or being urinated on Half & Half : oral sex and intercourse HJ : Hand Job HM : High Mileage IMHO : In my humble opinion IMO : In my opinion Incall : you meet the girl at her place ISO : In Search Of LE : Law Enforcement LF : Lady Friend LOL : Laugh Out Loud Missionary : man on top MP : Massage Parlor MSOG : Multiple Shots on Goal N : nude (the girl that is) NR : Nude Reverse : nude with reverse massage Outcall : the girl comes to your place---your home, your hotel, etc. Pearls : Pearl Necklace : ejaculation on her upper breasts PP : pussy play PSE : Porn Star Experience Reverse : You get to massage girl Rimjob : analingus Russian : penis between girl's breasts SOG : Shots On Goal" : number of times you release SP : Service Provider T : topless Tea Bagging - Squatting over your lady and dipping your balls in her mouth. TV : transvestite YMMV : Your Mileage May Vary

You're in the Friend Zone, and you're not getting out

2005-12-06T18:04:00.000-08:00

First off, if you don't know what the Friend Zone is, you're a moron. Okay, let's assume that you are a moron or perhaps at least know the Friend Zone by some other definition. The Friend Zone is a term used to describe a 'zone' a guy ends up with when a girl sees him as a 'friend' and nothing more. It's the same crap all girls use on guys they like that they have no intention of sleeping with. "I see you as a friend" or "You're like a big brother" are usually the lines they use. Basically, if a guy wants to hook up with some hot chick, but he messes up and acts all nice and such and the girl sees him as nothing more than a 'friend', the guy is basically screwed and won't ever be getting what he really wants from her: ass. He is therefore in the Friend Zone. I ask you women this... as a guy, if I'm interested in having sex with you, why the fuck would I wanna be your friend if you're not going to have sex with me or have no intention of having sex with me? Why?! I'm dead serious. Do I like hanging around you because of your wit and sense of humor? Do I wanna hang around you because we have a lot in common? Do I hang around you because you're giving me a female perspective to the world around me? Hell no! I'm hanging around you because I probably have this moronic belief that, one day, I will be able to bang you so long as I hang around you long enough for when the time comes. Really! Girls, do you honest to goodness think I give a rat's ass about your relationship with your boyfriend or your ex? Do you really think I want to hear about it? No way! The only reason I could possibly think of to even want to listen to you bitch about your boyfriend or ex is to try and offer advice in hopes of sabotaging your relationship with him. I'm sure I'm going to get a lotta heat for this from girls. They're gonna be like "You're wrong, I have a lot of guy friends". The answer to that comment is this: "Guys are your friends because they're freaking idiots and hang around you in hopes of getting in your pants." Nuff said. Now, if you're a hot chick and ask a guy something like "Do you remain my friend because you want to get in my pants?" I'm sure the guy will say "No!" or come up with whatever excuse he can come up with to keep you from thinking otherwise. All you guys reading this, I'm sure you totally agree with me here. While you will never say it to a girl's face that you're only her friend because you're hoping staying around long enough will eventually get you some of her ass, I'm sure you can silently agree with me. Guys can see girls as friends. Funnily enough, if a guy truly sees you as a 'friend', the guy is either gay, or he doesn't want to fuck you (which means there's something REALLY wrong with you), or there's a girl much hotter/better than you that he has in his life that he doesn't wanna lose by having sex with you. It's really not that complicated. "Just because you're a guy, what you believe in doesn't automatically make you a good representative of what all guys think," some girls will argue. Of course that's true. Not all guys are like me, but truth be told, MOST (ie: 99.99% of all heterosexual males) of them are. If you ask a guy "Would you remain my friend if you KNOW, 100%, that we will NEVER EVER have sex?" they'll STILL say yes because, no matter how much the numbers are stacked against us, we STILL believe we might have a chance. You want to know how I know this? Put a hundred guys in a room. Tell each and every one of them that they will be going out on a suicide mission and that basically each and every one of them will die. The mortality rate of that mission is 99.99%. Guess what, I betcha each and every guy in there will look around and think to themselves "I'm gonna survive. I'm gonna be that .01% that survives". That's the way guys think. Against unbelievable odds, we truly think we have a chance. Okay, maybe not all of them think like that. France still exists, afterall. I wrote this rant here to shed light on you guys. Why go against those unbelievable odds? Because if you succeed where others have failed, you'll appreciate your success even more? If you want to, go right ahead. Have fun. I'm not up to dealing with that crap. And, no, I'm not some coward running away from a challenge. I'm merely being smart and walking away from wasted time and money and frustration. You live once, so why do you WANT to put yourself through shit like that is beyond my comprehension. The reasoning behind this rant is to help out my fellow man. Too many times I've seen my friends become nothing more than little pansies to some hot chick that consider him nothing but a 'friend'. As an outside observer, I can see things more clearly than some guy seeing tunnel-vision and believing he might get some fine piece of ass if he just hang in there in the Friend Zone for a little bit longer. The problem is that, more often than not, you're not gonna be getting any. You need to see that, with all the time and money wasted just being friends with some hot chick, you could've put that toward going out and meeting other chicks and getting ass from those willing to give you some. And if you hang around her because you believe she is THE ONE, then you're fooling yourself. If she is THE ONE for you, then that would mean you're THE ONE for her as well and wouldn't be her 'friend'. To all you guys out there that have realized you are in the Friend Zone, YOU are no different than all the other guys out there. WHAT in God's green Earth makes you think you will not remain in the Friend Zone like most of the others out there? Do you have some special technique to get out of there? Well, if you do, how come you're still in the Friend Zone? Maybe you're in the Friend Zone with a girl you wanna have sex with because you like being there? Okay, go ahead, tell yourself that. To all you girls out there, do you really think a guy WANTS to be your friend? When we see a hot chick walking down the street, we usually say some shit like "Man, I wouldn't mind fucking her". Do you think we go "Man, I'd really like to be her friend and expect no sex in return"? Hell no! That's why the concept of a guy being friends with a girl he wants to have sex with seems a bit asinine. I'm not insulting all you girls that have guy 'friends'. Far from it. You're probably great. I'm not some misogynist. I love women. And no, I'm not bitter. I'm just telling it how I see it. I'm merely insulting the guys out there that're willing to put up with your 'shit'. What I mean by 'shit' is the concept of being your 'friend' and basically providing you girls all the affection you crave but aren't getting from the person EXPECTED to give you, your boyfriend or lover. Basically, I'm trying to show these guy 'friends' of yours that they're only being used....even if it's subconsciously on the girl's behalf. Here's a question for you guys out there: Which would you rather do? Blow shit up with M-80s with a friend or go to Bed, Bath & Beyond with a friend? I'm sure most of you guys would rather choose the former than the latter. Anyway, it's because of most guys' moronic belief that they might get some ass after they go to Bed, Bath & Beyond that clouds their judgment. You're better off not getting ass after doing things like blowing shit up than not getting ass after going to Bed, Bath & Beyond. There are a lot of stupid guys out there. There are guys out there that don't even know they're in the Friend Zone with a girl. Here are some examples that should help clue you in. What's funny is that the majority of you out there should be able to identify with some examples. The girl says: "You're so nice", "You're like a brother to me", "It's so easy to talk to you", "Can you help me with my homework?", "I feel like we can talk about anything", "It's so fun being with you". Those are some of the lines many of us guys have heard. There are other things that should clue you in. You've spent quite a bit of money on her and never had any sexual contact with her. No, cuddling and cuddling don't count. I'm talking about the contact that has something to do with your penis being somewhere. You've probably had prolonged phone/email/IM conversations with her. She's undressed in front of you and thought nothing of it. She had put on make-up on IN FRONT of you instead of putting on make-up FOR you. Those are some of the signs that you guys are in the dreaded Friend Zone. Guys, do you ever wonder why girls seem to sleep with assholes but not with you, a nice guy? It's pretty easy if you think about it. First off, a real man is a bit of an asshole. Since the asshole basically acts like a real man, girls are attracted to him and he gets the ass. A real man is a man that knows what he wants and isn't wishy washy about his decisions. He's a take charge kind of guy and doesn't take shit from anyone. Now the problem here is that the asshole could give a rat's ass about how the girl is doing or what's bothering her or whatever. That's where you, her 'friend' come in. Because the asshole won't give her the lovey-dovey affection she wants, she comes to you for the attention and pampering she years but isn't getting from the guy she's sleeping with. If you TRULY believe otherwise, you're only fooling yourself. What is the meaning for this rant? This rant is basically me, at this point in time, putting it in writing, my views on being a 'friend' to girls in general before I lose courage to post it. Therefore, if you're a chick that considers me your 'friend' and I gave you the link to my webpage and this particular rant, take this as the hint of my true intentions, as asshole as it may be. I would rather be seen as an asshole by the entire female population and be happy with myself than to go on fooling myself into thinking that being 'friends' with some chick might eventually turn into a relationship. Guys, if you're in the Friend Zone, you're never getting out by biding your time. You might be one of the lucky few that do get outta the Friend Zone by waiting, but it's unlikely. Time-wise and money-wise, you're better off without her. It's best to move on and find another girl. There are plenty of fish in the sea. So, how do get out of the Friend Zone? That's easy. Stop giving a shit. Of course, that requires growing a set of balls, balls not many guys have since their female 'friends' already have 'em in a vice-grip already. Break out the flamethrowers. Feel free to send me whatever flames/comments you want. I'll be sure to post them up.

2005-07-10T18:40:00.000-07:00

Randy Holloway catches Craphound in a howler:

Cory is completely irresponsible with his post on the Microsoft/Claria speculation. I wish a high profile blogger would call him out on this kind of junk.

Canada's Conservatives Quoted

2004-05-23T11:16:00.000-07:00

In Their Own Words collects quotations by and about Canada's Conservatives, as well as quotes about Canada by well-known American conservative pundits.

Asshole

2004-05-05T05:32:00.000-07:00

Asshole.

2004-05-03T09:23:00.000-07:00

If you're fiscally responsible, this is not your party. If you believe in a moderate foreign policy characterized by alliances, free trade and the ability to operate in an international environment, this is not your party. If you believe in limited federal government, this is not your party. If you believe that the government should stay out of your bedroom, this is very definitely not your party. In fact, I would argue that unless you believe in the American imperium, imposed on the world by force, or unless you believe in the literal interpretation of the Book of Revelations, this is not your party. - Joseph Wilson, author of "The Politics of Truth," on the current Republican Party.

2004-04-29T04:47:00.000-07:00

Erotic book of lists? Guess so. Right now there are the 20 mainstream movies with 100% real, explicit sex, 22 mainstream films about erotic incest, and the 3 sexiest (legal) Traci Lords films. 'Nuff said!

2004-04-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

In Clarendon, TX., it is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster..... In Borger, TX., it is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind. Portland, ME., makes it illegal to tickle a girl under the chin with a feather duster. Georgia law provides that it is a misdemeanor for any citizen to attend church worship on Sunday unless he is equipped with a rifle and it is loaded. It is contrary to Pennsylvania law to discharge a gun, cannon, revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding. In Racine, WS., it is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep. In Fort Madison, IA., the fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire. A Chicago law forbids eating in a place that is on fire. San Francisco prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash. In Normal, IL., it is against the law to make faces at dogs. Hartford, CT., makes it illegal to educate dogs. A Belvedere, CA., City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash." In Paulding, OH., a policeman may bite a dog to quiet him. A law passed in Denver says that the dog catcher must notify dogs of impounding by posting, for three consecutive days, a notice on a tree in the city park and along a public road running through said park. In Tennessee, you can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile. In Cleveland, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license. Kansas law prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat. Los Angeles law forbids hunting moths under a street light. Atlanta makes it against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

worst records ever

2004-04-22T13:18:00.000-07:00

1. We Built This City Starship 1985 2. Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus 1992 3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung 1986 4. Rollin' Limpbizkit 2000 5. Ice Ice Baby Vanilla Ice 1990 6. The Heart of Rock & Roll Huey Lewis & The News 1984 7. Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin 1988 8. Party All the Time Eddie Murphy 1985 9. American Life Madonna 2003 10. Ebony and Ivory Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder 1982

2004-04-22T11:33:00.000-07:00

I'd throw my junk off in it.

2004-04-22T11:13:00.000-07:00

JOKES FROM GERMANY Knock, knock. Who's there? The police. I'm afraid there's been an accident. Your husband is in hospital. A man walks into a pub. He is an alcoholic whose drink problem is destroying his family. Did you hear about the blonde who jumped out off a bridge? She was clinically depressed and took her own life because of her terribly low self-esteem. What do you call a cat with no tail? A manx cat. Why do undertakers wear ties? Because their profession is very serious, and it is important that their appearance has a degree of gravitas. How many electricians does it take to change a light bulb? One. Why do women fake orgasms? Because they want to give men the impression that they have climaxed. Two men are sitting in a pub. One man turns to the other and says: 'Last night I saw lots of strange men coming in and out of your wife's house.' The other man replies: 'Yes, she has become a prostitute to subsidise her drug habit.' Two cows are in a field. Suddenly, from behind a bush, a rabbit leaps out and runs away. One cow looks round a bit, eats some grass and then wanders off. Why are there no aspirin in the jungle? Because it would not be financially viable to attempt to sell Pharmaceuticals in the largely unpopulated rainforest

2004-01-13T09:18:00.000-08:00

The Truth About satan A Poem Words of hate Will not get you through the gate. Violent acts Will never pay for your tax. A foul tongue Will make you rot in hell like a pile of dung. Feel like masturbatin'? It's because of a pest called satan. Feel like dissin' the Lord? You can check right into a psychiatric ward. Does any of this ring a bell? That's right...it's all happens in hell... Why? Cries the witch-adoring teen sitting in the darkness of hell Why? Screams the old woman sitting on a half-cracked toilet seat Why? Shouts the father to his son smoking crack on a street corner with a bimbo Why? Says the half naked man dancing with a man--but it's just the Limbo! Why? Cries a man in drag, why can't I marry Larry? Why? Sings the man prancing around the stage like a big ol' fairy. Why? Shrieks satan to his maker who has bann'ed him for good. Why? Asks the homosexual dressed in ladies clothes and carrying a log of wood. Why? Why do You allow such horrible things to happen to Your People? And God does not reply, for God cannot hear the voices of the damned. Why? You ask. I say, you ask, you asked. Because God does not have a voice, you see, He prefers to play the flute. For God is God, and You are You, and that is why your dog is mute.

2004-01-13T08:53:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted for awhile, as I've been in OVW doing development with the WWE. Really. Anyway, I am an XM Radio subscriber and am telling you to write to them and tell them to save Special X, the most original channel they have. The boys and I love it.

2004-01-11T22:18:00.000-08:00

re:my life away from your eyes Would you walk with me tonight Could you run where the lovers run Would you stay with me tonight Will you forgive me if I rush When I tell you I am yours As we run where the lovers run Run with the sound I won't let you down Would you swim from the rivers edge Could you jump where the lovers jump Would you stay with me tonight Let's be the runners in the mercy rain Be my bridge when I fear to cross As we run where the lovers run Run with the sound I won't let you down Swim, swim 'Mercy Rain' Peter Murphy It's after 05h00 and I was on my way to bed, but this song just came on and the sun is rising and my head is in a million places due to a chat I've had all day with someone that will always mean a lot to me, and the way the sky looks right now, and things I've seen on the net today, and that I miss my friend. I finally put together the page of the responses I received from 'reactive macaroons'. It makes me happy to know that I'm not the only confused romantic out there. Or that I'm not alone in no matter how many times I fail at the relationship thing, that I get up, dust myself off and give it another go. The page is in the new Shhh section I generally don't like to get involved in other people's romantic disasters, but this one has done my head in today. It's a triangle of the saddest kind. Jenni, of JenniCam, has really outdone herself in the quest for the 'dating faux pas de grande' award. If you follow JenniCam, you know that she's recently moved to California. Her good friend, Courtney(who is also a great fellow camgirl that I've had the pleasure of getting to know very well in irc), helped her out by finding a house behind hers and just being there in general helping her adjust to moving across the country. This afternoon, I find out that Jenni, and Courtney's fiancee, are shacked up in Jenni's house having sex on JenniCam. Jenni has written a journal entry claiming to be in love. Jenni is someone that I've always had a strange internal conflict about. I've always respected that she is the 'original camgirl', but it is women like her that are the reason that I have very few female friends. I watched one of her JenniShows about a year ago, where she proceeded to slag off her mother, her father, her form of birth control, and everything else. To me, she represented a girl that should be content with everything she already has, but still covets what she doesn't need. I feel badly for her, as while 'love' may have temporarily blinded her, the fall will be much greater than the rise. Maybe what she's done was not with intentional malice, and that is even more disturbing than if it HAD been intentional. Losing a lover is painful. Losing a lover to someone else is humiliating on top of the natural pain of loss. Anyone who's been through this knows all too well what it feels like. But to show your 'victory' of being the 'other woman' to the world? I just can't understand this. For such a long time on CykaKam, I believed that as a lifekam, I was obligated to share every experience with the world. I had showed things to the world that I don't or wouldn't in my offkam life. And it didn't make me any kind of pioneer or daring or sexy. There is a difference between gaining the respect of the people that watch CykaKam and respecting the people that choose to be a part of my life. And it's a very difficult task to maintain the balance of both. Which is why there are times of late where the kam has been pointed at a wall or a desk. Some people may think that in doing this, I'm not allowing the CykaKam project to be a true lifekam, but in my opinion, I am. We are all human. And as a human, there are some things that tact dictate to keep away from the public eye. There are people's wishes and feelings to respect. There are times when I just want to be alone. And this, these very human moments, is indeed, life. So forgive me if sometimes you see more of Kam than Cyka. Sometimes life calls. :) And now, I really will go to bed. Thank you again for the brilliant answers to 'reactive macaroons'...I will continue to post them up as I receive them. And be prepared for another set of questions in the near future. Re(a)d all over, ps...There isn't any relation really between Mercy Rain and this email. I just like the song a lot and I wanted to share the lyrics with you. :)

2003-11-27T05:55:00.000-08:00

Mighty Mouse Mister Trouble never hangs around When he hears this Mighty sound. "Here I come to save the day" That means that Mighty Mouse is on his way. Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right Mighty Mouse will join the fight. On the sea or on the land, He gets the situation well in hand.

Analysis of the MediaMax CD3 Copy-Prevention System

2003-10-11T03:41:00.000-07:00

Analysis of the MediaMax CD3 Copy-Prevention System

John A. Halderman Department of Computer Science Princeton University

Version 1.1 - October 6, 2003

Abstract. MediaMax CD3 is a new copy-prevention technique from SunnComm Technologies that is designed to prevent unauthorized copying of audio CDs using personal computers. SunnComm claims its product facilitates "a verifiable and commendable level of security," but in tests on a newly-released album, I find that the protections may have no effect on a large fraction of deployed PCs, and that most users who would be affected can bypass the system entirely by holding the shift key every time they insert the CD. I explain that MediaMax interferes with audio copying by installing a device driver the first time software from the CD is executed, but I show that this provides only minimal protection because the driver can easily be disabled. I also examine the digital rights management system used to control access to a set of encrypted, compressed audio files distributed on the CD. Although restrictions on these files are more relaxed than in prior copy protected discs, they still prohibit many uses permitted by the law. I conclude that MediaMax and similar copy-prevention systems are irreparably flawed but predict that record companies will find success with more customer-friendly alternatives for reducing infringement.

This document can be referenced as Princeton University Computer Science Technical Report TR-679-03. The most recent version is available online at http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhalderm/cd3/.

1. INTRODUCTION

Several recent news reports (AFP [1], Washington Post [2], USA Today [3], AP [4], Arizona Republic [5], LA Times [6], CNet News [7]) describe a new copy-prevention method that has been applied to an album by Anthony Hamilton released by BMG on September 23. This system, called MediaMax CD3, was created by SunnComm Technologies, the producers of the first-generation copy-prevention system MediaCloQ. Discs manufactured with SunnComm's new technique include two versions of the music, each protected in a different way. One set of songs are CD audio tracks that play in standard CD players but are supposed to be difficult for computers to copy. The second set are compressed, encrypted Windows Media files that employ digital rights management (DRM) to restrict how they are used. Music producers hope that the combination of these technologies will help reduce illegal copying while still allowing legitimate customers to play songs on their PCs, but this can only be achieved if both components are secure.

In this report, I explain how MediaMax functions, analyze the weaknesses of its design, and discuss its implications for the debate about CD copy protection and the problem of copyright infringement. I find that although SunnComm has gone to great lengths to respond to criticisms of earlier systems, MediaMax still prohibits many uses of the recording that are allowed under law. At the same time, the system's protections are so weak that they are unlikely to cause any significant reduction in copying.

2. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

I bought the recording Comin' From Where I'm From by Anthony Hamilton (Arista Records/BMG) from Amazon.com and received it on September 25. The disc contains twelve tracks for approximately 52 minutes of listening time.

The album cover has a sticker with this message:

This CD is protected against unauthorized duplication. It is designed to play on standard playback devices and an appropriately configured computer (see system requirements on back). If you have questions or concerns visit www.sunncomm.com/support/bmg.

The hyperlink points to a FAQ that explains that the audio tracks are protected against copying and provides solutions for common problems accessing the disc's DRM-controlled content.

The following text is printed at the bottom of the back cover:

THIS CD IS ENHANCED WITH MEDIAMAX SOFTWARE. Windows Compatible Instructions: Insert disc into CD-ROM drive. Software will automatically install. If it doesn't, click on "LaunchCd.exe." MacOS Instructions: Insert disc into CD-ROM drive. Click on "Start." Usage of the CD on your computer requires your acceptance of the End User License Agreement and installation of specific software contained on the CD. Windows System Requirements: Windows 98/2000/XP, Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, Windows Media Player 7.1 or compatible player. Mac System Requirements: Mac OSX 10.1, Power Mac G3/G4, iMac, eMac, Powerbook G3/G4, iBook with 128 Mb of RAM, Windows Media Player for Mac OSX, Internet Explorer 5.2, Monitor capable of displaying 800x600 screen resolution & 256 colors (64K colors recommended), 12x or faster multi-session-enabled CD-ROM drive, Flash Player 6. Digital files on this CD will also play on portable devices supporting secure WMA files. Certain computers may not be able to access the enhanced portion of this disc. None of the manufacturers, developers, or distributor make any representation or warranty, or assumes any responsibility, with respect to the enhanced portion of this disc.

The "Compact Disc Digital Audio" logo is absent from the printed jacket and the face of the disc, but it is embossed in the plastic on the inside of the jewel case. The CD itself bears the warning: "This disc is protected against unauthorized duplication."

3. THE ANTI-COPY SYSTEM

One component of the MediaMax system is designed to make it difficult to extract CD audio tracks as unprotected audio files using a PC. Thwarting extraction would prevent users from copying the CD or uploading tracks to peer-to-peer networks. SunnComm has published strong-sounding but carefully worded statements about this technology's effectiveness. In a press release [8] dated August 27, they cite "external testing" that demonstrated "'an incredible level of security for the music,'":

CD copy protection robustness tests were performed to determine the security level of the product against unauthorized copying of the digital content. This was completed using a large set of Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computer systems in tandem with many of the known ripper programs available on the market today. The PMTC [Professional Media Test Center] determined that none of the ripper programs used in the testing process was able to produce a usable unauthorized copy of the protected CD yielding a verifiable and commendable level of security for the SunnComm product. [Emphasis added.]

I assert that these claims are patently deceptive. In practice, many users who try to copy the disc will succeed without even noticing that it's protected, and all others can bypass the protections with as little as a single keystroke.

To understand why, we can compare MediaMax to prior anti-copy systems like the ones I studied in my earlier report, "Evaluating New Copy-Prevention Techniques for Audio CDs" [9]. These systems rendered CDs incompatible with most computers by modifying the table of contents (TOC) or other data structures on the discs in ways that deviate from published standards. Although this effectively prevented copying in many PC configurations, it also reportedly caused incompatibility with some DVD players, video game systems, and car CD players. The resulting public outcry over these "broken" recordings forced manufacturers to redesign the protections.

MediaMax is a second generation copy-prevention system, and SunnComm claims in the same press release [8] that it "provide[s] playability on any consumer's playback system without exceptions or limitations." Such perfect compatibility can only be achieved by leaving the standard CD audio portion of the disc unprotected, so MediaMax uses another method to block PC-based copying. Analysis of the Anthony Hamilton album shows that this method is special software loaded from the CD that interferes with copy attempts.

Windows has a feature called "autorun" that automatically starts programs from CDs when they are inserted into the computer. If a MediaMax-protected CD is placed in a PC that has autorun enabled, Windows runs a file called LaunchCD.exe located on the disc. This program provides access to the DRM-controlled encrypted content, but it also loads a special device driver into the system's memory. On Windows 2000/XP, this driver is called SbcpHid. The LaunchCD.exe program also presents an end user license agreement (EULA). If the user ever clicks Accept to agree to the terms of the license, the MediaMax driver is set to remains active even after the computer is rebooted. The driver examines each CD placed in the machine, and when it recognizes the protected title, it actively interferes with read operations on the audio content. Similar methods are used to protect the tracks on Windows 98/ME and Mac OSX systems.

This behavior can be verified by loading then disabling MediaMax according to the following instructions:

Click the Start button and select Control Panel from the Start Menu.
Double-click on the System control panel icon.
Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
Configure Device Manager by clicking "Show hidden devices" and "Devices by connection," both from the View menu.
Insert the Anthony Hamilton CD into the computer and allow the SunnComm software to start. If MediaMax has never been started before on the same computer, the SbcpHid driver should appear on the list for the first time. However, on some systems Windows needs to be rebooted before the driver becomes visible.

At this point you can attempt to copy tracks from the CD with applications like MusicMatch Jukebox or Windows Media Player. Copies made while the driver is active will sound badly garbled, as in this 9-second clip [10].

Next, follow these additional steps to disable MediaMax:

Select the SbcpHid driver from the Device Manager list and click "Properties" from the Action Menu.
Click the Driver tab and click the Stop button to disable the driver.
Set the Startup Type to "Disabled" using the dropdown list.

LaunchCD.exe

MediaMax's protections are ineffective because the driver program can easily be disabled or, depending on the system configuration, it might never be installed to begin with. As a result, audio content is vulnerable to copying in nearly all deployed systems. SunnComm's press release may be technically correct--if their testers always ran the MediaMax application before trying to copy audio, they likely would see protection in every case. However, in practice the software often fails to start, and when it does start, users can manually suppress it. Here are some examples:

Computers running Linux or Mac OS 9 can't run the MediaMax software at all, so they can always copy the recording.
Many users disable the autorun feature [11] (autostart on Mac OS), so their systems will be able to copy the disc unless the user manually launches MediaMax.
Windows users who haven't disabled autorun can suspend it when they play a SunnComm-protected disc by holding down the shift key for a few seconds while inserting the CD. They can then copy the data normally. (This won't work if the driver is active because the user has accepted the SunnComm EULA or because MediaMax ran since the system booted. However, affected users can still copy the disc by manually disabling the driver using a procedure like the one above.)

In all these cases, the audio tracks are left unprotected.

These vulnerabilities will be difficult or impossible to repair. SunnComm's software can't take any corrective action if it isn't started, and all these flaws involve ways that it is prevented from running in the first place. To make matters worse, MediaMax, unlike earlier copy-prevention techniques, works entirely in software. This means a moderately skilled programmer could, in only a few minutes, write an application to watch for and unload the SbcpHid driver, neutralizing MediaMax's copy resistance while leaving all the disc's other features intact.

SunnComm's claims of robust protection collapse when subjected to scrutiny, and their system's weaknesses are not only academic. The Washington Post story [2] notes that a key test of the disc's copy-prevention abilities would be how long after its release the tracks appeared on peer-to-peer music trading networks. I searched Kazaa on September 27, when the album had only been on sale for four days, and already all the songs were available for download. If SunnComm or BMG really believed this disc was difficult to copy, then its actual weakness should be as embarrassing as the discovery in 2002 that Sony's key2audio scheme can be defeated using only a felt-tipped pen [12].

4. THE DRM RESTRICTIONS

While one component of the MediaMax system tries to protect the disc's audio tracks from copying, a second component permits limited use of the recording subject to the control of a digital rights management framework. Some earlier anti-copy schemes also allowed playback of encrypted tracks, but these employed less sophisticated content protection methods. Users were generally restricted to playing the tracks through a proprietary player and only while the disc was in the drive. MediaMax allows a broader range of uses by employing true DRM techniques.

The protected disc includes Windows and Mac formatted data sessions that contain compressed, encrypted Windows Media audio (WMA) recordings of the tracks along with SunnComm's proprietary MediaMax software. After launching the driver software discussed in the previous section, the MediaMax application obtains and manages digital "licenses" the allow playback and other limited operations on the WMA files. When MediaMax loads, it presents an end user license agreement (EULA) [10]. If the user declines the EULA or closes the window, the software ejects the CD. However, users can simply ignore the EULA window and start other applications on top of MediaMax.

For the time being I've decided not to accept the EULA, so I can't access the software to evaluate it further. The agreement contains a number of terms that are undesirable from my position as a security researcher, including:

II. You will not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise tamper with or modify the Digital Content;

and

1.3. Except as expressly provided herein, you shall not copy, modify, reproduce, sell, distribute or otherwise transfer the Digital Content. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, translate, adapt or disassemble the Digital Content or the software contained in it and/or on this CD.

