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The intelligence agencies (foolishly) believe that with computers they can catch all the bad guys just by spying on everyone and letting the computers sort it all out.

Why do you think that intelligence agencies don't have enough intelligence to understand that? They do; they monitor everything they can not because they hope to find bad guys but because they want to deny use of the medium to the bad guys. Then they have to use more complex - and more error-prone - methods, like sending each other postal mail, or meeting in person.

They still can call each other and speak in code, but that's also a complication, and urgent, new information cannot be communicated if you don't have a code word set and remembered by every participant. This also increases the risk of misunderstanding; and if you speak extensively about meaningless things (as you have to do when speaking in code) you provide evidence against yourself. "There were thirty nine irons on the window sill. 'This safe house had been exposed,' realized Shtirlitz, 'three irons are missing.'" (link)

Please consult Proposal for Russian Transliteration Standard. Ya sebye chut' golovu ne slomal poka prochital messagi iz etogo treda. Blin!

Did you forget about "Young Zaphod Plays it Safe"?

Once our bodies can live 500 years, barring accident, the obstacle to longevity will be our minds. With 500 years of memories, role models, lovers, enemies, how can we keep it together, running our current model of individual personality? Reinventing yourself will be a survival requirement. I liked Greg Egan's treatment of immortals in Diaspora and John Varley's Steel Beach. What's your strategy for the long term?

Hmm, it's a number I've heard. The weekly booklist.csv file has around 18,000 titles listed, though it includes some PG works, and groups entire series as one line (for a sci-fi series, that can be quite a few titles).

However, booklist.csv is by no means complete, containing 0 technical works, for example (which are the most significant pirated books, from a revenue standpoint, and look to be damn numerous... then there's that .rpg group.)

Booklist.csv also doesn't categorize sites like this one...

this mirror should be faster for all living outside of russia.

Monday Begins on Saturday great and funny book, kinda douglas adams style

Hard to be a god same writers, much darker sf

The Master and Margarita kinda Faust in USSR, funny

this mirror should be faster for all living outside of russia.

Monday Begins on Saturday great and funny book, kinda douglas adams style

Hard to be a god same writers, much darker sf

The Master and Margarita kinda Faust in USSR, funny

this mirror should be faster for all living outside of russia.

Monday Begins on Saturday great and funny book, kinda douglas adams style

Hard to be a god same writers, much darker sf

The Master and Margarita kinda Faust in USSR, funny