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Stenography Rocks!
by Leigh Meyers 13 Aug '17

13 Aug '17

Radiohead hides ZX Spectrum proggie in OK Computer re-release Unclear if code was first mistaken for avant garde instrumental By Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor 17 Jul 2017 at 07:27 Rock deities Radiohead have snuck a program for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum into a re-release of their seminal 1997 album “OK Computer”. Dubbed “OKNOTOK”, the re-release can be had as £100/US$130/€120 boxed edition that includes three vinyl records, books galore and “a C90 cassette mix tape compiled by us, taken from OK COMPUTER session archives and demo tapes.” The Spectrum app resides – natch – on the C90 cassette, as that medium was the dominant way of storing Speccy programs and data. Accounts of the cassette's track list suggest it opens with a track named “Zx sprectrum symphony” but that the application is listed as “Ok Computer Program” and is the last track on side B. Buyers quickly identified the track as sounding just like a Spectrum program's distinctive series of beeps and clicks. Before long clever folk had ripped the audio and fed it to Spectrum Emulators, producing the results below. See site for image: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/17/radiohead_hides_zx_spectrum_app_in… Radiohead are far from the first band to pull off this trick: The Stranglers added a game called “Aural Quest” to their 1984 Album Aural Sculpture. Buzzcock-turned-Homosapien Pete Shelley's second album XL1 included a program that displayed its lyrics on-screen in synch with the music (With limited success, if your correspondent's 35-year-old recollections are accurate). Those efforts appeared at a time the Spectrum was prevalent and popular. Radiohead's release has proven an education to many, but no surprise to fans who know well that track five on OK Computer, “Let Down”, featured sounds produced using a Spectrum. Radiohead guitarist/keyboardist Jonny Greenwood made those sounds as he is known to have learned to program the machine.

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OFFTOPIC: WAS: [pfiir@pfinr.org: [ PFFR ] Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes 'Internally Viral']
by \0xDynamite 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

>> I mean, big points to who actually gets the right answer.... > > Listen, goy!, you're think rocking the boat on intolerance facts is > permitted on a *punks list?! Hence, I'm wondering what this thread is doing here... \0xd

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Arguments on parallel construction not convincing
by Ryan Carboni 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

I've previously written about there was only a 40% chance OJ killed his ex-wife and Goldman. I've also written about how the arguments on the Clipper chip wasn't convincing. It also leads to arguments about how arguments on parallel construction is not convincing, those arguments pretty much boil down to the government is being suspiciously secretive and illegally dishonest. I found the arguments on parallel construction to be more convincing than the Clipper chip though, but upon further thought, I'm not longer convinced by current arguments against parallel construction. The defendant still committed the crime (ignoring selective enforcement), it is just that classified information is used as hints to find a different set of evidence. They were proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, a very high bar to meet. Or is it a very high bar to meet? The ACLU, the great absolutionists of our time, insist on no death penalty. Because based on the number of people who were exonerated before ever being executed should have instead been sentenced to life imprisonment, who if exonerated, would still be released? Well ignoring that, there is an alarming number of people convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. Based on some circumstantial evidence here, prior relationship there, lack of alibi, and having the same blood type (although thanks to CSI, more exacting and numerous tests are demanded now), and you have a pretty convincing story (which is all it takes). Obviously the proper argument is to find that all murderers were incorrectly convicted and should be retried under stricter procedures. Everyone bemoans that Matthew Keys was convicted by... a jury. We have fallen far, far, below our desired standard for "... ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer". My argument about parallel construction is different, the defendants should have access to classified information to prove their innocence if there is a large scale program by the government to prove guilt using classified information. It could give an edge to the defendant to find that one pattern or one bit of evidence that would throw doubt onto the prosecution's case. Because the defendant is not presumed innocent. If there is no doubt as to the prosecution's case, the jury will convict, do not delude yourself otherwise. It's funny how the status quo stays the same when it benefits the government, but suddenly we have a FISA Amendment or a Patriot Act otherwise?