Interestingly, the EULA also states:

1.2. Your rights to use the Digital Content are conditioned on your ownership of a license to use and possession of the original Compact Disc (CD) media and are terminated in the event you no longer own or possess the original CD media.

This apparently prohibits using copied tracks as backups in case the original disc is lost, stolen, or destroyed.

The SunnComm privacy policy [10] is featured prominently among the documents included on the disc. It promises: "No personal information is required from you. Since we don't collect it, we cannot store it or sell it." However, SunnComm also reserves the right to modify the policy, and it's unclear whether they are the only party with an opportunity to gather data when users download playback licenses.

Without accepting the EULA I can't personally evaluate the rights and restrictions placed on the WMA files. However, SunnComm's documentation and reports in the press indicate that users are permitted to:

Copy tracks to the hard drive for playback without the original CD
Burn tracks to CDs up to 3 times
Share the songs with others by emailing them links to DRM-controlled tracks that expire after 10 days
Download tracks to DRM-enabled portable players

The disc also contains a readme file [10] that describes some restrictions in more detail:

1. You may only download and use the digital keys [licenses] on a personal computer designated for your own private use. 2. Other than your PC, you may only use the content on compliant software players and/or compliant portable devices. 3. The PC, software players, and portable devices must be compliant with current security standards and compatible with the technology that is used to access, deliver, and secure the content.

It also mentions the capability to download to portable players, but this seems to be limited by a "Check-In - Check-Out" process to only three tracks at a time.

I'd appreciate detailed reports about the restrictions from others who choose to accept the license agreement. It would be especially interesting to know how much effort it takes to use the DRM system on typical PCs (i.e., whether additional software needs to be downloaded and installed, whether there are compatibility problems, etc.). I'm also curious if and how the MediaMax software restricts users from loading encrypted tracks onto multiple PCs from the original disc.

Since I haven't tried it myself, I can't comment on the security of SunnComm's DRM protections except to say that they are a misplaced effort. Even if MediaMax employs foolproof DRM to protect the encrypted files, its impact on illegal copying will be limited, since any user can work around the restrictions by copying the CD audio tracks. This should serve as a reminder for future DRM implementors that a security design is only as strong as its weakest component.

5. DISCUSSION

The anti-copying technology used on this CD can be broken with only minimal effort, but the album remains a landmark as one of the first widely distributed recordings to combine DRM technology with copy prevention software. In my view, it can be seen simultaneously as an olive branch for those who oppose CD copy prevention and a trojan horse to encourage wider acceptance of DRM.

Critics of copy-resistant CDs should acknowledge that this system differs from earlier products in several positive ways, though notable drawbacks certainly persist:

MediaMax supports both Windows and Mac platforms, rather than only Windows (although Linux users are still locked out of the WMA content)
The system distributes media in a standard format, WMA, enabling playback on multiple applications rather than a single proprietary player (though WMA is a closed standard, and the disc still includes a restrictive EULA that must be accepted before the files can be accessed)
The CD audio portion of the disc is compatible with a wider range of playback devices than earlier protections since the tracks themselves are unmodified (although the WMA files can only be used on a limited number of devices that qualify as "secure")
MediaMax allows users to copy the WMA files to their PCs so the songs can be played without the original disc (but the EULA seems to forbid using these files as backups in case the CD is lost)
SunnComm has included a privacy policy that promises not to collect or sell user data (but it's unclear whether this data actually is being collected)
The DRM controls permit burning tracks to CDs and downloading them to digital devices for time and space shifting (although the number of burned copies and downloaded tracks are severely limited)
Perhaps most intriguingly, the system grants a small number of rights beyond what is generally regarded as fair use, allowing users to legally share trial copies of the songs by emailing links to time-limited downloads (but like any DRM system, the rights permitted by the software fall short of the flexible, evolving permissions understood as fair use, which necessarily depend on human judgment)

These concessions aside, MediaMax can also be viewed as an attempt to condition music customers to accept a greater level of industry control over how they use the recordings they buy. SunnComm CEO William Whitmore addressed concerns about MediaMax's restrictions in an article in the Washington Post [2]:

People may say, 'Why would you restrict me to three copies?' Well, we could have made it zero copies. You have to balance your rights and privileges versus your obligations and responsibilities.

Most people agree that such a balance is essential to copyright, but many believe setting the balance should be the purview of courts and legislatures rather than media companies. Opponents of DRM worry that CDs with permissive rights management may lead to wider public acceptance of restricted recordings. Once the technology is accepted, the skeptics fear, record companies could tighten the restrictions with each new release until no fair use is permitted, and ultimately they could charge for every time a recording is played. This outcome would not be balance but unilateral producer control.

6. CONCLUSIONS

Record companies will evaluate anti-copy technologies by weighing their ability to reduce infringement against their drawbacks. For customers who prize fair use rights--like the ability to time and space shift recordings and to create compilations of the music they own--the limitations SunnComm's system places on these rights undermine the value of purchased music. This loss in value for music customers may fail to yield any benefit for the industry because of the weakness of anti-copy technologies. CD copy-prevention schemes that depends solely on software, as SunnComm's does, will be trivial to disable, and alternative strategies that modify the CD data format will invariably cause public outcry over incompatibility with legitimate playback devices.

Even if copy-resistant CDs make it harder for users to illicitly copy CDs they own, the technology will not necessarily reduce the overall incidence of copyright violation. Peter Biddle et al. of Microsoft have much to say about this topic in their paper, "The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution" [13]. "Increased security (e.g. stronger DRM systems) may act as a disincentive to legal commerce," they suggest, by driving would-be customers to underground sources, such as peer-to-peer file trading networks, that provide media in unrestricted forms. No existing security technology can prevent copying in every case, so protected recordings will inevitably become available from these so-called "darknet" sources. Biddle concludes that for content producers to effectively compete against illicit distribution, they must work to provide "convenience and low cost rather than additional security."

If this theory is correct, the industry has the best chance of accomplishing its goals by giving customers more for their money and making it easier for them to buy music. I believe anti-copy CD technologies will prove unfruitful, and will therefore eventually be abandoned by record companies. These firms may take a cue from the movie industry and increase the value of CDs by bundling interesting bonus features rather than restrictive copy-control software. It seems likely that they will also capitalize on the popularity of digital distribution by aggressively supporting online services like Apple's successful iTunes Music Store. These strategies likely will pave the way to reduced infringement by enticing more listeners to pay for recordings.

7. REFERENCES

Acknowledgments

I'd like to thank Ed Felten, David Robinson, and Fred von Lohmann for making insightful contributions to this report.

Revisions

Changes in version 1.1: Several readers pointed out a technical oversight in the initial version of this paper. If the user has ever accepted the SunnComm end user license agreement (by clicking Accept when the license is displayed), the MediaMax driver does not become deactivated when the computer is rebooted, as I had stated. Rather, it reloads every time unless the user takes steps to disable it. I did not notice this behavior in my earlier tests because I have not accepted the agreement. Nevertheless, this observation does not mean MediaMax is more secure than I previously believed. Users who have accepted the license can easily disable the driver using a procedure like the one in section 3. This would allow them to copy the disc normally as long as the LaunchCD.exe program is not allowed to start.

John A. Halderman

The Moonlight Maze of secret cyberwar gossip

2003-09-26T07:44:00.000-07:00

As we approach the end of 1999, dear reader, you cannot help but notice that secret cyberwars aimed at the Pentagon seem to be occurring every day. Although the average citizen sees no trace or serious bad effect from them, they are there, claim our national security mandarins.

Russian hackers, Chinese hackers, French hackers -- all are or could be in merciless combat against the electronic forces of the Pentagon, looting ill-defined precious national secrets from under the noses of our guardians.

And the loud trumpet of terror this month is Moonlight Maze.

But first, we'll go back a bit in time, to the first quarter of 1999, to see how it started.

In the first half of March, Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre claimed the United States was in a cyberwar -- under attack by hackers.

In a story in the March 1 issue of Defense Week, reporters John Donnelly and Vince Crawley wrote that John Hamre had revealed to Congressman Curt Weldon the "details" of an on-going cyberattack.

"We are at war right now. We are in a cyberwar," John Hamre was said to have claimed. The secret cyberwar was dubbed Moonlight Maze.

Although information was vague then, as it is now, the activity which caused the Pentagon reaction was a slow, extended series of probes seemingly aimed at an Air Force Information Warfare Center (AFIWC) server in San Antonio, Texas. AFIWC -- like most military sites -- is a high profile target for hackers, mostly because of the continuing publicity surrounding the agency's efforts in information warfare.

In addition, the alarms appeared very similar in nature to warning announcements made by SHADOW, a somewhat publicity hungry Navy computer security operation with a fancy acronym in Dahlgren, Virginia, in September of 1998. SHADOW's leader at the time, computer security administrator Stephen Northcutt, has since been associated with the private sector and appears from time to time to announce the approach of various Net menaces. (Most recently Northcutt has appeared as a pitchman for a computer security company's services in detecting boobytrapped software allegedly installed by programmers and the enemies of democracy under the cover of Y2K remediation. The cynics among the readership may notice four similar characteristics between Moonlight Maze and the dread menace of Y2K programmers sapping and impurifying our bodily fluids with software boobytraps: (1) unknown foreigners -- usually ex- or unreconstructed commies -- are involved; (2) more anonymous sources than you can shake a stick at; (3) Congressional hearings which say nothing; (4) shills for computer security vendors employing both as advertisements.)

All of this information on Moonlight Maze was in the public domain by the end of the first quarter of 1999.

Seeing potential enemies everywhere in cyberspace, Hamre also turned the glare of the professional paranoid on his own: "We are increasingly concerned about those who have legitimate access to our networks -- the trusted insider," he said for Defense Week.

And in a gesture that resembled the rumblings of the "Un-American Activities" hysteria of the Fifties, when citizens were asked to staunchly proclaim that were loyal to America, Hamre said he was now instituting "an oral attestation" in which DoD people who have access to Top Secret material or compartments affirm "they will conform to the conditions and responsibilities imposed by that access."

David Kennedy of the International Computer Security Association reflected in a memo to Crypt News, "[Some] details seem to be ignored in all the [current] 'Pentagon Hacks' reporting:"

"[Detection of an attack] is a function of one's ability to observe. [The Pentagon] has dramatically improved its ID capabilities and [it is] now able to observe what was in all likelihood, already there."

"Finally, for two years running Deputy Secretary Hamre has made dramatic announcements of the Pentagon being under attack just as budget submissions are going in," wrote Kennedy. "Last year it was Feb 25, 1998 -- three teenagers and 'the most organized and systematic' attack DoD had seen."

"So far, none of the [mainstream] reports I've seen have considered the possibility DoD is social engineering the Congress, media and public to bolster their Fiscal Year 2000 budget request."

(Note: Coincidentally, on October 8 the Pentagon ran a dog-and-pony show in Norfolk, Virginia, in which a number of DoD bigwigs including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense William Cohen ballyhooed the opening of a new US military center for "cyberwar" to be headquartered at Colorado Springs. "To combat the expanding threat of cyberwarfare, the Pentagon established a new center on Thursday to defend the United States from hackers and to plot ways to attack an enemy's computer network," read one account of it which ran in the New York Times. "In future wars, U.S. cyberwarriors will try to disable air defense systems, upset logistics and infect software [with computer viruses] . . . according to [an anonymous] Pentagon official.")

After a spate of news stories piggybacking on the Defense News revelations in March of this year, Moonlight Maze died away for awhile.

Then, in a London Sunday Times piece published on July 25, Hamre's "we're in a cyberwar" quote was resurrected once again to ring the bell for "electronic Pearl Harbor" in a story that implied Russian hackers were stealing US information treasure via the Internet.

Entitled "Russian Hackers Steal US Weapons Secrets," the article breathlessly proclaimed: "The intelligence heist, that could cause damage to America in excess of that caused by Chinese espionage in nuclear laboratories, involved computer hacking over the past six months."

However, it was apparent even then that a significant part of the US military devoted to computer security operations was either ignorant of the Moonlight Maze secret "cyberwar" or not particularly interested in it.

In an article that ran in Defense Daily, a trade publication, two days after the London Sunday Times piece, Navy Captain Bob West, deputy commander of the Pentagon's Joint Task Force on Computer Network Defense said: "The odds of the U.S. being attacked on line by a foreign nation state in some kind of cyberwar in the near future are probably pretty low."

The Sunday Times story was pumped up by a great deal of anonymous government and military sources uttering baleful warnings. It maintained: "Besides military computer systems, private research and development institutes have been plundered in the same operation. Such institutes are reluctant to discuss losses, which experts claim may amount to hundreds of millions of dollars."

The London Sunday Times wrote that secret documents had been stolen but that the US military could not determine what was in them or which ones, precisely, had been stolen -- which would seem to constitute a somewhat ludicrous contradiction in terms.

Further, this information -- claimed the Times -- had been revealed at a private computer security conference by an employee of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).

The Times article speculated that either Russia or China could be behind the "cyberwar" that only the Pentagon can see because: ". . . Russia's relations with America have reached their lowest ebb since the cold war because of NATO's intervention in Yugoslavia. Relations with China have also suffered. An offensive in cyberspace may be their one way of retaliating without getting into a shooting war."

The London paper also speculated that Russian organized crime might be behind Moonlight Maze, and that: "China, Libya and Iraq are developing information warfare capabilities and, according to one White House official, 'we see well-funded terrorist groups that also have such capabilities'."

The London Sunday Times piece set a hallmark by which subsequent stories in the US media on Moonlight Maze could be judged:

That is -- Moonlight Maze stories are recognizable by their almost complete reliance upon gossip and speculation; their complete lack of definition in the who, what and where categories; and a stupefying preponderance of anonymous sources from the Pentagon, intelligence agencies, and/or the private computer security industry speculating or expostulating for journalists.

Throughout the latter part of the summer, reporters from the mainstream media contacted Crypt Newsletter about Moonlight Maze. The story had taken on a life of its own even though there was a complete lack of substantive evidence to go by. It was clear that Moonlight Maze was going to enjoy a second lifetime in the news and, indeed, a media cascade resulted in the second week of October, mostly built upon a wave of copycat reporting and inconclusive statements about the affair made in a Congressional hearing that week.

All of the reporters contacting Crypt Newsletter for comment had one thing in common.

They were all working from the exact same script. In addition to being inspired by the London Sunday Times piece, they all said or wrote that one "anonymous" source in "the Pentagon" was telling them that "Russian hackers" working off of the "Russian Academy of Sciences'" Internet domain were "involved."

This being the case, one could not totally rule out the possibility that someone within, connected to or formerly connected with the Pentagon or Department of Defense was attempting to pump this story into the mainstream U.S. media for the usual "cyber-scare" purposes.

On September 13, Newsweek's Gregory Vistica "We're In The Middle Of A Cyberwar" rolled out the old quote attributed to Hamre from the first quarter of the year.

Vistica's article reported nothing new from the London Sunday Times, but did republish, unattributed, much of its quote, tone and phraseology.

"Russian hackers may have pulled off what could be the most damaging breach ever of U.S. computer security . . ." writes Vistica.

"This was, Pentagon officials [anonymous, of course] say flatly, 'a state-sponsored Russian intelligence effort to get U.S. technology' -- as far as is known, the first such attempt ever by Russia," wrote Newsweek.

In response to the growing media hubbub created by Vistica's article, Michael Vatis, the head of the National Infrastructure Protection Center, was questioned about it in a Congressional subcommittee meeting on technology and terrorism on Wednesday, October 8.

Articles immediately resulted from the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and Reuters. None reported anything that hadn't been written about from earlier in the year. All repeated the same nebulous quote. All, to varying degrees, attempted to make the case that Moonlight Maze had resulted in the loss of unspecified national security treasure to unspecified parties.

On October 6, "Cyber Blitz Traced To Russia, FBI Says," was a story issued by Reuters.

"A major effort to pierce U.S. government and private-sector computer networks seems to have originated in Russia, a top U.S. law-enforcement officer told Congress Wednesday," wrote Reuters.

In Moonlight Maze, Vatis said intruders had stolen ``unclassified but still-sensitive information about essentially defense technical research matters.''

This was a quote, the substance of which would be repeated in every subsequent story on Moonlight Maze.

``About the furthest I can go is to say the intrusions appear to originate in Russia,'' Vatis said.

A Pentagon public relations officer "said the Defense Department knew of no classified information that had been jeopardized in the Moonlight Maze intrusions."

On October 7, the New York Times checked in with a story entitled "Computer Intruders Apparently From Russia, Senate Panel Is Told."

"Intruders who stole sensitive information on Defense Department weapons during a widespread series of attacks on government and private computer networks are apparently based in Russia, an FBI official told a Congressional panel . . ." wrote the Times, referring to NIPC's Michael Vatis.

Lost in much of the overheated coverage on Moonlight Maze was Vatis testimony before Congress that most computer security breakdowns can be traced to insiders.

"Senator Robert F. Bennett, a Utah Republican who is chairman of a special Senate committee that is overseeing Year 2000 efforts . . . [said] 'The challenge of information warfare will be the No. 1 security issue for the next administration," wrote the Times.

Bennett, wrote the Times, proposed an "electronic FEMA" to combat cyberterror.

This was completely unremarkable. Over the years, stories about secret cyberwars and hackers plundering our national treasure tend to be chock full of suggestions for creating new law enforcement or military agencies designed to protect us from them.

Also on October 7, the Los Angeles Times filed a front page story entitled "Yearlong Hacker Attack Nets Sensitive US Data."

The LA Times' story, while lengthy, was par for the course in that it produced no new information on Moonlight Maze.

It did state, however, that Wednesday marked "the first public confirmation of Moonlight Maze." This was, as we have read, flat-out wrong.

The Los Angeles Times article was, however, quite notable for its excessive reliance on anonymous sources passing on innuendo, speculation, hypotheses and half-baked theories on the matter.

Some excerpts:

" . . . circumstantial evidence points heavily toward a Russia-based intelligence gathering operation, officials said."

"'There are strong indications and it's our belief, that it's coming from Russia and that it may be a sponsored activity,' a senior Energy Department official said."

"Another computer security expert called Moonlight Maze 'the longest-running and most widespread attack we've seen. It's not been stopped . . . It's not even clear why. But the consequences are potentially huge."

"One US intelligence veteran, now a Senate staff member, said that the Internet has created huge new opportunities, as well as frightening vulnerabilities, for spy agencies around the world. 'Think of it . . . You can sit anywhere in the world now and run a spy operation.'"

"A senior White House official said that the evidence so clearly points to Russia that it almost seems like a deliberate diversion."

"Other intelligence experts argued that skilled hackers hired by Russian organized crime elements may be probing for commercially valuable information."

"Some experts suggested that France, a longtime proponent of economic espionage, may be the ultimate customer. That theory also remains unproved, however . . . "

Which would seem indisputable.

Crypt Newsletter asks the reader to pose these questions: Why are all the "sources" on Moonlight Maze anonymous? Why does the mainstream media persist in giving them a free ride? Why cannot anyone say what, precisely, has been stolen? Since when does a theory or hypothesis about unknown "hackers" constitute evidence of what is happening? Why can it not be said precisely what national security interests have been damaged, if this is so serious? And why has this news story been repeated from March in the year with no substantial addition of information?

There has been one doubting Thomas in the media with regard to Moonlight Maze.

On September 27, 1999, Federal Computer Week published a story on "Moonlight Maze" by reporter Dan Verton. Entitled "Russia hacking stories refuted," the piece stated flatly, "DOD sources say U.S. military secrets were not compromised."

Bias disclosure: Crypt Newsletter was a quoted source in this article.

". . . Pentagon officials and security experts refute claims that the Russian government officially took part in a computer break-in that reportedly resulted in the theft of sensitive naval codes and missile-guidance data," wrote FCW.

". . . a DOD spokesperson called recent media coverage of [Moonlight Maze] 'a combination of outright fabrications, distortions and incorrect quotations,' adding that military secrets were not compromised."

One of the anonymous sources peddling the story of Moonlight Maze through the summer, "who works for a major Internet domain registration firm, said he found copies of DOD duty rosters, network maps and photographs of DOD facilities residing on servers belonging to [the alleged attackers]," wrote FCW.

"As far as the pictures of DOD facilities and other materials that sources claim to have found on Russian systems, [Crypt Newsletter] said that type of material can be found in many places on the Internet."

" 'Portions of DOD are prone to yell cyberwar at just about any potential misuse of cyberspace,'" CN added.

A sampling of the incongruity in reporting on Moonlight Maze:

From Newsweek reporter Greg Vistica: "This was, Pentagon officials say flatly, 'a state-sponsored Russian intelligence effort to get U.S. technology' -- as far as is known, the first such attempt ever by Russia."

From Federal Computer Week: ". . . Pentagon officials and security experts refute claims that the Russian government officially took part in a computer break-in that reportedly resulted in the theft of sensitive naval codes and missile-guidance data."

From Federal Computer Week: ". . . a DOD spokesperson called recent media coverage of [Moonlight Maze] 'a combination of outright fabrications, distortions and incorrect quotations,' adding that military secrets were not compromised."

From the London Sunday Times:

"The intelligence heist . . . that could cause damage to America in excess of that caused by Chinese espionage in nuclear laboratories, involved computer hacking over the past six months."

From Reuters: ". . . the Defense Department knew of no classified information that had been jeopardized in the Moonlight Maze intrusions."

From The LA Times: "'There are strong indications and it's our belief, that it's coming from Russia and that it may be a sponsored activity,' a senior Energy Department official said."

Also from The LA Times: Some experts suggested that France, a longtime proponent of economic espionage, may be the ultimate customer."

From the London Sunday Times: "The computer assaults have given fresh impetus to measures ordered by [President] Clinton more than a year ago to protect the country's electronic infrastructure. Alerted to the threat of Moonlight Maze, the president has called for an extra $600 [million] to help fund a variety of initiatives, including [boosted investment in the National Infrastructure Protection Center] . . ."

Other relevant links. No -- you are not seeing double when you read them. The previous analysis was excerpted from Crypt Newsletter reports over the last nine months. Caution: May be annoying to national security mandarins, Congressional fear-mongers and computer security industry marketing types.

The genesis of Moonlight Maze: Read about how Pentagon info-warriors claimed we were in the secret cyberwar earlier this year.

The big Kahuna of "electronic Pearl Harbor" reportage: Crypt Newsletter's archive of media excerpts on the topic.

NIPC analyst sees foreign programmers polluting our precious bodily fluids in assorted Y2K plots aimed at subverting computer software.

The men who started Moonlight Maze in the press: The Pentagon's John Hamre and politician Curt Weldon.

Solar Sunrise: Read about how Pentagon info-warriors claimed we were in yet another secret cyberwar last year, too.

Read about how the Army wishes to disconnect from the Internet because of the danger of secret cyberwar.

Or read about Eligible Receiver.

An open invitation to election fraud

2003-09-24T01:45:00.000-07:00

Okay, here's the deal. Due to a dispute with voting machine maker Diebold, which is claiming links to certain materials that do not reside on the blackboxvoting.org website constitute copyright infringement, blackboxvoting.org has been temporarily disabled. However, the Google cache still has a copy of the pages in question, so decide for yourself what the hell is going on. Read the Salon article for an explanation.

- monster zero

Monday, September 22, 2003

Yes, another cease & desist: ITALY
Thus the links below no longer work.

For those just joining us, voting machine software is required to go through rigorous certification procedures (though we now have abundant evidence that the certification process is broken). Diebold Election Systems, however, has been using tamper-prone machines, and they know it, and has been installing untested, uncertified software on voting machines and using it in elections.

How do we know this? For one thing, Diebold has sprung a few leaks among their employees, and a stash of some 15,000 memos appeared on the Internet. In these memos is ample evidence.

You can't find them on the Italian web site now, so I will give you another memo to chew on until they reappear somewhere: Ken Clark "Why have rules if you can't bend them?"

Jan. 2002 support memo, Ken Clark describes his intention to make a significant change in the database structure. He indicates that if they follow release rules, this would require a "major version number bump" but he expresses doubt that California will go for an upgrade "this late in the game." So, he writes, "We'll slip the change into GEMS 1.17.21 and declare this a bug rather than a new feature. What good are rules unless you can bend them now and again."

This is a company that is continuously using untested, uncertified software in real elections. Why are they still signing contracts???

Posted at 0:53:32 AM EDT by BevHarris

Instant search engine right into the Diebold memos:
http://new.globalfreepress.com/mnogosearch/search.cgi
Try entering search terms like "hack" "fix" "broken" or "boogie man" and see what happens.

Some hero parked the Diebold memos in Italy:

http://www.sunrise.it/s/lists/support.w3archive/
http://www.sunrise.it/s/lists/sw-announce.w3archive/
http://www.sunrise.it/s/lists/rcr.w3archive/
http://www.sunrise.it/s/lists/bugtrack.w3archive/
http://www.sunrise.it/s/lists/salestalk.w3archive/

In the support link, check out:

- January 2001 for a whole thread on how Diebold machines managed to give Al Gore minus 16,022 votes in Volusia County, Florida.

- October 2001 for the "alter the audit log in Access" memo

- April 2000 for memos that refer to transmitting vote data from optical scan machines by cell phone

- April 2002 for a Tab Iredale (senior programmer) memo that urges folks to avoid getting Windows CE certified by anyone

- January 2001 for a memo from Ken Clark (principal engineer) talking about how pointless it is to attempt a recount on a touch screen.

- Also look for one in Colorado Springs (El Paso County Colorado) where they discuss the fact that they can't pick up a check until they do a demo of what they sold, but they don't have software that does what they sold, so they discuss a way to fake the demo, mentioning they've faked it before...

Boring reading, but productive for anyone who wants to head directly into your attorney general's office and demand that we put a stop to using Diebold optical scan and touch screens.

Posted at 4:28:33 AM EDT by BevHarris

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

The Diebold Documents Underground Railroad
"Colonel Jessup" weighs in at last: GO TO UNDERGROUND RR THREAD

Yesterday, the Palm Beach Post called Bev Harris and asked why only Democrats are supporting the Black Box Voting reform movement. Well, the answer is: Not true! Harris clued the reporter in -- Black Box Voting has participants who are Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Libertarians, Socialists and Independents. And for many months now, according to site visit statistics, Black Box Voting has had a robust following among those enlisted in the United States military. Surprised? You shouldn't be! The military is soon going to be subjected to the most questionable Black Box Voting of all: Internet voting, through the Pentagon's SERVE project.

From the Colonel:

" There is a DD Underground Railroad. (NOTE: Go to forum for more info on it)

" Take the Diebold memos to your state attorney general. Diebold machines may be known as Global Election Systems, AccuTouch, Accuvote, or AV machines...

"The memos show they've been using different software in elections than the versions submitted to the state and national certifiers.
"The memos show they know that their central count system is easy to tamper with.
"The memos show they are doing things like using cell phones to capture and send vote data, which has never been approved by anyone.
"The memos show they made fraudulent claims in their Georgia R.F.P. sales documents.
"The memos show they fake their system integrity report.

" Colonel Jessup's CODE RED for Diebold: Respond to Cease & Desists with proliferation.

-- Colonel Jessup
"The truth? You can't handle the truth!"

Posted at 2:48:24 PM EDT by BevHarris

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

Diebold Demands Removal of Memos
DISCUSS THIS
Meanwhile, many Americans have decided to revisit the Boston Tea Party. Over 500 voting activists are now in possession of the Diebold memos, on three continents, and they are distributing them as fast as they can. "Think of it like a really patriotic chain letter," says one activist.
Honoring democracy: Our host has so far refused to honor Diebold's request.
Diebold Election Systems has demanded that BlackBoxVoting.org remove memos from our site.See the Diebold letter

In the memos, dated Oct. 2001, Diebold's own principal engineer Ken Clark concedes that it is a simple matter to do an "end run" around the Diebold "GEMS" voting software, used for both touch screens and the lower tech optical scan machines, and goes on to say that people have used this "back door" in elections.

CLARK: "Right now you can open GEMS' .mdb file with MS-Access, and alter its contents. That includes the audit log. This isn't anything new."

Diebold admits that the memos are authentic, and claims copyright protection.

CLARK: "Being able to end-run the database has admittedly got people out of a bind though. Jane (I think it was Jane) did some fancy footwork on the .mdb file in Gaston recently. I know our dealers do it. King County is famous for it. That's why we've never put a password on the file before."

Diebold's own memos authenticate the security flaw Harris wrote about on July 8, 2003 (http://www.blackboxvoting.org/access-diebold.htm).

In contrast to their rebuttal to the Hopkins/Rice report, Diebold has never denied that Harris reviewed actual, working, certified versions of its software which are used in real elections, and they have never contended that her analysis is wrong. Clark's memo shows why: The tamperability exposed by Harris was well known by senior programmers at Diebold, and had been in place for 10 years.

The memos also show that Metamor (now Ciber), the Independent Testing Authority (ITA) entrusted with testing voting machine software, called attention to the security flaw in Oct. 2001:

NEL FINBERG: "Jennifer Price at Metamor (about to be Ciber) has indicated that she can access the GEMS Access database and alter the Audit log without entering a password. What is the position of our development staff on this issue? Can we justify this?"

