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Secret Service Goes War Driving

JSC writes "Looks like the Secret Service is taking a page from the WarDriving handbook. Your tax dollars at work includes springing for the Pringles can for the antenna."

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  1. grumpy old man rant about your tax dollars by capnjack41 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet they paid way too much for those Pringles cans (like their $400 hammers and $600 toilet seats).

    1. Re:grumpy old man rant about your tax dollars by toomz · · Score: 2, Funny

      More importantly, who got to eat the The People's Pringles. Some unscrupulous SS agent, no doubt.

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      If a chair is thrown in a forest, and there are no witnesses, did Ballmer still do it?
  2. So? by ConsumedByTV · · Score: 4, Funny

    I do it.
    Why should I care if the SS does it :)

    Right Kyle?

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    "Not my manner of thinking but the manner of thinking of others has been the source of my unhappiness." - M
  3. The article got this one right by kbroom · · Score: 4, Funny
    (...)These networks are becoming common in airports, universities, coffee houses, businesses, homes and even some public squares. But they are sold with no security measures (...)
    Actually, most vendors advertise WEP as a security mechanism for these wireless networks, but as we all know, it is pretty much useless. I wonder if the writers of the article wrote the above statement knowing this fact, or if they just got lucky.

  4. The Troll Song by a_borowski · · Score: 0, Funny


    Sung To 'Be Our Guest' - or 'See my Vest' If you watch the simpsons...

    Be a troll! Be a troll!
    Let disruption be your goal -
    Anything that you can do to draw attention to your role
    Egoboo can be nice
    Get your fix at any price
    You can make entire newsgroups into clucking little birdcoops

    Be a troll! Be a troll!
    Pound their patience into coal
    Tell the regulars they have no sense of flair
    Insult their mothers too and their manners, pfoo!
    Be a troll, be a troll, be a troll!

    Make them burn, make them freeze
    Sing of people scratching fleas
    Snigger at the woes of others who are forced upon their knees
    Stress and fear, jealous rage
    Let them be your guiding gauge
    Then accuse the quiet suckers all as nosy mother****ers

    Don't be small, don't be tame
    Show you have no sense of shame
    Just enrage them til on stage the heads will roll
    You love to shrill out flame, it's all a giant game
    Be a troll, dig a hole, you're a troll.

    Flaming dues, barbeques
    Ought to wake 'em where they snooze
    Don't forget to douse the fires with proof 307 booze
    (song tangent) : 307 Ale my friends, 307 Ale!
    The finest drink that any bar has ever had for sale!...
    (ahem) Feed them slugs, feed them snails
    Put their legs between their tails
    And so what if you are hated cuz their nerves are really grated

    When you leave, do salute
    give that middle finger toot
    And be proud of your achievements in your soul
    For you have shown that they are evil in their way
    You're a troll-l-l-l, says our poll-l-l-l, you're a troll-l-l-l!
    (or, "a-ass-ho-o-o-ole!")

  5. Personally im glad... by packeteer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Im glad my tax dollars are going to someything like this. Not that they are war driving but they are using pringles cans. I mean i personally wouldn't spend my money on a nice antannea so why should the govt. spend my money on one. if a pringles can is good enough for me than its good enouh for the govt.

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  6. The FUD is working!!! by God!+Awful · · Score: 4, Funny

    A quasi-mainstream news source called warchalkers "independent security researchers." That's gotta be a first.

    -a

  7. Re:Why is this coming from taxes? by moertle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now... I didn't read the *entire* article, but I would think that they would check for leaks in places like Congressional offices. God knows we don't want a leaked love letter from a secretary to a Congressman.

    I believe al-Quada has a secret lab developing their own pringle can antenna to war-camel-ride the D.C. area.

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    I hold a patent on sigs...
  8. Tax dollars at work by EvilStein · · Score: 5, Funny

    *munch*munch*munch**munch*munch*munch**munch*munch *munch*

    "Hey Agent 423.. got any more Pringles?"

    *munch*munch*munch**munch*munch*munch**munch*mun ch *munch*

    "No, but I could sure use another Coke.."

    *munch*munch*munch**munch*munch*munch**munch*mun ch *munch*

  9. They aren't particularly original, either... by failrate · · Score: 3, Funny

    Once upon a time, the military-government-corporate-et cetera complex had ALL the cool toys. Now, they are ripping off tricks that are widely posted by juveline nerdophiles. Now, if the government could only figure out how to clone gold, we could get out of our national debt. Best they go to the nearest MUD forum and get a crack off of some script-kiddies.

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    Voodoo Girl is the bomb!
  10. Britney Spears by digitalsynapse · · Score: 1, Funny

    Of course the secret service is war-driving.. Do they really want to repeat the embaressment of being caught
    looking at Britney Spears websites?(lycosasia.com)

  11. Nokia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Has Nokia accused them of piracy yet?