L.Detweiler

Who is L. Detweiler?

Why is L.D. famous? Is L.D. a real person? And what the @#$%^&* is his real first name?

The Theory of Nymity

A complex formal study of Nymity and L.D.'s seminal contributions, including The Detweiler Thesis and the Sociology of Cypherpunkism.

Tentacle Tussels

Some of the more enduring L.D. posts on the inexhaustably scintillating subject, Medusa's Snakes in Cyberspace

News & Views

cypherpunk charicatures and commentary by insiders and outsiders. Digital cash, reputations, cypherpunk religion, Kodak moments, comic relief, etc.

Sarcastic Signatures

Is L.D. cyberspace's biggest hypocrite? A history of the evolution of L.D.'s performance art embodied in a collection of cyberspatial tentacle masterpieces.

Hall of Shame

A rather lengthy list of L.D.'s bloody deaths in cyberspace and the executioners on duty

Published Works

Essays and FAQs by L.D.'s occasionally-sighted respectable alter ego, apparently a computer programmer.

Last Sightings

L.D. is as elusive as an endangered species. Here's some rumors of his whereabouts.

Frivolous Funnies

circulating Internet humor that tickles L.D.'s funny bone, useful for psychoanalyzing his personality.

Other Sites

Psychopunkery

• T.C.May's Cyphernomicon - straight from the evil mastermind himself
• Cryptoanarchy and Virtual Communities - white paper by aforementioned megalomaniac in a very slick online journal
• Vince Cate's Cryptorebel/Cypherpunk Page
• Matt Thomlinson's Assorted Cypherpunks Topics
• Community ConneXion - A cool site that promotes anonymous accounts, digital cash, and all the other cypherpunk wet-dream technology.
• Raph Levien's remailer page - amazing how long it took to get this simple and basic utility from the cypherpunk crowd -- and surprise! written by an outsider
• cypherpunk list archives at Infinity
• Andrew Bacard, author of various cypherpunk-relevant books and FAQs (PGP, anonymity, privacy, etc)
• Dingaling Denning, another fiendish cypherpunk archnemesis

Digital Cash

• Digicash Inc. founded by cypherpunk hero David Chaum
• e$ home page maintained by cypherpunk Robert Hettinga

Organizations

• RSA Data Securities, Inc.
• Crypto Newsletter
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Voters Telecommunications Watch

Rating Services

• Point Communications
• IWay 500

Hot spots

• John Labovitz's e-zine-list - very well maintained, comprehensive list of cyberspatial "zines". Zines are the killer app of cyberspace, like the bible was for Gutenberg.
• SLiRP - a neat public domain SLIP emulator that runs over a Unix shell account. Useful for saving money at many internet providers.
• Liszt - the best and most comprehensive searchable index of internet mailing lists.
• Ideosphere - a betting pool or investment arena on "memes"
• hit statistics searchable for this site, showing how utterly inconseqential L.D.'s rants are in the grand cosmic scheme
• FAQ collection at Ohio State University
• Linux - world's first public domain Unix operating system

Cranks, Kooks, Crackpots, and Conspiracies

• Disinformation - a web site focusing on corporate tyranny that insists "Everything you know is wrong"
• 50 Greatest Conspiracies - a new book by one of the coauthors a writer for Wired
• Illuminet Press specializing in conspiracy theories
• Conspiracy Nation archives - the most amazing behind-the-scenes information on international political intrigues available if you're willing to wade through it
• Orlin Grabbe has a fascinating web site on "conspiracy theories" (or alternative analysis?) and is rumored to have been a guest at a cypherpunk meeting.
• Kook of the Month Award - celebrating years of the highest quality kooks on Usenet and in cyberspace
• The Bastard Operator From Hell - screw-the-users philosophy epitomized