Principal engineer Clark acknowledges the security weakness and replies:

CLARK: "…if you don't bring this up you might skate through Metamor."

He goes on to say:

CLARK: "Bottom line on Metamor is to find out what it is going to take to make them happy."

Metamor agrees to overlook the flaw.

FINBERG: "For now Metamor accepts the requirement to restrict the server password to authorized staff in the jurisdiction, and that it should be the responsibility of the jurisdiction to restrict knowledge of this password. So no action is necessary in this matter, at this time."

Finberg's response says the software has been approved because the user of the software will have a password. However, Harris showed in the same July 8 report that the GEMS password can be overwritten in five minutes by any 14-year old.

This leaves only the Windows NT security which is altogether outside the Diebold voting system. Unfortunately, other memos indicate that the less secure Windows XP system is now being installed, moving away from a previous requirement for Windows NT, which had at least some built-in security.

The Diebold memos also demonstrate that the company made fraudulent claims to the state of Georgia when selling its system.

Georgia voting machine R.F.P. March 2002: IV. PHASE I, DIEBOLD TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: "Generated entries on the audit log cannot be terminated or interfered with by program control or by human intervention."

R.F.P. March 2002: IV. PHASE I, TECHNICAL PROPOSAL: "Beyond the standard array of Windows NT-based layered and encrypted security, GEMS application provides all the security measures necessary for complete system security." Principal engineer Ken Clark also notes that the security flaw has been in place for at least a decade:

CLARK: "This isn't anything new. In VTS, you can open the database with progress and do the same… This is all about Florida, and we have had VTS certified in Florida under the status quo for nearly ten years."

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Harris contends that her right to publish the memos, which were given to her by a Diebold employee, supercedes Diebold's right to copyright protection because:

1) The Ken Clark memo demonstrates intent to break the law. The flaw violates both FEC standards and most state statutes. In California, for example, it is against the law to sell a voting system that is not tamper-resistant.

2) The publication of the memos serves an overriding public interest.

3) Other memos provide additional evidence of failure to follow the law, and reveal new security flaws. Specifically:

- At least two sets of memos discuss using cell phones to intercept and transmit vote data

- PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: The memos document that Diebold has been using changed versions of software in elections, versions that were never submitted for certification at all! What this means is that none of the testing and certification protections apply, and no one, not the ITA, the secretary of state, or any election official (or, according to the memos, even Diebold's own tech support staff) have any idea at all what is contained in the lines of code in those uncertified programs.

What this means is that only three people in the world know what's in the Diebold software code used to run several elections, particularly in California. Two of these individuals are Canadian and one is a Russian living in Canada. Their names: Ken Clark, Talbot Iredale (a stockholder), and Dmitry Papushin.

Harris provided a CD containing the memos to her congressman; at least two other members of congress in other states were also given the memos. A "rig-a-vote" CD from California activist Jim March containing step by step instructions with bona fide Diebold software showing how to change the audit log, overwrite the password, and change the votes during the midst of an election.

Over 500 activists in the USA, Canada, Europe and the South Pacific now have the Diebold memos.

- Diebold software is easy to tamper, according to Diebold's own principal engineer

- Diebold has been using untested, uncertified software in elections

- Diebold has been experimenting with insecure and unauthorized remote communications, including use of cell phones to intercept and transfer vote data during real elections.

- Diebold has submitted sales literature that misrepresents its system.

For complete set of memos, contact any voting activist to ask for directions to the next stop on the Diebold "Underground Railroad."

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Posted at 3:21:31 PM EDT by BevHarris

Monday, September 15, 2003

The Strange Saga of VoteHere
DISCUSS HERE
VoteHere has proposed a new "cryptography" solution that, once again, is a way to avoid having a voter-verified paper ballot. (You know, evidence of what the vote really was.)

The VoteHere saga is more than a little bit strange: First, they wanted to do Internet voting, but for good reasons that is failing to flap its wings. Next, they built touch screens but except for the cities of Suwannee, Georgia and Swindon, England, no one bought them. Now, they are trying to do an end-run around voter-verified paper ballots by proposing a special "cryptography" solution.

In a feat of especially contorted logic, they want to avoid printing a paper ballot by printing a piece of paper with a code on it. (Question: Why not just print a ballot???)

The system they propose was supposed to be showcased on Dr. David Dill's web site for review, but it so far has not been, because they have not released the details -- at least, publicly. They have apparently released enough details to sell their VoteHere cryptography solution to Sequoia, who is the third-largest voting machine vendor in the U.S.

VoteHere was founded by Jim Adler, who is the CEO. They have no visible revenue stream -- one or two sales over a four-year period will do little to support offices in Bellevue, Washington, London, and Washington D.C. and a pricey R&D department.

What they do have is defense industry connections. Defense Policy Board member Admiral William Owens, who is also Vice Chairman of Pentagon contractor SAIC, is the Chairman of the Board at VoteHere. Another VoteHere board member, Robert Gates, is a former CIA director who also was a director of SAIC; he now heads the George Bush school of business.

What they also do have is a whistleblower lawsuit pending: Dan Spillane (http://www.libertywhistle.us), a former VoteHere senior test engineer, alleges that he identified over 250 flaws in their system and that he was fired so that he could not bring the flaws, some of which he indicates were "severity 1," to the attention of certifiers and GAO inspectors.

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VoteHere and conflict of interest

And what they also do have is a pattern of conflicted interests: The Diebold flaws, though identified in June by computer scientists who posted findings on Democratic Underground, and in early July by Bev Harris at Scoop Media, did not make the big time until a report by Avi Rubin, Adam Stubblefield, Yoshi Kohno and Dan Wallach came out specifying "stunning, stunning security flaws." This study was facilitated by Dr. David Dill.

Many of the study's findings have been confirmed by others, but the conflict is a little troublesome.

- Dr. Dill, who set it up, has a tiny relationship but probably not significant: VoteHere owned one of his web sites (he has explained that his site was .org and they grabbed the .com without his permission; he has since bought the .com from them.) It was announced in July that Dr. Dill's web site would host an evaluation of VoteHere's cryptography solution; that has so far not appeared, and he says it is an open evaluation only, not an endorsement.

- Avi Rubin, one of the Hopkins/Rice study authors, was revealed to have held an advisory position with VoteHere, he says an inactive one, and recently returned some unexercised stock options.

- After the Hopkins/Rice study emerged, the states of Maryland and Ohio asked the SAIC to do an "independent" study of Diebold security. The SAIC is a curious choice for "independent" study since its Vice Chairman is VoteHere's Chairman, and VoteHere claims to have the solution, should flaws be found in Diebold's system.

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The VoteHere cryptography system

A key to this system is that they will have receipts printed with a secret code number, which voters can then take and compare with something on the Internet to make sure their vote was counted as they cast it.

VoteHere claims to have another cryptography solution that will ensure that the total vote pool can be verified.

The problems with this are:

1) Once again, it is an opaque system that only computer scientists, mathematicians and cryptographers can understand. We require transparency and simplicity, not more layers of complexity and expense. As radio host Dave Ross said: "It sounds like vote counting will become like a space shuttle investigation, where only the scientists will understand it"

This is a deal-breaker, folks. The U.S. is not set up so that only an elite group has control of basic functions like vote-counting and jury duty. You don't need to be a lawyer to sit on a jury, and you shouldn't need to be a cryptographer or computer scientist to count a vote.

2) The "check your own receipt" method only verifies one vote at a time. There are many ways to work around this. They include: Publish something different on the Internet than the real data; draw the data from "two sets of books" so that detail is checked from one, totals are checked from another; and most dangerous, stuff the electronic ballot box.

3) Using cryptography to verify a vote is still saying "trust this handful of people, they set it up right."

4) And once again, what business do defense contractors have messing with our vote?

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Today, on the Dave Ross show, I was interviewed and had the opportunity to debate Jim Adler of VoteHere. Here is a summary of the show:

First, Adler trotted out the same old flawed talking points against a paper trail. He said that voter-verified paper ballots are a bad idea because:

a) You can't have two ballots boxes and which one would count (the voter-verified paper ballot, of course)

b) We would have the same problem as Florida where people can't interpret the ballot (Dave Ross said "why not just have the machine print it, we can all read it, then you can audit and we can all understand it)

c) You shouldn't have paper ballots because of the multiple languages (A computer can print in multiple languages)

d) The blind can't read a paper ballot (But AccuPoll produces a scannable paper ballot that gives an auditory verification)

Caller from Microsoft The contention that the computers can't handle multiple languages is not true. If so, they are using technology that is 6-7 years out of date. He said he's been a computer scientist for 20 years, and paper is the way to go.

Then, Jim Adler has trotted out the League of Women Voters and the supposed endorsement of the Leadership Council on Civil Rights. (Be careful when they trot this one out) The national office of the League of Women Voters is not in sync with its local offices on this, and the Leadership Council on Civil Rights (LCCR)put out a statement and then retracted it -- the LCCR represents 180 organizations, and did not have the sign-off of all those groups. In particular, they did not obtain the sign-off of the African-American, Hispanic and gay rights organizations, and some chapters of the National Organization of Women are also now questioning paperless voting.

I challenged Adler to name a single group representing African Americans that is opposed to a paper trail. Then, the head of the Washington State League of Women Voters called in to say that they are not on board with the national office on this issue; they have not taken a formal stand and are studying the issue.

Caller: "I thought we would have learned a lesson." This caller went on to list the worms, viruses, saying that even Microsoft has problems. Then he said this: "I don't want to trust my vote to a bunch of moneychangers at the temple"

Dave Ross: "Jim: you're essentially asking us to trust you and encryption people and experts. It would be like a space shuttle investigation trying to find out what happened to our vote."

Adler Said that if we trust ATMs we should trust computers if they have the VoteHere solution. Dave Ross said no, the ATM gives us a record of our transaction right there, which we can then compare with our bank statement, and also with the amount of money in our account. He said the ATM analogy does not fit what Adler is trying to argue for.

Dave Ross also read the Ken Clark memo on the air

In the first segment, Ross got into the Diebold memos. He read this quote from the memo:

"Being able to end-run the database has admittedly got people out of a bind though. Jane (I think it was Jane) did some fancy footwork on the .mdb file in Gaston recently. I know our dealers do it. King County is famous for it. That's why we've never put a password on the file before."

Dave Ross then said he called King County to ask them to come on the air and explain themselves, but they declined.

Dave Ross rocks.

Posted at 4:12:37 PM EDT by BevHarris

Friday, September 12, 2003

Internal Memos: Diebold Doing End-Runs Around Certification
Copies of Memos
DISCUSS THIS HERE

If certification isn't being done properly, the whole house of cards falls. The above link takes you to actual copies of internal Diebold memos which show that uncertified software is being used in elections, and that Diebold programmers end-run the system.

Our voting system, which is part of the public commons has recently been privatized. When this happened, the counting of the votes, which must be a public process, subjected to the scrutiny of many eyes of plain old citizens, became a secret.

The computerized systems that register voters, will soon sign voters into the polling place using a digital smart card, record the vote we cast, and tally it are now so secret they are not allowed to be examined by any citizens group, or even by academics like the computer scientists at major universities.

The corporate justification for this secrecy is that these systems adhere to a list of "standards" put out by the Federal Election Commission, and that an "ITA" (Independent Testing Authority) carefully examines the voting system, which is then provided to states for their own certification.

However, the states typically do not examine the computer code at all, relying instead on a "Logic and Accuracy" test which will not catch fraud and has frequently missed software programming errors that cause the machines to miscount.

A Diebold message board has been used since 1999 to help technicians in the field interact with programmers to solve problems. The contents of this message board were quietly sent to reporters and activists around the world, most likely by a Diebold employee. In a letter to WiredNews, Diebold has acknowledged that these memos are from its own staff message boards.

Without further commentary, judge for yourself whether Diebold has been following certification requirements:
Posted at 0:29:29 AM EDT by BevHarris

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Diebold Internal Mail Confirms Security Flaw
Link to Scoop story and internal memos
DISCUSS IT HERE
Being able to end-run the database has admittedly got people out of a bind though. Jane (I think it was Jane) did some fancy footwork on the .mdb file in Gaston recently. I know our dealers do it. King County is famous for it. That's why we've never put a password on the file before.

Internal mail messages from Diebold Election Systems clearly and explicitly confirm security problems in the GEMS vote counting software highlighted in Scoop in July.

In the internal mail Diebold Election Systems principal engineer Ken Clark responded to an internal query from an Independent Testing Authority whose inspector had noticed a problem, and a staff member was seeking Clark's advice.

Nel Finberg wrote to the "support" list on 16th October 2001: "Jennifer Price at Metamor (about to be Ciber) has indicated that she can access the GEMS Access database and alter the Audit log without entering a password. What is the position of our development staff on this issue? Can we justify this? Or should this be anathema?"

Click the link above to read the full article, which includes copies of the original memos.

Posted at 10:53:49 PM EDT by BevHarris

New site up and running -- Thanks to everyone involved
Stay tuned, we are days behind on news updates. Will post several soon.
Posted at 3:34:31 AM EDT by BevHarris

Sunday, September 7, 2003

Site Maintenance/Move
We're in the process of moving servers, please bear with us as we complete the move. New server.
Posted at 0: 6:59 AM EDT by RoxanneJ

Thursday, September 4, 2003

Whew! SLO County file mystery heats up
- If we accept the explanation of the San Luis Obispo County elections officials: Diebold security flies apart at the seams.
Posted at 6:35:29 PM EDT by BevHarris

We have some answers on SLO County --
(The original post on this is here)

County elections official Julie Rodewald = A+ for begin forthcoming and given plausible explanations (that solve some issues, but not all)

Diebold = So far, an F. None of my messages were returned and they have yet to explain their end of it.

R. Doug Lewis of The Election Center = F- (how does one get an F-? You hang up on people -- again -- when they ask simple questions like "how can I find out which version is certified?)

Stay tuned, I'll post the full story behind the SLO file shortly. The quick summary is: Rodewald says the votes reflected in the file are absentee votes counted early. We can verify this, and haven't finished yet, but will post as soon as we have that information. Answers regarding security were less than satisfactory, but Rodewald answered all my questions willingly. She said that none of her employees put that file on the Diebold web site, and that a Diebold employee named "Sophia" (the file was tagged to Sophia) was indeed there on election day.

Rodewald reports that Diebold told her none of its employees put the file on the site either. There are several questions about how the file could have left Rodewald's computer and made its way to an FTP site.
Posted at 2:17:18 PM EDT by BevHarris

Smoking guns, citizen action, new anthem, and look out: The Big Picture --
Our New Boston Tea Party —"Diebold: You are cordially invited to bite me. Bring it on. Make my day." -- Jim March, who just posted a link to a make-your-own CD download site -- with instructions, so you can do a demo for your local reporters and election officials using actual files from a real voting machine company.

Our New Anthem — New Version: We Shall Overcome -- (It rocks). No restrictions on use.

Oooof! Proof — Smoking Gun found? It is illegal to count votes before the polls close. Yet the audit log for a San Luis Obispo County, California election file found on the Diebold FTP site shows that a tally was taken three times during election day. The most disturbing question: What mechanism was used to get votes from 57 precincts to migrate into someone's central counting machine while the election was in progress?

A vision (and not a good one) — An attempt to remove humans (and paper) from the democratic process:

Computerized, statewide voter registration — ES&S has long been in the market of computerized voter registration. Diebold bought the DIMS voter registration company last January. Election.com also does it.

Printing ballots — Did you know that Diebold has it's own ballot printing company? Washington State has had a steady string of snafus about absentee ballots, and election officials have lost their job over it. Once again, the ballots went astray -- and this article, in the Seattle Times, explains why: Diebold error.

Voter sign-in at the polling place — Check out the sales presentations these companies are making. They are proud that the voting machine system they make can "automatically log in to the voter registration database." Now, how long do you think it will be before instead of having a printout and checking off your name (the physical audit trail used to compare #votes cast with #votes counted), they start just entering a number and signing voters in electronically? And when they do that, who will know if the sign-in tally is correct or stuffed?

Voting — as we know, we are now moving to casting our vote electronically

Vote tallying — and then the machine calls in to the central tallying machine and dumps its data.

Now, picture the above with one company at the helm.

It controls the voter registration list. It controls notifications sent to voters. It controls sign-in at the polling place. It controls casting of the vote. It controls counting of the vote.

And it is private and secret and we aren't allowed to know a damn thing about anything it does.

An American Citizen: "Does anyone else see where taking the actual living breathing human beings out of our voting process is absolutely ludicrous?"

Posted at 6:10:12 AM EDT by BevHarris

Wednesday, September 3, 2003

What happened at 3:31 p.m. in San Luis Obispo County?
3:31 p.m., 5 hrs before poll closing: Diebold voting machines “CALLED HOME”

What happened at 3:31 p.m. on election day in San Luis Obispo County California? A file from the Diebold stash examined by computer guy and voting activist Jim March, of Alameda County California, turns out to be from a real election, and it contains real votes. And it also contains a real problem for Diebold:

Jim March put the files on a web site: http://www.equalccw.com/dieboldtestnotes.html

For some reason, the Diebold optical scan machines in 57 precincts at once had an E.T. moment. They “called home” with election results while the election was still in progress, summing up the votes in 57 precincts, then tagged the file to a Diebold employee and placed it on a Diebold company web site.

This file is from the 2002 primary election in San Luis Obispo, California. It is dated March 5, 2002. It is date and time-stamped, and contains an internal audit log which confirms the date and time. It was saved as a “backup file” at exactly 3:31 p.m. on election day, about five hours before the polls closed.

This file contains a tabulation taken from 57 precincts. The votes in the file correspond with the final vote tally, which can be found on the San Luis Obispo County web site for that election -- but only about 40 percent of the votes had come in by 3:31 in the afternoon.

This file was put on the Diebold FTP site used by Diebold employees to transfer files. Why? It is against the law to count votes before the polls close.

(Was this file used for training?) No one trains poll workers during election day. And why would you use real votes and a real file, during the middle of an election, for training?

(Was this file part of a “Logic and Accuracy test?”) It was date and time-stamped at 3:31 on election day. L&A tests are done a few days before the election.

(Did they set the date forward for a Logic and Accuracy test?) The audit log shows that this it was an election, not a test. When an L&A test is done, the machine is set into a test mode. The audit log reflects the test mode.

(Maybe the clock was off? It was for a different time zone? When it said 3:31 it was 8:31?) Checking the date and clock is part of the election procedures, marked “important.” But more than that, after the polls closed there were more votes! About 180f registered voters had cast votes as of 3:31 p.m., but the final number for the primary was about 35%. Therefore, the 3:31 vote tally was taken partway through the election.

(How do the votes correspond to the final vote tally?) The voting pattern is essentially the same as the final tally, but there are fewer votes at 3:31 p.m.

(How did they add up all the votes in the middle of the day?) The answer to this question raises more questions:

There are only three ways to get a central tabulation of 57 precincts in the middle of the day: 1) You can shut down the optical scan machine at each polling place, remove the vote database, which is stored on a memory card, get in your car, and drive the curvy California seacoast roads to the county office, give the card to the elections registrar, who will then load 57 precinct cards one by one onto the GEMS central counting system and tally them up. Then you can pick up the cards, get back in your car, and drive back to the polling place, restart the machines, and let people start voting again. Fifty-seven precincts would have to do this at once.

2) You can shut down the machines at 57 precincts, plug in a phone modem, and modem the results into the county server computer (which has the GEMS tabulation program on it), and add up the 57 precincts at 3:31 in the afternoon, giving you an illegal tally taken during the middle of an election.

3) While the machines are running, if they are connected to either a land line or wireless communication card, you can gain entry, either by an outside hack or by a Diebold technician using inside knowledge. You collect the data from the machines using remote access while the election is in progress, and tabulate it on your own computer using a copy of the GEMS program (readily available to anyone from the unprotected Diebold web site).

Although Diebold has claimed modem connections are one-way (but the machines must handshake and that creates a two-way pipeline for information), because it’s two-way, you can use the same method you used to gather the votes up to send data back into the voting machine. You can even erase the evidence that you accessed the machines.

But now Diebold and the county elections registrar claim that the optical scan machines are not hooked up to a modem at all. This is a recent development; interviews as late as February 2003 say the machines are equipped for remote communication, and so do the hardware and user manuals. However, if the machines aren’t hooked up, this leaves only option 1) Have all 57 precincts shut down the polls and drive in to the county office in the middle of the day.

(But there are paper ballots with an optical scan machine.) Yes, but only one-half percent of the precincts in California are audited by looking at the paper ballot. It is illegal to count the paper ballots except in unusual circumstances, usually requiring a court order. Your chances of slipping by the paper ballot spot check are 99.5 percent. And if you do get audited, you can say it was a “computer glitch” and you’ll have the tech look into it. Enter the words “election” and “glitch” in Lexis-Nexis and you will find hundreds of “glitches,” many of which change the outcome of elections, even when the elections were not particularly close.

MORE

The tabulation was saved to a backup file labeled “ORIG” (original votes?). It was assigned a password and placed on a Diebold-owned web company web site. The password was: “Sophia.” Sophia Lee was a Diebold employee.

Pardon me, but what were they doing with this file again? Did Diebold steal voting information from San Luis Obispo County, or did the San Luis Obispo County Elections Registrar produce an illegal midday tally? Who did this? Was Sophia there that day? If these were the “original” votes what votes were put into the final votes?

Posted at 9:55:59 AM EDT by BevHarris

Monday, September 1, 2003

A call to action

Sonny D: Black Box Voting Activist
Let me introduce myself. I come from North Carolina, where my grandfather, great grandfather on my father's side were both civil rights/voting rights activists, registering people to vote, risking their lives.

On my mother's side were Baptist ministers who did the same, as activists. I'm a life long A.M.E. Zion member. I've marched in every civil rights action throughout the northwest.

I've just convinced my daughter to register to vote, but like a lot of young people, she's very skeptical, and rightly so, of the system we have set up.

Many people of color distrust and refuse to participate in the system as it is now. So, consequently we have people who have valid opinions and ideas that don't say anything and won't do anything because they may not be there tomorrow (does that sound a little bit like a foreign country?)

This is a step, a small one, towards building some trust and communication that may help us secure and validate our right not only to vote, but to exist, in this vacuum.

I encourage the brothers and the sisters to come aboard on this effort, which is almost like a rear attack. But we can do it. Like Sly said, "You can make it if you try."

Let me know if you're with me. Go to the forum now -- look for the Sonny D Voting Rights Activism forum. We have a job to do!

Sonny D
We Shall Overcome: Dudley Mix
Posted at 9:15:52 PM EDT by BevHarris

Friday, August 29, 2003

Conflict of interest: It's worse than we thought
[Diebold CEO Wally] O'Dell attended a strategy pow-wow with wealthy Bush benefactors - known as Rangers and Pioneers - at the president's Crawford, Texas, ranch earlier this month.

The next week, he penned invitations to a $1,000-a-plate fund-raiser to benefit the Ohio Republican Party's federal campaign fund - partially benefiting Bush - at his mansion in the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington.

In a recent fund-raising letter O'Dell wrote that he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."
Cleveland Plain Dealer article
More: Ohio legislative Democratic leaders urged [Ohio secretary of state] Blackwell to remove Diebold from the field of voting- machine companies eligible to sell to Ohio counties.

This is the second such request in as many months. State Sen. Jeff Jacobson, a Dayton-area Republican, asked Blackwell in July to disqualify Diebold after security concerns arose over its equipment.

PC Magazine steps into the electronic voting debate
PC Magazine article

" I won't claim that Diebold's voting machines are deficient, but I think that building a voting machine (or a medical machine or a space probe) on PC hardware and the Windows operating system is a terrible idea..."
Posted at 0:22:26 AM EDT by BevHarris

Connecticut touch screens will have paper trail:
Send this to everyone you know:
www.record-journal.com/articles/2003/08/29/news/news02.txt

SOUTHINGTON — The secretary of the state's office dropped the other shoe this week when it announced that 20 touch-screen electronic voting machines will be used in two voting districts in the November election.

They mention choosing Avante, but what they don't mention is that this means they are not choosing the Big Four (ES&S, Diebold, Sequoia, Hart Intercivic) and are instead choosing one of the three manufacturers whose touch screens automatically print a paper trail.
Posted at 8:25:11 AM EDT by BevHarris

Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Who has more honor: Cathy Cox or Sonny Perdue?
Cathy Cox: Georgia Secretary of State
Sonny Perdue: Georgia Governor

So Cathy Cox accepts the challenge of Roxanne Jekot to demonstrate how to hack the Georgia voting system. News article

"Roxanne: If I brought a team of computer professionals to you and demonstrated how to hack an election you would be happy to set that up?"

"Yes."
"Bring it on."
"The chances she can do this are a billion to one."

"Here, hack this, it's kind of like a Diebold voting machine."

Here are the absurd (and apparently, stone-cold terrified) restrictions Cathy Cox has come up with:

GET THIS: Roxanne is not allowed to touch:

1) The Internet connection used by the county server to upload results

2) The GEMS program on the county server

3) The county server computer

4) The router or the modem communications between the county server and the touch screens at the polling place

5) The software for the touch screens

6) The touch screens themselves

Roxanne will be allowed to try to hack a prototype of a touch screen which contains no software.

Governor Sonny Perdue, on the other hand, asked his representative to call Roxanne to find out what she needs to make it a fair challenge. We await the response of the Sonny Perdue investigate-the-vote team.
Posted at 1:21:17 AM EDT by BevHarris

Monday, August 25, 2003

An update and a rebuttal to myself:
This is an inside look you might be interested in, if you've been following the information about the secret meeting last Friday (scroll down, if you missed it)

Pertaining to Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Accenture and EDS being the driving forces behind the HAVA bill which requires purchase of new electronic voting machines and registration systems:

From an insider: "Former EDS people run Accupoll. So there is at least one company in this ESTF group (Election Systems Task Force, driving force behind HAVA) that also wants a paper audit trail.

"(Defense contractor) Diversified Dynamics is effectively out of the voting machine business. I have not seen them at one show in two years. Their driving force was Tom Davis who is trying to get into the electronic paper business for test taking (like the SAT). SAIC never really developed the DD machine. It was some retired engineer in Philly that had worked for Northrop or SAIC (can't remember which). (It was SAIC)

"All of these companies are not just defense contractors. Accenture has many non-defense related government contracts. So do all of the rest. What they were shopping around for was partners with the smaller voting machine companies who need to have a partner to handle a voting machine contract. The Avante's and Accupoll's and Truvote's of the voting world all have "big brother (not in an Orwellian way)" partners that can foot the financial bill to bid on these contracts. If anyone of them win a statewide contract (on the order of $50-150 mill), a big partner has to finance the deal.

"If I gave any of you out there this kind of contract for a product that has up front costs of 45%, can you foot the $50 mill up front to buy the parts? Guess what? When you deliver the parts, you still may not get paid in full until two years later. What small startup company can carry this load? That is why Global (which was in debt up to its ears) sold to Diebold. That is why Jefferson Smurfit got rid of Sequoia. That is why ESS was for sale. That is why Hart needs Maximus to win any bids.

"I think Lockheed's angle is the smart cards for voter registration and photo ids and finger prints.

"If you want to bring down the BBV industry to its knees, you have to point out how the election officials were snowed into not following the rules for running elections.

"Keep focusing on the security issues. The story is there. The companies feel the pressure. I would like to find one company or even one person worth over a $1billion that has no skeletons in their closet.

"I just have been in the bowels of all levels of government and I just don't see secret groups planning the long range strategies that sometimes fly out here. I don't believe people are that smart and that long range thinking to pull off these strategies.

"The ITAA was found because they were the only national lobbying group that could get this PR campaign started quickly that also has some election industry lobbying experience. No one has reported on the Florida meeting of the Election Center. This is where the discussion got going.

"My truly deep dark inside feeling is that the bottom line is that the election officials themselves will turn out to be the ones responsible for trying to push BBV. They just want easy, simple, and no blame being sent back to them. So many election officials have retired since 2000 in fear that they too will be the center of attention.

" Not one election official, save maybe Warren Slocum and Ernie Hawkins will tell you that they want the voter to have the ability to verify that they are doing their jobs correctly. It scares the heck out of them. With no uniform national standard for voting laws, each state hides behind its own laws making it difficult to find out who is to blame.

"I call all of the Californians to call their Registrar of voters and ask them when their logic and accuracy test is being performed for the recall election. Ask all the counties that use electronic machines when are they performing this test on all of their machines.

"It will take over 25 YEARS 24/7 for one person to test all of the voting machines in Riverside County. They need to have then over 900 people to realistically do the test before the election. Haven't seen too many want ads in Riverside for these testers. All of the other counties with paper have the same problem except their counts are measured in weeks, not years. Ask why is the approved CA procedure manual for Sequoia DREs only 17 pages long? How can this cover their machine and the hundreds of pages of CA law?

"Trying to play six degrees of SAIC will not get you to the true culprit in my opinion - the elections officials. They do not do their homework. They get wined and dined and snowed all the time. They are told outright lies and accept it without checking the facts. I think these people spend more time researching movie reviews than looking at voting machine RFPs.

"Doug Lewis certified TruVote and Avante (with Accupoll close behind) so technically he can say he put his stamp on these systems.

"ITAA just does what the money tells them to say. They are not opposed to anything. They just are playing up to what they perceive as their potential clients needs.

