I only hope Greenwald and his colleagues at The Guardian have also setup a Dead Man's switch to release everything worldwide in case of some 'tragic accident' ala Michael Hastings.
Otherwise, by saying 'in ten days', he's only started the countdown clock to his execution.
"Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude."
He in this case, standing in direct opposition to Commissar Hayden, is the US Constitution.
The Director of National Intelligence is soliciting help to develop a superconducting computer. The goal of the government's solicitation is 'to demonstrate a small-scale computer based on superconducting logic and cryogenic memory that is energy efficient, scalable, and able to solve interesting problems
'...such as rooting out the final vestigages of freedom and privacy.'
Let's not White Knight Bezos too much yet; he's the same guy that was obsessed with receiving a patent for a user clicking a fucking button. Doesn't sound too much like 'power to the people' to me.
Even after this exposure, there will be a solid core of epically stupid citizens that will be fine with this; sheep that mindlessly graze on network TV and football whilst repeating the mantra 'If you've done nothing wrong...'
How about a nationally-distributed billboard that simply says:
THEY KNOW
and a simple, easily remembered web address to explain the grave dangers of the federal government having the capacity and desire to harvest and log every citizens' transgressions, as we _all_ have secrets that haunt us.
That might actually resonate thru the fat layers of American ambivalence.
Enact and FOLLOW a sane Foreign Policy that is not controlled by oil and entertainment corporations (harder to tell them apart by their actions these days), not to mention the Military-Industrial complex.
Walk the Human Rights walk by not supporting or turning a blind eye to murderous tyrants, regardless of their ethnicity, religion, or our history with them.
And the hardest part of all: stop trying to impose USian attitudes and mores overseas. Past a certain point, you have to treat certain cultures like a truly alien race, and hope that in the future, they evolve (on their own) and cast off their ignorance, violence, and the most common of all: misogyny.
Because even the most high-minded of meddling leads to nothing but terrorism and the absolute guarantee of those events being exploited by 'leaders' for power and profit (see: current events).
Careful what you wish for. Relying on Alito, Roberts, Scalia (and his shadow), and Kennedy randomly flipping his coin to insure your mere human rights is sketchy at best.
The more I think of these a-holes, the more I think of all the 30s era German judges that rubber-stamped the Chancellors' laws.
It's a useful baseline as the term middle class has been distorted to the point where it has no meaning whatsoever anymore.
In my benighted Red 19th-century state, the Kochs are running TV ads refuting the 1% / 99% argument, reassuring the working poor that they indeed are well-off and middle class. Pay no mind to your paycheck-to-paycheck, one middling medical issue away from oblivion, dear serfs!
Exerable assholes highly deserving of dying in a fire.
When it has been demonstrated time and time again that huge corporations don't give a care about doing security right (read: not immoraly cheap or simplistic to the point of being 'special'), we shouldn't be adding remote access and control to 'things' that can be turned into open doors or even death traps, FFS.
Linux isn't a supported desktop OS, according to the Chromecast website.
Disappointed, but not surprised that Google would again ignore the community running the same type OS they themselves use to create wares for the inch-deep, mile-wide consumer space.
How about an automated browser session or even just a tab that randomly visits sites soley based on a well-crafted list of interests tailored such that they cut across the classic advertising pigeon holes to the point of providing untargetable or irrelevant profiles to advertisers ('where do I put a Rodeo Clown passionate about 18th century German opera and the taxonomy of Indonesian arboreal fungus?').
At the very least, it would decrease their signal to noise ratio and serve up some mildly interesting adverts.
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How can anyone still think rag-tag terrorists are worse than these systemically-destructive fucksticks?
I only hope Greenwald and his colleagues at The Guardian have also setup a Dead Man's switch to release everything worldwide in case of some 'tragic accident' ala Michael Hastings.
Otherwise, by saying 'in ten days', he's only started the countdown clock to his execution.
"Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude."
