Is this guy for real? He's talking about real-time information sharing, obviously with no judicial oversight of any sort, rubber-stamped or otherwise.
Unfortunately, he is real . . . and seems to be a bit of a megalomaniac to boot . . . totally intoxicated and ripped to his tits with his ever increasing power. Joe McCarthy and Edgar Hoover 2.0 . . . Enterprise Edition.
It doesn't seem like there is anyone in the government or general public who has the courage to stand up to him.
The anonymous reader is looking for something free. SAP is short for "Send Another Payment" which is a literal translation of the original German, "Scheiß Aufs Privatleben."
Islam generally frowns on "usury", so I guess a determined Iranian Religious Judge could easily fudge a conviction with a trumped up charge about that. Islamic Banking jumps through all kind of hoops to keep the Imams happy when making loans and paying interest.
But I'm curious if student loans are a general problem with Islam . . . ? Do pious students avoid them . . . ?
This would be a catastrophe for the US, if it would wake up tomorrow an Islamic Republic . . . all those students saddled with debt that will never be able to pay back would face prison, as well!
In the US, if a person gets drunk in a bar, and racks up his car, the bar will get sued. That's why they cut off folks who have obviously had too much.
In the UK? A pint and a fight, a great British night!"
It's more like a Mafia Family, in the Tony Soprano sense of the word.
Actually, the tone of "Weather This Storm" letter sounds more like a radio broadcast, live, from the Führer's Bunker in Berlin, in late April 1945.
Maybe the NSA has some Wunderwaffen in their pockets, like V-3s and V-4s that will ensure their victory in their quest to destroy Americans' trust in their government, and rid the land of the yoke of that pesky Constitution and Bill of Rights.
. . . and they would have succeeded, if it wasn't for you meddling kids of Slashdot . . .
It's more like watching a dinosaur stuck in a tar pit . . . the more it struggles, the more it sinks . . .
Hey, Steven Elop is tanned, rested and ready . . . maybe he could jump in to RIM as CEO . . . and switch Blackberry to be a Windows Phone platform . . . ?
Here we are with this energy shortage and on top of that we're stuck with this massive stockpile of free fuel we have no idea what to do with. I guess we'll bury it.
This will be hoot and a half for future archeologists when they find this valuable stockpile:
"Hey, Zodan, do you have any idea why the Ancients buried all this fuel instead of using it . . . ?"
"I dunno, Ziffron, my guess is that they were total fuck-wits with shit for brains. Have a chat with Zaggon, who has found what appear to be primative computers. It appears that their devices were mostly used to collect porn and exchange meaningless banter with each other."
"What's really bizarre, is that their porn labeled 'Hentai' looks like our porn. We must have visited this planet before.
Besides, what stops you from doing like the Rest Of the World and buying your own phone?
I've noticed that US folks tend to think that you can only get a phone from a carrier . . . and just assume that the whole world also works like it does in the US.
It's hardly a shocker that the US would be spying on Belgium, I'm sure we're spying on pretty much everybody.
The EU government is located in Brussels . . . in Belgium. So if they are spying in Belgium, they are spying on all the EU countries that have offices there.
I think we've reached peak encryption. No matter what you come up with, the NSA has more than enough resources to crack your encryption method. And if you're using one-time pads, they or their retinue will just crack one of the holders of the one-time pads. Crack, like the holder's skull, knuckles or testicles.
So we need to dump the idea that encryption can be used to transmit our secrets. And come up with entirely new ideas.
A radical thought? Hell, yeah. Do I myself have any ideas how to do this? Hell, no. And even if I did, I wouldn't dare to talk about it. The first person to publish an idea on this will be taken by the government on a ride with Hans Reiser.
But I think that we're stuck in a rut with encryption. We've been using it for so long, we can't even broaden our horizons to even consider other ways to get secret information from one place to another, without it getting snooped on. At the very least, the message should self destruct if someone tries to snoop on it. As to the rest . . . by my guest, and let your imagination run wild . . .
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Is this guy for real? He's talking about real-time information sharing, obviously with no judicial oversight of any sort, rubber-stamped or otherwise.
Unfortunately, he is real . . . and seems to be a bit of a megalomaniac to boot . . . totally intoxicated and ripped to his tits with his ever increasing power. Joe McCarthy and Edgar Hoover 2.0 . . . Enterprise Edition.
It doesn't seem like there is anyone in the government or general public who has the courage to stand up to him.
The anonymous reader is looking for something free. SAP is short for "Send Another Payment" which is a literal translation of the original German, "Scheiß Aufs Privatleben."
Sort of.
No, it's a leak! If Apple is directing cars to airport runways . . . then this could only mean . . . that Apple is secretly working on a Flying Car!
This sounds stupid.
It sounds stupid . . . because it is stupid . . . but a lot of drivers are even more stupid . . . apparently.
Congratulation!
You are the one-millionth poster on /. to post without reading the article!
You must be nude here.
It's more like the one-millionth-billionth poster.
I sometimes get the feeling that most folks don't even bother to read the post that they are replying to, let alone the article.
Islam generally frowns on "usury", so I guess a determined Iranian Religious Judge could easily fudge a conviction with a trumped up charge about that. Islamic Banking jumps through all kind of hoops to keep the Imams happy when making loans and paying interest.
But I'm curious if student loans are a general problem with Islam . . . ? Do pious students avoid them . . . ?