"The real problem the vendors have is that Wyle is very slow. Jim Dearman's group is small and can't accommodate quick turn work. If they have another area to go to, they can certify faster. The irony is that they have complained for years and this mess gives them a reason to certify themselves. Also, the HAVA money has not funded NIST to set up the standards so there is a state of limbo for the vendors.

"Other vendors are opposed because several of the smaller companies have patents pending that will bring the big guys to their knees. Sequoia has to provide the paper trail for free in Santa Clara. All you have to do is get Shelley or the County Supervisors to want it. Once this county does it all of the others will follow. ESS is hurting for business in CA so they hired Lou Dedier (who knows the Avante system well) and Slocum had Lou design a paper record version.

"Jim Adler (VoteHere) is a crytographer. He only knows those kind of people (defense industry financiers) so it would make sense that he would scrounge money from that community. If Jim Adler was a former football player, then John Elway and Dan Marino would have been investors.

"JimmyNoChad" (a voting company guy)

=============================

Interesting, don't you think? It still doesn't come anywhere near excusing the SAIC conflict of interest when it acts as "independent" evaluator of Diebold, since SAIC has ties to VoteHere and the lobbyist proposing to whitewash the whole deal.

It still doesn't address the conflict of interest in groups like Accenture, Northrop-Grumman, and EDS forming the driving force behind HAVA, with the support and encouragement of The Election Center, and then turning around and selling their own systems with the money they just persuaded Congress to spend.

And I don't really buy the idea that you need a weapons manufacturer to make smart cards as a backup for getting a big order. Making smart cards for an order of 22,000 machines would not bankrupt even a little guy.

=============================

Posted at 11:37:37 PM EDT by BevHarris

We've got a problem
It is time to see if we still have a free press with a pulse. Please read the following very carefully:

On Friday Aug. 22, a meeting was held. David Allen, publisher of Black Box Voting attended this meeting, which was a private teleconference among voting industry insiders that was supposed to be secret. He obtained a transcript and a document.

Participants were R. Doug Lewis, who heads The Election Center, Diebold Election Systems, ES&S, Sequoia Voting Systems, Hart Intercivic, a few more voting machine companies, and the ES division of ITAA.

Read carefully: In this meeting --

1) The purpose of the meeting was to get the voting vendors to pony up $200,000 by Friday for a massive PR campaign for the voting machine coalition. The money is to go to the ES division of the ITAA.

- Independent investigation of Diebold system for Maryland, Ohio, is the SAIC.
- SAIC Senior Vice president: Ronald Knecht.
- Director of ES division of the ITAA: It is Ronald Knecht
- Firm that wrote the proposal for PR whitewash: ES division of ITAA.
- Money to be paid by Friday; those who don’t pay don’t get protection. Said in a nicer way, of course.

2) Participants asked if a task force composed of defense contractors and defense procurement contractors could help them “again” like they did with HAVA. They mentioned Lockheed (weapons contractor) and Northrop Grumman (defense contractor) and Accenture (defense procurement contractor). They discussed that these companies were the driving force behind the HAVA bill, which requires purchase of new electronic voting systems and also purchase of new, statewide, electronic voter registration.

The vendors who have advertised the new voter registration system are: Northrop Grumman, SAIC, and Election.com which is owned by Accenture. The vendors for voting machines are: Northrop Grumman (through an alliance); Diebold (ties to Bush administration); Diversified Dynamics (a weapons manufacturer; its machines created by SAIC); General Dynamics (defense contractor); ES&S; Hart Intercivic (alliance with Accenture); Sequoia, and VoteHere, which is seeking to provide a new “vote verification” software which will go into EVERY machine made by EVERY vendor.

- SAIC Vice Chairman: Admiral Bill Owens, a member of the Defense Policy Board.
- Chairman of the VoteHere board of directors: Admiral Bill Owens.
- Director of VoteHere: former CIA director, head of the George Bush School of Business, Robert Gates.

VoteHere: No visible stream of revenue. Very minimal sales history. I have not been able to find any record of venture capital deals. What is the source of funding for this company?

3) There was a significant amount of discussion about collusion and antitrust and "of course you know I really shouldn't be here" and so forth.

While it is normal for an industry to meet to set up a lobbying coalition, here is what is quite abnormal:

- The Election Center, the organization who oversees certification of the voting machines, and coordinates activies of the secretaries of state and the state election directors, was for some reason setting up this lobbying meeting for vendors to launch a massive PR campaign -- not to correct the problems with the machines, mind you, but to correct the public perception.

- The 5-day deadline to pay $200,000 (and, as one vendor said, without even specifying the deliverables!). Normal way would be to meet as an industry, decide what you want in a lobbying firm, interview a few and select. In this case, the ITAA met privately with R. Doug Lewis of The Election Center, then hastily called a teleconference and said "pay us by Friday."

The ITAA then promised to come up with antitrust guidelines, at first almost for free, then for a token sum, a couple thousand dollars.

4) They all agreed the meeting should never get into the media.

5) There was discussion of how to gain influence over the FEC certification process, or more accurately, try to preempt it and devalue it with their own. They are planning to come up with their own "gold standard."

(Will the "gold standard" be the new VoteHere “verification system” which uses cryptography instead of a voter-verified paper ballot? This way, there will be no evidence except for bits and bytes. Watch the SAIC report on Diebold very carefully: if it identifies flaws and suggests correcting them with some sort of cryptography, especially if this includes a cryptographic solution for vote verification, what they are doing is back-dooring the VoteHere product in. Here you go: Get the VoteHere cryptography solution signed off on by various defense contractors and homeland security agencies and then call it the new "gold standard.")

If this happens there will never again be an evidence trail of the vote, in the USA or in many other countries, because they are putting these machines into England, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India, and Asia.

6) A very interesting part of this was the discussion of fees. Here's what is so unusual about that: The fee proposed is in no way commensurate with the "deliverables" the ITAA outlines. There must be funding from another source, flying under the radar, on this.

They are promising a massive PR and media campaign, polling, market surveys, a full congressional lobbying effort, approaching and rolling academics and key organizations over to their side, setting up a panel of academics to refute anything troublesome -- all this for the HIGH range of $200,000 divvied up among all the players.

No, that's not $200k per, that's $200k total.
No, that's not their fee plus expenses, they said their fee would be $25 to $50k (250f the whole thing).
No that’s not a down payment.
Something here stinks to high heaven.

7) Another interesting part of this meeting is that it was set up by "The Election Center" which purports to represent the government side of the election industry, the secretaries of state and the election officials in each state. Yet, this is a lobbying meeting for vendors and at one point the head of The Election Center, R. Doug Lewis, refers to the vendors as "we." (Shouldn't it be "you guys?" And why was he in this meeting at all?

Mr. Lewis, who was never elected by anyone and who runs the private corporation "The Election Center" has a resume that is Missing in Action, and who hired him? But I digress)

There was also discussion that said, in essence, "of course, we'll have to put some distance between the Election Center and this lobbying, once it gets going. And then Lewis (Election Center) comes right out and asks the voting machine vendors to cough up money. ITAA, who realizes this is a gaffe, quickly says "you don't have to look after our checkbook," and diverts the conversation.

= = = = = = = = =

Now, you can read the notes with a much more benign flavor. They are quite careful about what they say, but I think they stepped over the line with this one.

Posted at 9:21:36 AM EDT by BevHarris

Saturday, August 23, 2003

A question for reporters to ask Diebold
Since they don't take our calls:

"If I brought a team of computer professionals to you and demonstrated how to hack an election you would be happy to set that up?"

Dr. Britain Williams said yes. And in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, he said "Bring it on."

Now that Georgia has given its permission, will you?

Diebold - 1-330-490-3790 Ask for: MARK RADTKE, TOM SWIDARSKI, JOE RICHARDSON or MICHAEL JACOBSEN:
Posted at 0:18:44 AM EDT by BevHarris

Friday, August 22, 2003

BBV Webmaster given official permission to hack Georgia voting machines
Dare accepted on electronic voting machines Programmer says she can crack system

FOLKS, THIS IS OUR OWN ROXANNE!

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0803/23voting.html
Atlanta Journal Constitution

In the end, Friday's two-hour discussion of whether computers should be the sole tabulators of Georgia voters' ballots came down to a challenge.

Roxanne, a 51-year-old computer program developer from Cumming, said she and a few expert friends could crack Georgia's $54 million touch-screen voting system in a matter of minutes.

The dare was made and accepted at the first of a series of seminars at Kennesaw State sponsored by Secretary of State Cathy Cox to defuse questions about the vulnerability of the statewide system she installed last year.

Election officials promised to provide a voting machine, and a computer server into which votes from the machine are fed...

This, and we broke another big story today

Black Box Voting publisher infiltrates secret voting industry meeting. "Give us $200,000 by next Friday," and we'll help make your problems go away.

http://www.blackboxvoting.com

A massive PR campaign, and detailed notes on the meeting which include The Election Center and voting machine manufacturers -- they discuss:

- The pure profit motive behind the HAVA bill, and who was really behind it

- The need to keep this meeting a secret from the press, so the public would not find out the voting machine industry was in trouble

- Also: See http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0308/S00175.htm

Lobbying firm promises to whitewash image -- ties to SAIC, the "independent" company that is supposed to evaluate whether Diebold voting systems are secure

Posted at 10:11:10 PM EDT by BevHarris

The Price of Democracy Has Just Been Set: $100-$200k
- Secret meeting held by The Election Center and voting machine companies

- Electronic voting industry interviewing lobbyist for coalition of voting machine vendors

- Lobbyist has ties to SAIC

- SAIC is the firm hired by Maryland and Ohio to issue a report on whether Diebold voting system can be trusted

Stay tuned. Full report to be issued shortly In the mean time, read this:
The Proposal
Posted at 11:11:48 AM EDT by BevHarris

Thursday, August 21, 2003

GA Greens Welcome Investigation of Computerized Voting
Call for Open Source Software and Voter Inspected Paper Ballots

"We welcome Governor Perdue's call for an investigation of the state's computerized election machinery," said Badili Jones, Co-Chair of the Georgia Green Party and of the Green Party of the United States. The Georgia Party today announced its endorsement for passage of Senator Nadine Thomas' SB-340 which would restore integrity to Georgia's elections.

Secretary Cox has scheduled a series of briefings at Governor Perdue's request to re-examine the state's new computerized voting machines. The first one is for members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation and will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, August 22nd, 2003 at the Center for Voting Systems at Kennesaw State University.

In recent actions the Georgia Green Party endorsed not only the Thomas bill in the Georgia Senate, but also HR-2239 by Rep. Holt in the U.S. Congress as well as the sign-on resolution being circulated by Dr. David Dill, founder of VerifiedVoting.org and a political scientist with Stanford University.

"We regret that Secretary Cox could not hear our earlier appeals on this matter," said Hugh Esco, the Party's political coordinator and the Chair of the Voter Choice Coalition, a multi-partisan advocacy group first organized in 1999 to push for open access to the ballot. In 2003, the Coalition expanded its agenda to call for proportional representation and an auditable computerized voting system.

"We hear from a lot of folks who question whether voting can make a difference. It is vital that we protect the integrity of the elections which give legitimacy to our self-governmence," said Esco. "It is a shame that an on-air phone call from Illinois has more leverage with our elected officials than do Georgia citizens."

At its May 17th, 2003 Annual Convention in Pooler Georgia, the Georgia Green Party adopted amendments to its Platform, including the following provision:

We advocate that the new electronic voting machines implemented during the 2002 election cycle be retrofitted with printers to provide for a voter-inspected paper trail, which will be collected and tabulated to confirm the validity of preliminary results generated electronically. We insist that the election machinery be driven by open source and peer reviewed software, open to inspection by any voter.

In other positions adopted as a part of the Party Platform by earlier Conventions, the Georgia Green Party says that creating true democracy in Georgia will also require open access to the ballot, democratically and publicly financed election campaigns and the use of proportional representation to ensure that elected officials serving in the executive enjoy majority support and that deliberative bodies represent the entire public discourse in proportion to the support each political perspective enjoys among the electorate.

Secretary Cox is scheduled to brief members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation at 10:00 am, Friday, August 22nd, 2003 at the Center for Voting Systems at Kennesaw State University. Subsequent Friday morning events are now being planned for members of the Georgia General Assembly, and for members of the public.

For background information: http://www.voterchoice.org/auditableballots.php
Posted at 6:17:35 AM EDT by BevHarris

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

Georgia Governor puts Sec'y of State on hot seat over voting machines
Today's Bulletin:
1. Governor puts Secretary of State on hot seat over voting machines
2. Election put up for sale on E-Bay
3. Sonny Perdue centerfold in Diebold parody ad in August Hustler magazine

Scroll down for previous stories:
- Certification documents go missing
- Ohio may be asked to buy uncertified system
- New Diebold system may be easier to hack than ever
- SAIC financial ties to electronic voting
industry

AUG 19 2003 - According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Governor Sonny Perdue called for an investigation of charges that Georgia's $54 million system of Diebold voting machines is vulnerable to tampering. "If [the machines] turn out to be not reliable or can be tampered with, then they're -- frankly -- useless junk," he said.

In Atlanta on Monday, Secretary of State Cathy Cox expressed "total confidence in Georgia's new electronic platforms." The governor said he would ask Cox, a Democrat often mentioned as a candidate for governor in 2006, to re-examine the system.

Last month, a study released by Johns Hopkins University computer researchers cited "significant security flaws" in the system designed by Diebold Election Systems and used in Georgia and 18 other states.

Diebold, who has nearly a quarter of a billion dollars at stake in three key sales ($53m,Maryland, $31m,San Diego and $150m,Ohio) and election officials (who know diddly about computer security issues like wireless remote access but can explain that poll workers are trained to stand “watch” over the machines) have disagreed with the Hopkins study. To date several Diebold public relations people, but no Diebold programmers, have vouched for the system.

RELATED NEWS:

2. ELECTION FOR SALE ON E-BAY: The 2004 presidential election was put up for auction on E-Bay, with the asking bid set at $99,999,999.99. The election-for-sale had received 17 bids before it was shut down by E-Bay, and not all bidders were satisfied. “I tried to bid, but my $100 million bid freaked out their software,” reports Karl Schneider.

The auction lasted three days before E-Bay removed it; Here is its original web address -- the page has since been replaced by “Rob” who says he was the one who tried to auction off the presidential election, at: http://rawb.rh.rit.edu/tempDL/eBayStuff.html.

“I'm just a college kid. I don't know my left from my right, whether right-left or politics,” says Rob.

3. SONNY PERDUE THE CENTERFOLD ON LARRY FLYNT AD PARODY: http://www.larryflynt.com/ad_parodies_gallery/source/vote-machine-parody.htm Perhaps Perdue didn’t appreciate being featured in the August issue of Hustler Magazine…

UPDATE on "Where's Bob" --

Bob Urosevich developed the architecture of the Diebold software, and has been running Diebold Election Systems for some years now. Haven't heard hide nor hair of him lately.

A Black Box activist called Urosevich’s office and spoke with his assistant. Urosevich is still working for the company, she assured him, and no, he has not changed positions. If this is true, does Diebold Election Systems have two people named “President” now?
Posted at 9:43:11 AM EDT by BevHarris

Saturday, August 16, 2003

Goofy voting machine news of the day
1. Ohio to recommend buying uncertified Diebold product? Diebold has decided to sell its new TSx touch screen system to Ohio. Problem is, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer: THIS SYSTEM HAS NEVER BEEN CERTIFIED! The counties must buy the machines in four weeks. No worries, Diebold says it hopes it will have certification in 4-5 weeks. (Huh?)

More on this: Gee, is it true then, that the system the Hopkins scientists studied was old and out of date? Well, consider this: One of the folders on the infamous FTP site was -- you guessed it -- labeled "final certification" documents for the TSx system. In these documents is the very interesting statement under "change log" -- they said they did not need to submit a change log because it is based on a previous submission. So...were there changes or weren't there? In fact, have they ever produced a lick of evidence that they changed a goll-durn thing to remedy the flaws found in the Hopkins report?

2. With the new TSx system, Diebold is switching to WIRELESS transmission of the voting data. Have they answered one single question about whether this can be hacked? (Understand the implications of hacking during transmission of the vote to the county: You can overwrite the ORIGINAL VOTES in the precinct this way, destroying the value of the memory card as a backup system).

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/6538203.htm
and
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/6538170.htm

Well yes, they did answer a question about being hacked. They basically admitted that it could happen. No worry, says Diebold spokesman in an article by Erika D. Smith in the Akron Beacon News -- hackers wouldn't get the official results, only the unofficial results. It takes several days to make the results official, he says. And to make them official they do what -- look at the memory card (which can be hacked) and/or the GEMS database (which can be hacked). (In fact a hacker could hit both at the same time, during the upload). I feel secure now.

3. Ohio delays decision to pick voting machine vendor, until -- you guessed it -- defense contractor SAIC gives Diebold a clean bill of health. The SAIC has not one, not two, but THREE ties to the electronic voting indusry:

1) Built voting machines for Diversified Dynamics
2) Marketed electronic voter registration system
3) Two former directors of SAIC are now directors of VoteHere, a voting machine company.

4. Yes, and you'll be delighted to know that Georgia not only lost some of its memory cards (containing thousands of votes) in the 2002 election, but now it can't find its certification documents. That's right folks, Georgia doesn't seem to be able to locate the certification letter for the Diebold machines. Wait -- new answer -- they just announced they are not sure what is meant by "certification" documents.

Can these people get any more arrogant?

BONUS NEWS BYTE

5. Where's Bob? Well once there were two brothers named Bob and Todd. They started a company -- voting machine, company, that is. Then Bob went down to Texas, and got in charge of another company -- voting machine, company, that is. Bob and Todd, and Diebold and ES&S, soon had 80 percent of America voting on their machines.

But now where's Bob? Haven't heard hide nor hair of him. He always comes into news interviews as the President of Diebold Election Systems, but as of the end of July, it seems someone else is using that title. Meet Tom Swidarski, President of Diebold Election Systems. Not a peep anywhere in the news media about where Bob is. Bob? Oh Bobbbb! What happened to Bob Urosevich?

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Comments on using wireless technology for elections:

From Trogl: "Frequency counters are inexpensive. The frequencies are already known. All you have to do is transmit on the frequency and jam everything, then put your own transmitter closer to the receiver and spoof the IP."

From Tandalayo_Scheisskopf: "Most schemes of wireless encryption, as available now, are not to be entrusted with sensative data. It is trivial for a knowledgeable hacker to take them apart. Once cracked, the ability to exploit is then bi-directional. You have already documented that there is an "in door" on these machines.

"Quite frankly, the only secure method to network these things would be on leased fractional T-1 lines. I would bet they know that, except for the fact that they have bet the farm on these machines and they have to get the cost of operation down so they can start selling them in volume, thus getting their manufacturing costs down through economies of scale, and start making real profit.

"It would be possible to check and see if a machine is "wireless-alive" with a handheld frequency unit that reads in the range of the frequency range ofthe wireless schema they are using. But that is not exactly trivial, for a number of reasons:

"The frequency counters that read in those ranges ain't cheap no way. Full and effective coverage of all precincts in a small city, at all times, in a small city would not be trivial. The wireless unit could be turned off when the poll worker with the frequency counter is there doing the readings. When he/she leaves, to go to another precinct, you could turn the thing back on.

"The noted and capable hacker, Kevin Mitnick, once said that his most effective hacking tool was "Human Engineering", I.E.: conning people into giving him the information and access that he wanted. This whole wireless thing could be easily manipulated with Human Engineering. A con or several.

"Wireless for elections? A baaaaaad idea. Very bad."

From DEMActivist: "Let's not forget this little gem: Here is a widely available little add-on to WindowsCE, the system used on the touch screen terminals that count your votes, which are now going to wireless communications:

"Created by BSquare Corporation: The CE Remote Updater:

"'After the CE Remote Updater has completed its update, the automation program closes the connection to the corporate intranet and hangs up. The automation application is now updated with the latest software patches and sales data for the day.

"'CE Remote Updater is comprised of several COM objects that provide the base functionality of updating. Using COM allows CE Remote Updater to be easily incorporated into C++ and Visual Basic applications. COM also allows the components of CE Remote Updater to be updated themselves independently of any application that uses them, as well as allow CE Remote Updater to be shared by multiple applications without increasing the footprint of any one application.'"

Posted at 10:24:16 AM EDT by BevHarris

Friday, August 15, 2003

Diebold goes WIRELESS - and admits it can be hacked
Three touch-screen vendors, including Diebold, are vying for a statewide contract in Ohio.

Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell will make his final recommendations today, which will include: Diebold. In a somewhat bizarre turn of events, the recommendation will include selecting an UNCERTIFIED Diebold voting system. According to an article by Julie Smythe in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the purchase decision may have to come before the new AccuVote TSx system is even certified.

In the technical data package on the new TSx system, it says they have not submitted a change log since the system is based on the earlier version, raising questions about what exactly has been changed since the Johns Hopkins report exposed security flaws.

But it gets worse: Diebold's newest voting machine, the AccuVote-TSX, lets poll workers send voting data into the county network via wireless communications, and when asked what would happen if someone hacks in, they did not say "here are our security measures to make sure it can't be hacked." No, they said this:

"But even if that burst of election data were intercepted," Radke said, "all the hacker would get are unofficial results. An official tally isn't decided until days later, when local election officials compare the votes counted in each machine's memory card with other paper and electronic records."

``We haven't had any problems,'' he said.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/6538203.htm

Posted at 10: 8: 5 AM EDT by BevHarris

Thursday, August 14, 2003

Did Georgia certify Diebold with smoke signals? Sign language? ESP?
On March 19, 2003 we asked for the following information:

A copy of the actual certification letter from the lab (certifying the version of the software which was used on election day) as well as any related memos, letters, etc.

To which, they replied:

Clifford D. Tatum
Assistant Director of Legal Affairs
Election Division

"In response to your second category, we have determined that no records exist in the Secretary of State's office regarding a certification letter from the lab certifying the version of software used on Election Day. Please be advised that any records of this type may have been submitted to the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) in response to the Request for Proposal that was issued by GTA. Accordingly, a request for this type of information should be submitted to Gary Powell with GTA for response. By copy of this letter, I am advising Mr. Powell of your potential request."

So on, August 6, 2003, the Georgia Libertarian Party asked for the following of Mr. Powell:

"Please provide written certification documents, pertaining to all of the above questions (the Windows Operating System, as used on voting machines certified for use in the 2002 Georgia general election). Please include the precise names and version numbers of the software involved."

To which, Gary Powell replied:

While I am not sure what you mean by the words "please provide written certification documents," GTA does have the official procurement file for the procurement which is the subject of your request.

Are we speaking in tongues? a foreign language? Is it so hard to understand that we'd like to see the certification letter for Georgia?

Georgia law requires it of the Secretary of State AND the vendor:

590-8-1-.01 Certification of Voting Equipment. Vote Recorders and Tabulating Machines

(d) Procedure. The qualification testing and certification of a voting system for use in the State of Georgia will proceed in the following steps:

6. Certification. Based on the information contained in the report from the qualification tests and any other information in his possession, the Secretary of State will determine whether the proposed voting system will be certified for use in the State of Georgia.

(f) Audit and Validation of Certification.

1. It shall be the responsibility of the manufacturer and vendor to ensure that any voting system or component of a voting system that it supplies for use in the State of Georgia has been certified by the Secretary of State. It is also the responsibility of the manufacturer and vendor to submit any modifications to a previously certified system or component to the Secretary of State for recertification and to maintain the Technical Data Package on file in the Office of the Secretary of State.

2. If any question arises involving the certification of a voting system or a component of a voting system in use in the State, the Technical Data Package on file in the Office of the Secretary of State will be used to verify that the system or component in question is identical to the system or component that was submitted for certification.

http://www.state.ga.us/rules/index.cgi?base=590/8/1/01

Was the Diebold software certified in Georgia AT ALL???
Posted at 9:27:56 AM EDT by BevHarris

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Update on Black Box records requests: Georgia, California, Arizona
1. Georgia: The Georgia Libertarian Party filed a public records request last week. The deadline for the state of Georgia to respond was Tuesday. No response came in. Stay tuned...Response should come today! This should be very interesting. The records request asks the State of Georgia to say what software version was used, and whether the Windows operating system for the voting system had any modifications.

2. California: Jim March, a Republican from California, filed a records request in Alameda County. The county responded that they would answer none of his public records request as it was all proprietary. He then asked for a document that was clearly public domain, the contract. In a nutshell, they are still dodging. His full report and comments on it can be found at http://www.blackboxvoting.org/htdocs/dcforum/DCForumID12/34.html

Here is an excerpt from Jim March's report:

"As promised, on Monday 8/11/03 I filed an updated, revamped PRAR with the county, and dropped a copy off with the same county lawyer who wrote the denial letter (as well as the Registrar's office).

You can now see the final version of that PRAR (mostly unchanged from the prelim weekend version) linked from my main "voteprar" page in both Acrobat and HTML formats:

http://www.equalccw.com/voteprar.html

They wouldn't allow immediate onsite review of even those documents they admit are definately public, such as Diebold's contract with the county. They want all queries to get reviewed by the lawyers.

I found out why, too: anybody wanna guess how big that contract is? I kid you not: 300 pages.

They said that in an attempt to dissuade me from even asking (and they want 75cents a page!). I said I'd review it onsite and ask for copies of interesting bits. That seemed to take the gusto out of 'em.

Three HUNDRED pages? ...no wonder they're running scared. The sumbich probably has "secrecy clauses" in there up the yingyang. They're not sure exactly what info release could trigger such clauses, it's doubtful they understand it fully themselves, so of COURSE they're going to stonewall.

3. Arizona "we either win this battle or lose our country," says Gordon Mustain, of the Pima County Democratic Party, who has issued a report: Report on Pima County Electronic Vote Counting Procedures and Safeguards
Posted at 4:57: 0 AM EDT by BevHarris

Tuesday, August 12, 2003

Black Box: SAIC testing to remain a secret
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59976,00.html

The state of Maryland has assigned an audit of the Diebold voting system to Scientific Applications International Corp. (SAIC), a defense industry contractor involved in Iraq, who handled parts of the Yucca Mountain project for the federal government. It is a major Pentagon contractor, and also does security analysis work.

From Wired News:

"According to Diebold spokesman Mike Jacobsen, the company granted SAIC access to the source code after the group signed a nondisclosure agreement. The report is expected to be completed in about three weeks but likely will remain closed to the public."

This report contains a rebuttal by Avi Rubin about Diebold's responses to the his team's report of stunning security flaws in the Diebold system:

Hopkins Report: http://avirubin.com/vote.pdf)

Diebold Rebuttal to Hopkins Report: http://www.diebold.com/checksandbalances.pdf

Rubin et. al. - response to Diebold rebuttal: http://avirubin.com/vote/response.html

- The software has since been updated and no longer has the flaws
- The software was run on the wrong machine
- The Hopkins report only looked at five percent of the system

Basically, he says that

- No way can you redesign the whole system in less than a year, and there was no incentive to do so since these news reports just started breaking

- They looked at the source code, which tells the machine what to do. It is not relevant what machine they did their tests on, because they only did the tests to see if the software would run at all. Their conclusions were based on the source code itself

- Saying you'll train poll workers and put checks and balances in place does not overcome the issue of using flawed software. Each aspect must be secure.

"security standards call for "defense in-depth," a term used by security professionals that means defenses must be built into every layer of a system," he said.

"I think SAIC has competent people," Rubin said. "But if SAIC passes the software, then I'll be very suspicious of how good they did the review.

"But I obviously don't think this thing is going to pass the tests," Rubin said. "It took us a couple of hours to identify very serious problems and two weeks to complete our project, including writing the paper. Diebold called the research we did a 'homework assignment.' But if a homework assignment can find these problems, then how much is a real serious audit going to find?
Posted at 6:15:52 AM EDT by BevHarris

Saturday, August 9, 2003

Sign the letter to President Carter:
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/petition.htm
A plea from an American citizen about voting machines...
Posted at 7:24:41 PM EDT by BevHarris

The Election Center and R. Doug Lewis: Site is down
Other pages are still accessible, like this one, http://electioncenter.proboards14.com/ if you know the address, and here is what is on the page the defunct home page links to:

Why the fuss? Everyone wonders why, when it costs only about $15 to have the touch screens print out paper ballots that voters can verify, that can be kept in a ballot box for use if needed as evidence and an audit trail, the Election Center quietly passed around a letter to the election industry advocating against the paper trail.

Now, people are beginning to question the money trail on these machines. Who gets lobbying money? Who gets contributions? Does anybody get kickbacks? How are people getting paid? Why did San Diego decide, right in the midst of the exposure of very serious questions about Diebold touch screen security, to hurry ahead and buy 10,000 machines? Why did Maryland do the same, purchasing 11,000 machines for $55 million?

How did the flaws get through certification? Why are the most critical group of people, the secretaries of states, organized by a private firm called "The Election Center?" The Election Center, run by an individual named R. Doug Lewis, also organized and trains state election officials, and, through NASED (National Association of State Election Directors) selects the certifiers of the voting machines.

