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Flash Mobs a Threat to Security?
RawCode writes "News about a recent report released by the RCMP suggests that flash mobs could pose a future threat to security. 'Some are aimed at celebrities. Tech-savvy teenaged girls in Britain can quickly spread the word on the whereabouts of Prince William, surrounding him with hundreds of screaming fans. Some are political, organizing protests. Text-messaging was instrumental to organizing public demonstrations in the Phillippines that forced President Joseph Estrada from office'."
Flash mobs of course can be a nuisance, or even a threat to the safety of the public as a whole. All it takes is one bearded terminal hacker gone bad to start one up under the auspices of a good prank or a fun time, but with the ulterior motivation of making some business pay for their alleged crimes.
Can we allow bearded terminal hackers to become judge, jury, and executioner? Perhaps one day we'll look back on the incident at the offices of Symantec last year and realize that it wasn't just a crowd, it was a crowd put together by a person, possibly a terrorist depending on your definition of such. Flash mobs have the potential to ensnare young participants in things they would normally not even dream of.
Is it worth the good pranks to let this go on?
Yeah, after all, protesters are only roped off at Republican events. Nobody would ever think to force protesters into a chain link cage at a Democrat event /sarcasm
-[Blaine]- "'Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."
Was this a simple abbreviation for Secret Service, or something more nefarious, referring to the Schutzstaffel (Hitler's elite special forces)?
I only ask because, here in the USA, it's getting harder to distinguish between our system and that of Nazi Germany.
Overrated / Underrated : Moderation
Is that the guy will be re-elected.
It's better to be the foot on the boot than the face on the pavement. ~~ tkx Kadin2048
Oh what does it matter one criminal looks like the next! HAHA sorry I don't really believe this, but as my previous post was marked as troll, I couldn't resist. Personally I think the troll moderation simply encourages trolling, its a mark some people try to get.
The fact that Mrs. Rand was a total lunatic without a shred of empathy or social understanding
Read: "I'm a pseudo-socialist moron who wakes up every morning bitter with jealousy that I'm not rich, and desperately wish to punish everyone who is - in the name of the 'greater good', of course."
her horribly written books that I regret having wasted days of my life actually struggling through.
Read: "This bitch can write well enough to make a living off of her work, while my 1800 page fantasy novel has been summarily rejected by 28 different publishing houses. No doubt because the bastards can't recognize true talent when they see it. Besides, I didn't understand a word Rand said."
Pity that people still go on about her invalid mishmash of misunderstood corporate fascism, social darwinism and her fatally flawed understanding of economic theory
Read: "All corporations are fascist because I'm a morally superior liberal. I like bandying about terms like 'social darwinism' even though I don't have the first clue what they mean; it's a great way to subtlely identify my opponents as Nazis. And as far as economic theory goes, well I flunked Econ 101, and besides Adam Smith was a corporate whore."
before John Nash' then-radical insight into game theory as applied to economics and the advantages of cooperation strategies were validated by advances in molecular biology and evolutionary psychology.
Read: "You have no idea how long I've been waiting to reference game theory and use it in conjunction with big words like 'molecular biology' and 'evolutionary psychology'. I've had that bit saved out as a text file to my hard drive for *years*! Now everyone will see just how smart I am!"
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?