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[ bring the pa1n: letter ]
[ from alienbinary ]
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i was telling turnspike before the first issue of pa1n was released that
the hardest part about running a zine, getting it going, and keeping it going
is getting the first issue out. the problem with the internet is also it's
biggest selling point: anyone can do something half-assed. ever since the
legion of doom technical manuals have been distributed over the internet, and
phrack started detailing everything from fucking with kmart to quantum
encryption, electronic magazines have come out of the woodwork like wildfire,
and more often than not, they don't even make a first issue. usually someone
gets inspired, and tries to rally the spirits and talents of his or her online
community to get a 'zine going. one or two articles get sent in, and it's
either a peice of shit two article job, or the editors have to write everything
themselves first. generally the ones you and i know about started out with two
people getting the project off the ground by sacrificing a lot of time and
sanity to accomplish something big. in the last few months that pa1n has been
growing from idea to product to movement [ed.: more on that later.], and now
the first issue is enjoying one of the largest hit counts of all the news
stories on spfd2600.org, a heavily trafficked underground cyberpunk news forum
and home of "what the fuck?" radio.
i didn't know what i was going to find when i publicly announced the
formation of pa1n magazine, i kind of expected raucaus laughter and gaining a
poor attitude for several weeks until i gave up. instead, i was offered
bandwidth, writers, stories, talents, and distribution, as well as the official
co-editor turnspike stepping up to make this happen. admittedly, i watch the
number of hits that pa1nv1 gets on spfd2600's site, and i get a nice warm
feeling that i'm doing my part to stir the world up every time it increases by
another hit. one night i went to bed, woke up, checked the stats and twenty
people had read the magazine while i was in bed. this, is goddamn sexy. so the
answer to my personal question of "am i really going to be able to make this
project work?" is a big whopping yes. not only that, but it's getting stronger,
as more people join the effort and more people share the magazine.
other thanks you's: firehazard for providing me with enough good solid quotes
to line each and every article, as well as solid feedback. if something sucks,
she's the first to tell me it does. fh, you rock. also, angrymonkey, for
putting up with all the deranged ramblings and frustrated conversations that
occurred during the making and production as well as release of each issue of
pa1n. once again, jib_cat, for putting pa1nv1 on the waste network. carebear,
for inspiring several of the articles in this issue from conversations that
we've had over the last few days. the entire crew of both rantradio and
spfd2600.org for all the support, as well as everyone who made it in this
issue's quote section. and lastly, there are some more people i'd like to thank
who provided inspiration, some of whom died before i was even born...
jello biafra, the original big mouth, the man who brought us "names for
bands" and "love, american death squad style." henry rollins, who took the time
to write a reply email and offer helpfull advice about independent publishing
from the days when he used to sell books out of his backpack. rollins, you're a
big dude, so i hope if you ever see this, you like what you see. also, for
putting out the 'rise above' benifit cd which hardened my resolve to write
pa1nv1x3, i do intend to do another dept. of injustice article, next time on
the west memphis three.
to bob marley, who used non-violence to help the rastafarians unite the
jamaican people against a corrupt government. to che guevara who gave up his
career in modern medicine in argentina, and eventually his life, to assist
fidel castro in overthrowing the batista regime in cuba, finally driving out
the american mafia and the cia. his eventual assassination was due to an
unending drive to free the world from oppression from people who would seek to
see money as more important than human life.
all i can say then is this: those of you who choose to put yourselves in
the line of fire and stand up for what you beleive in, you have brought hope
back to the human race. don't let the propaghanda that claims you cannot
acheive anything alone discourage you for even a minute. anyone who doesn't
think one man can change the world hasn't read the bible, probably doesn't know
who ghandi was, and thinks that the world is too abstract a concept to
visualize, let alone manipulate it for the better.