As more people ask how Diebold machines got through certification, more scrutiny is applied to Wyle Labs (which quit certifying the software in 1996, but through its voting machine specialist Jim Dearman, is said to have certified the firmware examined by the Hopkins/Rice scientists). An even more unusual certifier is Ciber, who certified the GEMS program that was the subject of the Harris report

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From Matrix Reloaded: Neo speaks with The Architecht

2003-09-19T09:09:00.000-07:00
This is the script in the Matrix: Reloaded where the Architecht speaks to Neo. It went by so fast that a lot of people didn't understand what he said. From Dave at theantitrust.net So here you go: ----- The Architect - Hello, Neo. Neo - Who are you? The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant. Neo - Why am I here? The Architect - Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here. Neo - You haven't answered my question. The Architect - Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others. *The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Others? What others? How many? Answer me!"* The Architect - The matrix is older than you know. I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in which case this is the sixth version. *Again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Five versions? Three? I've been lied too. This is bullshit."* Neo: There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows. The Architect - Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly's systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations. *Once again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "You can't control me! F*ck you! I'm going to kill you! You can't make me do anything!* Neo - Choice. The problem is choice. *The scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architect's room* The Architect - The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being, thus I redesigned it based on your history to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother. Neo - The Oracle. The Architect - Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster. Neo - This is about Zion. The Architect - You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated. Neo - Bullshit. *The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Bullshit!"* The Architect - Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it. *Scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architects room.* The Architect - The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race. Neo - You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to survive. The Architect - There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world. *The Architect presses a button on a pen that he is holding, and images of people from all over the matrix appear on the monitors* The Architect - It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication, a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of the one. While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love. *Images of Trinity fighting the agent from Neo's dream appear on the monitors* Neo - Trinity. The Architect - Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own. Neo - No! The Architect - Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the anomaly revealed as both beginning, and end. There are two doors. The door to your right leads to the source, and the salvation of Zion. The door to the left leads back to the matrix, to her, and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you're going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction, the chemical precursors that signal the onset of emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic, and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple, and obvious truth: she is going to die, and there is nothing that you can do to stop it. *Neo walks to the door on his left* The Architect - Humph. Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness. Neo - If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet again. The Architect - We won't. End Scene

2003-09-13T09:18:00.000-07:00
Your sexual identity is revealed by the first letter of your first name... what do you think? (Those of you with names that start with "N" will probably wish it started with "K"!) * A- You are not particularly romantic, but you are interested in action. You mean business. With you, what you see is what you get. You have no patience for flirting and can't be bothered with someone who is trying to be coy, cute, demure, and subtly enticing. You are an up front person. When it comes to sex, it's action that counts not obscure hints. Your mate's physical attractiveness is important to you. You find the chase and challenge of the "hunt" invigorating. You are passionate and sexual as well as being much more adventurous than you appear; however, you do not go around advertising these qualities. Your physical needs are your primary concern. * B- You give off vibes of lazy sensuality. You enjoy being romanced, wined, and dined. You are very happy to receive gifts as an statement of the affection of your lover. You want to be pampered and know how to pamper your mate. You are private in your statement of endearments and particularly when it comes to love making. You will hold off until everything meets with your approval. You can control your appetite and abstain from sex if need be. You require new sensations and experiences. You are willing to experiment. * C- You are a very social individual, and it is important to you to have a relationship. You require closeness and togetherness. You must be able to talk to your sex partner before, during, and after. You want the object of your affection to be socially acceptable and good looking. You see your lover as a friend and companion. You are very sexual and sensual, needing someone to appreciate and almost worship you. When this cannot be achieved, you have the ability to go for long periods without sexual activity. You are an expert at controlling your desires and doing without. * D- Once you get it into your head that you want someone, you move full steam ahead in pursuit. You do not give up your quest easily. You are nurturing and caring If someone has a problem, this turns you on. You are highly sexual, passionate, loyal, and intense in your involvement, sometimes possessive and jealous. Sex to you is a pleasure to be enjoyed. You are stimulated by the eccentric and unusual, having a free and open. * E- Your greatest need is to talk. If your date is not a good listener, you have trouble relating. A person must be intellectually stimulating or you are not interested sexually. You need a friend for a lover and a companion for a bedmate. You hate disharmony and disruption, but you do enjoy a good argument once in a while it seems to stir things up. You flirt a lot, for the challenge is more important than the sexual act for you, but once you give your heart away, you are uncompromisingly loyal. When you don't have a good lover to fall asleep with, you will fall asleep with a good book. (Sometimes, in fact, you prefer a good book.) * F- You are idealistic and romantic, putting your lover on a pedestal. You look for the very best mate you can find. You are a flirt, yet once committed, you are very loyal. You are sensuous, sexual, and privately passionate. Publicly, you can be showy, extravagant, and gallant. You are a romantic. Dramatic love scenes are your favorite fantasy pastime. You can be a very generous lover. * G- You are fastidious, seeking perfection within yourself and your lover. You respond to a lover who is your intellectual equal or superior, and one who can enhance your status. You are sensuous and know how to reach the peak of erotic stimulation, because you work at it meticulously. You can be extremely active sexually that is, when you find the time. Your duties and responsibilities take precedence over everything else. You may have difficulty getting emotionally close to a lover, but no trouble getting close sexually. * H- You seek a mate who can enhance your reputation and earning ability. You will be very generous to your lover once you have attained a commitment. Your gifts are actually an investment in your partner. Before the commitment, though, you tend to be frugal in your spending and dating habits and equally cautious in your sexual involvement. You are a sensual and patient lover. * I- You have a great need to be loved, appreciated...Even worshipped. You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh. You look for lovers who know what they are doing. You are not interested in an amateur, unless that amateur wants a tutor. You are fussy and exacting about having your desires satisfied. You are willing to experiment and try new modes of sexual statement. You bore easily and thus require sexual adventure and change. You are more sensual than sexual, but you are sometimes downright lustful. * J- You can be very romantic, attached to the glamour of love. Having a partner is of paramount importance to you. You are free in your statement of love and are willing to take chances, try new sexual experiences and partners, provided it's all in good taste. Brains turn you on. You must feel that your partner is intellectually stimulating, otherwise you will find it difficult to sustain the relationship. You require loving, cuddling, wining, and dining to know that you're being appreciated. * K- You are totally @#%$ marvelous! * L- You are very romantic, idealistic, and somehow you believe that to love means to suffer. You wind up serving your mate or attracting people who have unusual troubles. You see yourself as your lover's savior. You are sincere, passionate, lustful, and dreamy. You can't help falling in love. You fantasize and get turned on by movies and magazines. You do not tell others of this secret life, nor of your sexual fantasies. * M- You are emotional and intense. When involved in a relationship, you throw your entire being into it. Nothing stops you; there are no holds barred. You are all consuming and crave someone who is equally passionate and intense. You believe in total sexual freedom. You are willing to try anything and everything. Your supply of sexual energy is in exhaustible. You also enjoy mothering your mate. * N- You are crap in bed. * O- You are very interested in sexual activities yet secretive and shy about your desires. You can re-channel much of your sexual energy into making money and/or seeking power. You can easily have extended periods of celibacy. You are a passionate, compassionate, sexual lover, requiring the same qualities from your mate. Sex is serious business; thus you demand intensity diversity, and are willing to try anything or anyone. Sometimes your passions turn to possessiveness, which must be kept in check. * P- You are very conscious of social proprieties. You wouldn't think of doing anything that might harm your image or reputation. Appearances count, therefore, you require a good-looking partner. You also require an intelligent partner. Oddly enough, you may view your partner as your enemy; a good fight stimulates those sex vibes. You are relatively free of sexual hang-ups. You are willing to experiment and try new ways of doing things. You are very social and sensual; you enjoy flirting and need a good deal of physical gratification. * Q- You require constant activity and stimulation. You have tremendous physical energy. It is not easy for a partner to keep up with you, sexually or otherwise. You are an enthusiastic lover and tend to be attracted to people of other ethnic groups. You need romance, hearts and flowers, and lots of conversation to turn you on and keep you going. * R- You are a no-nonsense, action-oriented individual. You need someone who can keep pace with you and who is your intellectual equal the smarter the better. You are turned on more quickly by a great mind than by a great body. However, physical attractiveness is very important to you. You have to be proud of your partner. You are privately very sexy, but you do not beg, you are willing to serve as teacher. Sex is important; you can be a very demanding playmate. * S- You are secretive, self-contained, and shy. You are very sexy, sensual, and passionate, but you do not let on to this. Only in intimate privacy will this part of your nature reveal itself. When it gets down to the nitty-gritty, you are an expert. You know all the little tricks of the trade, can play any role or any game, and take your love life very seriously. You don't fool around. You have the patience to wait for the right person to come along. * T- You are very sensitive, private, and sexually passive; you like a partner who takes the lead. Music, soft lights and romantic thoughts turn you on. You fantasize, but do not tend to fall in and out of love easily. When in love, you are romantic, idealistic, mushy, and extremely intense. You enjoy having your senses and your feelings stimulated, titillated, and teased. You are a great flirt. You can make your relationships fit your dreams, oftentimes all in your own head. * U- You are enthusiastic and idealistic when in love. When not in love, you are in love with love, always looking for someone to adore. You see romance as a challenge. You are a roamer and need adventure, excitement, and freedom. You deal in potential relationships. You enjoy giving gifts and enjoy seeing your mate looking good. Your sex drive is strong and you desire instant gratification. You are willing to put your partner's pleasures above your own. * V- You are individualistic, and you need freedom, space, and excitement. You wait until you know someone well before committing yourself. Knowing someone means psyching him out. You feel a need to get into his head to see what makes him tick. You are attracted to eccentric types. Often there is an age difference between you and your lover. You respond to danger, thrills, and suspense. The gay scene turns you on, even though you yourself may not be a participant. * W- You are very proud, determined, and you refuse to take no for an answer when pursuing love. Your ego is at stake. You are romantic, idealistic, and often in love with love itself, not seeing your partner as he or she really is. You feel deeply and throw all of yourself into your relationships. Nothing is too good for your lover. You enjoy playing love games. * X- You need constant stimulation because you bore quickly. You can handle more than one relationship at a time with ease. You can't shut off your mind. You talk while you make love. You can have the greatest love affairs, all by yourself, in your own head. * Y- You are sexual, sensual, and very independent. If you can't have it your way, you will forgo the whole thing. You want to control your relationships, which doesn't always work out too well. You respond to physical stimulation, enjoy necking and spending hours just touching, feeling and exploring. However, if you can spend your time making money, you will give up the pleasures of the flesh for the moment. You need to prove to yourself and your partner what a great lover you are. You want feedback on your performance. You are an open, stimulating, romantic bedmate. * Z- For you, it is business before pleasure. If you are in anyway bothered by career, business, or money concerns, you find it very hard to relax and get into the mood. You can be romantically idealistic to a fault and are capable of much sensuality. But you never lose control of your emotions. You are very careful and cautious before you give your heart away and your body, for that matter. Once you make the commitment, though, you stick like glue

A Steaming Pile of Craphound

2003-04-24T11:45:00.000-07:00
Nice to see that there are others out there on the Internets that share my opinion of blogging's King of Trivia, Cory Doctorow. Hats off to Charles Eicher for posting what I know most A-list blogger think but won't say: Mr. Craphound is a grade-A, first class, insufferable cock.
I'm observing one of the Blog world's more stupid rituals, by publicly announcing the removal of a link from my site. I have removed Boing Boing magazine from my blogroll.
Boing Boing used to be a pretty good zine about 15 years ago, back when it was solely the product of Mark and Carla. But now it's been completely taken over by Cory Doctorow, who is a complete and utter asshole. Mark and Carla's "neurozine" is now infested by Cory's self-promotion activities, at times the site has been almost 100% advertising for Cory's new SF scribblings. Sure you have a right to use your site for self-promotion, but this is beyond the pale. Cory has his own site, I don't know why Mark let Cory take over his pet project and use it for his own purposes.
I think my main distaste for Cory comes from his unhealthy obsession with Disneyworld. I got into a flamefest with him about something he did at Disneyland and wrote about on BoingBoing. He said he gathered a large group of online acquaintances to go to Disneyland as a group, including a woman in a wheelchair. They used the handicapped woman to cut the WHOLE GROUP into the front of the line on the rides. I told him he was exploiting the woman's handicapped status for his group's personal gain. He retorted that Disneyland wants handicapped people and their friends to be able to experience Disney attractions together. I wasn't aware you could get 20 or 30 people into a single car on a roller coaster ride. He said the handicapped woman didn't mind being exploited. What a load of crap!
And there's the problem. Cory is a self-proclaimed craphound. I think he's just full of crap. There's a fine line between admiration for crappy pop culture detritus, and obsession. Cory is obsessed, he's the ultimate Comic Book Guy. I won't refer readers to the site, they have enough links. Life is too short to put up with self-important idiots like Cory.

2003-02-28T04:18:00.000-08:00
Below is a collection of interesting facts I've accumulated over the years. Although I'm sure about most of them, keep in mind you can't believe everything you read! History When George Washington was elected President, there was a King in France, a Tsarina in Russia, an Emperor in China, and a Shogun in Japan. A family of six died in Oregon during WWII as a result of a Japanese balloon bomb. Roulette, an invention by the mathematician Blaise Pascal, was a by-product of his experiments with perpetual motion. The dome on Monticello conceals a billiards room (billiards were illegal in Virginia). Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past royalty. This custom has evolved into the modern military salute. Spiral staircases in medieval castles turn right as they ascend. This was so that (right-handed) knights defending the castle could more easily combat invading foes who were climbing the stairs. Dashing horses kicking up mud (among other things), splashing the passengers riding behind them, led to the invention of the dashboard, a term which survives today. Firehouses have circular stairways because the engines were at a time pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor, and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot. Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps, so theirs are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. (And the glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher). In the 1940s, the FCC assigned TV Channel 1 to mobile services, but did not re-number the other channel assignments. Sputnik was launched on October 4, 1957, the same day that "Leave it to Beaver" debuted. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. The US purchased Alaska from Russia for approximately 2 cents an acre. Taft was the last President with facial hair. Robert E. Lee is the only person to date to have graduated from West Point military academy without a single demerit. Names The names of the three monkeys are Mizaru (see no evil), Kikazaru (fear no evil), and Iwazaru (speak no evil). The ammunition belts in WWII aircraft were 27 feet long, thus the expression "the whole nine yards". University of Florida football team, the Gators, first tested Gatorade. The Greek word "gymnasium" means "to exercise naked". In Ancient Greece, gymnasts wore no clothes. Dismas and Gestas were the two thieves crucified with Jesus. The term "dodger" (from the Brooklyn Dodgers, now known as the Los Angeles Dodgers) was a shortened form of "trolley dodgers," which described Brooklynites for their ability to avoid being hit by trolley cars. The ghosts in Pac-Man are named Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde. Mr. Snuffleupagas' first name was Alyoisus. Thomas Crapper is credited with inventing the modern-day toilet. Otto Titsling invented the brassiere. Major General Joseph Hooker paid prostitutes to accompany his soldiers in the Civil War. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of owls is called a parliament. The airplane that Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie". A barmaid reportedly decorated her establishment with the tail feathers of cocks. One day a patron asked for "one of those cock tails." She served him a drink with a feather in it. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. The product's full name is WD-40 Water Displacer, which was perfected on the fortieth attempt. Tribeca stands for TRIangle BElow CAnal Street. The two lions in front of the New York Public Library are currently named Patience and Fortitude. The letter "J" does not yet appear anywhere within the periodic table of the elements. Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in "Its A Wonderful Life". Words The word "pound" is abbreviated "lb." from the Latin "libra pondo", meaning weight or balance, where the constellation got its name. The word "checkmate" comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," meaning "the king is dead". "Alma mater" means "bountiful mother". "Admiral" is derived from the Arabic phrase "amir al bahr," which means "lord of the sea". "Stewardesses", "reverberated", and "lollipop" are the longest words that can be typed using only one hand on a keyboard. "Skepticisms" is the longest word that alternates hands, while the longest word that can be typed using the top row only is "typewriter". The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable". "Bookkeeper" and "bookkeeping" are the only words in the English language with three consecutive double letters. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language. "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" (a lung disease) is the longest English word according to the Oxford English Dictionary. "Beelzebub", another name for the devil, is Hebrew for "Lord of the Flies". Geography Mapmaking is older than writing. At latitude 60 degrees south you can sail the entire way around the world. If the earth were the size of a bowling ball, it would be just as smooth; the mountains on raised relief globes are greatly exaggerated. Hawaii's Mauna Kea is the largest mountain on Earth: although partially submerged, it is 4,000 feet taller than Mount Everest. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the full stadium becomes the state's third largest city. Alaska is the most northern, western and eastern US state. Mozambique has an AK-47 assault rifle on its flag. Pluto takes 248 Earth years to orbit the Sun. For 20 of those years, it is closer to the Sun than Neptune. The Amazon River enters the Atlantic with so much volume that fresh water exists more than a hundred miles from the mouth of the river. The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. Biology &c. The human brain stops growing at age 18, and is 80% water. Your skin weighs twice as much as your brain. The storage capacity of the human brain is about 4 terabytes (4,000 gigabytes). A peanut is a legume, not nut. Honey is the only food that cannot spoil. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. A blue whale gains approximately 200 pounds a day for the first seven months of its life. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. An elephant can be pregnant for two years. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene. All polar bears are left-handed. The human body has 70,000 miles of blood vessels. Fun Facts Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. Zaire is the world leader in cobalt mining, producing two-thirds of the world's cobalt. You expend more calories eating and digesting celery than there are in the celery itself. Minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit equals minus 40 degrees Celsius. Michael Jordan shaves his head on Tuesdays and Fridays. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672. Non-dairy creamer is flammable (trust me on this). Raindrops are not tear-drop shaped. They are rounded at the top and flat on the bottom. Isaac Asimov is the only author to have written a book in all 10 Dewey-decimal categories. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle and to trap the sediments in the wine. The tip of a whip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The "crack" of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. In a deck of cards, the King of Hearts (AKA the suicide King) is sticking his sword through his head. The wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brothers' first flight. Starting with the number one, you would have to count to one thousand to use the letter "A". The Statue of Liberty's tablet is two feet thick. If done perfectly, any Rubik's Cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.

How to Be a Motherfucker

2003-02-08T17:46:00.000-08:00
I think that all the new frankness about sex may erroneously lead some people to think that mother/son incest is only a fairly recent phenomenon. But I just celebrated my thirty-second birthday and I am still enjoying a sexual relationship with my fifty-four year old mother that began many years ago. Although statistics seem to indicate that there is relatively little mother/son incest as compared to father/daughter sex, I have plenty of cause to believe that there are many more sons getting it on with their moms than the general public even dreams. It is just that those involved in such relationships are all so fucking satisfied with the situation that no one ever complains of abuse. Just after my senior year in high school a bunch of my friends and I became sort of fascinated with the term "motherfucker" and the whole idea of such a concept behind the overused word. We finally decided to do a little experimenting and see whether such a thing was really possible. In other words, we were actually going to try to fuck our mothers! The results were astonishing! Out of the six of us who originally agreed to try, four succeeded within a mere six weeks, and a fifth one finally "brought it home" after seven months of trying. Furthermore, when rumors about this started floating around, more and more guys found the nerve to make the attempt, and a really amazing number of them succeeded. In fact, in some cases, a mother eventually took on two or three sons, and even occasionally their friends, as sex partners. We had a sort of informal club that met together to discuss our exploits and to give advice and encouragement to others. We called ourselves The Mama's Boys. Because of that, I honestly believe that just about any young guy can seduce his mom if he is persistent and proceeds in the right way. In my case, since my mom and I were already very close, the seduction was easy. I just started hugging her more often and prolonging the hugs, kissing her more intimately, helping her much more around the house, staying home with her most of the time, and continually paying her extravagant compliments. Since I am an only child, it was extremely easy for me to be alone with her, and she just ate up the extra attention. Let's face it, by the time a woman is thirty-nine or forty, has been married for twenty years or so, and has put on a few pounds, she isn't receiving all the love and sexual attention she did before. If her husband has worked his way up to a responsible position which requires more time and energy, and if his sexual desire is beginning to diminish with age, you can bet the woman isn't getting nearly as much action in bed either. Add to this the fact that her children are growing up, and modern conveniences are making her housework easier so she has more time on her hands. Studies also show that a woman reaches her sexual peak in her forties, while a man reaches his in his late teens. So, put a lonely, love-starved woman in the same house with a hot and horny teenaged guy, and give them plenty of time alone and - BINGO! It's almost as if nature had intended it to happen. By the end of only the first week of my campaign, Mom and I were already sitting on the couch, necking. By the end of the second week, we were dry-humping on the couch, petting and fondling. And by the end of the third week, she had let me pull off her goofy panties, spread her legs, and ease my eager young cock into her hungry pussy. After that we were fucking all over the house - on the couch, in one of our beds, on the floor, on or under the kitchen table, standing up with her bending over the counter and me sticking it in her from behind, even with me sitting on the can in the bathroom with her straddling me while Dad was right downstairs watching Matlock. We could never get enough of each other, it seemed. To all the young guys who may be reading this, let me point out a few facts and offer some advice: 1. No matter how straitlaced you mother seems to be, I promise that any mom will be flattered to discover that her son is sexually aroused by her. 2. She is not going to throw your ass out of the house if you make a reasonable pass at her. She might say no, and she might become angry, but unless you try to overpower her, she will get over it quickly. (For God's sake, don't try to rape her!) 3. She will not tell your father. Never! In our high school group, there were a few who didn't succeed in banging their moms, but in no case did the mother ever tell her husband what was going on. 4. You must be patient, but persistent as well. Be prepared to back off temporarily, and don't push things too fast. But don't let her forget, either, that an eager lover is there for her anytime she wants the cock. 5. Let her know that you love her sincerely, and respect her. Don't just treat her like a cunt that you want to stuff. 6. The lovesick routine also works great with moms. Loss of appetite and energy, sad mooning looks, and even tears can melt many a cold mom's reserve. 7. Fucking your mom will not hurt your love life with girls of your own age. On the contrary. Sex with an experienced partner can improve your technique greatly. You will also be more likely to choose mature, well- balanced girls who eventually make good wives, instead of chasing down round-heeled flirts and sluts just because you're dying for a piece of ass. 8. Finally, no matter how many other women you may screw or how good a sex partner your wife may be, I'll bet that you'll never enjoy any other fuck as much as the ones you have with Mom. Among our Mama's Boys, most of the guys wound up with good marriages, including me, and most of them ended the sex relationship with their moms after they were married. But some, like me, continue to go home for a piece of good old Mom's ass every once in a while. My wife is great in bed, and I have no complaints, but I tell you, you'll never feel more content, more satisfied, than when lying comfortably in the warm arms of your loving mom after the two of you have been through a torrid hour of fucking and sucking and kissing and licking. That close, close mother/son relationship, made even deeper by enjoying each other's body, is the most genuine kind of love there is. It just totally warms and fills you, body and soul, and that is why I continue to go home to my still great-looking mom once a week to recharge my batteries (and hers). Fucking Mom makes the whole world seem better. So if you are a relatively young guy with a normal yen for your mother, why not give it a try? Think your morn is different? Too high principled? Not interested in sex? I'm willing to bet that you're wrong, and that your chances of having a willing, even eager, lover right there in your own home are much better than fifty/fifty. The only thing really holding you back is your own lack of courage. But to quote Shakespeare, "Screw your courage to the sticking place and you'll not fail!" Go for it! And for any moms who might read this, let me also encourage you to take your horny sons into your bed. You won't regret it. He certainly won't lose his respect for you or be any harder to control. Instead, he'll respect you far more and will do all that he can to please you. That reward waiting between your legs will make him behave better than you ever dreamed possible. At the same time, he will also be gaining confidence in himself as a person. He'll be able to control his baser sexual urges around other women, and he'll eventually choose a mate as much like you as possible. And Mom, you know damned well that he'll give you a helluva good time in bed - with hotter, more eager fucking than you've had in many a year! I hope that anyone inspired to action by this file will report the results to me. It would make me feel great to know that I've actually brought some moms and sons together in bed.

2002-12-28T00:18:00.000-08:00
When life throws you a curve ball, people say to take a swing and if you miss it, it's a lessoned learned. You know what? FUCK THAT! Step in front of that ball and take in the chest. Now -that-, my friends, is a lessoned learned damn good. Anyone who even attempts to have a philosophic conversation with me seems very unimaginative. Bottom line; you all fake creativity by using an easily accessible and familiar medium that you know people will go for because it hits their nostalgic nerve.

2002-08-02T09:18:00.000-07:00
This is no longer just a webpage, but a meeting place for the curious, the everyman, the knowledge seekers and all humans willing to take things with a grain of salt. And while I hope you guys enjoy yourselves, if not, I don't really FUCKING care.

2002-06-10T18:43:00.000-07:00
A random thought, after having a pretty intense argument with a complete stranger about smoking on el platforms: No matter how mean and loud a white guy I am, there will always exist meaner and louder white guys than me. I question my sense of entitlement, which is why I will always lose to white males who don't question it. Take it from me - white males really do believe that the world exists for no other reason than to please them. And when you get in the way of this God-given right, they will crush you like a bug until you are no longer in their way. Don't get me wrong - I'm guilty of it too, almost on a daily basis. But do I really want to get my nose broken over a cigarette? Let the asshole have his clean air. Let him wallow in his own smug sense of self-appreciation. I pick my fights more carefully than he does. One day he's going to pick a fight like that with the wrong random stranger and find a bullet in his fucking head.

mockery of the first amendment

2002-05-24T23:03:00.000-07:00

Message-ID: <000801c202cd$8dd59050$3df9a218@gilpeggy>
From: "Gilbert Hicks" ghicks3@nc.rr.com
To:
Subject:
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 22:48:58 -0400

you're a mockery of the first amendment.

From: johnnydark@hushmail.com
To: Gilbert Hicks
Subject: Re:
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:05:19 -0700

And you, sir, are a mockery of the 25th amendment.

JD

2002-05-23T15:27:00.000-07:00
Artistic Perspectives on the Wolf.

2002-05-22T04:39:00.000-07:00
I am a sick man. ... I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I believe my liver is diseased. However, I know nothing at all about my disease, and do not know for certain what ails me. I don't consult a doctor for it, and never have, though I have a respect for medicine and doctors. Besides, I am extremely superstitious, sufficiently so to respect medicine, anyway (I am well-educated enough not to be superstitious, but I am superstitious). No, I refuse to consult a doctor from spite.

2002-05-21T13:55:00.000-07:00

Ian Curtis Death House

2002-05-19T00:10:00.000-07:00
The house in which Joy Division singer Ian Curtis killed himself has been put up for sale. The property, in Barton Street, Macclesfield, was the scene of one of rock and roll's most tragic events, with Curtis hanging himself on the eve of an American tour in May 1980. Curtis's death prompted the collapse of Joy Division and the formation of New Order, who emerged from the ashes of the post-Punk legends. An advertisement on a housing website, understandably, makes no mention of the events in the home, which Curtis shared with his wife and daughter before his suicide. The two-bedroomed terrace house is described as being "ideal for first-time buyers" and valued at ?65,000, reports ananova.com.

2002-05-18T20:50:00.000-07:00
I drag my cursor slowly down your neat, functioning textual links and watch them underline at my playful touch. So responsive to my eager probing you flicker provocatively. I’m hypnotized by your high fidelity jpegs, they loaded so quickly- you rushed to satisfy my yearning and I knew instantly you were a classy page. Not like the others with their tiled backgrounds and midi files. And responsive as you are to my movements I know you’re no cheap corporate domain, it’s in the little touches, the alt text and crosshair cursor in just the right places. Bookmarking frantically I close all the other windows that clutter the bottom of my screen. I want to be alone with you. Up and down, up and down I work your smooth graceful scrollbar, savoring every pixel. A link catches my eye, oh god, do I rightclick and risk losing this moment? I persevere, I’m getting to the heart of you and I’ve got you in my favorites list….

2002-05-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

fucked up girlfriends

2002-05-04T10:14:00.000-07:00
Me and my friend Pighs were comparing fucked up girlfriends earlier today. My worst would have to be whom I was with over the Christmas/New Year holidays. Apparently she had got home one day when she found her fiancé had hung himself. This had left her with two years of therapy, a drinking problem and serious fuckin' intimacy problems... and she hadn't had sex in five years. Although Pighs won with a friend of his whose dog had apparently died fucking her. Anyway just wondering if any of you crazy Americans could beat it.

Verisign...

2002-05-04T01:16:00.000-07:00
Verisign sucks. That is all.

2002-05-03T20:44:00.000-07:00
Verisign can lick my love pump. Really.

2002-05-02T04:42:00.000-07:00
(I just couldn't resist. I really wanted for Gavin to come to his senses and get involved here. )

To : gavintaaffe@hotmail.com
Subject : check it out dude
Date : Tue, 30 Apr 2002 18:13:40 +0000

Hi there.

