The FBI needs to rename CODIS "Convicted Offender DNA Index System". Can't use the abbreviation for "Convicted" anymore. Perhaps use GUPIDIS "Guilty Until Proven Innocent DNA Index System"? There would be no exclusions to the system. Fourth Amendment never heard of it.
"no amount of policing will fix the problem for good." The solution is replacing insecure software with strong solutions. This is happening at a rapid pace as I type this. Is there a problem with this?
I will not buy music from any artist that belongs to an RIAA backed company. Tough to get signed? Tough! Artists should be punished for caving in to a rotten organizations like the RIAA. If they need an organization to protect their interests start a new one. IMHO
If you find yourself in this situation the answer is pretty straight forward. Just hold a gun to their head. Training is expensive so tell management that you'd be happy to train the replacement. The cost is $10,000 (replace with suitable amount). Take half up front and the other half upon completion. Another way to look at this is you want severence pay + bonus in advance. *Important note* a written agreement is not good enough, they'll screw you. If they don't agree to this, just quit without notice. Leave your card, tell them if they change their mind to give you a call. If your next employer asks why you quit give them the straight dope. Always take the moral high ground. You must be fair, but show absolutely no mercy.
The point is that within the next 4 years or so *we* will be required to undergo biometric colonoscopy exams to leave and enter our own country. I was recently travelling in the lower 48 when I quite literally saw a business man bend over to have the inseem of his pants examined. Our country has gone mad and I wish people would take the blinders off.
To what end? Are you voting for the Demoplicans or the Republicrats? If voting made any difference it would be illegal. Remember the four boxes for defending freedom:
1. Ballot 2. Soap 3. Jury 4. Cartridge
If you haven't noticed we're well into box 3. Box 4 is approaching rather rapidly, alas...
You are right. However...We are now one step away from requiring fingerprints and papers for all U.S. citizens as well. This will probably happen within the next five years. I welcome it because things will get a lot worse before they can get better. Alas, we're in for some rough times ahead.
Having worked for the goverment I can say that the bulk of information is classified for CYA activity, to limit liability, and to simple hide stupid decisions from the general public. Alas...
I wish this was the case. However, I think politicians are smart and perfectly aware of the issues. Unfortunately it is about greed, their big plush house, and cash for expensive prostitutes when they aren't busy whoring themselves out. They could gave a rat's ass about the common person. Sorry I don't mean to rant by I've written and talked with these people (congressmen) and by and large they are greedy, two-faced bitches.
Yeh, but Bush is whore (my apologies to hardworking whores everywhere) and is itching to get his next RIAA campaign contribution. I confess I voted for the bastard, sorry...
I number of people I know have the same thoughts. The general feeling is when the federal goverment comes knocking for our guns the time will come to use them. It will be interesting to see if the national guard and military will have the stones to shoot their own brothers and sisters. I used to think they wouldn't (kill people that is), but with Powell selling out and the latest round of atrocities, anything is possible. As I get older, and the years ahead are fewer than the years behind, I find myself more willing to sacrifice my own life for what I believe in. Namely life, liberty, and the pursuit of happyness.
"...we live in a free society where anyone can have a hand in changing the laws."
The problem is we don't live in a free society. Our society is ruled by the rich and powerful. A little anarchy and chaos, i.e. fight club style might be exactly what we need.
I've switched out my entire operating system for a lot less...For example I hate Microsoft Outlook. It ate several computers before driving me to alternatives, i.e. Linux. It was a rough transition but I'm happy and a sane now. I no longer rant and curse at my computers...
Here is a suggustion for you....9/11 happened occured because passengers aboard the planes were cowards (major exception granted for the heros aboard the plane destined for the whitehouse). This wasn't their fault, cowardice is entrenched in U.S. culture. So the solution is to require all able bodied citizens to attend military training. This training would teach citizens how to defend themselves and kill enemies of the state. Upon completion each citizen would be issued a weapon, perhaps a glock 9mm, etc. Enforce severe punishment (death) for illegal use of the state issued weapon. Then require travel permits, for all travel, these permits would *only* be issued to weapons qualified individuals. Exceptions could be made for elderly, children, disable, etc. Not weapons certified? Sorry no travel. This would force people to stay proficient. With every citizen armed and trained, no more terrorists. Very simple really...
"The TSA says it agrees that privacy must be protected. A privacy officer, Nuala O'Connor Kelly, has been hired to make sure federal privacy law is upheld. The agency won't hold on to passengers' records, except for people who might be terrorists."
Wouldn't logic dictate that anyone *might* be a terrorist, hence the agency will hold on to anyone's records indefinitely?
Dude, things are bad. I used to think that "things were good" now I'm not sure. I started making some observations, always a bad idea in this day and age. My first clue is I can no longer send air cargo. So you think I'm crazy? Call up 1-800-DLCargo (Delta Air Cargo) and try to ship something. I was talking with one shipping consolidator who was worried about medical and blood supplies going bad because he couldn't meet forthcoming regulations to inspect *every domestic *package. Yeh, this makes a lot of sense.
Gee, I now have to present 2 forms of ID at the airport in order to fly to the lower 48. Oh, got ti show up 2 hours early also. Your papers please!
I guy here in Alaska had his home (a log cabin) destroyed by customs who thought he was "suspicious." Oh yeh, I forget to mention they did this because his wife had a deadly "pipe" in her purse. They took a quisinart to his cabin then told him to go f*ck himself. P.S. The feds have it out for anybody they smokes dope.
