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TELECOM Digest Tue, 9 Aug 2005 20:45:00 EDT Volume 24 : Issue 361
Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson
Microsoft Spammer (Reuters News Wire)
Listing of Major Spyware Threats (Webroot Software)
Digital Gold Circulation Rises (Reuters News Wire)
DesignCon East 2005 Invitation (Lisa Reyes)
VOIP Hardware (J Kelly)
CacheLogic Announces P2P Audio/Video File Format Study (Jon Hirshon)
Covad VoIP Service (harris@calltower)
Former U.S. Treasury Chief Aims To Close Digital Divide (USTelecomdaily)
Iwatsu Omega IV 616 (compufreak)
Re: More on Verizon Fiber/FiOS (foxintampa1)
Re: 1A2 Help Requested (IPRichie)
Correction (David Sims)
Re: FCC Gives Blessing to Sprint, Nextel Marriage (John Levine)
Re: How Do I Find GSM Coverage in the US? (Joseph)
Re: Hiroshima Marks 60th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb Attack (Tony P.)
Re: Hiroshima Marks 60th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb Attack (Tim)
Nakasaki Marks 60th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb (Eric Talmadge)
Don't Forget Peter Jennings' ... Flaw (alan@bloomfieldpress.com)
New Sponsor - Phone Call Busters (TELECOM Digest Editor)
Sister Katherine Finally Laid to Rest (Patrick Townson)
Telecom and VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Digest for the
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are naive enough to believe that we will ever stamp it out, but because
we do not want the kind of world that results when no one stands
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From: Reuters News Wire <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Microsoft Settles Suit Against Spammer
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 08:46:03 -0500
Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday that it had settled a lawsuit against
Scott Richter, whom it identified as a former "spam king."
Microsoft said that as part of the settlement Richter and his company
agreed to pay $7 million to Microsoft.
Richter and his company will file a motion on Tuesday to dismiss
bankruptcy proceedings they filed in March in the U.S. bankruptcy
court in Denver, according to a joint statement by Microsoft and
Richter. Bankruptcy was originally filed to avoid paying Microsoft's
judgment.
The settlement is conditioned on dismissal of the bankruptcy cases.
A separate statement from Microsoft senior vice president and general
counsel Brad Smith said the company will reinvest all of the money
including $5 million additional of their own money which will go to
increase Internet enforcement efforts and expand technical and
investigative support to help law enforcers to address computer-
related crimes. Smith said "we intend to begin catching and
punishing spammers; deterence rather than filtering from now on."
The joint statement from Microsoft and Richter said Richter had
changed his e-mailing practices in part because Microsoft and the
office of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued him in 2003.
In its lawsuit, Microsoft argued that Richter and his companies
violated state and federal law by sending spam e-mail and teaching
other guys how to do the same, to send spam.
In the statement, Richter and his company, OptInRealBig.Com, LLC,
denied all allegations.
Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or
redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior
written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or
delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
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From: Webroot Software
Subject: Listing of Major Spyware Threats
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:39:20 -0500
The list below depicts the spyware threats most frequently identified
by Webroot's Spy Audit, a free spyware scanner tool.
Webroot's dedicated team of expert spyware researchers compiled the
threat background and additional spyware information provided.
Spy Sweeper, Webroot's anti-spyware software, can detect and remove
all of these spyware threats:
Name: CoolWebSearch (CWS)
Description: CoolWebSearch may hijack any of the following: Web
searches, home page, and other Internet Explorer settings. Recent
variants of CoolWebSearch install using malicious HTML applications or
security flaws, such as exploits in the HTML Help format and Microsoft
Java Virtual machines.
Name: Gator (GAIN)
Description: Gator is an adware program that may display banner
advertisements based on user Web surfing habits. Gator is usually
bundled with numerous free software programs, including the popular
file-sharing program Kazaa.
Name: 180search Assistant
Description: 180search Assistant is an adware program that delivers
targeted pop-up advertisements to a user's computer. Whenever a key
word is entered into a search engine or a targeted Web site is
visited, 180search Assistant opens a separate browser window
displaying an advertiser's Web page that is related to the key word or
site.
Name: ISTbar/AUpdate
Description: ISTbar is a toolbar used for searching pornographic web
sites that may display pornographic pop-ups and hijack user homepages
and Internet searches.