- alienbinary
alienbinary - pain@e-lite.org
turnspike - turnspike@spfd2600.org
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[ the right to bear arms ]
[ alienbinary ]
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my boss was telling me the other day that her new neighbors have a
collection of handguns, several rifles, a pickup truck and a bumper sticker
that says "gun control is using both hands". this, as i assume it certainly was
not meant to do, made me think long and hard about the issue, as if i hadn't
considered it enough. i'll state my opinion clean and simple: gun control is
impossible, which is unfortunate because it just might be a good idea; however
since it is impossible and i will explain my reasons for saying so, i think we
can move on to other subjects in congress.
the second ammendment decrees that citizens have the right to bare arms.
several billion people have no idea what the hell this means. when the
constitution was drafted, the 'founding fathers' had just fought a long and
bloody guerilla war against the colonial british, who had been attempting to
curtail the seperation of the new world and the british empire. the bill of
rights is written incredibly carefully to disallow narrow or wrongful
interpretation of the rules set forth. i firmly beleive that if thomas
jefferson had ever seen a tec-9 open up the chest of a six year old girl, he
would have thrown the second amendment in the fireplace, and written something
like "the right to bare big sticks."
the language used in the article is very important. first of all, it speaks
of a well-armed militia, not an individual stockpiling weapons in the back of
his rv. conveniently, the national rifle association has left this part of the
bill out of almost every single press release they have. if it were to get out
that the second ammendment was referring to trained troops, the nra would be
shit out of luck and business.
at the time of that draft, a well armed militia had just successfully
fought off the british with a little help from the french, using guerilla
warfare and extroardinarily bloody tactics. like the civil war that would come
later, rivers really did have so many bodies sometimes that the water ran red.
in the gun control argument, on either side, people neglect to consider the
situation in which the 'right to bare arms' was conceived:
one of the first moves a tyrannical dictator or king, in this case a king
and a whole long list of aristocrats, will take to assure that his power is not
questioned in any threating manner, is to take away a citizen's right to defend
themselves. when only the fascist police and the corrupt military had firearms,
it was a suicidal concept to openly oppose any, let alone all, the policies of
the government. at this time, the death penalty wasn't just used often, it was
a time honored tradition, and it rarely required proof. this being the world
the colonists had attempted to leave behind, jefferson wanted to insure that if
the government of the united states of america, which he was laying the
groundwork for, ever became corrupt and oppressive like that of king james'
england, it would be an act of civic duty to overthrow said government and
re-instate a democracy. very few people know this, but there is a failsafe
clause in the constitution that essentially works like a self destruct
mechanism. a part of the civic duty of a citizen is to be prepared to overthrow
any and all corrupt polititians. this language can be found in his various
writings on the subject of democracy, and can probably be found on a federal
server if you look hard enough.
however, it is important to keep in mind that the bill does not specify
which armaments could be held. an awful lot of people would like to defend
their 'right' to own a rocket propelled grenade launcher, but not a single one
of them would ever consider the fact that an rpg let alone the portable
launchers such as the m-79, did not yet actually exist. at the time of the
constitution, as well as the first five ammendments, it took several minutes to
load a single shot gun, and war was so arduous that most carnage was done with
bayonnets or cannons. so, at best, the second ammendment allows us citizens to
take care of their own, in case the government should fail.
"i think every bullet should cost five thousand dollars. $5,000 for a
bullet. you know why? cuz if a bullet cost $5,000, there'd be no more
innocent bystanders. every time someone get shot, you'd be like
'he must have done something, they put fifty thousand dollars worth of
bullets in his ass.'"
-- chris rock on gun control
[ is there a solution? ]
now lets return to the bumper sticker "gun control is using both hands."
one. if the average armed robber knew that the average law abiding american
could handle a glock 9mm, there would be a drastically lower number of these
people actually willing to test those working behind the counter of the local
7/11.
two. the majority of children related deaths associated with guns are due
to the inability of people to properly secure their firearms. an eleven year
old boy is not entirely unlikely to play with a handgun if he finds it in his
father's sock drawer, but he stands no chance in hell if he finds it in a
proper smith and wesson lockbox. in addition to a lockbox, don't keep the
weapon loaded. contrary to popular beleif, most people would not know how to
check the chamber, load the clip, pull the slide/cock the hammer, turn off the
safety and chamber a round. guns are reasonably complex instruments. if you
want to have one kicking around the house, leave the firing pin in a different
lockbox. it's a hell of a lot harder to accidentally shoot oneself without the
mechanism required to set off the round.
three. most people really have no fear of dying when they have a gun,
because they are under the impression that a gun automatically makes them safe.
since often movies like 'the matrix' and 'equilibrium' are blamed for
gun-related violence, it's important to actually pinpoint the problem that
these movies really engender. it's not a matter of the presence of guns, but a
matter of the lack of a pesence of the aftermath. things would look a whole lot
less cooler if four hours of the movie were dedicated to the autopsy and the
funeral of everyone shot in a movie.
