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Feds Fund Anti-Terrorism Search Engine
Ben writes "The FAA and researchers at the University at Buffalo are developing an anti-terrorism search engine that will hunt for 'hidden' information -- like how to take down an airliner -- that can be puzzled together by grabbing bits and pieces from unrelated documents. Eventually, they say, the technique can be commercialized to improve search results on more mundane matters.`"
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Eventually, they say, the technique can be commercialized to improve search results on more mundane matters.
What a totally lame plan. I am outraged that my tax dollars are contributing to this.
For starters, it's totally inefficient.
A much better program would be to create an Afgan-style terrorist training bootcamp somewhere in the Midwest and invite radical Muslims and people from the militia/posse commitatus scene to "try it out" free of charge. Then "study" them afterwords in order to better understand real-life terrorism. Hell, they should even hire high ranking Al-Qaida members to staff the thing. And be sure to give them full amnesty, citizenship, high level security clearances, and six-figure salaries.
Eventually the neocons will have their terrorists... even if they have to create them.
Alas, how America has fallen...
Huge deficits, imaginary dragons, a new mecca for terrorism, the erosion of freedom, all this shiny new tecknarlogy to watch our every move...
Oops, guess not.
Combining "bits and pieces" from this posting and the preceding five (some slight allowance for tense and common words must be made), I find the following alarming statements:
the Internet community / [is] publishing / anonymous / suggestions for / terrorism / [in] article[s] running on Yahoo News / AOL, MSN, and Earthlink
rumored / revelation that / three recent / occurrences / (touches / 30,000 people / collectively) / will change the landscape / forever
'hidden' information / [has] doubled / success in this endeavor / - "nearly everyone will go" / - about 10% of IBM's staff / is already / infected
pro-freedom / dissidents / are looking for ways / to take down an airliner / for nothing
commercialized / products/procedures/systems / [and] hardware / too risky / [at] exaggerated prices / as high as $950
bits and pieces / at an unidentified / 'banned' sites / can be puzzled together / to improve / technique
an unidentifed / spokeswoman for the / FAA / points out that / [their] staff / [has] commitment to / more mundane matters
So Slashdot is advising the Internet terrorist community where to look for information on biological warfare and anti-aircraft weapons.
Yipe!
I figure by 2030 or so my 6-digit UID will be something to brag about.
as of late, any endeavor related to anti-terrorism and that looks remotely "intelligent" has a good chance of getting funded by the US government. I think that's as simple as that. Also, you wouldn't believe how many "anti-terrorism" devices and concepts have been granted a US patent the last 4 years.
I read the article and I'm highly skeptical this thing would work as intended, anyway. The most results it will probably retrieve for the feds would be FAQs for the Grand Theft Auto games.
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