Name: Transponder (vx2)
Description: Transponder is an IE Browser Helper Object that monitors
requested web pages and data entered into online forms, then delivers
targeted advertisements.
Name: Internet Optimizer
Description: Internet Optimizer hijacks error pages and redirects them
to its own controlling server at http://www.internet-optimizer.com.
Name: BlazeFind
Description: BlazeFind may hijack any of the following: Web searches,
home page, and other Internet Explorer settings. BlazeFind may
redirect Web searches through its own search engine and change default
home pages to www.blazefind.com. This hijacker may also change other
Internet Explorer settings.
Name: Hot as Hell (one of the worst!)
Description: Hot as Hell is a dialer program which dials toll numbers
in order to access paid pornographic Web sites. Hot as Hell may
disconnect a user's computer from a local Internet provider and
reconnect the user to the Internet using an expensive toll or
international phone number. It spies on the user, and it may
accrue significant long distance phone charges. It may run in the
background, hiding its presence. It often times does not even ask
permission; it simply seizes the user's line and makes credit card
calls to porn sites, based on information it has accumulated such
as credit card numbers, for instance during overnight hours.
Name: Advance Keylogger
Description: Advanced Keylogger has the ability to monitor keystrokes
and take screenshots.
Name: TIBS Dialer
Description: TIBS Dialer is a dialer that may hijack a user's modem
and dial toll numbers that access paid, pornographic Web sites.
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From: Reuters News Wire <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Digital Gold Circulation Rises to 2.5 Tons
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:31:53 -0500
Internet payment system e-gold now holds around 2.5 ton of gold, an
increase of 40 percent since 2004 and more than the official gold
reserves of countries like Chile and Luxembourg.
"The e-gold system has now surpassed 27 out of 109 gold-holding
nations and is on track to exceed Canada's gold reserves by year-end,"
e-gold founder Douglas Jackson said in a statement.
The system (www.e-gold.com) allows people anywhere in the world to
send specified weights of gold to other e-gold accounts. While the
ownership changes, the gold in the treasury grade vault stays put.
A Canadian, for example, can pay a German the correct weight of gold
for goods or services as easily as if the price had been quoted in a
national currency.
The system currently processes over 10 million user-to-user payments
annually with a value exceeding $1 billion.
According to e-gold's Web Site, the most frequent gold spend over the
past 24 hours fell in the 10-100 milligram range, for a total of 455
grams (14.6 troy ounces).
Spot gold currently trades at around $433 an ounce.
But the amount of gold involved is still only a fraction of bullion's
ever-shrinking share of central bank foreign exchange reserves, which
stood at just over 31,000 tons as of June 2005.
Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.
NOTE: For more telecom/internet/networking/computer news from the
daily media, check out our feature 'Telecom Digest Extra' each day at
http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/more-news.html . Hundreds of new
articles daily.
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From: Lisa Reyes <forums_@iec.org>
Subject: DesignCon East 2005 Invitation
Date: TUE, 9 AUG 2005 09:20:09 -0500
Reply-To: events@iec.org
The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) requests your presence,
as a valued member of the high-technology press, at the 2005 DesignCon
East Conference in Worcester, Massachusetts, September 19-21 at the
DCU Center.
Offering the freshest solutions to today's pressing engineering-design
challenges, DesignCon East is the place to see and hear about the
latest advancements in semiconductor and electronic design
engineering. Industry leaders will give keynote addresses on critical
industry issues, participate in important panels, and present
award-winning papers during comprehensive seminars.
More than 40 technical papers will be presented at DesignCon East, and
more than 40 leading companies are expected to demonstrate their
latest products and services at its accompanying technology
exhibition.
The IEC offers complimentary registration to the DesignCon East
conference and exhibition to accredited members of the media, which
will grant you full access to the host of educational programming
offered, as well as the extensive exhibition showcasing the
industry's most important technological advances and product
developments. Please see below for information on how to register.
What: DesignCon East 2005
When: September 19-21, 2005
Where: DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts
Who (keynote speakers): Raul Camposano, Senior Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer, Synopsys; Michael Paczan, Chief Technology
Officer, Power.org Initiative, Systems and Technology Group, IBM; Don
Desbiens, Vice President, Technology Development, Fairchild
Semiconductor; and Wayne Morrison, Vice President, TCS Sales and
Applications Engineering, Teradyne
How to Register: Visit
http://www.iec.org/events/2005/designcon_east/registration/reg_press.html
How to Get More Information: Visit http://www.designcon.com/east or
contact Lisa Reyes at 312-559-3325, (Chicago number).