-- 2003,
alienbinary
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[ dumpster diving 101 ]
[ turnspike ]
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so, you have read about dumpster diving. you have seen the articles, heard the
stories, but don't really know where to start. here's a quick 'how to' that
will get you started finding stuff in your neighborhood, stuff you can keep for
yourself, give to your friends, or sell at a nice profit. once people know you
are dumpster diving, you will be amazed at the number and type of people who
will open up and admit the same to you. so let's start with the basics:
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Basic equipment:
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!. flashlight: any flashlight will do, but many will suit your needs and then
some. my personal flashlight is a small led light that is easy to stash away,
can easily be held in my mouth is both hands are busy, and has a long battery
life. kello, who dives with me a lot, carries a large maglite that can double
as a club in case of trouble (not that we have had any).
2. a pole: not everyone uses these, but every experienced
dumpster diver wishes they have brought one now and then. a stout pole can pick
thru trash bags and 3 day old chinese food without having to actually get in
the dumpster. a great variant on this is the 'grabber' tool that they sell at
medical supply stores to aid the elderly who need to pick stuff off the floor
without bending over.
3. optional stuff: police scanners, gps systems, city maps, phone books, 2-way
radios. we have used all these things once in a while. they tell us where the
cops are hanging around, lets us map where the good finds are, and gives us an
idea where to look for something new. you can bring these and lots more
equipment you might find useful, but remember that you will need to save room
for your bounty, so try to pack light.
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Where to dive:
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start with places you are comfortable with: the rent-to-own down the street,
your favorite video store, flea markets, hotels, anywhere that you are familiar
with enough to know what goes on around there at the time you are diving. are
there security guards? do the local police eat dounuts in the parking lot? is
the store manager known to send late nights at the shop? these are all things
that might deter you from certain dumpsters. if you are not breaking any
trespassing laws the cops seem to have little interest in dumpster divers, but
might question you to be sure you aren't robbing the joint. but nobody wants to
be hassled, so again it's nice to know what kind of traffic to expect around
the area.
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When you get tired of your comfort zone, strike out and find new turf. the
places you dive should be similar to the places you shop, but don't forget to
look at industrial parks, offices, and warehouses too. if you have some time,
check out the occasional 'mystery' dumpster as well. i have found great things
in dumpsters that i have just hit on a whim.
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How to dive:
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when we go diving, we like to hit many dumpsters quick. we fly out of the car
take a look in, and throw a couple of bags around. if we see nothing that
catches our eye, we are out of there. but if you have the time you might find
it more rewarding to open a few bags and look. black bags are very attractive
to the dumpster diver. things stores don�t want to be seen will be in
there�stuff you might want. and lastly, don�T be afraid to jump into a
dumpster. be cautious, but� when the need arises get in, because some things
are too big to be pulled out with a stick.
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The payoff:
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in the last year i have found well over $1000 worth of stuff. chandeliers,
amplifiers, toys, office furniture, display racks, storage bins, dvd and vhs
movies, computer software and hardware, pottery, fishing tackle, tools, dented
canned goods, and magazines galore. all these things were found in either
perfect working order, or with small defects. why is this? stores will toss out
products that sit on the shelf too long in favor for newer, more popular
things. some stores will intentionally damage the product by slashing them with
razors, or beating them with hammers before they trash them, however when they
miss something or become lazy, you benefit.
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More resources:
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2600 magazine has had several good articles on dumpster diving, and i may
submit one of my own to supplement them. there is also a newsgroup i frequent,
alt.dumpster, where you can contact other dumpster divers, and brag about your
finds. chances are you will also bump into other dumpster divers while diving,
last week i found a guy digging through a dumpster i wanted to hit at about 5
in the morning. if you have the guts, strike up a chat with them...maybe you
will get some good info. and lastly, get to know your garbage man.