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HAHAHAHA! Bitcoin will totally change EVERYTHING!
by Razer 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Not. 'Not nothin', as they say in Peoria... https://quitter.im/notice/1986031 Rr

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[ PFR ] Julian Assange offers job to fired Google employee who wrote anti-diversity memo
by Zenaan Harkness 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

- PHP, where you gor for all your subjugative needs. - Joogle, for subjugation dictating your needs, which needs shall NOT include free political expression within Google! - PHP, where submission to PC-sexuality is required, biatch! - Joogle, where "advancing incorrect assumptions about gender" thankfully will never result in a polite discussion nor correction of said assumptions, but instead in your Instant, Permanent dissmissal from the company, long service leave not included: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/08/julian-assange-offers-job-fired-… Damnably impressive stuff, (((Google))), damnably impressive! So who ever said Jewgle was tolerant and inclusive? Oh that's right, Google's recently appointed and exceptionally well paid Official Hook Nosed VP of (((Tolerance))) and (((Inclusion))), one Ms Danielle Brown, that's who :) And here she is in all her corporately-correct, hook nosed glory: " Google's vice president of diversity, Danielle Brown, sent a memo in response to the furore over the weekend, saying the engineer's essay "advanced incorrect assumptions about gender". " Glad you cleared -that- one up, Ms Brown, we might have been left wondering exactly why you fired a senior computing engineer, otherwise. We can now rest in the certainty that (((Google))) is not a socially dangerous place where people can actually express politically contentious (if factually loose) political views or positions without a hearty and entirely "reasonable" response by Google of being instantly fired with no recourse. You know, safe spaces an' all being so necessary in this day and age. Can't have people saying things willy nilly you know - they might just pop out some of those ... words or something. And these words? They must NOT be trifled with!! "Why" you ask? Because next thing, someone else might actually hear (or in this case, shock horror, effing READ) those words, and then all hell might break loose because people could think about such words. But the worst horror of all? ... <deep breath> ... oh, the tears! the humanity! ... (sorry, I'm having trouble coping with the enormity of the danger and the wrecklessness thankfully curtailed by Joogle right now ... juyst need a moment to collapse myself ...) ... so, people, you know, people might actually BELIEVE those thoughts!!! There! I said it! I said what all those other cowards failed to find the courage to say, --includin-- Mr Weinerstein! I know, I know, you're finding it hard to cope right now too. We're going to have a cry-in at Juan's, since his approach to communication is exactly what we all need right now ... a safe space, a space where we are free from unacceptable thoughts, let alone those dangerous, --dangerous-- words! (Did I mention those DANGEROUS words!!!) (My GOD we must get this message out!) Thanks guys ... I knew you'd understand. I'm only heartened by Joogle's rock solid commitment to creating a safe space where, even though I'm not there, I can know in my heart that others like me can be emotionally safe, free from all politically contentious confront words, while they work for the NSA, the CIA and the rest of USA's Zio Deep State. It's not quite safe-spacing the whole world just yet, but we're on the way friends, we're on the way! Z ----- Forwarded message from "PFKR (People For Kangz Responsibility) Announcement List" <pfkr(a)pfkr.org> ----- Julian Assange offers job to fired Google employee who wrote anti-diversity memo http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/08/julian-assange-offers-job-fired-… Julian Assange has offered the Google employee who was fired for writing an anti-diversity memo a job at Wikileaks. Assange, who is currently [standing for our freedoms - !Lauren] in the Ecuadorian embassy, tweeted multiple times in support of James Damore, the engineer who wrote the memo which went viral. - - - Well, that pretty much says it all, doesn't it? I am now officially a supporter of Assange, free speech, and the right to individual political free expression. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vore.com) https://www.vore.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vore.com Jewgle Issues Mailing List: https://vore.com/google-issues Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vore.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Kangz Responsibility: https://www.pfr.org/pfr-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenVoreFan Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenVoreFan Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 --- Impeach Trump coz """"""DUMOCRACY"""""" muh fellaio Kangz! --- _______________________________________________ pfr mailing list https://lists.pfr.org/mailman/listinfo/pfr ----- End forwarded message -----

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[pfiir@pfinr.org: [ PFFR ] Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes 'Internally Viral']
by Zenaan Harkness 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

Politically correct hogwash being spoken out about by a senior Googler: http://gizmodo.com/exclusive-heres-the-full-10-page-anti-diversity-screed-1… Google likely to hunker down on genitals-are-a-social-construct "diversity". Perhaps Google needs a lesson on PHP's BDSM For Life? Subject: [ PFRR ] Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes 'Internally Viral' Google Employee's Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes 'Internally Viral' https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/kzbm4a/employees-anti-divers… At least eight Google employees tweeted Friday about a document that was circulated within the company calling for replacing Google's diversity initiatives with policies that encourage "ideological diversity" instead. The document, which is the personal opinion of one senior software engineer, was shared on a company mailing list but has since gone "internally viral," according to a Google employee who spoke with Motherboard. - - - A lot of people are pointing me at this story, and asking if I know anything about it. I do not, beyond what's been written publicly. I will only note that -- as is pretty widely known publicly -- Google's internal discussion culture is extremely robust, and overall I consider that to be good for Google and its users. Again, I know nothing more about this specific document than anyone else reading these articles.

