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DirectNIC Crisis Manager Braves the Chaos of New Orleans
Aleks Clark writes "The Interdictor, a DirectNIC crisis manager, is currently braving the madness of post-Katrina New Orleans. Server rescues, OC4 repairs and live video and audio feeds abound as he and his crew battle the odds with what seems like the entire internet at his back. 1700+ People are tracking his blog, and IRC channels are full to capacity."
but.. there is just so many to choose from! i have no idea which one to pick!
I dont know, I always thought that is what a Libertarian society would look like. On second thought ... nah, not enough machine gun crossfire. The rescuers are not charging a fee before they lift you of the roof (remember, altruism = a Libertarian no-no). Warlords did not take charge of the high ground and critical infrastructure so far. Slave traders haven't made an appearance yet. So not quite "extreme Libertarian" yet. Let's call it, say, "moderately Libertarian". How is that?
> I dont know, I always thought that is what a Libertarian society would look like. On second thought
Alas, all the true Libertarians moved to the Somalian paradise, so only half-hearted Libertarians remain in New Orleans.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
It is so hard to keep track of the far out wacko social theories. But I would posit that vast majority of Libertarians I run into so far would be of the, as you defined it, objectivist-libertarian-selfish-ass type, and of the I-am-too-sexy-for-my-shit class and the gimme-gimme-screw-everyone-else sub-variety. But I will concede that potential other viarieties of that species of loon exist, I heard a rumour that there is even an extra-rare and endangered species of "Lefty" Libertarian, although I cannot fathom how that could possibly work.
God, I hate self-possessed tards who don't appreciate the work that other people do, and don't know what an OC3 or a metro-area disaster recovery plan is.
.45ACP ammo is not going to make a real difference.
Jackass, I was bringing up OC3s when you were playing Xbox with your buddies after junior high let out.
As for your "metro area recovery plan", the best plan is to GET THE HELL OUT OF TOWN. These people are NON-ESSENTIAL. Bell South is plenty capable of bringing commo to City Hall without help from these guys. By remaining in their office, they are putting themselves at risk and, potential, soldier/police officer lives at risk when they need to be rescued.
for someone with such a low UserID and who, apparently, has been around here for a long time, I'm surprised that you don't understand the importance of keeping telephone lines up in emergency situations.
Again, leave this to the pros (Bell South). Two guys in an office building with some clean underwear and
This is not anarchy-- this is what happens when you have police prevent anyone from leaving the city-- at gunpoint.. have the polcie barge in and start looting, and have the police herding people and denying them access to food or water,
This is a storm ravaged city under siege from the police!
If it were a libertarian situation, people would be trucking in supplies by ton.
But what would happen if you wnt to Baton Rouge and loaded up a truck with supplies and water and drove into New Orleans right now? You'd be stopped at hte border of town and forced to LEAVE!
IF you managed to make it in and sell the food and wwater, you'd be arrested.
WHERE is the Red Cross? Where is anyone giving out or selling food and water in New Orleans?
Anyone seen this on TV?
Yeah, and you guys panned the ipod too: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23
So, the cops needed to bust open the ATMs and take DVDs from the store in order to help people?
Really, the fact of hte matter is, the cops are stealing those guns because its useful for cops to cover their tracks by throwing down a gun.
The reality is cops are no better, no honest, and a LOT LESS LAW ABIDING than regular people. They are a criminal organization in most cities (war on drugs is unconstitutional, thus every cop who participates is a felon, by definition.)
IF you've paid attention at all the cops are not in the driect line of fire, they are NOT HELPING ANYONE THERE.
The cops are stopping people from leaving the city, they are herding people into areas and then abandoning them for THREE DAYS.
The cops are blocking the fucking Red Cross from being able to get into the city.
How much do you need to understand before it sinks in that the hurricane was a natural disaster, but the COPS ARE WHAT'S SCREWING EVERTHING UP?
Yeah, and you guys panned the ipod too: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23
All the money needed to rebuild more houses below sea level will be directly charged to my taxes. So I'm already "donating".
Lets all call our congress critters and tell them to help the people, but NOT help rebuild New Orleans.
You should only get an insurance payout from the government once, then it's permanently placed on a list of places that are on a flood plain and you can never get insurance there again. Problem permanently solved.
- Adam L. Beberg - The Cosm Project - http://www.mithral.com/
The nicely safe and dry country of the Netherlands (who's offer of help to inspect/help repair the dikes/levees has just been refused by the US gov'ment) says 'Hi!'.
And just in case that wasn't clear enough; the last time we had a 'catastrophic' water problem (which wasn't even near the scale of the problem NO has) was 1953.
-- Waht? Tehr's a preveiw buottn?