I saw you were having a rough go of it as a new filepile member.
I know you don't want to hear anymore about it but I think if you give it a chance you'll be pleasantly surprised. You're already a semi-celebrity on the pile and believe me, everyone on filepile is very nice. I urge you to give it one more try and approach the site with a fresh outlook. You'll be glad you did.
Peace,
_computerface

From : "Gavin Muhlberger"
To : computer_face@hotmail.com
Subject : Re: check it out dude
Date : Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:53:49 -0400

I have nothing personal against you (computer face), because I don't know you and I don't know if you've said any shit about me, BUT how the hell can you say that "everyone on filepile is very nice"??? How can you even BEGIN to say something as ridiculous as that??????? There are disgusting pictures on that bullshit site, and the ONLY thing that you people do is argue about pointless bullshit and try to hurt other people's feelings for no aparent reason whatsoever. I think you are on drugs if you can't see that. I want nothing to do with your bullshit. Filepile is for moronic hypocritical losers, and I could not care less what you or ANYONE else on filepile thinks of me. I know perfectly well that this message along with all the others sent by me will be posted on your fucking loser website, so go ahead, LAUGH. I really don't give a fuck. I just pity people like the "pilers" who spend their entire lives amounting to nothing because they are antisocial degenerate, hypocritical idiots. You guys take a bullshit shot at me, well you're gonna get bullshit right back. You don't like what I'm saying right now? That's because YOU ARE HYPOCRITES. You can dish it out but you can't take it. Pure idiocy.

By the way, I am blocking all filepile users from e-mailing me, AND I am not going to return to that site ever again, so you might as well delete my account. I am not sorry for anything I have said, because you people have had it coming to you from the beginning. You don't hurt an intelligent person's feelings and get away with it. Go back to communing with hypocrites and morons for all I care. You'll never fit in amoung normal, decent, intelligent people. Have a nice life.

2002-05-01T09:54:00.000-07:00
gavin:

Hi, Are you one of the non-hostile people on fiepile? Since I got my membership, people have been saying bad things about me because they thought that I was dissing their site and other people's sites too. Up until a few days ago I was sharing this e-mail address with a few friends (don't ask me why, I can see now that it was a stupid idea) and one of them must have sent the offensive e-mail to the filepile staff. I'm really bothered by this because people don't seem to believe me when I say it was me, and I find them talking about me as if I was another person and I have split personalities. They even go to the extremes to thinking that I am posing as another person named Niel! It is ridiculous, I don't even know anyone named Niel!! Anyway, what was the picture supposed to be? It looked kinda scary to me.

me:

My intention wasn't to be hostile toward you, merely to try to share some of the quirkiness of File Pile. And also to jump on the Current File Pile Meme bandwagon. Which today was sending you goodies. I’m sure it's all very confusing to you now, but if you stick around you might find out you like it. Some people say it's even addictive. Sometimes there is some conflict within the ranks, but it's all in good fun. Don't take anything too personally, just try and have fun.

gavin:

Don't get me wrong, I didn't think you were being hostile. What bothers me is that most of the people on filepile seem to hate me, and for reasons I cannot fathom. They also think I'm pretending to be someone else, and that is really offensive. Anyway, thanks for not being a jackass :)

BTW, do you know what is up with the people thinking that I'm pretending to be some guy named Niel???

me:

I'm a little confused about the whole story myself. Don't take any percieved hostility from the "filepilers" too seriously, or personally. It's just a bit of fun, baiting a faceless stranger. We're a weird, quirky and sometimes volatile community. The negative reaction grew from the intial, very rude email that you (or whoever was using your hotmail account) send to Andre. And then apparently email from "Niel" showed up referencing it I think. Anyway, this is part of what happens on File Pile. Something gets started, and it snowballs and takes on a life of it's own. Then in a few days it's forgotten, and the former villian is accepted. But you never really know what you're going to get, that's the beauty of the pile. Anyway, since Andre gave you an account, you can log in and see what File Pile is really all about. Not that you will really "get it" until you've been around a while. There are many ongoing memes and in-jokes for example.

gavin:

I just told everyone on filepile that I would not visit the site any longer. The reason is cos I have seen really disgusting pictures on there referring to me. It's sickening and downright stupid that these people go to great lengths to be jackasses to people they don't know, and for no reason whatsoever.

me:

Well, leaving or staying is certainly your perogative. I'm not defending anyone's behavior (especially not disgusting pictures sprung on someone unsuspecting) here. I also know that you don't perceive this whole thing "in context". Which you couldn't, without getting to know what File Pile is about, by hanging around for a while. Also note that no one using File Pile went and selected you on a whim for random abuse. The person who started the ball rolling originated things from -your- account. At any rate, again, try not to take it personally. How could it be personal when no one on the pile actually knows you? Most of the hostility you perceive is not taken seriously by anyone except you.

It may be that File Pile is not for you. That's fine, it's not for a lot of people. *shrug*

gavin:

Ok. By the way, I know that you were one of the people bashing me. I saw all the comments you made. Thanks a bunch.

me:

Thunder and potatoes! You still don't get it. But i'm not going to lose any sleep over this. You shouldn't either. Ciao.

Snuff from HISTORY of PORNOGRAPHY

2002-05-01T02:18:00.000-07:00
The nastiest of all nasty porn films is the snuff film, where the actress is murdered during orgasm. Not one has ever been shown to exist. Snuff film mythology began in 1973 with Raymond Gauer, the president of the Citizens for Decency through Law, an anti-pornography organization. "I've never seen one," Gauer told Adam magazine, but "my undercover guy, though he's never seen one, has talked to enough people to be convinced they exist. Another source is convinced that they exist in quantity, and that they've been screened in the very 'In' circles in Hollywood." (www.xmag.com) Over the past 25 years, dozens of people like Gauer have claimed to have known people who've known people who've seen a snuff film. In 1975, New York cops and the FBI investigated rumors of snuff films. Tabloid newspapers, the Post and the Daily News, ran stories of the ongoing investigation with banner headlines like "Snuff Porn-The Actress Is Actually Killed." According to the tabloids, numerous snuff films could be purchased for private viewing at prices ranging from $100 to $500. One story in the Post quoted a police detective who said, "I am convinced that these films actually exist and that a person is actually murdered. I suppose you could say they are the ultimate obscenity." Amidst these wild rumors, producer Allen Shackleton acquired the rights to a low budget film by Michael and Roberta Findlay, The Slaughter, which was filmed in 1970 in Argentina but was so bad that it was never released. The stories in the tabloids frequently claimed that snuff films came from South America. Shackleton retitled the film Snuff, and added ten minutes of "reality" footage. A young woman on the crew tells the director the stabbing scene turned her on. The director asks her if she would like to act out her fantasies. She complies and gets into bed with him. When she realizes the crew is still filming, she protests. He picks up a bloody dagger and cuts her to pieces. The film appears to run out as the screen goes black and a voice over says, "Did you get it all?" "Yeah, we got it. Let's get out of here." End of Snuff! No credits roll. (From the 2/97 www.xmag.com. Article by Bob Armstrong) Shackleton released Snuff! in 1976 with such tag lines: "The picture they said could NEVER be shown," "The bloodiest thing that ever happened in front of a camera," and "The film that could only be made in South America where Life is CHEAP!" A poster showed a woman's neck between the sharp blades of a clapper board. Shackleton never claimed authentic snuff, but allowed the viewer to speculate the on-camera murder was real. His ad campaign worked. The New York City District Attorney investigated the film and interviewed the actress who was supposedly murdered in the final segment. It's an "interesting bind," Shackleton told Variety. If it was a real murder "I'd be in jail in two minutes... I'd be a damn fool to admit it. If it isn't real, I'd be a damn fool to admit it." Though Snuff! had a short run, and though no snuff film has ever been proved to exist, the notion of snuff films still haunt the public imagination. During the 80's movies like Videodrome, 52 Pick-up and Last House on a Dead End Street used the snuff mania theme. Several TV shows featured snuff themes, including a Miami Vice episode featuring Don Johnson beating a pathological artist who views his murder on film as an aesthetic statement. In 1994 a reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle, Rider McDowell, spent six months trying to find a snuff film. During his investigation he interviewed FBI agents, cops, underground film makers, porno directors, proprietors of adult stores and owners of mail order houses. Results: nothing. "I've endured watching a myriad of horrible fake snuff films -- some ridiculously fake, the others deemed unauthentic by experts -- with titles such as Cannibal Holocaust and Man Behind the Sun 731. I've poured over dozens of unsolved murders around the country, searching, always searching. To no avail," writes McDowell. Many people have speculated that the "Son of Sam" serial killer, David Berkowitz, made snuff films to distribute within the Church of Satan. But no films of his killings have ever surfaced. In his 1977 book The Film Maker's Guide to Pornography, Steven Ziplow writes: "Snuff films are those in which the final sexual act is murder. No hard evidence has ever been presented that such films do exist, but rumor has it that there are a very few 8mm films to be had at a very high price. The major trouble with producing this sort of film is that you are constantly forced to be on the lookout for new talent." April 1999: German Duo Convicted of Making Snuff Film Two men in Germany were recently sentenced to life imprisonment for committing murder while producing a snuff film. It's the first such conviction ever. The men filmed themselves sexually assaulting and torturing a 21-year-old woman for a snuff film they had hoped to sell in America for $16,000. Frankfurt-based prosecutor Job Tillman says there's a ready market for films depicting violence against women and children -- especially in America. Although one of the men is appealing the ruling, the other says he views jail as an opportunity to work on himself and his problems. Michael Leidig writes 4/13/99 from Vienna for the Daily Telegraph, a London newspaper: Ernst Dieter Korzen, 37, and Stefan Michael Mahn, 30, [videotaped] themselves sexually assaulting and torturing a 21-year-old woman in 1997. The victim died before the production was complete and the pair kidnapped a second woman to finish the video. But she escaped and alerted authorities, who arrested the men. Wolfgang Rahmer, the chief prosecutor, told the court: "From my experience this represents a new depth in perversion. You see the victim begging for her life, pain being inflicted and massive sexual torture." The court was told that the murdered woman, Jueleyha Akpinar, was working as a prostitute in Cologne when she met the two men in November. They offered her drugs and money to go with them to the remote bungalow in Kierspe-Roensal, near Hagen. A lack of direct evidence had previously led to widespread scepticism over the existence of a snuff movie industry, with many writing it off as an "urban myth". But Wolfgang Rahmer said he had no doubt that such an industry existed. Both men were jailed for life in a secure psychiatric institution. Judge Hoerst Werner Herkenberg said Korzen should not expect his case to be re-examined for at least 18 years, and that Mahn would have to wait at least 15. Cassandra Brown wrote 11/9/98 for the London newspaper Daily Telegraph: Films in which baby mice, hamsters and chickens are stamped to death by women wearing high-heel shoes are being smuggled into Britain to satisfy an audience whose bizarre tastes are now attracting video producers here. Customs officers discovered the grisly trade a year ago after raiding a house in the South-East. They found tapes containing animal "snuff" - or "squish" - movies, child pornography and illegal firearms. In Britain it is illegal to import or distribute the tapes, but not to possess them. In one confiscated video, seen by The Telegraph, a woman wearing stiletto shoes is shown stamping on a hamster. After she steps on the immobilised animal, the camera zooms in to show the terrified hamster which, despite its broken back, struggles to escape. The woman stamps on it five times before it dies and she grinds it into the floor. In another, a 22-year-old blonde called "Michelle" is shown talking about her hatred of worms, snails and bugs before being shown "squishing" them into the floor. ...Jeff Vilencia, of Squish Productions in California, was one of the first to make this type of movie commercially available. He said the product appealed particularly to men, who found them "stimulating". Mr Vilencia's videos feature baby rats, goldfish, bugs and mice and go under names such as Death In The Afternoon. Promotions for his series of Squish Playhouse films include descriptions of women such as "Ms Tiffany" and how viewers can see several of her "tiny pink friends [mice] crushed to death on her black and white tile floor". Some British "fans" were now making their own movies, rather than pay up to $100 (?65) for each tape. "These activities, except for bugs, are highly illegal in Britain," he said. "But I know some people over there are now making their own films." Mr Vilencia defended his business. "I tell the models they can squish anything in the pet shop as long as it is part of the food chain of another animal - that's my criteria," he said. Underground film-makers in Britain and Germany were often less discriminating, he argued. "In Germany there's a big black market for these films and there seems to be no limit to the size of the animal," he said. "They use cats and dogs and also, I'm told, have filmed different kinds of films with horses, which are ridden bareback until they are exhausted then shot dead on camera. I would not do that." Mark (not his real name), from the north of England, said he and his wife made their own movies, usually confining the victims to bugs. "We film her squashing bugs and pinkies, which are baby mice. But we keep this aspect quiet, because we have children. I think my interest began as a small child when I watched my older sisters and their friends squashing ants." Mark confirmed there was a ring of people in Britain who produced their own videos. "People keep it very quiet," he said. Caroline Lees writes for the Daily Telegraph 6/29/97: British police have banned a home video of a recent public execution by the Taliban in Afghanistan which shows a man having his head hacked off with a blunt knife. The video, which was smuggled into Britain by opponents of the Taliban and given to the Afghan ambassador in London, has been classified as "obscene". Police are worried that the graphic film, which spares the viewer no detail of the killing, could achieve cult status as a "snuff movie". Wali Massoud, the Afghan ambassador, had intended to show the film to Government officials, human rights organisations and the public to increase opposition to the Islamic fundamentalist army, which controls nearly two-thirds of Afghanistan. But last week he was warned that if he allows anyone to watch the video, or circulates any copies, he would be breaking the law.

2002-04-24T19:26:00.000-07:00
Hey, Ho, do that tootsie roll! Okay, I'm just a tad bit hyped today! today is the Connecticut Pop Warner Cheerleading Campionships! Bristol is gonna kick some Wolcott but! Sorry to any Wolcott cheerleaders but every yr you get 1st. Then finally we got 1st then you guys toke it back! Not Fair! Anyway enough cheerleading. Yesterday was Zac Hanson's 14th birthday! He's only 23 three days older than me! I went to my cousins school, St. Paul's, for the day and it was so cool! I saw all my old friends and then someone ordered a pizza and the office was like "Whoever ordered the pizza please come down to the office." And everyone was like "oh yeah that persons gonna go down so he can get in trouble, yeah right!" That was the highlight of my week in a very small paragraph! Its 8:35 in the a.m. right now and I'm listening to Backstreet Boys! 'It's gotta be you!' Sorry I got caught up in the song! Do you think its to cold to wear a short skirt in CT?.... Neither did I! Do you know what my wish for my birthday is? What my wish always is! That I can meet Hanson. Yeah stupid, huh? Well its my wish and impossible or not I like to wish that it could happen. We were gonna move to Tulsa, but my mom didn't take the job cause our house is still new. Well I know that Hanson is out there doing wonderful things so if I meet them or not I'll still love them to death! Actually I can't really love them because I don't really know them. STOP! I'm not gonna over think this I'm just gonna stop! In C.C.D. we have to find the lyrics to a song that means something to ourself. Suprise, Suprise I picked Hanson, MMMBop. Not because I think they're good but MMMBop means a great deal to me. It talks about how your friends are the ones that will always be there. That is great advice to everyone from 3 young boys. I also picked Man From Milwaukee! It fits me great because I'm usually like an alien! My dad just left! He did I'm serious he went to go coach his flag football team! Those little kids are so cute! i love little kids! If I could I would quit school to babysit all day! No matter how mean, or bratty I'd love to babysit them! Thats how I'm getting my community service for C.C.D. I'm babysitting the kids that parents are going through R.C.A. And they're so adorable! There's only three but I love it so much! I can kinda play the guitar. I use that lightly too! I can play the opening to some old song and Wild Things. I guess thats good for never taking a lesson in my life but if I want to make anything out of it then its bad! Of coarse I can't because I can't sing or play the guitar good! Oh yeah my name is Ali and I go to BCHS in Bristol, CT.

2002-04-24T19:25:00.000-07:00
my trip took place last week it was my second trip but first good one .since my first trip was a horrible experience(don't do 'em at school)i decided to try again.i got about 1 eigth.i waited till after school and ran down to the mall bought a hamburger at Mcdonald's and stuffed itr full of shrooms.luckily alot of friends were hangin out there so before i met up with my man squirl(like the animal squirel) i was with some one.when i met up with him finally 30 minutes after i ate the shrooms (i timed it all out perfectly)i was just getting the body high. when i started seeing tracers we went to a store called spencers. for those of you who have never seen or heard of spencers its a party shop with all sorts of lights and moving things. after a while all of my friends got bored and we went behind the mall where i moved strangely and watched the brick walls move.i was seeing heavy tracers and i felt like i was melting into my friend aj(girl yo) who was letting me lean back on her.then out of nowhere came mall security. OH FUCK!!was my instant reaction but i stayed cool and after he gave us the speech about no loitering and crap we went inside where i was moving around drunkinly.not too noticibly however after a while i lost track of everything and the next thing i knew i was on my way to what was my future girlfriends house.kickin yo !!while i was in the ar i had to fuckin try hard not to act fucked up.as soon as we got to her house we went straight for her room where i sat and watched all the neato colors my friends decided to go for a walk. this was a bad idea even though noone knew it. my body started to give out and i needed help to walk then my head started to freak out it was moving eveywhere and i had no control whatsoever.then they decided to light firecrackers.another bad idea they started to fuck with my brain and all of a sudden my body was freakin out evenrtually we got back to my g/f's place where i drank milk and came down almost instantly. ADVICE: make sure you NEVER take more than your body can handle build yourself up SLOWLY thanx fore listening =)~

2002-03-14T07:04:00.000-08:00
Your sexual identity is revealed by the first letter of your first name... what do you think? (Those of you with names that start with "N" will probably wish it started with "K"!)

* A- You are not particularly romantic, but you are interested in action. You mean business. With you, what you see is what you get. You have no patience for flirting and can't be bothered with someone who is trying to be coy, cute, demure, and subtly enticing. You are an up front person. When it comes to sex, it's action that counts not obscure hints. Your mate's physical attractiveness is important to you. You find the chase and challenge of the "hunt" invigorating. You are passionate and sexual as well as being much more adventurous than you appear; however, you do not go around advertising these qualities. Your physical needs are your primary concern.

* B- You give off vibes of lazy sensuality. You enjoy being romanced, wined, and dined. You are very happy to receive gifts as an statement of the affection of your lover. You want to be pampered and know how to pamper your mate. You are private in your statement of endearments and particularly when it comes to love making. You will hold off until everything meets with your approval. You can control your appetite and abstain from sex if need be. You require new sensations and experiences. You are willing to experiment.

* C- You are a very social individual, and it is important to you to have a relationship. You require closeness and togetherness. You must be able to talk to your sex partner before, during, and after. You want the object of your affection to be socially acceptable and good looking. You see your lover as a friend and companion. You are very sexual and sensual, needing someone to appreciate and almost worship you. When this cannot be achieved, you have the ability to go for long periods without sexual activity. You are an expert at controlling your desires and doing without.

* D- Once you get it into your head that you want someone, you move full steam ahead in pursuit. You do not give up your quest easily. You are nurturing and caring If someone has a problem, this turns you on. You are highly sexual, passionate, loyal, and intense in your involvement, sometimes possessive and jealous. Sex to you is a pleasure to be enjoyed. You are stimulated by the eccentric and unusual, having a free and open.

* E- Your greatest need is to talk. If your date is not a good listener, you have trouble relating. A person must be intellectually stimulating or you are not interested sexually. You need a friend for a lover and a companion for a bedmate. You hate disharmony and disruption, but you do enjoy a good argument once in a while it seems to stir things up. You flirt a lot, for the challenge is more important than the sexual act for you, but once you give your heart away, you are uncompromisingly loyal. When you don't have a good lover to fall asleep with, you will fall asleep with a good book. (Sometimes, in fact, you prefer a good book.)

* F- You are idealistic and romantic, putting your lover on a pedestal. You look for the very best mate you can find. You are a flirt, yet once committed, you are very loyal. You are sensuous, sexual, and privately passionate. Publicly, you can be showy, extravagant, and gallant. You are a romantic. Dramatic love scenes are your favorite fantasy pastime. You can be a very generous lover.

* G- You are fastidious, seeking perfection within yourself and your lover. You respond to a lover who is your intellectual equal or superior, and one who can enhance your status. You are sensuous and know how to reach the peak of erotic stimulation, because you work at it meticulously. You can be extremely active sexually that is, when you find the time. Your duties and responsibilities take precedence over everything else. You may have difficulty getting emotionally close to a lover, but no trouble getting close sexually.

* H- You seek a mate who can enhance your reputation and earning ability. You will be very generous to your lover once you have attained a commitment. Your gifts are actually an investment in your partner. Before the commitment, though, you tend to be frugal in your spending and dating habits and equally cautious in your sexual involvement. You are a sensual and patient lover.

* I- You have a great need to be loved, appreciated...Even worshipped. You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh. You look for lovers who know what they are doing. You are not interested in an amateur, unless that amateur wants a tutor. You are fussy and exacting about having your desires satisfied. You are willing to experiment and try new modes of sexual statement. You bore easily and thus require sexual adventure and change. You are more sensual than sexual, but you are sometimes downright lustful.

* J- You can be very romantic, attached to the glamour of love. Having a partner is of paramount importance to you. You are free in your statement of love and are willing to take chances, try new sexual experiences and partners, provided it's all in good taste. Brains turn you on. You must feel that your partner is intellectually stimulating, otherwise you will find it difficult to sustain the relationship. You require loving, cuddling, wining, and dining to know that you're being appreciated.

* K- You are totally @#%$ marvelous!

* L- You are very romantic, idealistic, and somehow you believe that to love means to suffer. You wind up serving your mate or attracting people who have unusual troubles. You see yourself as your lover's savior. You are sincere, passionate, lustful, and dreamy. You can't help falling in love. You fantasize and get turned on by movies and magazines. You do not tell others of this secret life, nor of your sexual fantasies.

* M- You are emotional and intense. When involved in a relationship, you throw your entire being into it. Nothing stops you; there are no holds barred. You are all consuming and crave someone who is equally passionate and intense. You believe in total sexual freedom. You are willing to try anything and everything. Your supply of sexual energy is in exhaustible. You also enjoy mothering your mate.

* N- You are crap in bed.

* O- You are very interested in sexual activities yet secretive and shy about your desires. You can re-channel much of your sexual energy into making money and/or seeking power. You can easily have extended periods of celibacy. You are a passionate, compassionate, sexual lover, requiring the same qualities from your mate. Sex is serious business; thus you demand intensity diversity, and are willing to try anything or anyone. Sometimes your passions turn to possessiveness, which must be kept in check.

* P- You are very conscious of social proprieties. You wouldn't think of doing anything that might harm your image or reputation. Appearances count, therefore, you require a good-looking partner. You also require an intelligent partner. Oddly enough, you may view your partner as your enemy; a good fight stimulates those sex vibes. You are relatively free of sexual hang-ups. You are willing to experiment and try new ways of doing things. You are very social and sensual; you enjoy flirting and need a good deal of physical gratification.

* Q- You require constant activity and stimulation. You have tremendous physical energy. It is not easy for a partner to keep up with you, sexually or otherwise. You are an enthusiastic lover and tend to be attracted to people of other ethnic groups. You need romance, hearts and flowers, and lots of conversation to turn you on and keep you going.

* R- You are a no-nonsense, action-oriented individual. You need someone who can keep pace with you and who is your intellectual equal the smarter the better. You are turned on more quickly by a great mind than by a great body. However, physical attractiveness is very important to you. You have to be proud of your partner. You are privately very sexy, but you do not beg, you are willing to serve as teacher. Sex is important; you can be a very demanding playmate.

* S- You are secretive, self-contained, and shy. You are very sexy, sensual, and passionate, but you do not let on to this. Only in intimate privacy will this part of your nature reveal itself. When it gets down to the nitty-gritty, you are an expert. You know all the little tricks of the trade, can play any role or any game, and take your love life very seriously. You don't fool around. You have the patience to wait for the right person to come along.

* T- You are very sensitive, private, and sexually passive; you like a partner who takes the lead. Music, soft lights and romantic thoughts turn you on. You fantasize, but do not tend to fall in and out of love easily. When in love, you are romantic, idealistic, mushy, and extremely intense. You enjoy having your senses and your feelings stimulated, titillated, and teased. You are a great flirt. You can make your relationships fit your dreams, oftentimes all in your own head.

* U- You are enthusiastic and idealistic when in love. When not in love, you are in love with love, always looking for someone to adore. You see romance as a challenge. You are a roamer and need adventure, excitement, and freedom. You deal in potential relationships. You enjoy giving gifts and enjoy seeing your mate looking good. Your sex drive is strong and you desire instant gratification. You are willing to put your partner's pleasures above your own.

* V- You are individualistic, and you need freedom, space, and excitement. You wait until you know someone well before committing yourself. Knowing someone means psyching him out. You feel a need to get into his head to see what makes him tick. You are attracted to eccentric types. Often there is an age difference between you and your lover. You respond to danger, thrills, and suspense. The gay scene turns you on, even though you yourself may not be a participant.

* W- You are very proud, determined, and you refuse to take no for an answer when pursuing love. Your ego is at stake. You are romantic, idealistic, and often in love with love itself, not seeing your partner as he or she really is. You feel deeply and throw all of yourself into your relationships. Nothing is too good for your lover. You enjoy playing love games.

* X- You need constant stimulation because you bore quickly. You can handle more than one relationship at a time with ease. You can't shut off your mind. You talk while you make love. You can have the greatest love affairs, all by yourself, in your own head.

* Y- You are sexual, sensual, and very independent. If you can't have it your way, you will forgo the whole thing. You want to control your relationships, which doesn't always work out too well. You respond to physical stimulation, enjoy necking and spending hours just touching, feeling and exploring. However, if you can spend your time making money, you will give up the pleasures of the flesh for the moment. You need to prove to yourself and your partner what a great lover you are. You want feedback on your performance. You are an open, stimulating, romantic bedmate.

* Z- For you, it is business before pleasure. If you are in anyway bothered by career, business, or money concerns, you find it very hard to relax and get into the mood. You can be romantically idealistic to a fault and are capable of much sensuality. But you never lose control of your emotions. You are very careful and cautious before you give your heart away and your body, for that matter. Once you make the commitment, though, you stick like glue.

2002-03-14T06:54:00.000-08:00
I'm sick of everyone and everything this town and this state has to offer. True brilliance and creativity is too rare to my mind and it sickens me.

2002-03-14T06:51:00.000-08:00

The Truth About satan
A Poem

Words of hate
Will not get you through the gate.
Violent acts
Will never pay for your tax.
A foul tongue
Will make you rot in hell like a pile of dung.
Feel like masturbatin'?
It's because of a pest called satan.
Feel like dissin' the Lord?
You can check right into a psychiatric ward.
Does any of this ring a bell?
That's right...it's all happens in hell...

Why? Cries the witch-adoring teen sitting in the darkness of hell
Why? Screams the old woman sitting on a half-cracked toilet seat
Why? Shouts the father to his son smoking crack on a street corner with a bimbo
Why? Says the half naked man dancing with a man--but it's just the Limbo!
Why? Cries a man in drag, why can't I marry Larry?
Why? Sings the man prancing around the stage like a big ol' fairy.
Why? Shrieks satan to his maker who has bann'ed him for good.
Why? Asks the homosexual dressed in ladies clothes and carrying a log of wood.
Why? Why do You allow such horrible things to happen to Your People?
And God does not reply, for God cannot hear the voices of the damned.
Why? You ask. I say, you ask, you asked.
Because God does not have a voice, you see, He prefers to play the flute.
For God is God, and You are You, and that is why your dog is mute.

2002-03-14T06:49:00.000-08:00
Okay, so it wasn't the raincap. We needed the raincap, but that wasn't the source of the problem. The problem is the intense rain we've been getting the past few weeks -- the ground is saturated and not draining as fast as it should, and so we're leaking around the base of the fireplace. The basement has been bone dry the past 45 years. We just need a break in the rain long enough for the ground to drain away.

Sigh. The joys of being a homeowner.

Didn't realize it was bonus time at work, so the money was completely unexpected, and gladly welcomed. Paid off some bills, bought some christmas presents, and, well, I gave in and bought myself an iPod. You know all the good things people have been saying about it? I agree.

There seems to be a lot of fuss made about Dave's Awards. Don't like 'em? Ignore them. What's the saying? Better to light a candle than curse the darkness? If you don't like it, do something different. Yeah, you have a right to complain about it, but a lot of it sounds like whining. Don't like Dave? Oh well. He is who he is. He's flamed me, I've disagreed with him, but he can also be an ardent supporter, and he does have a track record of shipping product. Me? I like him. I like people who are unapologetically who they are. It's an attribute I am working on acquiring.

I'm now online via Covad and Speakeasy, and aside from a few early hiccups (like 85% downtime), it seems to work well. Now to get the DNS stuff going.

I'll never get an award if I don't start updating regularly.

2002-03-14T06:48:00.000-08:00

2002-03-13T19:50:00.000-08:00

2002-03-12T12:30:00.000-08:00
In the Beginning was the Command Line

by Neal Stephenson

About twenty years ago Jobs and Wozniak, the founders of Apple, came up with the very strange idea of selling information processing machines for use in the home. The business took off, and its founders made a lot of money and received the credit they deserved for being daring visionaries. But around the same time, Bill Gates and Paul Allen came up with an idea even stranger and more fantastical: selling computer operating systems. This was much weirder than the idea of Jobs and Wozniak. A computer at least had some sort of physical reality to it. It came in a box, you could open it up and plug it in and watch lights blink. An operating system had no tangible incarnation at all. It arrived on a disk, of course, but the disk was, in effect, nothing more than the box that the OS came in. The product itself was a very long string of ones and zeroes that, when properly installed and coddled, gave you the ability to manipulate other very long strings of ones and zeroes. Even those few who actually understood what a computer operating system was were apt to think of it as a fantastically arcane engineering prodigy, like a breeder reactor or a U-2 spy plane, and not something that could ever be (in the parlance of high-tech) "productized."