Best regards,
Lisa Ann Reyes
Communications Manager
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mailto:lreyes@iec.org
http://www.iec.org/
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From: Withheld on Request <withheld@notchur.biz>
Subject: VOIP Hardware
Date: 8 Aug 2005 17:50:47 -0700
*** PATRICK, can you remove my name email address from this post please ***
Can anyone recommend a solution for the following:
I need to be able to pick up a phone at Location B and get a dialtone
from a POTS line located at Location A
Both locations have broadband. Location A has a cable modem and
Location B has a T1 connection.
Both locations are behind a firewall and or NAT, but I have full
control over the firewall at A (but no control at all at B, I assume
it will pass most anything going out that originates inside the
firewall, so far I've found no protocols it will not pass).
Location B does not need to be able to receive calls, only originate
calls, the calls must be made from the phone line at A (ANI has to
match A's number).
It needs to allow a modem connection across the link. Its probably
2400bps, but I have no way to be sure.
My other requirement is that it needs to be really cheap. My first
thought was Asterisk with a FXO card at A and some sort of FXS device
at B (maybe an iAXy or similar). Asterisk seems like overkill for
this and I don't want to dedicate a PC for this unless I really have
to. Seems like there should be some sort of cheap box out there that
can take a single FXO line and link up to an FXS device using SIP or
some similar protocol across the public internet. If such a thing
exists I have yet to locate it.
This is going to be very low traffic, maybe a couple calls a month at
random times.
Any pointers to get me started are much appreciated.
------------------------------
From: Jonathan Hirshon <jh@horizonpr.com>
Subject: CacheLogic Announces Worldwide P2P Audio/Video File Format Study
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:18:08 -0700
Greetings all -- the following news announcement from CacheLogic
details their latest analysis of the actual P2P data traffic worldwide
across the Net, obtained through direct packet monitoring of Internet
backbones and ISPs data streams via Layer 7 packet analysis. For this
study, we determined what kinds of audio and video file formats are
being actually traded on the major P2P networks, on a weighted basis.
The results certainly surprised me -- key details are:
- Overall Mix of P2P traffic by volume, across the 4 major P2P networks:
Audio: 11.34%
Video: 61.44%
Other: 27.22%
- Microsoft video formats represent 46% of aggregate worldwide P2P
traffic.
- 65% of all audio files by volume of traffic are still traded in the
MP3 format, but a surprising 12.3% are in the open-source OGG file
format (almost all of which are exclusively traded on the BitTorrent
network, particularly in Asia - this last *really* caught me by
surprise, as I did not believe OGG had anywhere near this kind of
market penetration!)
- BitTorrent is increasingly being used for the distribution of
legitimate content.
If you are interested in seeing the complete Powerpoint presentation
with these and other details, just reply back and I will forward it on
to you. Also, if you wish to interview CacheLogic regarding this,
please don't hesitate to call me on my mobile number and I'll quickly
facilitate that for you.
As always, should you no longer wish to receive these missives from
CacheLogic, just reply back and we will immediately address this for
you.
Cheers,
JH
First-Ever, Real-Time Traffic Analysis of File Formats Crossing
Peer-to-Peer Released by CacheLogic
CacheLogic Technology Installed in Tier-One ISPs Worldwide Monitors
Actual Network Traffic, Reveals Surprising Facts in
Audio/Video Trends and Format Usage.
Cambridge, England August 9, 2005 CacheLogic, Ltd. a world leader in
Peer-to-Peer traffic management and network intelligence solutions =96
today published a market study of file formats traversing the
Peer-to-Peer Networks that identifies the formats of choice for audio
and video files among file traders. This first-ever, truly definitive
study is based not on estimates, but on actual packet data and traffic
levels analyzed at Tier-One ISPs (Internet Service Providers)
worldwide.
Using the advanced Layer-7 technology found in both its Peer-to-Peer
Management Solution and Deep Packet Inspection products, CacheLogic
analyzed terabytes of data to discover a number of surprising new
facts regarding Peer-to-Peer audio and video trading across the
entirety of the Internet.