He in this case, standing in direct opposition to Commissar Hayden, is the US Constitution.
Has it been vetted by the NSA?
And what are the blood lead levels in your employees?
Oh wait, let me guess: you''ve never offered to test it, as that would be far too close to Socialism (not to mention your liability).
'...such as rooting out the final vestigages of freedom and privacy.'
Given that it's Japan, how about expressing it in units of Gojira. Or possibly monkey barrels.
I don't think the 8th century Spanish found them chuckle-worthy.
Let's not White Knight Bezos too much yet; he's the same guy that was obsessed with receiving a patent for a user clicking a fucking button. Doesn't sound too much like 'power to the people' to me.
Mission Accomplished
Even after this exposure, there will be a solid core of epically stupid citizens that will be fine with this; sheep that mindlessly graze on network TV and football whilst repeating the mantra 'If you've done nothing wrong...'
How about a nationally-distributed billboard that simply says:
THEY KNOW
and a simple, easily remembered web address to explain the grave dangers of the federal government having the capacity and desire to harvest and log every citizens' transgressions, as we _all_ have secrets that haunt us.
That might actually resonate thru the fat layers of American ambivalence.
Man, I love Super Troopers!
Enact and FOLLOW a sane Foreign Policy that is not controlled by oil and entertainment corporations (harder to tell them apart by their actions these days), not to mention the Military-Industrial complex.
Walk the Human Rights walk by not supporting or turning a blind eye to murderous tyrants, regardless of their ethnicity, religion, or our history with them.
And the hardest part of all: stop trying to impose USian attitudes and mores overseas. Past a certain point, you have to treat certain cultures like a truly alien race, and hope that in the future, they evolve (on their own) and cast off their ignorance, violence, and the most common of all: misogyny.
Because even the most high-minded of meddling leads to nothing but terrorism and the absolute guarantee of those events being exploited by 'leaders' for power and profit (see: current events).
Don't build anything in states that promise zero business taxes and allow no-benefit, slave-wage jobs.
Not that hard if you a functioning human soul.
Because both of these parties would end up using Chinese-made hardware / components. China is just cutting out the middle men.
This is proof we're still living in a free country! They didn't die in a hail of military-grade automatic weapons fire.
Really short:
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1301_2014_chevrolet_corvette_stingray_first_look/photo_55.html
Time to revoke Obama's fake prize and give to a real hero: Eric Snowden.
Careful what you wish for. Relying on Alito, Roberts, Scalia (and his shadow), and Kennedy randomly flipping his coin to insure your mere human rights is sketchy at best.
The more I think of these a-holes, the more I think of all the 30s era German judges that rubber-stamped the Chancellors' laws.
In my benighted Red 19th-century state, the Kochs are running TV ads refuting the 1% / 99% argument, reassuring the working poor that they indeed are well-off and middle class. Pay no mind to your paycheck-to-paycheck, one middling medical issue away from oblivion, dear serfs!
Exerable assholes highly deserving of dying in a fire.
"The Internet of Things (That Can Kill Us)"
When it has been demonstrated time and time again that huge corporations don't give a care about doing security right (read: not immoraly cheap or simplistic to the point of being 'special'), we shouldn't be adding remote access and control to 'things' that can be turned into open doors or even death traps, FFS.
Linux isn't a supported desktop OS, according to the Chromecast website.
Disappointed, but not surprised that Google would again ignore the community running the same type OS they themselves use to create wares for the inch-deep, mile-wide consumer space.
Let's all pray to the FSM for this judges' health, lest he come down with a terminal case of Hastings.
How about an automated browser session or even just a tab that randomly visits sites soley based on a well-crafted list of interests tailored such that they cut across the classic advertising pigeon holes to the point of providing untargetable or irrelevant profiles to advertisers ('where do I put a Rodeo Clown passionate about 18th century German opera and the taxonomy of Indonesian arboreal fungus?').
At the very least, it would decrease their signal to noise ratio and serve up some mildly interesting adverts.