�
Turnspike
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[ project loki archives: writing on the walls ]
[ alienbinary ]
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i woke up one morning, got dressed and walked to work, only to find that
someone had written "slaves" on every newspaper vending machine outside the
store. on an unemployment rag that showcases minimum wage jobs for desperate
people, someone had written "wage slavery isn't---" right above a large
yellow-lettered sticker proclaiming "free." funny, i was just about to clock
in, and all i could think about was what would make someone take all the time
and effort to personally deface each vending machine in a manner that
corresponded with the content, and most of all, i kept thinking about what the
vandal had written: "wage slavery isn't free."
mailboxes are the target of the latest campain as well, where a stencil of
gw bush has been carved out with the word "liar" written underneath it, done up
in bright hunter orange. if you look at the picture for a few minutes, you can
see a similarity to the "big brother" posters from orwell's 1984.
[ alienbinary ]
[ aug., 2003 ]
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[ how to make a chemical paper shredder ]
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the average customer receipt has at least enough data for someone to
address a manager of a given store with the pretense of being you. if you have
ever examined all the seemingly meaningless numbers and data on a sample of
receipts from the same store, you'll notice that there are repeating numbers in
various locations distributed throughout the printout.
have you noticed a trend yet? there's a stupid amount of information given
away on the receipt that has no purpose getting out of your hands. here's a
good way to prevent people from getting their hands on these slips, without
actually resorting to incineration or buying a paper shredder:
1. get a good twenty oz or more bottle of any drink, so long as the bottle
is glass. enjoy it, because you're not keeping the thing in tact in this
project.
2. go to your desk and open that junk drawer you can't seem to get rid of.
grab all the pens you probably stole from a hotel concierge and take the
ballpoint cartridge from the inside of the pen. using a pair of needlenose
pliers, remove the metal ballpoint from the top, and throw the tip out. be
carefull around this ink, ballpoint ink was made to allow a single ball bearing
to generate a stupid amount of scrawls and lines. a drop of ballpoint ink can
take an hour and a half to clean up. trust me.
3. now determine which side is not the one that was capped off by the nib,
and place it between your teeth. put the other end of the tube into the glass
bottle and blow air into the tube. at first you will get extreme resistance.
the viscosity of the ink is more than a liquid should be allowed. keep going.
soon, oil droplets will pour out into the basin of the bottle. once the tube is
spent, carefully dispose of the pen. now go wash your damn hands.
4. grab all the receipts that have somehow managed to dominate your desktop
and put them in a pile. when you have a really good pile going, tear them up as
best as you can, and stuff them into the bottle as well.
5. after the bottle is full, pour about 8 oz of isopropyl alcohol into the
bottle, cap the fucker, and shake it really well. the alcohol will mix with the
ink and spread it over every inch of the paper inside.
6. now keep your new chemical shredder handy, preferably capped. the
alcohol and just simple physics will lead to the eventual dissolving of all the
paper inside. use the shredder until you're tired of it, and add some more ink
for good luck, cap it, tape the seal, and shake the shit out of it.
should some poor bastard try to get at your information now, they get the
added bonus of having to sift through broken glass, and ballpoint ink. for
those of you who haven't caught on, this will give the sucker an impromptu
tattoo that should last several years.
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[ big brother is watching (...me write this) ]
[ dorky ]
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the sign was by the elevator as i headed out for dinner and my tai chi
class:
"the network is going down tonight at 10 pm"
ok, thats fine...happens all the time. it was the next line that struck
me as odd: "when the network is up you will have to register from your personal
computer, see studentnet.payingoutmyassforcollege.edu for information." which i
did. the page told me jack shit- which was my first clue that i wasn't going to
like what's happening.
a little background: i'm a senior at a small private catholic college in
the midwest. as my years here have gone by, i have seen security tighten on
campus. we now have to show our id's to enter the gym. but this? this was
different- this was *my computer* they were talking about. my baby, the first
thing i've ever bought with my own (hs graduation) money.
woke up the next morning, checked the net-still down. i got out of work and
checked the studentnet page..a little bit more info, and yep, it looks like
we're registering onto the network.
when i make it back home to register i realize that i really do have no
choice. none. they won't let me onto the internet until i register. loading the
net sends me to the registration page. so i get ready to register, and read the
"user conditions" i am being forced to abide by. i have no problem with these
conditions on principle, i honestly don't. i mean, i've never really done a lot
of p2p, i don't sell things.
