What is truly frightening is how many people (see comments above) are so willing to jump on this bandwagon. I'm sure some of it is people grasping at straws in hopes that "truthiness" will win but c'mon - this is politics and we ALL lose.
Maybe Mr. Thompson can force Mr. Galt to "fix" that which is broken but I doubt it - not aas long as that force, no matter how benign, comes from "above"..
Remember when Nixon proposed a tv set-top box to "alert" us to similar nonsense? And how people (rightfully) went bat-shit crazy about Big Brother?
I fear now the sheeple will gladly submit to this bullshit. Sorry, I'll lose the cellphone first. Of course the next step will be the embedded-in-your-skull "alert" chip welcomed by the proles.
"People will be able to opt out of receiving all but the presidential alerts."
True but that has nothing to do with their motives. This is simply another attempt to squeeze money out of the poor schlubb who is trying to make a living. Of course this will impact the poor disproportionately.
Yeah, and "in the day" everything worked. On the rare times when it didn't if you called for repair it was fixed usually within an hour. I miss that.
I also miss talking to Ma Bell techs who knew the system from top to bottom. Nowadays when calling for service you get handed off to multiple dunderheads who, while reading from scripted responses, haven't a clue how the system works.
The is just as contemptible as the Democrats trying to reinstitute a so-called "Fairness Doctrine" in order to silence Conservatives so I fail to see the newsworthiness of business-as-usual. Whoever is in power tries to topple whoever isn't.
It is politics which is sleazy and slimy and harmful for those of us just trying to live.
.... and hope that these organizations don't band together, start sharing innovations and start developing 'next level threats' as I'd call them. With those resources and people behind them, evil people could do bad things to the internet. Gah, lets hope not. Lets hope.
That reads like a description of the U.S. Gubmint.
'Don't make it something it's not.' Internet attacks from hackers, spies and terrorist groups deserves serious attention, he said, but this should not be 'to the extent of mass hysteria'.
Then how the hell do they expect to get and keep their bloated budgets?
You've got the wrong Roman reference, actually. Communications access is economic infrastructure, like roads and aqueducts. Economic infrastructure pays for itself and increases the wealth of the nation.
Ummm. Then why are all the roads and bridges crumbling? Why are many national parks threatened with closure?
Sorry. But the money isn't there. We keep "growing" when we can't afford it. My reference to Bread & Circuses is appropriate - I think - because providing broadband sounds fun, good & egalitarian when all it does is provide a distraction from the economic peril the entire world faces.
Then again, most of the country wants to either get rich quick building websites or creating a product/service that Oprah will like so bring it on.
You beat me to it. I was going to say in response to: "The plan focuses on overcoming three key challenges (PDF) that have made offshore wind energy practically non-existent..."
Ted Kennedy and Walter Cronkite are both dead now. Who's the third challenger?
I'm sure you think you're being clever but there is/was a point to holding the lid on technology in the White House.
You may or may not recall how the Clinton staffers all made fun of the Bush 1 White House upon learning they didn't use email and had "old fashioned" phones.
Guess what? The Bush 1 administration had a good handle on leaks because they didn't rush to embrace the latest and greatest unlike just about everyone now.
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I run a big football (soccer for the septics) site/forum...
What's that, a footbal site for people with infections?
As long as the Criminals-in-Congress (TM) are running the show it'll never fly.
What is truly frightening is how many people (see comments above) are so willing to jump on this bandwagon. I'm sure some of it is people grasping at straws in hopes that "truthiness" will win but c'mon - this is politics and we ALL lose.
Maybe Mr. Thompson can force Mr. Galt to "fix" that which is broken but I doubt it - not aas long as that force, no matter how benign, comes from "above"..
BitCoin should be banned because we want our currency to be as safe and stable as the U.S. dollar.
Remember when Nixon proposed a tv set-top box to "alert" us to similar nonsense? And how people (rightfully) went bat-shit crazy about Big Brother?
