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Prankster Calls NSA To Restore Deleted E-mail

Posted by timothy on from the how-to-talk-sideways dept.

First time accepted submitter manu0601 writes "Since the NSA snoops, intercepts and store our e-mails forever, why not use it as a backup service? It just lacks the API to restore files, therefore this guy [YouTube video] called the NSA to ask for a backup restoration. Guess what? It did not work." After all, why should we have to pay twice for services already performed with tax dollars?

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  1. Re:No service. by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought it was to build roads, sanitation and the basics of civilization. Your local mafia does that?

  2. What are we paying them for? by Overzeetop · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is the water you drink clean?
    Is your food supply safe?
    Do the lights come on when you flip a switch?
    Can you travel through the air at nearly the speed of sound for a few hundred dollars?
    When you turn on the radio in your car, do you hear voices/music coming out of the speakers?
    Can you read this message?
    Are you speaking English?

    Because if you are, you can be assured that your government is doing at least some things you find useful. There are places - quite a few actually - for which the above do not all apply. The taxes there are exceptionally low, and you may wish to consider relocating to take advantage of the savings and buy the above items yourself. Note: if you form a group to provide such services, that's cheating. another word for that kind of cheating is called "Government."

    --
    Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
    1. Re:What are we paying them for? by butchersong · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Most of those services are provided by state and county government. The federal government does not educate you for instance... Several of them (like electricity) are typically provided by private companies though there are a few large federal projects left over from earlier last century. The stuff you cited that does apply to the federal government applies to regulation. The vast overwhelming (pretty much all) majority of our taxes do not go to anything in this list.