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A Fool’s Errand? I don’t think so — Beyond War

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

I attended this talk entitled “Inventing Public Key Cryptography: A Fool’s Errand: Act 2″ yesterday at Stanford’s CS department. It was given by Martin Hellman, one of the inventors of public key cryptography, and also a participant in the Beyond War effort in the 1980’s, which has recently been re-launched. The 80’s Beyond […]

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In Memorium: Ohio - Kent State, May 4, 1970: America Kills Its Children

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Lest we not forget, as we collectively rush through a seemingly all-too-similar morass, and some of my children near the age of 18…

Kent May 4 Center
"[36 Years ago, on] May 4, 1970 the Ohio National Guard opened fire into a busy college campus during a school day. A total of 67 shots were fired in […]

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