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Central Security Feb 19, 2015

Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate. (Plurality must never be posited without necessity.) ~ William of Ockham, Quaestiones et decisiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, 1323 Every few weeks, I encounter a site or server security “warning.” You've probably come across one or more of these in your work with secure web sites, secure mail servers, and other security apps. What you may not know is that the entire concept of security certificates is very badly implemented. Security certificates are supposedly issued by trusted “security authorities.” But, what do you actually know about these authorities? If your web browser...

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Stop Obeying stop sign

War Everywhere Feb 12, 2015

War authorisation without geographic limits is not a good thing. You should stop contributing to the system that oppresses everyone.

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Consequences Dec 23, 2014

“Karma is a word meaning actions have consequences.” Joseph Ray Sundarsson, 2006

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Doing a Bad Job Dec 9, 2014

The system is working as designed, so reform efforts are not going to succeed.

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History Lessons Nov 21, 2014

Things in regulated industries cost more and are worth less. Government is the enemy of innovation, change, improvement, growth, harmony, and joy.

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Pegged Sidechains: A Critique Nov 12, 2014

by Justin Turrell and Tyrone Johnson The team at Blockstream.com recently released a paper, "Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains, which is found here: http://www.blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf Blockstream describes itself as "a group of people who share a vision of how to transform global systems of value exchange that, by design, put you first." The authors of the paper are Adam Back, Matt Corallo, Luke Dashjr, Mark Friedenbach, Gregory Maxwell, Andrew Miller, Andrew Poelstra, Jorge Timón, and Pieter Wuille. Blockstream is a company developed by several of the authors. The idea of sidechains existed prior to the creation of the company, and...

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Review of Freedom Outlaws Handbook Oct 31, 2014

In evaluating Claire Wolfe's book, The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to Do 'til the Revolution, I started by focusing on the very large number of web pages she cites through-out the book.  Although typing web pages from her trade paperback book into my web browser was certainly tedious, it seemed important given the date of the book.  It also seems important in discussing my review of these pages to point out a few things about my browsing preferences. The book I am able to review is my own copy of Claire's book from 2004.  It shows a cover price...

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Earth from lunar orbit

On and In the Moon Oct 14, 2014

The future of mankind in space.

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Alternatives to Revolution Oct 2, 2014

Alternatives to revolution are useful.

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Not Difficult Sep 15, 2014

Making the Ferguson police department match the ethnicity of the community is politically impossible, but otherwise very easy.

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