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Re: HAHAHAHA! Bitcoin will totally change EVERYTHING!
by Steven Schear 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

Its not mainly a money thing (unless they directly buy off the miners). If a large amount of the mining power quickly moves to BCC and the BTC difficulty factor remains at its last setting (till the next scheduled reset) then the BTC mempool will explode as the combination of 1MB blocks and massively increased block times make BTC useless. Warrant Canary creator On Aug 8, 2017 10:40 AM, "Razer" <g2s(a)riseup.net> wrote: On 08/08/2017 08:12 AM, Steven Schear wrote: I"m expecting a "flippening" between Bitcoin Core and the recently forked Bitcoin Cash followed by a crash in Core's value due to an exodus of miners. Warrant Canary creator On Aug 8, 2017 10:08 AM, "Razer" <g2s(a)riseup.net> wrote: > Not. > > 'Not nothin', as they say in Peoria... > > > > https://quitter.im/notice/1986031 > > Rr > > > Goldman has really really REALLY deep pockets. So do their friends. They can make market, be the competition, and bury any other aspiring markets. That's assuming the people who migrate are GAMBLING AND INVESTING, and don't really give fucks about alternate, anonymous, society-changing, 'money'. Goldman and their friends will waste them. I speculate(sic) It won't affect those who create 'closed systems' of exchange as badly. Rr

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[THE MINISTRY] (((Google))), "free speech" bastion, Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by Zenaan Harkness 07 Aug '17

07 Aug '17

There you have it folks - free speech and the United States of America demonstrating the finest Democracy the world has ever seen, and a people upstanding and upholding of its proclaimed foundation principles. Since speaking out at Google, internally, violates their code of conduct. Or something ... Google, the CoC swinging "compliance demanded" company! (I guess we can say "at least they hired a hook nosed highly paid executive (((VP of Diversity))) to do their dirty work", since (((Brin))) is suck a f*cking coward, evidently..) Fantastic opportunity for this James Damore to kick off a company targetting sane people, employing sane people, and marketing to sane people, and raising money from sane people. Good luck James... Subject: [ PFR ] Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-be… Alphabet Inc.'s Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo blasting the web company's diversity policies, creating a firestorm across Silicon Valley. James Damore, the Google engineer who wrote the note, confirmed his dismissal in an email, saying that he had been fired for "perpetuating gender stereotypes." A Google representative didn't immediately return a request for comment. Google's Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai sent a note to employees on Monday that said portions of the employee's memo "violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace." But he didn't say if the company was taking action against the employee. (You know, since firing a long term high level engineer employee is "not" taking action... f*cking cowards at Google, evidently!)

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[pfr@pfr.org: [ PFR ] This is the article that gives the best overview of Google's leaked "diversity" manifesto controversy]
by Zenaan Harkness 07 Aug '17

07 Aug '17

----- Forwarded message from "PFR (People For Idigenous Responsibility) Announcement List" <pfr(a)pfr.org> ----- This is the article that gives the best overview of Google's leaked "diversity" manifesto controversy fom a Leftist extremist pov, whilst attempting to couch that point of view in politically correct speak, whilst giving absolutely no heed to the substance of the grievance at hand. Google just hired a hook nosed diversity VP -- just as it struggles with a sexist memo from an employee who is actually a senior engineer, and likely actually knows something about computers, which is not a prerequisite for the job of "Google VP of Hook Nosed (((Diversity)))". Read it and weep at the lack of objectivity, and indeed of anyrhing resembling rationality or empathy: https://www.recode.net/2017/8/5/16102476/google-diversity-vp-employee-memo - - - I'll be discussing this for a few minutes around ~10:06 PM PDT tonight on "Coast to Coast AM" radio. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vortex.com) https://www.vortexx.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortexx.com Google Issues Mailing List: https://vortexx.com/google-issues Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortexx.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfr.org/pfr-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+(((LaurenWeinstein))) Twitter: https://twitter.com/(((laurenweinstein))) Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 --- Impeach Trump because "DEMOCRACY" --- _______________________________________________ pfr mailing list https://lists.pfr.org/mailman/listinfo/pfr ----- End forwarded message -----

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by b0z0＠SDF.ORG 07 Aug '17

07 Aug '17

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