Re: Arm the gnus

kernel@whitestar.soark.net
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 04:12:26 -0400


On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 11:18:44AM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
<snip>
> I find it amusing, in this context, that "gnus" is an anagram of "guns".
>
> I instigated Linus's first shooting expedition in a long while a few months
> back (I can report that he is a steady, competent shot with a 9mm semi).
> Standing offer to all linux kernel developers: I'll teach basic defensive
> pistol technique to anybody who wants to learn.

Perhaps we could set something up for those intrested at the ALS?
Though finding a shooting gallary, etc, may be a problem..
>
> You don't have to be paranoidally afraid of Microsoft assassination squads
> for this to be a good idea, but I'm offering in case you are... :-)

Nah, in my expearance there guns are also made by Mircosoft, and last I
checked the bugs were due to be fixed in MS gun 99.. (=:]

Zephaniah E, Hull.
> --
> <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/guns/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
>
> The following is a Python RSA implementation. According to the US Government
> posting these four lines makes me an international arms trafficker! Join me
> in civil disobedience; add these lines of code to your .sig block to help get
> this stupid and unconstitutional law changed.
> ============================================================================
> from sys import*;from string import*;a=argv;[s,p,q]=filter(lambda x:x[:1]!=
> '-',a);d='-d'in a;e,n=atol(p,16),atol(q,16);l=(len(q)+1)/2;o,inb=l-d,l-1+d
> while s:s=stdin.read(inb);s and map(stdout.write,map(lambda i,b=pow(reduce(
> lambda x,y:(x<<8L)+y,map(ord,s)),e,n):chr(b>>8*i&255),range(o-1,-1,-1)))
>
> The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and
> wording of the second amendment to the Constitution of the United
> States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and
> court in the first half-century after its ratification, indicates
> that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen
> to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner.
> -- Report of the Subcommittee On The Constitution of the Committee On
> The Judiciary, United States Senate, 97th Congress, second session
> (February, 1982), SuDoc# Y4.J 89/2: Ar 5/5
>
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