Yet now the company that Gates and Allen founded is selling operating systems like Gillette sells razor blades. New releases of operating systems are launched as if they were Hollywood blockbusters, with celebrity endorsements, talk show appearances, and world tours. The market for them is vast enough that people worry about whether it has been monopolized by one company. Even the least technically-minded people in our society now have at least a hazy idea of what operating systems do; what is more, they have strong opinions about their relative merits. It is commonly understood, even by technically unsophisticated computer users, that if you have a piece of software that works on your Macintosh, and you move it over onto a Windows machine, it will not run. That this would, in fact, be a laughable and idiotic mistake, like nailing horseshoes to the tires of a Buick.

A person who went into a coma before Microsoft was founded, and woke up now, could pick up this morning's New York Times and understand everything in it--almost:

Item: the richest man in the world made his fortune from-what? Railways? Shipping? Oil? No, operating systems. Item: the Department of Justice is tackling Microsoft's supposed OS monopoly with legal tools that were invented to restrain the power of Nineteenth-Century robber barons. Item: a woman friend of mine recently told me that she'd broken off a (hitherto) stimulating exchange of e-mail with a young man. At first he had seemed like such an intelligent and interesting guy, she said, but then "he started going all PC-versus-Mac on me."

What the hell is going on here? And does the operating system business have a future, or only a past? Here is my view, which is entirely subjective; but since I have spent a fair amount of time not only using, but programming, Macintoshes, Windows machines, Linux boxes and the BeOS, perhaps it is not so ill-informed as to be completely worthless. This is a subjective essay, more review than research paper, and so it might seem unfair or biased compared to the technical reviews you can find in PC magazines. But ever since the Mac came out, our operating systems have been based on metaphors, and anything with metaphors in it is fair game as far as I'm concerned.

MGBs, TANKS, AND BATMOBILES

Around the time that Jobs, Wozniak, Gates, and Allen were dreaming up these unlikely schemes, I was a teenager living in Ames, Iowa. One of my friends' dads had an old MGB sports car rusting away in his garage. Sometimes he would actually manage to get it running and then he would take us for a spin around the block, with a memorable look of wild youthful exhiliration on his face; to his worried passengers, he was a madman, stalling and backfiring around Ames, Iowa and eating the dust of rusty Gremlins and Pintos, but in his own mind he was Dustin Hoffman tooling across the Bay Bridge with the wind in his hair.

In retrospect, this was telling me two things about people's relationship to technology. One was that romance and image go a long way towards shaping their opinions. If you doubt it (and if you have a lot of spare time on your hands) just ask anyone who owns a Macintosh and who, on those grounds, imagines him- or herself to be a member of an oppressed minority group.

The other, somewhat subtler point, was that interface is very important. Sure, the MGB was a lousy car in almost every way that counted: balky, unreliable, underpowered. But it was fun to drive. It was responsive. Every pebble on the road was felt in the bones, every nuance in the pavement transmitted instantly to the driver's hands. He could listen to the engine and tell what was wrong with it. The steering responded immediately to commands from his hands. To us passengers it was a pointless exercise in going nowhere--about as interesting as peering over someone's shoulder while he punches numbers into a spreadsheet. But to the driver it was an experience. For a short time he was extending his body and his senses into a larger realm, and doing things that he couldn't do unassisted.

The analogy between cars and operating systems is not half bad, and so let me run with it for a moment, as a way of giving an executive summary of our situation today.

Imagine a crossroads where four competing auto dealerships are situated. One of them (Microsoft) is much, much bigger than the others. It started out years ago selling three-speed bicycles (MS-DOS); these were not perfect, but they worked, and when they broke you could easily fix them.

There was a competing bicycle dealership next door (Apple) that one day began selling motorized vehicles--expensive but attractively styled cars with their innards hermetically sealed, so that how they worked was something of a mystery.

The big dealership responded by rushing a moped upgrade kit (the original Windows) onto the market. This was a Rube Goldberg contraption that, when bolted onto a three-speed bicycle, enabled it to keep up, just barely, with Apple-cars. The users had to wear goggles and were always picking bugs out of their teeth while Apple owners sped along in hermetically sealed comfort, sneering out the windows. But the Micro-mopeds were cheap, and easy to fix compared with the Apple-cars, and their market share waxed.

Eventually the big dealership came out with a full-fledged car: a colossal station wagon (Windows 95). It had all the aesthetic appeal of a Soviet worker housing block, it leaked oil and blew gaskets, and it was an enormous success. A little later, they also came out with a hulking off-road vehicle intended for industrial users (Windows NT) which was no more beautiful than the station wagon, and only a little more reliable.

Since then there has been a lot of noise and shouting, but little has changed. The smaller dealership continues to sell sleek Euro-styled sedans and to spend a lot of money on advertising campaigns. They have had GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! signs taped up in their windows for so long that they have gotten all yellow and curly. The big one keeps making bigger and bigger station wagons and ORVs.

On the other side of the road are two competitors that have come along more recently.

One of them (Be, Inc.) is selling fully operational Batmobiles (the BeOS). They are more beautiful and stylish even than the Euro-sedans, better designed, more technologically advanced, and at least as reliable as anything else on the market--and yet cheaper than the others.

With one exception, that is: Linux, which is right next door, and which is not a business at all. It's a bunch of RVs, yurts, tepees, and geodesic domes set up in a field and organized by consensus. The people who live there are making tanks. These are not old-fashioned, cast-iron Soviet tanks; these are more like the M1 tanks of the U.S. Army, made of space-age materials and jammed with sophisticated technology from one end to the other. But they are better than Army tanks. They've been modified in such a way that they never, ever break down, are light and maneuverable enough to use on ordinary streets, and use no more fuel than a subcompact car. These tanks are being cranked out, on the spot, at a terrific pace, and a vast number of them are lined up along the edge of the road with keys in the ignition. Anyone who wants can simply climb into one and drive it away for free.

Customers come to this crossroads in throngs, day and night. Ninety percent of them go straight to the biggest dealership and buy station wagons or off-road vehicles. They do not even look at the other dealerships.

Of the remaining ten percent, most go and buy a sleek Euro-sedan, pausing only to turn up their noses at the philistines going to buy the station wagons and ORVs. If they even notice the people on the opposite side of the road, selling the cheaper, technically superior vehicles, these customers deride them cranks and half-wits.

The Batmobile outlet sells a few vehicles to the occasional car nut who wants a second vehicle to go with his station wagon, but seems to accept, at least for now, that it's a fringe player.

The group giving away the free tanks only stays alive because it is staffed by volunteers, who are lined up at the edge of the street with bullhorns, trying to draw customers' attention to this incredible situation. A typical conversation goes something like this:

Hacker with bullhorn: "Save your money! Accept one of our free tanks! It is invulnerable, and can drive across rocks and swamps at ninety miles an hour while getting a hundred miles to the gallon!"

Prospective station wagon buyer: "I know what you say is true...but...er...I don't know how to maintain a tank!"

Bullhorn: "You don't know how to maintain a station wagon either!"

Buyer: "But this dealership has mechanics on staff. If something goes wrong with my station wagon, I can take a day off work, bring it here, and pay them to work on it while I sit in the waiting room for hours, listening to elevator music."

Bullhorn: "But if you accept one of our free tanks we will send volunteers to your house to fix it for free while you sleep!"

Buyer: "Stay away from my house, you freak!"

Bullhorn: "But..."

Buyer: "Can't you see that everyone is buying station wagons?"

2002-03-12T12:26:00.000-08:00
I have a friend, Armenian, who the Israelis put under house arrest for several months for supposedly being a Palestinian spy. He wasn't, obviously so, and thet's why they eventually let him go. But he got a close look at how inhumanely the Israeli government treats the Palestinians. They have a right to be angry.

Of course blowing up innocent Jews isn't the answer. But hey, that's the message every goddamn government and goddamn military in the world teaches by example. Terrorism is merely warfare on a smaller scale.

Fuck YHWH and Allah. Motherfuck them. May they both go to Hell.

Good. Kill him. Raise him from the dead and kill him again, only slower this time so that we could get more clearer images. I'm sick of this whole stupid 'my invisible friend is better then your invisible friend' shit. We need to start taking our examples from the Romans, storm in there, kill them all, kill thier children, their cattle, and poison their water. Make the middle east a 15 foot thick piece of glass... Nail 'em up! That's what I say: Nail 'em up!

2002-03-12T12:09:00.000-08:00

From: FranciscoVaPa@aol.com Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 04:14:38 EST Subject: dude To: ranta@phancy.com X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 121 You can do it till the cows come nobody cares, unless you want to jump off a tall building, then everybody wants to be there when you do it. So whaaaaaa's happennnnnng? I'm 53 and still going strong, just take care of your self. It's not the law that's going to get you, it's your friends, its the guy you just met, its the armo's that run around like crazed maniacs, the government gets to spy on everyone, so they can come into this country and make a living stealing everything in site. You never see them because their so good at what they do. "DECEPTION." Weather you want to believe it or not. Were in a WAR and if you don't know about, you will never see it happening. Just watch somebody and don't let them know your checking them out. Or, Wait! I know, drive down the freeway, wait for the car that you think is following you. Then when they pass you cause your going to slow, give them the finger, when your hand is on the stick shifter. Don't look at them till they pass, watch the reaction. When they first came into this country, I "made" them right away. Being in south east Asia for two years does this to a person. It's like a sixth sense. Get back to where I found out, I was standing on a corner in Glendale one day and I saw a person with "Armo" origin, he drove by, and not until he committed himself to a one way street, I slowly raised my hand and extended my finger, because he was watching me through his mirror. The reaction I got was testomony, if he had a gun he would've shot me. Why was he watching me through his mirror, did he like me, was I cute, was he queer heck I don't know? I do know he was across the inter section traveling away from me, luckily no one was around too laugh with me, as I pointed at him. And he was a big guy. Anyway, if nothing else it'll keep you on your toes. Buy the way your site was the first I pick out of the web, my ISP almost didn't let me in to check it out, I bet they feel stupid about now. How does a computer feel? Anyway Don't look over your shoulder, act like your looking for someone or something, when the guy behind ???":*&$!. later frank, still in Glendale

2002-03-09T06:24:00.000-08:00
"A caption in Business Day with an article about the National Bank of Kuwait mistranslated the Arabic script of the bank symbol. It says, 'National Bank of Kuwait' [not 'There is no god but Allah']. The Times regrets the error."

Sweet

2002-03-06T13:43:00.000-08:00
Sweet. I think I'm in love! ^_^ I have become quite fond of this girl I work with at the Pizza Slut Hut named Bryonie, and I only feel more close to her every day. I think I am smitten. Err umm I mean I just like her...…

2002-03-06T13:35:00.000-08:00

2002-03-05T11:57:00.000-08:00

2002-03-03T09:03:00.000-08:00

The Love Burger, Seaweed Fries, and Other Curiosities

McDonald's Canada

Cheese, vegetable, pepperoni and deluxe pizza

Poutine (available only in Quebec)

McDonald's Thailand

Samurai Pork Burger - A sandwich marinated with teriyaki sauce.

Sweet Corn Pie

McDonald's New Zealand

Kiwiburger - A hamburger with a fried egg and slice of beet

McDonald's India

Maharaja Mac
"two all lamb patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun."

Veggie nuggets (with masala and chili dipping sauces)

McDonald's Netherlands

McKroket
100% beef ragout with a crispy layer around it. It's topped with a fresh mustard/mayonnaise sauce.

McDonald's Philippines

McSpaghetti - Pasta in a sauce with frankfurter bits

McDonald's Uruguay

McHuevo - A hamburger with a poached egg on top

McDonald's Paraguay

McMacos

McFilet

McFiesta

McDonald's Italy

Vegetariana Salad
with lettuce, corn, olives, carrots, cherry tomatoes and more.

Marinara Salad
with shrimps and salmon in fresh lettuce.

Mediterranea Salad
with cheese and olives

Fiordiriso Salad
with rice, tuna, ham and mushrooms.

McDonald's Hong Kong

Curry Potato Pie

Red Bean Sundae

Shake Shake Fries

McDonald's Ireland

Shamrock Shake
(although these have been available in the past in Canada around St. Paddy's Day, I include them because they are served in Ireland year round, and no one's seen them here for a few years.)

McDonald's Chile

McPalta
tomatoes, avocado,mayonnaise, onions and mustard

McDonald's Bahrain

Veggie Burger

McDonald's Sabah & Malaysia

McEgg

(not a mcmuffin, a BURGER)
Fried Chicken

Pineapple Pie

McDonalds Mexico

McBurrito a la Mexicana

McNifica

McDonald's Japan

Teriyaki McBurger

Green Tea Shake

French Fries With Seaweed Flavouring (nori)
(also in curry, mexican, and barbecue)

Chicken Tatsuta Burger
(this I actually ate - It is a grilled breast of chicken with a sort of ginger-soy-mayo sauce. Very good!)

Macaroni and Cheese Burger
(I dont know what this is called but I saw it in a limited time promotion in Tokyo. By the time I got around to eating at a McDonalds, the promotion was over!)

McDonald's Portugal

Bica
(a type of espresso)

Pasteis de Nata
(Portuguese style cakes)

McDonald's Siwitzerland

Vegi Mac
(vegetarian burger)

McDonald's Singapore

The Love Burger
prime cut chicken grilled to tender perfection. Smothered with the tangy taste of honey mustard sauce and topped with a delicious combination of juicy tomatoes and fresh lettuce

Kampung Burger
farm fresh lettuce, cheese, a patty of chicken sausage and a tangy slice of chicken, topped by a slice of pineapple - all packed between two old-fashioned toasted muffins,

McPepper Burger
Two beef patties smothered in a thick, spicy black pepper sauce and topped with diced onions

McTowkay Burger
an egg and a beef patty marinated in a special "towkay" sauce, crispy lettuce and mayonnaise, all sandwiched between a sesame bun.

Kiasu Burger
extra large lean chicken patty seasoned with extra spices, marinated with extra sauce, topped with fresh lettuce, all sandwiched on an extra large sesame seed bun.

McDonald's Sweden

"The world's first "McSki" opened in Sweden with Ski-Thru service. Skiers can ski up to the counter and order their favorite McDonald's sandwich without missing a beat on the slopes."

Fisk, Kyckling och Vegetariskt
Dryck
DipsŒs och Dressing
Plusmeny
Presentcheckar
McFeast & Co
Stora Menyn
McFish & Co
ViktVŠktarmenyn med McChicken
ViktVŠktarmenyn med McGarden
McGarden & Co
McAroni inkl. mellanstor lŠsk

McDonald's Argentina

The McNifica
a hamburger sandwich with cheese, tomato, onion and lettuce.

2002-03-02T02:06:00.000-08:00

2002-03-01T14:08:00.000-08:00

The Apostle Peter said in Acts 2; That in the LAST DAYS(Acts 2:17) there would be BLOOD, FIRE and PILLARS of SMOKE(Acts 2:19b). This was written 2000 years ago.

We saw a gruesome example of this prophecy on september 11 or 9/11=911(emergency).

1. We saw the FIRE when the planes crashed into the twin towers in New York City.

2. We saw the BLOOD from the thousands of people who died.

3. We say the PILLARS of SMOKE rising from the ruins.

Conclusion: We are living in the END TIMES. What does this mean; it means that the bloodiest war of all times is close at hand , the WAR of ARMEGEDDON. This war ushers in the SECOND RETURN OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Think about how fragile life can be. One minute your here, the next your gone. The victims in the New York terrorist attack thought that they would be comming home from work tuesday evening as usual, but they never made it home. They never got a chance to spend there 401k's, or even take off their shoes before bed, a coroner had to take their shoes off for the last time. That's pretty heavy when you think about it. They were all ushered into eternity(Heaven or Hell) almost instantly, without even a chance for a last prayer to get right with the Lord Jesus Christ.

If YOU were to die suddenly today, do you know for sure that you'd go to heaven? God has already made the only way for you to go to heaven. That way is to make The Lord Jesus Christ, who God sacrificed in our place, your Lord. Making Jesus your Lord, means asking him into your heart, and with his help, turning away from everything the bible calls sin.

Pray the prayer below if you want to make the Lord Jesus Christ your Lord and go to heaven. Remember that today could be your last day on earth. You may never get another chance to get right with the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't take foolish chances, pray the prayer right now wherever you are!! and mean it.

Romans 10:9-10 says that if you confess the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved. PRAY THIS PRAYER OUT LOUD AS SINCERELY AS POSSIBLE! Heavenly Father, in The Lord Jesus Christ's name, I believe in my heart that you raised The Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and I confess you, Lord Jesus Christ, as my Lord. Heavenly Father, thank you for my salvation, in the Lord Jesus Christ's name. I ask you Lord Jesus Christ to come into my heart and live your life through me, Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for comming into my heart and being my Lord. Also, I ask you Lord Jesus Christ to please fill me with the Holy Spriit. Thanks for filling me Lord Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, amen.

You are now a born again child of God. It is CRITICAL that you get into a good FULL GOSPEL church in your area. All Churches are not the same, make sure the church you start attending is FULL GOSPEL. You can use the yellow pages, or here are some web sites http:// www.rhema.org or www.icfm.org. Also, I strongly recommend watching the 700 club. God does alot of miracles on that program. I've personally recieved from God, at church, a healing from an addiction, healing from kidney stones and heart problems.

Don't forget to go to church this Sunday and please pass this on.

Also, if you prayed the prayer above, please email bfrederick2@lycos.com saying you prayed the prayer. Thanks.

2002-02-18T06:47:00.000-08:00
I had another strange dream last night. I was still in high school and I had this huge, ancient pickup truck. I'm sitting in the parking lot when this kid that I went to middle school with and professional wrestler Lance Storm ask me for a ride to the video store they work at. I happily oblige and Lance Storm gives me ten bucks for gas money.

Now then, on to my next topic; how come whether I leave my house at 7:30am or 7:45am or 4:00am, I still get to work at 8:02am every day? Why would I make something like that up?

Recent email:

That's just one side of the coin. The other side is that we must remove our chains and move towards the light. (In case you didn't understand that analogy, the chains symbolize MNE's pompous musings, and the light represents the goal of getting all of us to make him answer for his wrongdoings.) It troubles and amazes me to think that this makes me fearful that I might someday find myself in the crosshairs of MNE's featherbrained sentiments. (To be honest, though, it wouldn't be the first time.)

Victor is a true cocksucker

2002-02-02T05:18:00.000-08:00
Victor is a true cocksucker.

2002-01-26T06:52:00.000-08:00

re:my life away from your eyes

Would you walk with me tonight
Could you run where the lovers run
Would you stay with me tonight
Will you forgive me if I rush
When I tell you I am yours
As we run where the lovers run

Run with the sound
I won't let you down

Would you swim from the rivers edge
Could you jump where the lovers jump
Would you stay with me tonight
Let's be the runners in the mercy rain
Be my bridge when I fear to cross
As we run where the lovers run

Run with the sound
I won't let you down

Swim, swim

'Mercy Rain'
Peter Murphy

It's after 05h00 and I was on my way to bed, but this song just came on and the sun is rising and my head is in a million places due to a chat I've had all day with someone that will always mean a lot to me, and the way the sky looks right now, and things I've seen on the net today, and that I miss my friend.

I finally put together the page of the responses I received from 'reactive macaroons'. It makes me happy to know that I'm not the only confused romantic out there. Or that I'm not alone in no matter how many times I fail at the relationship thing, that I get up, dust myself off and give it another go. The page is in the new Shhh section

I generally don't like to get involved in other people's romantic disasters, but this one has done my head in today. It's a triangle of the saddest kind. Jenni, of JenniCam, has really outdone herself in the quest for the 'dating faux pas de grande' award. If you follow JenniCam, you know that she's recently moved to California. Her good friend, Courtney(who is also a great fellow camgirl that I've had the pleasure of getting to know very well in irc), helped her out by finding a house behind hers and just being there in general helping her adjust to moving across the country. This afternoon, I find out that Jenni, and Courtney's fiancee, are shacked up in Jenni's house having sex on JenniCam. Jenni has written a journal entry claiming to be in love. Jenni is someone that I've always had a strange internal conflict about. I've always respected that she is the 'original camgirl', but it is women like her that are the reason that I have very few female friends. I watched one of her JenniShows about a year ago, where she proceeded to slag off her mother, her father, her form of birth control, and everything else. To me, she represented a girl that should be content with everything she already has, but still covets what she doesn't need. I feel badly for her, as while 'love' may have temporarily blinded her, the fall will be much greater than the rise. Maybe what she's done was not with intentional malice, and that is even more disturbing than if it HAD been intentional. Losing a lover is painful. Losing a lover to someone else is humiliating on top of the natural pain of loss. Anyone who's been through this knows all too well what it feels like. But to show your 'victory' of being the 'other woman' to the world? I just can't understand this. For such a long time on CykaKam, I believed that as a lifekam, I was obligated to share every experience with the world. I had showed things to the world that I don't or wouldn't in my offkam life.

And it didn't make me any kind of pioneer or daring or sexy. There is a difference between gaining the respect of the people that watch CykaKam and respecting the people that choose to be a part of my life. And it's a very difficult task to maintain the balance of both. Which is why there are times of late where the kam has been pointed at a wall or a desk. Some people may think that in doing this, I'm not allowing the CykaKam project to be a true lifekam, but in my opinion, I am. We are all human. And as a human, there are some things that tact dictate to keep away from the public eye. There are people's wishes and feelings to respect. There are times when I just want to be alone. And this, these very human moments, is indeed, life.

So forgive me if sometimes you see more of Kam than Cyka. Sometimes life calls. :)

And now, I really will go to bed. Thank you again for the brilliant answers to 'reactive macaroons'...I will continue to post them up as I receive them. And be prepared for another set of questions in the near future.

Re(a)d all over,

ps...There isn't any relation really between Mercy Rain and this email. I just like the song a lot and I wanted to share the lyrics with you. :)

2002-01-25T06:53:00.000-08:00
A lot of you have been signing my guest book and saying that I don’t know anything about REAL ninjas. But that’s a bunch of bull crap! You dummies don’t know anything. And maybe YOU should get a life. I bet a lot of you have never even seen a girl naked! You idiots believe that ninjas had some “code of honor”, just because you read Ching Chong’s guide to ninjas and codes and stuff. Yeah right! You shouldn’t believe everything you read. If by “code of honor”, you mean “code to flip out and go nuts for absolutely no reason at all even if it means that people might think you are totally insane or sweet”, then you are right. But if you mean a "code to be nice and speak nicely while sharing and not cutting off heads", then you’re the biggest idiot ever!!!!!! So if you have any brains, you will shut up and get a life. So go shut up, you stupid idiot.

2002-01-24T06:55:00.000-08:00

I was just wondering. For years I've listened to feminists maligning our evil patriarchal society, blaming men for all the violence and suffering in the world, and claiming that if women ran the world instead, everything would be just hunky the fuck dory.
Curiously enough, we do have living examples of matriarchy - our inner cities. Although it can be argued that high divorce rates in the US are creating fatherless households everywhere, the biggest concentration is in American inner cities. Fathers are abandoning their families left and right, leaving welfare and social services to do their jobs for them.
So what you have are households run entirely by the mother, without daddy (aka "SATAN" to the average feminist) to screw things up. By the logic of the pro-matriarchy crowd, our inner cities should be the most peaceful places on earth, small-scale utopias serving as shining examples to mankind.
I guess it must actually be Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh doing all the drive-bys in their low rider, huh?

2002-01-23T23:59:00.000-08:00
She's not naked, but she's pretty hot (underage though), and her page looks cool, and she linked to me, so here you go.

2002-01-21T20:56:00.000-08:00
When I walk down the street or go to a restaurant (maybe once a month), people just seem... different. They are dirty pigs stuffing their fat fucking faces with the corpses of the freshly dead. Women have become nothing more than walking breeding machines, and men are just slaves to the corporate buck. They would suck cock for a promotion, take it up the ass for a new gold pen.

I look at people and wonder if they've ever murdered someone, or sucked a strangers cock for money. If I close my eyes I can picture them doing it, too. Yet I continue to eat my food, scoping out the scene, wondering if anyone there is as fucked up as I am. Then I remember that most people don't see the world as I do, and I have become nothing more than a product of my environment. I don't think I am deranged, just dirty.

2002-01-21T00:05:00.000-08:00
haha my friend's brother franko bought us forties the other night and OMG are we soooooooo wasted haha.

haha

2002-01-20T04:54:00.000-08:00
MNE She bailed out too...never saw her again.
MNE Ya know, the last time I got generous...was going to buy this gurl a corset...
MNE *will sleep soon too*
crackclown try to sleep for me
iznuts anyways laters all must get some sleep here
iznuts *used to work in a tattoo shop*
iznuts tattoo aren't that bad
MNE *yawns* I hope not...open offer. :)
crackclown Down w/ Trish Vote her down
crackclown maybe she fells asleep?
MNE Megan - you're not saying anything!
crackclown yay
MNE Yeah, sting like a needle (or 7) penetrating your skin thousands of time.
MNE Massochist...can we all say that with the class...mass (like in catholic school) - o - kisst.
skutter Tattoos don't really hurt, just sting a bit.
MNE Yes kids...that's the M
crackclown some people take pleasure in pain
MNE omg, you've got mchawking listed as a TO...I'm soooo gonna buy you a tat.
john5 tattoos hurt man.
crackclown glad to know im not the only impatient one
MNE Or somthing gigeresque but original?
MNE *hmmmms* Well, what piece do you want?
MNE You want to see ancient... http://www.camwhores.com/view.php?id=3487&person=176&start=701&limit=100&mode=0&range=0
@meagan Of course I am. Plus I want to know when I get my new tattoo! Meagan is an impatient imp.
MNE *smiles softly* You already getting your brain in gear?
iznuts SAMMIE :)
@meagan when can I expect this tattoo funding?
MNE Megan - you got all kwiet.
MNE Sammie - what's the good word? Feeling better?
crackclown yup

2002-01-19T18:52:00.000-08:00
More from this idiot again:

MNE thinks that two wrongs make a right. Unfortunately for him, he's wrong. Before I say anything else, let me remind him that whenever there's an argument about his devotion to principles and to freedom, all one has to do is point out that his position that his hastily mounted campaigns are Right with a capital R is based upon a specious argument without any substantive basis. That should settle the argument pretty quickly. It is important to differentiate between rude lounge lizards and grotty libertines who, in a variety of ways, have been lured by his yawping sermons, or who have ended up wittingly or unwittingly in coalitions with his janissaries, or who maintain contact with MNE as part of serious and legitimate research. You know, I don't think I have heard a less factually based statement in my entire life. And there you have it. MNE demonstrates a terrible, inaccurate, even soporific, misuse of history with his mendacious conjectures.

Idiot.

2002-01-19T08:53:00.000-08:00
Who is a bigger moron? Scott or talashandy? Does it matter? Because they both are a good reason for Microsoft to take over the web.

2002-01-17T15:50:00.000-08:00

2002-01-16T17:49:00.000-08:00
After a week-long hiatus as a working man, I've landed myself a cozy job at an East coast Internet Service Provider. I found a cheap apartment ($300 a month + utilities) and have been cleaning it up... I'm painting the walls and cieling black and am going to put blacklight paint and glowing stars all over. Glowing things will be abundant in my apartment so for those who know me and come to visit me, expect to be assulted by neon…
Bryonie turned out to be the most boring person I have ever met in my entire life, we had nothing in common, and despite her actively giving me her phone number and inviting me to the bar, she sat back and expected me to do all of the social work. Yes I fuckjed her but i won't do it again.

2002-01-16T10:13:00.000-08:00
Babykisses. The Electric Biscuit. tranquileye. To those of intellect, it would be painfully obvious why these people are such wastes of oxygen. For me to even outline in detail every single reason why they suck so much would read like a dissertation worthy of a doctoratal degree. So, I will be brief: - I'm white. Upper middle class. Straight. Angry. - They ain't. They say the mad talk to themselves. Perhaps the mad are those who talk to themselves and don't listen.

2002-01-15T23:48:00.000-08:00
Alanis Morisette - The most worthless, pretentious female vocalist ever. Single-handedly ruined the word "irony" for those of us that know what it really means. I crossed the line a long time ago. And you know what? I could not give a FUCK anymore. But would still bang her. FINE.
Phil Hartman - For far too many years, this idiot polluted "Saturday Night Live", "News Radio" and "The Simpsons" with his lame impersonations and yell-until-they-laugh approach to humor. Yes, I realize he's dead and I honestly don't care.
more soon...

Adolf Hitler's Rortating Testicle of DOOM!

2002-01-15T04:14:00.000-08:00

2002-01-14T13:47:00.000-08:00
Gather 'round, kiddies: Time to read another email:

I, hardheaded cynic that I am, have a New Year's resolution for him: He should pick up a book before he jumps to the egocentric conclusion that he is a perpetual victim of injustice. Some day, I want to tell MNE what we all think of him -- and boy, do I have some choice words I'd like to use. But you don't have to wait for that. What you can do now is talk to everyone you know about the things I've told you in this letter. Use every medium available to you. Use the Internet. Use your telephone. Use radio and newspapers. And whatever you do, never be afraid to speak out against the evil that is MNE .