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From: harris@calltower <hloeser@calltower.com>
Subject: Covad VoIP Service
Date: 9 Aug 2005 13:09:44 -0700
Full disclosure: I am with CAllTower, a direct competitor of Covad in
VoIP.
Recently we have received a number of calls from Covad VoIP customers
who are looking for alternatives. In some cases these Covad customers
are telling us that they have not received any billing from Covad for
a number of months.
"Free" is hard to sell against.
I am wondering if there are lots of Covad customers who are:
1. unhappy and looking for alternatives;
2. not being invoiced? and if not being invoiced, is this due to
service issues?
Thanks for helping us grow the quality end of the nascent VoIP industry.
harris@calltower
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:45:16 EDT
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: Former U.S. Treasury Chief Aims to Close Digital Divide
USTelecom dailyLead
August 9, 2005
http://www.dailylead.com/latestIssue.jsp?i=23703&l=2017006
TODAY'S HEADLINES
NEWS OF THE DAY
* Former U.S. Treasury chief aims to close digital divide
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* Marconi issues statement on strategic plans
* Verizon joins MOCA
* Yahoo! adds phone service to IM software
* Editorial: FCC's DSL ruling to spur broadband
* AT&T makes VoIP easy with new software
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT
* New in the Telecom Bookstore: Introduction to IP Television
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
* Qualcomm, Boeing test in-flight mobile phone service
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* FCC adds VoIP to CALEA rules
* USDA puts Pannaway on RUS list
Follow the link below to read quick summaries of these stories and others.
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Subject: Iwatsu Omega IV 616
From: jone@ll-dot-net.no-spam.invalid (compufreak)
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:21:51 -0500
Hi! I have just recently picked up an Iwatsu Omega IV 616 system. The
system was removed from a working environment, or so I was told.
I am now setting it up. Unfortunately, I seem to be having problems
getting the extension phones to operate. When hooked up, they simply
keep clicking, even without the handset lifted. There is no dialtone
or anything.
As of now, I have tried different RJ-21 ends on this thing, but I seem
to keep running into brick walls.
I believe that this is a problem with the ends, the key system unit
hardware, or the software on the system. I cannot further isolate this
problem, though. I do know, however, that it is not the phones -- I
have tested several to no avail.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
P.S. Some extensions did 'work,' but then mysteriously went bad.
------------------------------
Subject: Re: More on Verizon Fiber/FiOS
From: jason@vip26-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (foxintampa1)
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:21:52 -0500
You can also find more out about Fios here:
http://www.myfios.net
- Thanks
------------------------------
Subject: Re: 1A2 Help Requested
From: petratechnologies@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (IPRichie)
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:21:51 -0500
My father installed those systems in the 70's. He even custom wired
them to utilize the Northern Telecom SM-1's and Logic 10's.
The 1A2 KSU was made by ITT. Each multibutton telephone requires a 25
pair connection to the KSU (If it is a 10-button ITT Classic)=20
I might be able to find the old ITT manuals which have the punch down
configurations for all the features, including intercom.
The Ksu requires the old relay line cards.
------------------------------
Subject: Correction
From: david@david-sims-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (David Sims)
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:21:52 -0500
In my article as posted recently, I misattributed material from Paul
Kapustka's original reporting to "wire services" and "Reuters" and
neglected to put attributions on all Paul's reporting. This article
has been pulled and a revised version submitted to my editors.
------------------------------
Date: 9 Aug 2005 05:02:33 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
Subject: Re: FCC Gives Blessing to Sprint, Nextel Marriage
Organization: I.E.C.C., Trumansburg NY USA
>> Actually, this is good for Sprint PCS which has been in the pits. The
>> benefit to Nextel is illusive. It's more than likely Sprint PCS had
>> more designs on spectrum than any real benefit to Nextel.
> Perhaps, but both companies will end up combining spectrum - there are
> towers where Nextel has antennas but Sprint doesn't, &c.
Unlikely, since Sprint is PCS 1900 and Nextel is iDen 800, different
bands, different technologies, different antennas. I can report that
our shiny new water tower has separate antennas for Sprint and Nextel,
each paying separate rent.
> Nextel probably figured Sprint was a good partner since (as I
> understand it) they're dumping iDen for a CDMA-based platform,
> long-term.