i think thats the problem. i feel as though i'm being treated like a
criminal. here i am at this college, paying 20,000 a year (ok, 11,000 after
scholarships), and i'm paying for my education myself. i'm responsible, i'm
smart-- hell, aside from the very common 2 months of freshman partying, i never
even drank under age! and yet, everything i do on the internet can be looked at
by someone else.
in college, the point is to teach the students to be adults. i fail to see
how having our lives watched so closely will teach us anything about being
responsible for ourselves. in fact, it may have an adverse effect. most people
have seen a girl who's father is so strict end up being the wildest person in
the class.
so, to sum up my feelings on this issue, i would like to say this: fuck
you, information technology. i'm old enough to do anything legal in this
country, so i should be trusted on my own computer.
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[ cut out the headlines ]
[ alienbinary ]
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the newspaper is one of the greatest sources of dissapointment you can turn
to if you should ever find yourself in need of a good mood destabalizer. at the
moment, i feel confident that i could predict at least twenty five percent of
the stories without looking at the headlines, and tell you what the state of
the world is, and who's suing whom.
two weeks ago i started cutting the headlines out of the newspaper and
gluing them into a composition notebook. as it turns out, the world is a much
more fascinating and amusing place when you don't know the whole story.
[ online: http://seti.sentry.net/archive/public/1999/4-99/00000158.htm ]
so that being said, it's a real downer what the article was actually about.
as it turned out, there was a large group of school children on a biology field
trip watching streams of guppies swim by a decaying bridge on the charles river
in boston, massachusetts. the guppies, or some fish that was incredibly similar
to a guppy had migrated in large swarms to the coastal region around boston
harbor, and, as you have probably figured out, they weren't local to the area.
hence the "invaders" euphemism.
now, granted that this was a downer for all of us huge cryptozoo fans, i'll
have to admit that i wasn't happy when i read the article. however, the next
day, in need of something to occupy my brain with, i created a totally deranged
scenario involving invading sea creatures and boston harbor with massive eyes,
all based solely on that headline. so perhaps there is a use for the newspaper,
after all. here's another interesting headline i found:
now this is just fucking stupid. who the hell comes up with this sort of
editorial "humor?" the gist of the article is such: the state needs to drain a
very large river, and the easiest way possible is to use a large siphon, which
would operate on a principle of fluid dynamics i can't remember enough to
explain, nor understand well enough to do the same, but essentially a siphon
will create it's own suction action, no need to mechanically suck the water
out. the thing is, for something the size of a river, the object/siphon in
question really would be one big fuckin' straw, and it's the most sensible and
plausible idea anyone has proposed.
now i asked several people why the hell they thought the paper bothered to
print the article, and no one had a really good answer until i asked a good
friend of mine who suggested the following: 'what if while i was cutting out
the headlines and pasting them into a scrapbook, calling the author an idiot,
he original intent of the article was to actually mess with the public in
turn?'
i didn't really get this at first, until i thought about how that would
work: the journalist is a staff writer, he's known, and wouldn't get away with
making that sort of thing up. however, he obviously pulled a story (probably
off the ap wire) that details the state of colorado's plan to drain a river.
since it is his job to report on stories around the country, it's perfectly
acceptable to print a little blurb about this large undertaking. but why the
"big straw" wording?
on the one hand, it is a big straw. there's no other way to really get the
idea across than to call it what it is; a cylinder used to suck liquid from
point a to point b. that being said, then the idea is kind of intrigueing in a
way that relaxes your brain, so it was kind of fun to read, and contained
enough solid facts to be considered a decent work. one another hand, it's still
a really assenine situation when the public works department of an entire state
can't think of any other solution than a large straw, intending to drain a
wetland like so much dr. pepper. so, in the fine tradition of the 'fourth
branch of government,' the press, the journalist was keeping the beaurocrats in
line by pointing out that several million dollars being appropriated to
construct a big tube is really outrageous when homelessness is at a high, the
economy is tanking, and so much more important things can be addressed, but
will be put on the back burner for the sake of some engineer's pet project. so
in a way, it was the best way to put it. one could almost see the article
starting off with "a big straw, that's the best you can come up with?" even
more to the point, there's the idea that the words were chosen to draw
attention to the article, amuse some people, and get on with life as usual.
after more thought, i realized just how funny that was, and how great a
practical joke it had been on the part of the name on the byline, which i
honestly cannot remember. so in a sense, it was mischeif at it's best. it harms
no one, almost no one notices, but the ones that do just laugh.
the new york times made my list of 'headings that really did get printed'
with "suffering news burnout? rest of america is too." it still strikes me as
pressingly ironic that the nyt, one of the most read news sources in the world
would print an article, as well as a headline that suggested the news was
losing it's flare and running out of things to talk about. i
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most grammatically confusing: |
"a hope to freeze, bank women's eggs" !
