[Noisebridge-discuss] deep crack announcement .. tax issue/

[John Menerick]

I'm more than happy to throw $60 dollars into the electricity fund for 3 
Deepcrack runs.  I'm more than happy to attempt to repair and 
administer.  I'm more than happy to build walls around DeepCrack to 
sidetrack any discussions of controlling access to said system. ;-)


John Menerick
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www.securesql.info

Crutcher Dunnavant wrote:
> I specifically asked about redirecting it to the Computer History 
> Museum during the meeting. There was no response then, but I still 
> think its a good idea.
>
> More to the point ... the idea is to place 6 racks worth of computer 
> that we can't afford to run, that we can't repair, and that we must 
> maintain access control too, in Noisebridge?
>
> It sounds like we're begging for someone to make a giant robot out of it.
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Martin Bogomolni <martinbogo at gmail.com 
> <mailto:martinbogo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Perhaps the right place for this machine is to have it kept as a
>     historical item of value -- at the Computer History Museum in San
>     Jose.   It did something remarkable, and will be remembered in the
>     time of Quantum Computing as our best attempt at parallel computing
>     for a specific task.
>
>     What do y'all think?
>
>     -Martin
>
>     On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Mikolaj Habryn <dichro at rcpt.to
>     <mailto:dichro at rcpt.to>> wrote:
>     > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Martin Bogomolni
>     <martinbogo at gmail.com <mailto:martinbogo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >>> Announce: Deep Crack offered to NB. Fastest (non-classified) 3DES
>     >>> cracker.
>     >
>     > This makes me happy.
>     >
>     >>> Non repurposable. US citizen use only. Claimed value $250k.
>     >>> Takes a lot of power, six racks worth of stuff, needs a truck.
>     >
>     > This makes me sad.
>     >
>     > I'd be right behind just having the thing as furniture/talking
>     point,
>     > to be honest. If there's no power, there's no issue with
>     > non-US-citizen use, right? And is there anything interesting in the
>     > way of legitimate research left to do in this space anyway? If
>     we want
>     > to run demos with it (which we obviously would), we could take some
>     > care with the legalities while it was running and otherwise
>     enjoy its
>     > silent hulking presence.
>     >
>     > m.
>     >
>     >>> (Talk
>     >>> to Jake)
>     >>
>     >> Does accepting such a high-value donation have any tax
>     implications for NB?
>     >>
>     >> -Martin
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