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John - KD5YI <sophi.2@invalid.org> writes:

> On 3/3/2011 9:56 PM, GreenXenon wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I’m thinking of a new type of public internet café. This internet café
>> is in hypothetical shopping mall similar to the Brea Mall in the Brea
>> city of Southern California of USA. The floors and walls are carpeted
>> with black carpet throughout the mall – excluding the restrooms and
>> food courts – where carpet would be obviously difficult to keep
>> clean.
>>
>> There are as many PCs in this café as there are chairs. All chairs as
>> comfortable [and with the most luxurious, convenient and healthy
>> features as one can get – such as wheels and adjustable height]. This
>> of type of chair is commonly used in offices.
>>
>> Each PC has a dial-up controller-based [i.e. purely-hardware] modem.
>>
>> All PCs in this Café are *desktop* and the tables are mounted to the
>> wall. For anonymity, each PC has its own wearable monitor. This is a
>> plasma-based monitor which looks like virtual-reality goggles. To
>> maintain health of the eyes, this monitor has a reverse-telescope lens
>> [which makes the visual-entities on the monitor more distant from the
>> user’s eyes]. To make those visual-entities easier to see, a
>> microscope lens is used. One lens is place in front of this tiny
>> wearable monitor, while the other lens is placed in front of that
>> lens. Of course, both lenses are inside this monitor. This plasma
>> monitor has the following has anti-burn-in technology, is 1080p-
>> compatible, and has the fastest refresh rate possible.
>>
>> The internet access is free dial-up only. This is to help maintain
>> anonymity and for the IP addresses to be dynamic. There are ISPs that
>> voluntarily provide dial-up for free and without the customer needing
>> to set up an account – simply dial the number and you’. This means, it
>> will be more difficult for the ISP to cut off service to the café due
>> to clients venting their anger and attacking chat rooms with socially-
>> unacceptable text.
>>
>> Each PC, modem, and telephone line have the following characteristics:
>>
>> 1. The only ROM is mask-programmed ROM
>>
>> 2. The only RAM is a hypothetical form of volatile RAM chips in which
>> all info is completely lost in 100th-of-a-second-or-less after the
>> netbook is turned-off. Even theoretically there is no way to recover
>> this data unless one completely re-powers before 100th-of-a-second
>> after power-off.
>>
>> 3. The OS is installed on ROM chips
>>
>> 4. All IDs -- such as the MAC addresses [including that of the dial-up
>> modem], the CPUID, IP address etc. -- are totally dynamic. When the
>> netbook is powered-offed, these IDs disappear without leaving a trace.
>> When the netbook is switched on, new IDs are generated. In addition,
>> this netbook uses the least amount of IDs and timestamps required to
>> operate itself and access the internet.
>>
>> 5. There is no malware [e.g. rootkits] installed in any of the ROM
>> chips.
>>
>> 6. Chips of the hypothetical RAM listed in #3 substitute for the HDD
>>
>> 7. The clock skew of the PC varies such that clock-skew-fingerprinting
>> would be a totally-useless technique to those trying to identify the
>> computer.
>>
>> 8. Uses dumb terminals for dial-up internet access
>>
>> 9. Chips of the hypothetical RAM listed in #2 substitute for the HDD
>>
>> 10. There is absolutely no hint of:
>> A. ActiveX
>> B. Internet Explorer
>> C. Java
>> D. JavaScript
>> E. Audio software/hardware
>> F. Software/hardware for images, graphics, animation, or movies
>> G. Webcam capability
>> H. Flash
>> J. Shockwave
>> I. HTML
>> K. DHTML
>> L. Any type of scripting/scripts
>> M. Any type of mark-up/modeling language.
>>
>> 11. The chat software [which is built into a ROM chip] is fully
>> compatible with everything in #10. In addition, this chat protocol has
>> the following characteristics:
>>
>> A. No download/installation of anything necessary
>>
>> B. Does not require ActiveX or Internet Explorer
>>
>> C. Does not use or require Java or JavaScript
>>
>> D. Most difficult for other chatters to figure out my IP address, MAC
>> address, and other electronic IDs.