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captain fucking obvious: |
"shooting death ruled a homicide" <--- no kidding? [ p a 1 n ]
you mean the gun didn't just up and fire itself? |
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blame the computer: |
"acquitted man says virus put pornography on computer" i
[ editor's note: i'll have to remember that one...] !
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most zen styled headline: |
"where has escapism gone?" |
|
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!
'---> pa1n magazine would like to thank the following agencies pre-
emptively for not suing us for brutally mocking them:
-> the boston globe
-> the wall street journal i
-> the boston herald |
-> the new york times |
thanks. -----'
pa1nv2x9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
[ consumer fraud: subscription service systems ]
[ caffeine ]
---------------------------------------------------------------------- pa1nv2x9
a certain magazine was required for a class of mine. i know that sounds
really peculiar, but the concept was really solid. a writing class is supposed
to
teach you to take information and run with it, create something big from
something little, or vice verse. to warm up the class, the professor would have
us read an article from some source that was at least moderately reputable,
such as time or newsweek.
then, we had ten minutes to write a detailed essay that summarized the
article, as well as expanded on all the ideas presented; furthermore, if we
disagreed with the views expressed, it was open forum to speak up.
at first this was really stupid, no one could take this seriously. it was
like a microscopic book report every morning, and it was an honors course. who
the hell does that in honors? but as the year trudged on, everyone learned to
write not only better and more concise summaries, allowing them to expand on
their personal views, but everyone was getting sharper and sharper at picking
up propaghanda. at the end of the second semester, students
were writing three page essays solely on photojournalism spreads.
unfortunately, we all got fucked. it wasn't the course, and it wasn't the
professor or the college. for once, the professor was on our side, and although
none of us held him responsible for the actions of (not to be named) magazine,
he felthorrible for some of the harrassment we all endured as a result of the
magazine prescribed.
the fees: suddenly having bad credit before having any credit at all.
i'm a conscientous student. i like to get my work in, and i don't offer
excuses for the things that are genuinely my fault; this being said, i made
sure that since i could afford it, i would buy a solid two-year long
subscription to (magazine), insuring in the minds of any rational person that i
would have no interruption in the subscription service.
2. out of simple fear, and for the sake of convenience, the average american
will just write out a check and send it off, to get the damn company off their
backs.
4. the flag overwrites the original file, and all of the sudden, my two-year
subscription turned into two months. ignoring all the mail that they sent me,
knowing full well that i had done my part, i didn't pay attention to the
letters they sent me, which usually offered subscriptions at a discount to
sister publications. as it turns out, if i had paid closer attention, i would
have noticed the error and been able to correct it on time.
5. the newly truncated subscription ran out, and like the "money-grubbing
scumfucks" (thanks jello for the expression) they can be, they sent me more
issues, attempting to bind me to a contract for another year's subscription
without asking my opinion on the matter.
about a month later, xxxxx magazine sent me a generic apology and a check
for about six dollars. i have no idea why they bothered with the six bucks, i
don't even think i cashed the check.
aftermath: in retrospect
the whole affair was just stupid. i still have a hard time believing the
mess i got into in the first place, and i still find it appalling that a
company with billions of dollars would target kids who didn't know what they
hell was going on. i actually asked my entire class if they had similar
problems, and about half of them had been threatened in the same manner.
i no longer even get shit from them in the mail, let alone "trial issues"
of new magazines. when a company called me from california, waking me from much
needed rest to try and ensnare me with offers of free subscriptions, and
eventually entry into a contest for ten thousand dollars, i told the
telemarketer to shut up for a minute.
that was it. i was left alone finally, left with an empty mailbox and a new
lease on my identity. so why did i relate this story? i think it's important
that as companies take over the world more and more, and individual freedoms
are considered all but irrelevent, it's imperative to let people know about how
these conglomerates work. it's also important to know, you don't have to put up
with this. don't. there have been laws in place for about a decade, to protect
you in this sort of situation.
should you find yourself in this trap, call the better business
bureau. keep a record of every communication you receive. eventually, you'll
have the upper hand. most importantly, don't be scared. no major company is
above the reach of consumer protection laws.