That's the point, iDen doesn't provide an upgrade path to spiffy
digital services. I wonder whether they're going to move to CDMA in
the 800 band that Nextel uses or run the networks in parallel forever
or what. They're surely not going to abandon the iDen band, since
they paid so much for them and 800 propagates a lot better than 1900.
Regards,
John R. Levine, IECC, POB 727, Trumansburg NY 14886 +1 607 330 5711
johnl@iecc.com, Mayor, http://johnlevine.com,
Member, Provisional board, Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail
------------------------------
From: Joseph <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: How Do I Find GSM Coverage in the US?
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 06:43:45 -0700
Reply-To: JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:14:56 +1000, A User
<serge-newnew2715@mailblocks.com> wrote:
> Still would nice to have a database of US and other global locations
> with who services them and what technology.
It may not be official but if you go to
http://www.cellreception.com/towers/ they have interactive google maps
of areas with red balloons where towers are. Clicking on a balloon
will show you who it belongs to. From what I understand it won't show
everything except towers that are registered with the FCC. Also take
into account that it may not be listed as its present name e.g. it may
say something like VoiceStream I LLC instead of T-Mobile or it might
say Airtouch LLC instead of Verizon. Also mobile operators sometimes
"aggregate" with other operators on a single tower being run by
someone who owns the tower.
------------------------------
From: Tony P. <kd1s@nospamplease.cox.reallynospam.net>
Subject: Re: Hiroshima Marks 60th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb Attack
Organization: ATCC
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:03:54 -0400
In article <telecom24.360.7@telecom-digest.org>, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
says:
> Eric Talmadge wrote:
>> Outside the nearby A-Bomb Dome, one of the few buildings left standing
>> after the blast, peace activists held a "die-in" -- falling to the
>> ground to dramatize the toll from the United States bombing that
>> turned life to death for more than 140,000 and forever changed the
>> face of war.
> I was wondering why the firebombing of Tokyo -- that burned to death
> 100,000 people -- doesn't get the same attention as Hiroshima? Lots of
> German and Japanese cities were fire bombed and many thousands of
> civilians were killed by napalm and related incendiaries. Indeed,
> during the war US research labs continually sought better burning
> materials that would stick harder and burn hotter to Japanese
> buildings. Analysts worked to develop the most efficient ratio between
> explosives and fire -- how much explosives to use to properly blow
> something apart, and then fire to burn it all up; all in a way to
> maximize destruction. Nobody talks about this stuff.
In the case of Japan the incendiary bombs were VERY effective. They
literally used lots of wood and paper in Japanese homes.
> I point all this out because "the bomb" must be taken in context with
> the rest of the WW II, not in isolation. We also must look at the
> causes of WW II. That's a lot harder.
> It's easy to denounce war. It's something completely different to
> prevent. On Sept 11, many people worldwide cheered when the World
> Trade Center was destroyed and thousands of people were killed. That
> kind of cheering seems rather warlike to me.
> It's easy for someone to say in hindsight "I would not have dropped
> the bomb." But it's a lot harder to rethink decisions made by the
> Allied countries in the 1930s in response to Axis powers aggression.
> The Axis powers thought they had a legitimate right to do what they
> did. Germany felt it was unfairly screwed at the end of WW I and was
> only making things right. Japan felt it was unfairly shut out of
> world commerce by actions of western powers.
Both were correct in their reasons. Germany in particular was
economically hamstrung by the French when they signed the Treaty of
Versailles. People also neglect to mention the push by the arms
industry in Germany, Krup being a prime example.
In the case of Japan it was all about natural resources and
establishment of Empire. Manchuria allowed them to do both.
> At the time, it sure seemed that Chamberlain was doing the right thing
> making concessions to Germany and avoiding war at that moment. That's
> a decision people need to rethink carefully.
Chamberlain was an idiot. Perhaps that was a little bit harsh and
instead I should have said that his failure to reconcile promise
against breach was the main issue.
>> In central London, more than 200 anti-nuclear activists and others
>> gathered at Tavistock Square, where a cherry tree was planted in 1967
>> in memory of the victims of the Hiroshima bombing.
> Do they remember the victims of the London blitz? Do they remember
> the victims of the 'rape of Nanking'? The Bataan death march?