This would be a catastrophe for the US, if it would wake up tomorrow an Islamic Republic . . . all those students saddled with debt that will never be able to pay back would face prison, as well!
My wacky thought for the morning . . .
In the US, if a person gets drunk in a bar, and racks up his car, the bar will get sued. That's why they cut off folks who have obviously had too much.
In the UK? A pint and a fight, a great British night!"
Myself?
Bartender: Are you ready for another drink, Kid?
Me: I was born ready for another drink.
It's more like a Mafia Family, in the Tony Soprano sense of the word.
Actually, the tone of "Weather This Storm" letter sounds more like a radio broadcast, live, from the Führer's Bunker in Berlin, in late April 1945.
Maybe the NSA has some Wunderwaffen in their pockets, like V-3s and V-4s that will ensure their victory in their quest to destroy Americans' trust in their government, and rid the land of the yoke of that pesky Constitution and Bill of Rights.
. . . and they would have succeeded, if it wasn't for you meddling kids of Slashdot . . .
It's more like watching a dinosaur stuck in a tar pit . . . the more it struggles, the more it sinks . . .
Hey, Steven Elop is tanned, rested and ready . . . maybe he could jump in to RIM as CEO . . . and switch Blackberry to be a Windows Phone platform . . . ?
Got ahead . . . just try to steal that Robot Killer Car.
The car says that it doesn't want to be stolen . . . and who is going to do it . . . "you, and what army?"
Why did anyone bother with the New World?
To kill the natives, rape their women, steal their land . . . it was kinda sorta like Grand Theft Auto 5 back then. But for real.
Why else would folks in the New World now be so fond of the game . . . ?
Here we are with this energy shortage and on top of that we're stuck with this massive stockpile of free fuel we have no idea what to do with. I guess we'll bury it.
This will be hoot and a half for future archeologists when they find this valuable stockpile:
"Hey, Zodan, do you have any idea why the Ancients buried all this fuel instead of using it . . . ?"
"I dunno, Ziffron, my guess is that they were total fuck-wits with shit for brains. Have a chat with Zaggon, who has found what appear to be primative computers. It appears that their devices were mostly used to collect porn and exchange meaningless banter with each other."
"What's really bizarre, is that their porn labeled 'Hentai' looks like our porn. We must have visited this planet before.
Well, a Brazilian Waxed NSA means that you can't blame it on Bush any more . . .
Besides, what stops you from doing like the Rest Of the World and buying your own phone?
I've noticed that US folks tend to think that you can only get a phone from a carrier . . . and just assume that the whole world also works like it does in the US.
So I guess they should name it the "GM Bailout".
Great name, for a car.
Or how about the "GM Screw", for what it did to the US taxpayers.
It's hardly a shocker that the US would be spying on Belgium, I'm sure we're spying on pretty much everybody.
The EU government is located in Brussels . . . in Belgium. So if they are spying in Belgium, they are spying on all the EU countries that have offices there.
No surprise.
Actually, the whole damn story reminds me of an old film about an American military coup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_days_in_may
All we need now, is a new Senator Joe McCarthy at the helm . . .
why this is a big deal and is on slashdot?
You must be nude here.
Here's why this story is on Slashdot:
That, is how a story gets posted on Slashdot.
It's the best of News for Nerds, because the folks who read the Submissions think it is.
You don't like the stories? Read the Submissions, and vote down what you don't like.
No, that sounds like a normal programming project to me:
2 laptops, 2 programmers
1 Supervisor
1 Project Manager
1 Finance Manager
1 Product Manager
1 Personnel Manager
1 Quality Manager
. . . they have destroyed The Bieber.
Then the amateurs can roll out the "Mission Accomplished" banner on their aircraft carrier.
"No taxation, without representation!", was the cry, way back in the American Revolution times.
It seems taxation with representation isn't much better either.
Quite ironic that this is happening in the state where the Boston Tea Party was brewed . . . over taxes.
What if I'm schizophrenic?
Just let the person sitting next to you who is not there drive.
I think we've reached peak encryption. No matter what you come up with, the NSA has more than enough resources to crack your encryption method. And if you're using one-time pads, they or their retinue will just crack one of the holders of the one-time pads. Crack, like the holder's skull, knuckles or testicles.
So we need to dump the idea that encryption can be used to transmit our secrets. And come up with entirely new ideas.
A radical thought? Hell, yeah. Do I myself have any ideas how to do this? Hell, no. And even if I did, I wouldn't dare to talk about it. The first person to publish an idea on this will be taken by the government on a ride with Hans Reiser.
But I think that we're stuck in a rut with encryption. We've been using it for so long, we can't even broaden our horizons to even consider other ways to get secret information from one place to another, without it getting snooped on. At the very least, the message should self destruct if someone tries to snoop on it. As to the rest . . . by my guest, and let your imagination run wild . . .
What's the US gonna do about it?
Obama is going to threaten North Korea that he will ask Congress for permission to do something about it!
Congress will look to public opinion polls of their voters to decide.
The general public will try to guess what Oprah would do, and just decide whatever they think, she thinks.
He's done more for liberty in the USA than any politician has done in 50 years.
Except that what he has done is being largely ignored by most of "my fellow Americans", in the Nixon sense of the word.
Most Americans are more concerned about what the Kardashians are up to, and not what the NSA is up to.