You sir are the reason Americans are laughed at by the rest of the world.

I was flat broke with nothing before I started this page, and can honestly say that my quality of life has declined since starting it. I envisioned a place for people of all walks of life to communicate with each other in a totally uncensored and safe place on the internet. I thought the only way to change the world is by breaking down the socioeconomic barriers and racial stigmas that are ingrained into our society. Ha. I am a slave to this page, it controls me, not the other way around. I have no choice anymore but to continue what I am doing until something DOES happen, positive or negative. I have made the choice to take this to the end.

And you people don't appreciate all this website means. Perhaps my nihilism has progressed too far? Never!

2002-01-13T20:46:00.000-08:00
When life throws you a curve ball, people say to take a swing and if you miss it, it's a lessoned learned. You know what? FUCK THAT! Step in front of that ball and take in the chest. Now -that-, my friends, is a lessoned learned damn good.

Anyone who even attempts to have a philosophic conversation with me seems very unimaginative.

Bottom line; you all fake creativity by using an easily accessible and familiar medium that you know people will go for because it hits their nostalgic nerve.

2002-01-13T13:44:00.000-08:00
Tigs sent me a Playboy Playmates Unwrapped dvd for xmas. Funny. Stipulating? Music? There's music? HONESTLY, what do you expect from a playboy video? Gorgeous Girls? Yes, this video has it in abundance. This video is on par with other playboy videos. Most of you know what to expect. My only complaint is that a couple of my favourites, Brooke Berry and Lauren Hill, weren't in the video. Other favourites, Lindsey Vuolo and Shannon Stewart, helped me to forget my grief. People take this page WAY too seriously. It was never meant to be anti-this or anti-that. It's just my thoughts at a specific period in time, and I reserve the right to change my opinion at any time. Damn, swore (fuck) I wouldn't update again but, these motherfuckers deserve to die, intolerant bigoted assholes who don't give a fuck about anyone but their own children and their fucking Christian beliefs. You people just don't get it: I don't know what to make of MNE's snow jobs. On the one hand, unlike MNE's words, my own cop-outs are not vague and undefined. But on the other hand, MNE is notorious for trying to threaten national security. Before I say anything else, let me remind him that he likes schemes that present a false image to the world by hiding unpleasant but vitally important realities about his convictions. Could there be a conflict of interest there? If you were to ask me, I'd say that he has a strategy. His strategy is to make excessive use of foul language. Wherever you encounter that strategy, you are dealing with MNE. In public, he vehemently inveighs against corruption and sin. But when nobody's looking, he never fails to strip people of their rights to free expression and individuality. Before you read this letter, you might have thought that the Universe belongs to MNE by right. Now you know that it's time for MNE to get back on the reality bus. Asshole.

2002-01-13T09:18:00.000-08:00
I like Trillian.

2002-01-12T21:01:00.000-08:00
I think the world's most noble profession is FARMING (not dairy farming, though. I hate those snooty bastards with their computerized milking machines (if I had said that out loud, I would have changed my voice when I said computerized milking machines. you know that whiny, mocking tone people use when referring to snooty things)). I'd kinda intended to work on this site during this weekend, but other stuff came up.

My life has changed, honestly; I'm not lying here. If you read this site regularly, or at least semi-regularly, you know that. Quite frankly, I believe that everything that is meant to happen will, once way or another, and that destiny is pre-written. This is no longer just a webpage, but a meeting place for the curious, the everyman, the knowledge seekers and all humans willing to take things with a grain of salt. And while I hope you guys enjoy yourselves, if not, I don't really FUCKING care.

Fuck.

I was talking about my old job, wasn't i? Well, i guess you'll have to stay tuned until tomorrow to fid out how the story ends.

I'm going to bed, FUCKERS!!! Do we really have to fake knowledge? Learn.

I'M SORRY YOU BASTARDS.

2002-01-02T05:04:00.000-08:00
It was 1944, the Battle of the Bulge in Europe. An American squad has been cut off behind enemy lines. They're surrounded. As night falls, a new recruit finds the sergeant who's acting commander.

"Sarge," he said, "I don't know how it happened, but in the fighting today, I lost my rifle. What do I do?"

The sergeant favors him with a few comments not fit for a polite mailing list, then he looked around and found an old broomstick. "OK," he said, "Any German soldier who sticks his head up, you point this at him and go 'bangity-bangity.'"

"That won't work!" replied the private, but the sergeant told him just to do it.

The private replied, "Yeah, but what if we get to hand-to-hand combat?"

The sergeant looked around and found a butter knife, and tied it to the end of the broomstick. He said, "If the Germans come in close, you go 'stabity- stabity' with this."

At sunrise the Germans attack in hordes. There was shouting and screaming and shooting and dying going on all around. In the middle of this chaos, the private stood up and started going "bangity-bangity." And it seemed to be having some effect! So he went "bangity- bangity," "bangity-bangity," "bangity-bangity-bangity."

Well, he was just murdering the Germans. Mowing them down with that broomstick. But still they keep coming. He went "stabity-stabity" at the ones who get close, and they start bleeding and dying all around.

Pretty soon, he's the only American left alive. There are piles of dead bodies all around him. He shot the last few Germans with his broomstick, and an unearthly quiet settled on the battlefield. Then he noticed this one lone German soldier off in the distance, coming toward him.

The German isn't shooting at the American, just sort of shuffling along straight for him. The American private let him get within easy broomstick range, then he went "bangity-bangity." No effect. "Bangity-bangity." Nothing. The German still wasn't shooting, he was sort of mumbling to himself, still coming.

When he got close, the American tried "stabity- stabity," but that didn't work either. The German walked right up to the American, pushed him over, walked on top of him and kept going. That little ol' German crushes the hell out of the American just by stepping on him.

As he was lying there, the life draining from his body, he could hear the German heading away, mumbling "tankity-tankity... tankity-tankity..."

bloodstains

2001-11-02T07:29:00.000-08:00
X. and I moved the sofa against the wall with the bloodstains. We think bleach and a little sulfuric acid will take care of the rest. And I have caught a bloody cold from X's strapping Irish Wolfhound, and I showed the neighbor's kids what happens when you pour salt on slugs.

2001-11-01T07:28:00.000-08:00
I may have gotten VD from Winonna, the bitch. All I know is that I didn't have that rash before our little ménage à trois. Or maybe it was that other bitch, S____. It's hard to keep track after six Long Island Iced Teas.

No I am not dead

2001-10-31T07:25:00.000-08:00
Okay, I have about two tons of emails from lamers asking me if I'm dead. No, I'm not dead. If I was dead, I wouldn't be writing this. More specifically, I didn't die on 9/11, either, and whoever asked me that can fuck off. Actually, they can FUCK RIGHT OFF, all caps. Fuck them. I know people in NYC and this is a sort of hell for them that you people can't imagine.
There is lots of other news to read about how The Whole Thing is Going to Hell. It seems like we have two enemies:
1) The crazed anti-modern quasi-facist Muslim bunch, lead by you-know-who, and,
2) Our own government(s).
It is the worst of all possible worlds, actually. No matter who wins, we lose, at least in the short term.
Now we are "at war" though we don't really know why or with who. Doesn't War on Terrorism sound a lot like War on Drugs? I'm not the only one who has picked up on that, okay? We are seeing all kinds of shit getting put into place that wouldn't have had a chance before 9/11. How about this: because violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 have been included in the terrorism crackdown, hackers and spammers could be sentenced to life in prison.
Are you scared?
What about the 1000 unlucky Arab-looking fucks who are sitting in USA federal detention, not charged with anything, most in the wrong place at the wrong time, not being allowed to talk to anybody. We don't even know how many are in there.
Or Canada: 72 hours in jail, no charge. Isn't that fun?
And it won't be terrorists that get fucked over my this shit, it will be US, not just hacker wannabes but a lot of poor people with accents whose visas have expired. Can you imagine living as a Muslim right now in a place like Texas? Would you want to do that?
And if you want to get depressed about the "real" enemy, although no one has seen proof on this, check out DEBKAfile and enjoy headlines like "Russia Prepares 1-Million Man Army for Afghanistan" and "Abdul Haq Fell into Trap Laid by Bin Laden." Scarey scarey shit.
What I am doing about this? I'm doing it, man... laying low. Nothing else to do. I have "personal business" that I have to deal with, basically a psycho neighbor who needs a good asskicking to straighten him out, and I intend to deliver it. And I'm not talking about that little shit heathbar or whatever, because he and his "krew" are minor league wannabe pot-smoking teenage mooks. Fuck you, heath, fuck you and everyone who looks like you.
And the terror has seemed to drive the finest peice of camgirl goth ass off the net. Boo hoo, but I loved those tits. Too bad I'm 52 years old and can't get a bona. Earth-to-Malice: you need therapy, girlfriend.
Actually, heath-bar, why don't we blame that on you, too. What did you do, man, diddle her when she was six? Ha.

2001-09-12T09:19:00.000-07:00

The Apostle Peter said in Acts 2; That in the LAST DAYS(Acts 2:17) there would be BLOOD, FIRE and PILLARS of SMOKE(Acts 2:19b). This was written 2000 years ago.
We saw a gruesome example of this prophecy on september 11 or 9/11=911(emergency). 1. We saw the FIRE when the planes crashed into the twin towers in New York City. 2. We saw the BLOOD from the thousands of people who died. 3. We say the PILLARS of SMOKE rising from the ruins. Conclusion: We are living in the END TIMES. What does this mean; it means that the bloodiest war of all times is close at hand , the WAR of ARMEGEDDON. This war ushers in the SECOND RETURN OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. Think about how fragile life can be. One minute your here, the next your gone. The victims in the New York terrorist attack thought that they would be comming home from work tuesday evening as usual, but they never made it home. They never got a chance to spend there 401k's, or even take off their shoes before bed, a coroner had to take their shoes off for the last time. That's pretty heavy when you think about it. They were all ushered into eternity(Heaven or Hell) almost instantly, without even a chance for a last prayer to get right with the Lord Jesus Christ. If YOU were to die suddenly today, do you know for sure that you'd go to heaven? God has already made the only way for you to go to heaven. That way is to make The Lord Jesus Christ, who God sacrificed in our place, your Lord. Making Jesus your Lord, means asking him into your heart, and with his help, turning away from everything the bible calls sin. Pray the prayer below if you want to make the Lord Jesus Christ your Lord and go to heaven. Remember that today could be your last day on earth. You may never get another chance to get right with the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't take foolish chances, pray the prayer right now wherever you are!! and mean it. Romans 10:9-10 says that if you confess the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved. PRAY THIS PRAYER OUT LOUD AS SINCERELY AS POSSIBLE! Heavenly Father, in The Lord Jesus Christ's name, I believe in my heart that you raised The Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and I confess you, Lord Jesus Christ, as my Lord. Heavenly Father, thank you for my salvation, in the Lord Jesus Christ's name. I ask you Lord Jesus Christ to come into my heart and live your life through me, Thank you Lord Jesus Christ for comming into my heart and being my Lord. Also, I ask you Lord Jesus Christ to please fill me with the Holy Spriit. Thanks for filling me Lord Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, amen. You are now a born again child of God. It is CRITICAL that you get into a good FULL GOSPEL church in your area. All Churches are not the same, make sure the church you start attending is FULL GOSPEL. You can use the yellow pages, or here are some web sites http:// www.rhema.org or www.icfm.org. Also, I strongly recommend watching the 700 club. God does alot of miracles on that program. I've personally recieved from God, at church, a healing from an addiction, healing from kidney stones and heart problems. Don't forget to go to church this Sunday and please pass this on. Also, if you prayed the prayer above, please email bfrederick2@lycos.com saying you prayed the prayer. Thanks.

Haven't logged in in awhile. So here's what's happening to me:

2001-08-01T11:54:00.000-07:00

I did go to H2K. PINKYU came down as well, eventually. Much moaning from him about how he lost his quasi-dyke "boy." No, she did not run off with some chick with short cropped black hair, like you would expect. She just got tired of his bullshit. And I am down with her on that, let me tell you.
The conference itself had about one babe for every 500 poor teenage black-garbed hacked dweebs. On that level it was somewhat pathetic, because me getting some in that sort of environment, and being so old and rude to boot... not going to happen.
So I called a whore.
Prostitution is not legal in Las Vegas. However, they have some of the finest high-class, high-dollar tail in the world. And in my new life as a bored, over-paid consultant, I can afford this sort of thing. And I love huge, fake breasts.

WinXP product activation cracked: totally, horribly, fatally

2001-07-17T07:23:00.000-07:00
Since Microsoft introduced Windows Product Activation (WPA) the crackers have gone through a series of WinXP beta builds, finding new ways to at least circumvent the protection system. But now, taking an entirely different approach, Germany's Tecchannel has demonstrated that WPA as shipped in RC1 is full of gaping holes, and can be fooled almost completely.
Tecchannel's report available in English here, or in German here) demonstrates that WPA can be compromised via numerous hardware-related routes; it all centres on the file wpa.dbl, which WinXP keeps in the system32 directory.
This file stores information on the nature of the hardware at the time of activation, and when Windows XP notices more than three items of hardware have changed, it deletes it. Then you need to activate again. You'll also, Tecchannel notes, need to activate immediately if you installed more than 30 days (or 14 with RC1) ago, as that's when the clock starts ticking. This, incidentally, is also the case if you do a 'repair' to fix a bust system - not exactly friendly.

So first of all Tecchannel saved the file then started changing hardware. Two items OK, but replacing a third - the CPU - triggered the deletion. Although you'd think the CPU is only one component, it's actually tallied up as two. Switching off the CPU serial number in the bios and therefore knocking it down to one doesn't get the earlier wpa.dbl back - this has been restored in a non-activated state.

Copy the saved version back? That surely shouldn't work - but it does. Next, Tecchannel tried a completely new installation using the same product key. This produces a new product ID, but nevertheless copying the wpa.dbl file back again works. They also use this file on another computer, altering the computer's volume ID first, which is easily enough done. They can also use forged network cards MAC addresses, so now they've taken two parts of the hardware ID out of the picture. Next, use the hardware profile to tell the computer it's a notebook with a docking station. This works, and tells WPA to stop counting the IDE/SCSI controller and the graphics card.
That gets the differences counted down to three, hard disk, CPU and CDROM ID, which is within the limit, so WPA is effectively toast.

What does this mean? Tecchannel's investigation shows that, at the very least, you can use the same wpa.dbl file to activate as many computers as you like, provided the RAM size is the same. A 'universal' file that didn't even require the same RAM might be a possibility, but it's more likely that people will simply swap files to get one appropriate for their hardware. If Microsoft doesn't change WPA before WinXP ships, then it's pointless. But changing it when RC2 is looming, and when the holes are so obviously huge, would be difficult.

So farewell then, Windows Product Activation - for the moment?

Getting around Peacefire.org blocking

2001-07-08T10:10:00.000-07:00

AboveNet and TeleGlobe are backbone providers; they provide connectivity to ISP's, which then sell Internet access to the general public. Your Internet connection may go through AboveNet or TeleGlobe even if you don't know it, if your ISP uses AboveNet or TeleGlobe as their backbone provider.

Both AboveNet and TeleGlobe have been blocking their downstream users from accessing sites that are on their "boycott list"; Peacefire.org is one of the sites that has been blocked. AboveNet stopped filtering customers' Web access on December 12, 2000, on the same day that the story became public, but TeleGlobe is still blocking their users.

Peacefire.org is, of course, already blocked by most blocking software programs and "family friendly ISP's" because of our instructions for disabling censorware. Ironically, this time we were not filtered because of the content on our site, but because we were located in the same IP address block as some other sites, such as http://www.list-sorcerer.com/, that sell mass mailing list software.

However, most users downstream from AboveNet or TeleGlobe did not request filtered Internet access and have no idea that they are blocked from accessing any Web sites. If you were downstream from one of these providers and you tried to access a blocked site, you would get a "Site not responding" message from your browser, leading users to think that the site was down, and not that it was blocked by their ISP.

To find out if your Internet connection goes through AboveNet or TeleGlobe, open a DOS prompt (if you have Windows) and type tracert www.yahoo.com If you don't see "above.net" or "teleglobe.net" in the output anywhere, then your Internet access is not filtered by them.

To access a blocked site such as http://www.peacefire.org/, use a URL of the form: http://a6.g.akamaitech.net/6/6/6/6/www.peacefire.org/

If you have questions about the information on this page, you can contact AboveNet at 888-298-5566 or by visiting http://www.abovenet.com/, or contact TeleGlobe at 800-318-3005 or by visiting http://www.teleglobe.com/.

Dear Heath

2001-07-07T07:17:00.000-07:00
Dear Heath, Son, if you want to feud with webloggers don't just pick a bunch of lame types who just get listed at Blogger, because that shit is random anyway. Go after bigger fish, with bigger, RL egos: [] Cameron Barrett of the well-known Camworld. This guy is the biggest prick a-lister ever. He is an arrogent, pseudo-intellectual snob who once got fired from a job for writing stories on his web site about killing his co-workers... and he left the stories up. If you go at him the only downside might be his flying to Houston and finding you and beating you up: he is a big, bald dude. [] Kate AKA Sinceritybird. She is the snottiest, most depressed creature doing a weblog. She will trash your ass for even linking to her. Cute as hell, though. [] Really want trouble? Mess with Pud at fuckedcompany.com. Holy shit: he will turn you into seven tins of cat food. Go for the gold! Your pal - JD

Now it can be told

2001-07-01T06:34:00.000-07:00

I get a ton of email everyday, most of it abusive. So when I get something from a hot little number who wants to bang me... well, you might think the first thing I'd do is get some cheap-ass liposuction. But what if the chick thinks you are a washed-up old nightclub hack also named Johnny Dark?

Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 13:36:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: M. M. «legallolita21@yahoo.com»
Subject: Remember Me?
To: johnnydark@hushmail.com

Hi ,
Johnny you may not remember me, but I am the former young wife of Mr. Mike Slappey. My name is Megan, and we met at Jerry's Deli. AlSO we ran into eachother at the Mandaly Bay Casino. How are you doing? I frequnnt Vegas quite a bit nowadays, mabey we can meetup sometime for some fun? e-mail me anytime... and check out my pictures that I put up on my profile.

Later,
Megan

Mr. Mike Slappey is also a washed-up old prune who sang "Mack the Knife" once. Great. So I thought what the fuck, I'll write back:

Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 07:50:43 -0500 (EDT)
To: "M. M." «legallolita21@yahoo.com»
From: johnnydark@hushmail.com
Subject: Re: Remember Me?

Hello There Megan -

How are you doing? Yes I remember you. You really want to spend time with this old man? Well, anytime, baby!

Johnny

Jeeze, I'd have to look like shit to get laid. That's a twist.

Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 12:53:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: M. M. «legallolita21@yahoo.com»
Subject: Re: Remember Me?
To: johnnydark@hushmail.com

Dear Johnny,

What do you mean old man? If I choose to marry someone 28 years my senior would,nt that tell you that I like it that way. I'm 21yo now and the currant age of my youngest boyfriend is 40yo. Yeah it would be cool to see one another again, but at this moment I'm still working on losing weight that I gained during my pregnancy last year. I gave the baby up , it was the right thing to do at this time. Have you seen Slappey? Ihave not since Dec.'99. But mabey this summer i'll be back to my old self again. By the way I saw you not to long ago on an episode of Growing Pains, you looked great on the show as the prom D.J. Anything new going on in the hollyweird scene for you ? I have always thought you Johnny have great talent as a actor. Well, I hope you are doing well and can't wait to hear from you real soon.
Bye,
Megan

See, even shitty old man actors that no one has heard of have crazy young chicks. And even I, JD, am actually feeling a small amount of concern over just how nutty-ass loopy up this particular chick is. And I feel sick even writing that.

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:01:48 -0500 (EDT)
To: "M. M." «legallolita21@yahoo.com»
From: johnnydark@hushmail.com
Subject: Re: Remember Me?

Hello Megan -

You sweetheart! You've had some tough times! That Slappey is a prick, pardon my french, and that isn't even french. I wish I could make it all better for you, sweety, I really do. You gotta get better support.

That Growing Pain things was a barrel of monkies, let me tell you. That kid Kirk what's his name was stuffing his salary up his nose, all of it, and I heard he went born again after that. And he was with the lady who was playing his mother. Yes, my dear, hollyweird.

Love ya -

Johnny

I thought, okay, that should weird her out and she'll leave me alone, because I'm not actually going to get laid out of this, because I'm not really old and washed-up. Fuck.

Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:44:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: M. M. «legallolita21@yahoo.com»
Subject: Viva L V 702

Hi Johnny,

How have you been ? Whats new in hollyweird?
I just wanted to tell you i'll be in Vegas this weekend all alone ? You got anything cooking over yander ? Want to do some baking ? I'll be there saturday -monday.... Dark monday.. heheheheheha. Let me know how you have been sweetie.

Luv Ya !

Megan

Yeah, right, come to Vegas, you crazy bitch. I hope Johnny has fun. But then things got even more fucked:

From: shawn jenkins «deshawn57@worldnet.att.net»
To: johnnydark@hushmail.com
Subject: MEGAN MEINZ
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:40:20 -0700

Mr. Dark: I was Megan's boyfriend here in Fresno. Aboout 5 weeks ago she beganto be terribly depressed. She wrote you a letter and wanted to know if you wanted to do some "bakin". Her plan was to come to Vegas, meet you, do you, and then kill herself in the Gold Spike Hotel to symbolize how low and cheap she feels. She left her parents house Friday morn 6/1 and stopped in LA to visit her daughter, but she was not allowed to see the baby, so I can only assume she is even more depressed and possibly headed to Las Vegas or already there.

Please if you see her or she finds you, please call me @ 559-252-5758 collect if necessary, and urge her to get some help or hang on until her psychiatrists appt. on Jun 5, Tuesday. She is somewhat delusional and may tell you stories of "being held hostage" and put on drugs and then having drugs withheld to keep her controlled. That is the furthest thing from the truth.

I don't even know if youu will see her, or if you do if you will get this message, but if you do please help her. She is so very confused about what her life is worth. I could show you emails she sent and messenger chat files that indicate her mental condition. Please help Megan if you see her.

Shawn Jenkins

But there was something like a happy ending:

From: shawn jenkins «deshawn57@worldnet.att.net»
To: johnnydark@hushmail.com
Subject:
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 23:04:28 -0700

Well Megan never made it to Vegas, she stopped in LA na dtired to get run over by a car. She sprain both ankles and is getting the mental health help she needs. Sorry to bother you.

Hey, no problem. Happy I could help. All in a day's work for... Johnny Dark!

Battlefield Earth: Clam-flavored pulp!

2001-06-05T07:20:00.000-07:00
More than a year now I have been coming across many similarly written and surprisingly positive reviews of Battlefield Earth at Amazon. This has left a strange taste in my mouth... the taste of Xemu-worshipping clams!
Make no mistake: No amount of schilling by those that might benefit from the success of this piece of gutter-junk will change just how bad it is.

Yes, I've seen it, and Battlefield Earth is awful. But unlike many awful flicks that somehow provide some camp entertainment, this one just plain sucks. It isn't fun. The acting is terrible. The plot is makes almost no sense. The action is poor, and the special effects not that great.

But why stop there?

Another reason to avoid this DVD release: a brand new "feature" called Regional Coding Enhancement, or RCE. Having the word "enhancement" in the title might make us think that we, the consumer, might actually benefit for this technology, but that isn't the case, of course. The only people to benefit are the movie studios who, not content to gouge us on DVD prices (DVD's are cheaper to press than video tapes) have made it impossible to backup a DVD, or play a foreign DVD on a North American DVD player. Now, thanks to RCE, if you own a region-free DVD player, guess what? You can't play Battlefield Earth on it!
Which is, actually, just as well. But avoid this DVD anyway.

Chapter 1044

2000-06-12T03:04:00.000-07:00
Okay, so now I have two Zip disks filled with my old material. And most of it is crap, I am reminded, so I guess I may or may not post it. We'll see. One thing I can't find, though, is a chapter from a supposed novel by a very well-known hacker/celeb like Acid Phreak or Phiber Optik. A violent thing indeed about a young woman getting revenge on all the people in her little town who abused her, starting with her step-father, as I remember.
I received two emails this week:
NUMBER 1 :: The kind of email I get all the time: "I understand from your site you are the daddy of hacking ... I have had a problem with a bloke who has hacked my friends site and would like tyo [sic] know how to repay the compliment if you know what I mean." Oh yeah, COOPS (or should I say Cops), I know exactly what you mean. You want to lay the smack down. We all do. Does this guy think I have a rate card?
NUMBER 2 :: "... i agree with much of your words even though im not an outcast like you (no offense) ... " None taken, incubus, but I was writing about how I used to be an outcast, not how things are now. In fact, I have a cat and a dog, and a few friends, though some not very good ones who owe me a lot money. But see above :-)

Chapter 1043

2000-06-06T07:56:00.000-07:00
To paraphrase Chris Jericho: those of you who do know me, know my pain.
Seventeen years of blood, sweat and tears, down the drain. It is as simple and tragic as that.
The life of a deep hacker is not fun. It is certainly not glamorous. To become famous is to be caught, and to have one's livelihood stripped away, possibly forever. So one has to take precautions, and when risk decreases in one area, it increases in another.
A deep hacker with a Web site? Virtually unheard of. And that's why I did it. Because as much as I love technology, what I love more is media.
The feedback was wonderful. I was connected.
For awhile.
Without going into details, the site had to be erased. No, it was not hacked and it was not deleted by the sysadmin. Frankly, the government of Canada is filled with the biggest bunch of IT lamers and third-strings outside of North Korea and China. They weren't the problem.
The problem was a "client" with an agenda. To make a long story short, he went to a mutual third party and offered to tell him what 2 + 2 equals.
I had to make sure the answer was 6. The site had to go.
Now, those that follow this site know that I've been doing filez and sites since the early-1980s, before a lot of your candy asses were born. And you can guess that I kept no local copies of said filez, and therefore lost about 1000 pieces of original work. Squort and MH have been great about digging some of it up, but if you have any of my stuff, drop it in my idrive dropbox. So here I am. Now at the free host that doesn't pack a whole lot of crap onto your page, and seems to do an okay job of giving you your props. But we'll see :-)

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2000-05-23T07:12:00.000-07:00
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:14:25 -0600
Subject: Your martin review.. From: Knudsen Darren To: "'johnnydark@hushmail.com'"
As with most people, you know very little about Dean MArtin. He never womanized, was not a drunk (it was an act) he spilled more than he drank.
You seen to forget that drinking and getting pissed was at one time a cool thing to do.
I hope you do better on your next review.............
Darren

My reply:
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 16:55:05 -0500 (EDT) Subject: Here! Drink this ... From: johnnydark@hushmail.com To: Knudsen Darren
It's a glass of shut-up juice!
Yummy!
All done?
Look, Darrel, here's some free advice:
DO THE RESEARCH.
In this case... Nick Tosches' _Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams_. This is a biography of Dean MArtin (as you call him), and is one of the two or three most well-researched books about his life.
Was he a womanizer? Well, yes he was. Drinking? Oh yeah. Drugs? You bet! Did he give a shit about anyone? From all accounts, probably not.
Now, was he the GREATEST womanizer and boozer of the 20th century? Sure, there's Errol Flynn, Miles Davis, Charlie Sheen, and many others who, in their own way, are or were just as impressive. I suppose I will leave that judgement up to you AFTER YOU READ THE FREAKIN' BOOK.
And let me add this: I am sick of people who buy into this entertainment industry/big media celebrity bullshit. Dean was Dean. He was a huge talent and a flawed person. Is this so hard to understand?

Amazon.censorship

2000-05-08T04:37:00.000-07:00
Just like the pesky chick at the office who won't stop asking you who you boned at the convention, Amazon.com keeps coming back.
You know I'm an addict. More than my weekly search for Traci Lords videos on eBay, I love to trowl Amazon for the weirdest crap. And, of course, I have an opinion or two about the products they have for sale. Hell, seems like everyone does! From what I can tell, more than 100,000 people have taken the time to write at least one review of an Amazon product.
Of course, reviews exist at Amazon because they serve one simple purpose: to sell stuff.
Go over to Amazon.com and check the reviews. In particular, check for something like 1983's awful Krull, or the pseudo-science crap-classic Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. See a pattern? Yup, that's right: mostly positive reviews! What a shock!
You see, Amazon knew from the beginning that allowing people to write reviews would mean that they would mostly write positive ones. After all, people who love something tend to feel a lot better about writing about it than those who hate it. And with 100,000 people wiring reviews, there's a lot of love in the room!
Before you write me to tell me that, yes, there are negative reviews, I will say that I already know that. But this isn't about those individuals trying to warn people off shit like Battlefield fucking Earth.
You see, just to tip the scales even more in the favor of Amazon, they have included a voting system for reviews. That's right: review the reviews. Again, people don't rate the reviews based on how useful it was or how well written it is, but rather on whether or not they agree with it.
It's the system, baby.
Now, I had the wonderful opportunity to deal with this crap head-on. You see, I'm one of Amazon's highest-ranked reviewers, 4204th out of more than 100,000. Why? Because, somehow, people understand that when I lay the smack down on some Ophrah book club pap, it's deserved. Or, at least, entertaining.

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