Indirectly we Rhode Islanders still commemorate the brutality of the
Japanese and the dropping of the atomic bomb to vanquishing the
Japanese. It used to be called and is still widely known as VJ or
Victory over Japan day but the state government prefers to drop the
"Japan" part in order to appease Toray Plastics.
My two grandfathers both served during WW II. My maternal grandfather
was in the South Pacific, while my paternal was in Europe routing out
Germans. You can be damned sure I'll remember the sacrifices they made.
> TELECOM Digest Editor's Note Note was responded to by Gene S. Berkowitz:
>>> Do the Atomic Scientists still keep setting that clock periodically
>>> on its journey to midnight? What is that clock setting now? PAT]
>> The clock is now set at 7 minutes to Midnight.
>> http://www.thebulletin.org/doomsday_clock/
The clock was at 3 minutes to Midnight when Ronald Reagan was sworn as
President. I think ...
> It has been 60 years since nuclear weapons were used. They were used
> only once. However, conventional weapons and new weapons (like
> hijacked airplanes) have been used many times.
> The "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" is an interesting magazine; it
> has a lot of good history and international political affairs
> articles.
> However, I don't agree with their general theme.
> As I understood it, the Bulletin was established by some scientists
> from the Manhattan Project who were opposed to using the bomb they
> created against Japan. They intended it for use against Germany, but
> they objected for use in Japan. In my opinion, those who objected at
> the time did not understand the situation as well as the political
> leaders who had to make the actual decision. The scientists had been
> busy in their laboratories and didn't realize the horrors and
> casualties Allied soldiers suffered in the war in the Pacific. The
> scientists knew firsthand how evil Germany was. But Japan's military
> government was just as bad and had to be completely removed from
> power. Their actions at the time as well as subsequent history shows
> clearly that military government was not about to step away despite a
> string of defeats.
What would the difference have been had the atomic bomb been used on
Germany instead of Japan. The Germans were pretty much on their way to
having their own atomic weapons but fortunately for us, the best minds
migrated westward to the United States. Germany even had the delivery
system that was the basis of our manned space program. That's right,
Von Braun got lifted from Germany to get our program off the ground.
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: A group of World War Two veterans in
> a counter-demonstration over the weekend at Arlington Cemetery carried
> banners which stated 'had there been no Pearl Harbor there would
> have been no Hiroshima.' PAT]
Good for them.
------------------------------
From: Tim@Backhome.org
Subject: Re: Hiroshima Marks 60th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb Attack
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:25:10 -0700
Organization: Cox Communications
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: A group of World War Two veterans in
> a counter-demonstration over the weekend at Arlington Cemetery carried
> banners which stated 'had there been no Pearl Harbor there would
> have been no Hiroshima.' PAT]
In the context of the era, Truman did what he had to do. I certainly
agree with his decision.
But, on a macro level, Carl Sagen was right, we are screwed.
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From: Eric Talmadge (ap@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Nakasaki Commemorates Sixtieth Anniversary of Atomic Bomb Attack
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:22:44 -0500
By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press
The second and last city ever attacked by an atomic bomb marked the
60th anniversary of its devastation Tuesday with a Catholic Mass, a
moment of silence and an impassioned plea for a global ban on nuclear
arms.
About 6,000 people, including hundreds of aging bomb survivors,
crowded into Nagasaki's Peace Memorial Park, just a few hundred yards
from the center of the blast, for a solemn remembrance and moment of
silence.
Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh then had some angry words for the leaders of
the nuclear powers, and especially the United States.
"We understand your anger and anxiety over the memories of the horror
of the 9/11 terrorist attacks," he said. "Yet, is your security
enhanced by your government's policies of maintaining 10,000 nuclear
weapons, of carrying out repeated sub-critical nuclear tests, and of
pursuing the development of new 'mini' nuclear weapons?"
Itoh also urged Japan to get out from under the U.S. "nuclear
umbrella." About 50,000 U.S. troops are deployed throughout Japan
under a post-World War II mutual security pact.
Soon after, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a staunch supporter of
the U.S. presence, placed a wreath before the monument to the dead. He
vowed to advocate a nuclear ban but kept his comments brief.
"This is an occasion to remember the victims and pray for world
peace," he said.
Nagasaki's remembrances began just after sunrise yesterday (Japanese
time) with a special Mass at Urakami Cathedral. Hundreds of
worshippers crowded into the church, which at the time of the bombing
was the largest in Asia with 12,000 parishioners -- 8,500 of whom are
believed to have been killed.