>>
>> E. Is text-only [not able to transmit/receive files, images, or other
>> nonsense]
>>
>> F. Does not allow uploading/downloading to/from other chatters
>>
>> G. Does not allow one individual to message another individual.
>>
>> H. Does not have any IM/PM capability [when I post my message, I want
>> everyone in the chat room to see it. In addition, I just hate it when
>> other chatters PM/IM me.]
>>
>> I. Is real-time - i.e. I post my message and those in the room can
>> immediately reply to me.
>>
>> J. Transmits/receives small amounts of text rapidly - unlike Usenet
>> which transmits/receives large amounts of
>> text slowly.
>>
>> K. Allows me to be nameless and still access the chat rooms with a
>> blank screen name.
>>
>> L. Does not give away my email address
>>
>> M. Does not allow access to audio/video - e.g. no webcam capability
>>
>> N. Does not require an email address for confirmation
>>
>> O. Does not use or require HTML, DHMTL, or anything similar
>>
>> P. Does not require any login or password
>>
>> Q. Does not require registration
>>
>> R. Uses the least amount of bandwidth, memory, and CPU power.
>>
>> S. Generates random usernames for chat rooms and does not allow users
>> to choose their names – this measure
>> prevent impersonation of real people. These random usernames consist
>> of random characters.
>>
>> 12. The modem is for dial-up internet access and is an MPSK-based.
>> Most modems use QAM but the modems in this hypothetical café’s PCs use
>> MPSK with the most amounts of bits-per-symbol possible without the bit-
>> error-rate getting too high.
>>
>> QAM = Quadrature-Amplitude-Modulaton
>>
>> MPSK = Multiple-Phase-Shift- Keying.
>>
>> 13. Each PC has its own modem and each modem has its own telephone
>> line. Each phone line has its own phone number and ANI [Automatic
>> Number Identification]. The ANI, phone numbers, and other telephony
>> IDs are all dynamic – i.e. once the PC disconnects from the internet,
>> these IDs disappear without leaving a trace. Prior to re-connection,
>> new random IDs are generated. Once again, the least amount of IDs
>> necessary are used – for example, there is no caller ID.
>>
>> 14. All the electronics in the café are as eco-friendly as possible.
>> This means heavy reliance on hash, ROM, and look-up tables.
>>
>> 15. All electronics in the coffee shop are tempest-shielded to assist
>> in maintain anonymity.
>>
>> Use of internet in this café is not free. Users must pay in quarters.
>> Each PC has its own coin slot, where customers insert coins prior to
>> using the PC. The PC does not accept credit cards, debit, or other
>> forms of electronic payment – due to security risks. In addition, the
>> PCs don’t accept dollar bills or checks – here is why. Bills and
>> checks are made of paper [which can burn at high-temperatures].
>>
>> So what are these high-temperatures required for? To erase
>> fingerprints, DNA, hair, body-oils, and other forms of evidence that
>> would be on the coins from customers using them. As soon as the coins
>> are inserted, permission to use the computer is granted. Right after
>> the insertion, the coins are efficiently and safely heated until hot
>> enough to completely obliterate any biological or chemical evidence on
>> them.
>>
>> After the coins are heated, they are then efficiently cooled to a
>> temperature safe for handling. After cooling, these coins then pass
>> through a device that collects coins from all PCs and shuffles them to
>> make it much more difficult to figure out which computer the coin came
>> from.
>>
>> This hypothetical café does not monitor or log any internet activity.
>>
>> Though the café’ patrons don’t have to pay for internet access, they
>> *do* have to pay the telephone company for providing the lines -- else
>> they won't have access to the telephone system to get the physical
>> access for a dial-up connection. To maintain anonymity for the coffee
>> shop, its patrons, and customers, the staff pay the phone company in
>> quarters only. From the PCs directly to the location of the phone
>> company, there is a device that will physically transport coins. Of
>> course this process is slow but it gets the job done. So in using the
>> PCs, the customers are providing the money for the shop’s internet
>> access.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Green Xenon
>
> I think you should try it.
>
> John

I think you should trim your followups.
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