- caffeine
pa1nv2x10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
[ nec - nemisis encryption ]
[ by nemisis ]
--------------------------------------------------------------------- pa1nv2x10
you create a key. the key can be anything, any length (the longer, the more
secure.) for example it could be a page from the bible.
you must keep the length of the key, the sum of the ascii values of the key,
and the length of the data also.
[ ex. of the sum of the ascii values: if they key was chr(1) and chr(11) the
ascii value would be 12) is divided by 256. after dividing you add the length
of the key. ]
now we are almost ready to encrypt the acutal data. what makes this method
secure is that each byte of data is individualy encrypted using a part of
the key. also in between each byte of data, is a set of random characters
that are the length of the key. so if the key was 'sisimen'and the data was
'nemisis'; the data would look like this before being encrypted:
abcabcanabcabcaeabcabcamabcabcaiabcabcasabcabcaiabcabcas
'abcabca' being any (seven) random characters on the ascii chart. this of
course is not very secure since the data is there in plain sight. so we must
encrypt the actual data individualy. so "n" gets encrypted first. we encrypt
"n" using the first character in the key.
we take the ascii value of the first character in the key and add it to the
ascii value of the first character in the data to encrypt. if it goes over
255 we loop to 0. then we add it after the random bit of data.
repeat. second character in the key, second character in the data. if you
run out of key, you loop back to the beggining. it's as easy as that. brute
force would never work. too many possiblities, especialy with an extremely
long key.
[ ed. note: by too many possibilities, the idea is that no matter what
conclusion you arrive at, you have no way of knowing if the plaintext you
arrive at is the data that was being obfuscated in the first place. even if the
data is decrypted, there's no way to verify this without the key. you would
have toknow what you were looking for in the first place, which sort of renders
the whole idea of securing information rather pointless. - alienbinary ]
[ encryption source ]
'enc module
public function nec_enc(key as string, encrypt as string)
'this encrypts the data
dim keylen as integer 'keeps the len of the key
dim keysum as long 'keeps the sum of the ascii values of the key
dim keyplace as integer 'keeps how many random chars we input between actual
data
dim encrypted as string 'keeps the cryptotext
dim enclen as long 'keeps the len of the to be encrypted text
dim i as integer 'loop var
dim r as integer 'loop var
dim keyat as integer 'keeps where we are at in the key
randomize
keylen = len(key) 'get the length of the key
enclen = len(encrypt) 'get the length of the data to be encrypted
for i = 1 to keylen 'loop for all of the key
keysum = keysum + asc(mid(key, i, 1)) 'add the current i to the keysum
next i
keyplace = (keysum / 256) + keylen 'divide the keysum by 256 and then add
the length of the key
[ decryption source ]
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
this is an example of the code.
[ nec in action. ]
-nemisis
[ editor's note: if any of this was hard to follow, just imagine trying to
crack it. ]
pa1nv2x11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
[ extroductionary conclusivity. [ the end. ] ]
[ by alienbinary ]
--------------------------------------------------------------------- pa1nv2x11
that's why pa1n isn't just about writing. pa1n is growing. dorky saw
something that wasn't right, and instead of suffering silently, she put her
anger into words. those words can provide the voice and even the explanation
for the actions of those of us who choose to obfuscate data as it travels
through the ethernet, making it harder and harder to track individuals. i don't
just encrypt my own things, or audit the systems i'm personally interested in,
but i help other people keep out of the watchful eye of companies, schools and
our many other digital chaperones. utilities like ethereal and netstumbler
allow us to watch out for these things. and with organizations that continue to
report on each new eye that's found, we can protect each other as best we can.
everyone reading this has read this far because they must on some level
care about what happens to the world around them. so for each person to
recognize that, if only a handfull of you are willing to be counted, raise your
voice, and support this struggle, we can win this.
-
alienbinary