I fear now the sheeple will gladly submit to this bullshit. Sorry, I'll lose the cellphone first. Of course the next step will be the embedded-in-your-skull "alert" chip welcomed by the proles.
"People will be able to opt out of receiving all but the presidential alerts."
What a crock.
True but that has nothing to do with their motives. This is simply another attempt to squeeze money out of the poor schlubb who is trying to make a living. Of course this will impact the poor disproportionately.
" ...covert surveillance devices"
Wanna bet?
> Would you trust your government to be your mail provider?
I don't trust my government to be my government!
Yes, I am a fiscal conservative and this just demonstrates to me they have no handle on the economy.
And yet what happens every single time a fiscal conservative is in charge of the US doesn't demonstrate anything to you?
Which tells you they really aren't fiscal conservatives.
Yeah, and "in the day" everything worked. On the rare times when it didn't if you called for repair it was fixed usually within an hour. I miss that.
I also miss talking to Ma Bell techs who knew the system from top to bottom. Nowadays when calling for service you get handed off to multiple dunderheads who, while reading from scripted responses, haven't a clue how the system works.
The is just as contemptible as the Democrats trying to reinstitute a so-called "Fairness Doctrine" in order to silence Conservatives so I fail to see the newsworthiness of business-as-usual. Whoever is in power tries to topple whoever isn't.
It is politics which is sleazy and slimy and harmful for those of us just trying to live.
Sometimes these exchanges just really make my day. This is one of them. Thanks!
"...sneak up on buildings, detect and evade sentries, and send reconnaissance information back to the good guys."
Just because someone owns one doesn't make them the "good guys".
"why treat sentient/semi-sentient life forms like scum?"
So that excludes you, eh?
.... and hope that these organizations don't band together, start sharing innovations and start developing 'next level threats' as I'd call them. With those resources and people behind them, evil people could do bad things to the internet. Gah, lets hope not. Lets hope.
That reads like a description of the U.S. Gubmint.
Is that a beer keg strapped to the front bumper?
'Don't make it something it's not.' Internet attacks from hackers, spies and terrorist groups deserves serious attention, he said, but this should not be 'to the extent of mass hysteria'.
Then how the hell do they expect to get and keep their bloated budgets?
You've got the wrong Roman reference, actually. Communications access is economic infrastructure, like roads and aqueducts. Economic infrastructure pays for itself and increases the wealth of the nation.
Ummm. Then why are all the roads and bridges crumbling? Why are many national parks threatened with closure?
Sorry. But the money isn't there. We keep "growing" when we can't afford it. My reference to Bread & Circuses is appropriate - I think - because providing broadband sounds fun, good & egalitarian when all it does is provide a distraction from the economic peril the entire world faces.
Then again, most of the country wants to either get rich quick building websites or creating a product/service that Oprah will like so bring it on.
"More Chains We Can Believe In" as I'm sure the few people still working will be forced to subsidize it for the less fortunate.
The one where Stimpy's brain falls out.
You beat me to it. I was going to say in response to: "The plan focuses on overcoming three key challenges (PDF) that have made offshore wind energy practically non-existent..."
Ted Kennedy and Walter Cronkite are both dead now. Who's the third challenger?
I guess I'm not gonna be renewing my network's TrendMicro licenses when they expire next month...
Unless it includes the most excellent Star Wars Christmas Special it isn't complete.
To be fair, though, there is at least one government agency that uses the latest and greatest (or so we think) and that has remained secure:
I don't think so! :)
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/12/17/1540256
I'm sure you think you're being clever but there is/was a point to holding the lid on technology in the White House.
You may or may not recall how the Clinton staffers all made fun of the Bush 1 White House upon learning they didn't use email and had "old fashioned" phones.
Guess what? The Bush 1 administration had a good handle on leaks because they didn't rush to embrace the latest and greatest unlike just about everyone now.