Tuesday's memorial follows a much bigger one last week in Hiroshima,
where some 55,000 people swarmed into the city's peace park.
Three days after the Enola Gay dropped the "Little Boy" bomb on
Hiroshima, killing at least 140,000 in the world's first atomic bomb
attack, Bock's Car took off to deliver the second A-bomb -- nicknamed
"Fat Man" -- to the city of Kokura.
Kokura was hidden under a thick cover of smoke. The plane circled
three times, then changed course for Nagasaki, where it also
encountered thick clouds.
With dwindling fuel, the pilot nearly turned around but then found a
break in the clouds.
Estimates of the death toll range from 60,000 to 80,000. Nagasaki
officials on Tuesday used 74,000 as the death figure.
Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945, ending World War II.
"Together with some 260,000 A-bomb survivors ... I swear in the
presence of the souls of the victims of the atomic bombing to continue
to tirelessly demand that Nagasaki be the last A-bomb site," said
Fumie Sakamoto, who represented survivors at Tuesday's memorial.
Sakamoto, 74, was a junior high school student when Nagasaki was
bombed. The blast destroyed her home and threw her 10 yards into the
air. She landed in her garden.
"As far as I could see, everything had been reduced to rubble," she
said.
Other than the many small monuments around town, few signs of the
devastation remain.
A scenic port city with a population of about 420,000, Nagasaki today
is a popular tourist destination known for its Chinatown, one of the
largest in Japan, and its European flair.
Nagasaki has a long history of trade with the Dutch, and for about 200
years, until Japan opened its doors to the outside world in 1859, it
was the only Japanese city open to foreign trade.
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:41:13 -0400
From: alan@bloomfieldpress.com
Subject: Don't Forget Peter Jennings'... Flaw
Newscasters and reporters are falling all over themselves trying to
out-praise the now deceased Peter Jennings. I suppose it's only
natural, but it hides something important.
Jennings was one of the prime actors in the greatest news suppression
and anti-rights campaigns ever waged. Yes, it's the anti-gun-rights,
hide-everything-positive-about-guns media campaign that rushes on
unabated to this day.
Listen up folks -- because Jennings and his media comrades refuse to
tell you -- guns are good, guns save lives, guns stop crime, and guns
are why America is still free. What, you haven't seen that in the
news, ever? Then you're a witness to this simple truth.
Most news people I meet cannot even name ten story ideas that portray
the wholesome and wonderful side of firearms or the great two-century
American tradition of the right to keep and bear arms.
Huge numbers of Americans own guns, enjoy guns, and know this is
true. Many are alive today because guns are good. But Jennings spent
decades hiding it, lying about it, suppressing the side he and his
"J-school" accomplices hate -- the free, individually responsible,
armed adult citizen. It's not good to hate.
How bad is it? Thirteen scholarly studies confirm 2-1/2 million
defensive gun uses annually. In 2001, Jennings, with his corrupt corps
of "news" leaders at the other two networks, aired 190,000 words about
gun crime, and zero words about defensive gun use. Zero. It's just as
bad in print (I have the numbers if you care to see, posted at
gunlaws.com). That's not a measurement upon which to heap praise.
Sincerely,
Alan Korwin, Author
Gun Laws of America
Contact:
Alan Korwin
BLOOMFIELD PRESS
"We publish the gun laws."
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If you can read this, thank a teacher.
If you're reading this in English, thank a veteran.
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 00:36:14 EDT
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From: Patrick Townson <ptownson@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Sister is Home, Now Laid to Rest
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:00:00 CDT
I've mentioned a couple times in the past that as a teenage girl, many
years ago, my sister ran away from home, located herself for a short
time in Texas but mainly, for about thirty years, she lived in
Orlando, Florida, pretty much as a street person. We were notified
back in mid-May that she had died in that set of circumstances, on
the streets in Orlando in March, 2005. Her cremated remains were
delivered to her son who came to visit us (his Grandma and his Uncle
Pat) this past week. Today, Tuesday, August 9 the ashes were taken by
us to the cemetery in Coffeyville where my father is buried, and were
scattered. That's the end of this saga, I guess. I am glad we found
her finally, particularly my mother who now has some closure in the
matter.
PAT
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