I have a number of other stories exactly like this. Like this one for example...Take for example the time the feds ripped my truck apart (quite literally). They saw a nice pelican case in the back (with a digital camera in it). I was standing there bitching to customs quite verbally about this. When they finally asked what I wanted from them (as they were tearing my truck apart) I responded "Welcome back to Alaska?" They told me in uncertain terms to "go f*ck myself."
By the way did you know we have a number of large anuses up here in Alaska? Did I also mention that for every 4 dollars Alaskans pay for federal gas tax (supposedly for the roads) we only get 1 dollar back in highway aid? Exactly what do the feds spend it on? Oh, wait thats classified. Here, try an experiment. Call of your local FBI office and ask for a copy of their budget and names of officers. Is this not the definition of "secret police?"
Try this on for size... What are the names of all the enemy combatents incarcerated in this country that are full U.S. citizens? I checked, this is classified information (WTF!).
Try this on for size. Which country incarcerates the highest percentage of its population? What are the top four countries for number of executions per capita?
We just hit iraq with 350 tons of depleted uranium (almost pure urananium 238). Sure alpha particles are harmless. Remember we only did it for the WMD...
I *do* vote and I do write letters to congress. It doesn't work. All my congress cares about is pork, power, and bull. Don't believe me. Listen to NPR and watch CSPAN. If voting mattered voting would be illegal. Unfortunately we are well past fixing the system. The time has come for a complete reset. Remember "the first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club."
This is an interesting article. However, I can say from experience that there are searches, like searching for the titles or authors of classified documents that will bring down the spooks on you. It pays to be a little bit careful if you don't want to loose your computers or be put on watch lists. For example try researching AEC documents...
Perhaps the solution is to change the sport a little bit...I propose that everytime someone finds a geocache they move it and enter the new coordinates into the geocache website. In this way locations are no longer static. There is no way that park rangers, cops, or other such bureaucrats could keep up with the moving caches.
Another idea would be to put encryption keys in each box and as you find more boxes gather more keys which can then be entered on the website to find the location of other boxes. In this way a the crats would have to work full time to find them. Or geocachers would start building a web of trust trading encryption keys to find the boxes.
Yet, again the government is doomed...
On another note, I also have another new sport. Finding geocaches without location or coordinates! Its really easy to outthink the geocachers and figure out were they would put the boxes. I've found a number of boxes this way.
It seems like this is one more reason to go to strong encryption and rings of trust for P2P applications. Then if the RIAA cracks the ring they will be in violation of the DCMA.
The key to winning this war is to use their own laws and tools against them.
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The FBI needs to rename CODIS "Convicted Offender DNA Index System". Can't use the abbreviation for "Convicted" anymore. Perhaps use GUPIDIS "Guilty Until Proven Innocent DNA Index System"? There would be no exclusions to the system. Fourth Amendment never heard of it.
"no amount of policing will fix the problem for good." The solution is replacing insecure software with strong solutions. This is happening at a rapid pace as I type this. Is there a problem with this?
I will not buy music from any artist that belongs to an RIAA backed company. Tough to get signed? Tough! Artists should be punished for caving in to a rotten organizations like the RIAA. If they need an organization to protect their interests start a new one. IMHO
If you find yourself in this situation the answer is pretty straight forward. Just hold a gun to their head. Training is expensive so tell management that you'd be happy to train the replacement. The cost is $10,000 (replace with suitable amount). Take half up front and the other half upon completion. Another way to look at this is you want severence pay + bonus in advance. *Important note* a written agreement is not good enough, they'll screw you. If they don't agree to this, just quit without notice. Leave your card, tell them if they change their mind to give you a call. If your next employer asks why you quit give them the straight dope. Always take the moral high ground. You must be fair, but show absolutely no mercy.
The point is that within the next 4 years or so *we* will be required to undergo biometric colonoscopy exams to leave and enter our own country. I was recently travelling in the lower 48 when I quite literally saw a business man bend over to have the inseem of his pants examined. Our country has gone mad and I wish people would take the blinders off.
Really? "It is generally a bad thing when people lie about who they are to get in." Are you a cop?
To what end? Are you voting for the Demoplicans or the Republicrats? If voting made any difference it would be illegal. Remember the four boxes for defending freedom:
1. Ballot
2. Soap
3. Jury
4. Cartridge
If you haven't noticed we're well into box 3. Box 4 is approaching rather rapidly, alas...
You are right. However...We are now one step away from requiring fingerprints and papers for all U.S. citizens as well. This will probably happen within the next five years. I welcome it because things will get a lot worse before they can get better. Alas, we're in for some rough times ahead.
Having worked for the goverment I can say that the bulk of information is classified for CYA activity, to limit liability, and to simple hide stupid decisions from the general public. Alas...
I wish this was the case. However, I think politicians are smart and perfectly aware of the issues. Unfortunately it is about greed, their big plush house, and cash for expensive prostitutes when they aren't busy whoring themselves out. They could gave a rat's ass about the common person. Sorry I don't mean to rant by I've written and talked with these people (congressmen) and by and large they are greedy, two-faced bitches.
Yeh, but Bush is whore (my apologies to hardworking whores everywhere) and is itching to get his next RIAA campaign contribution. I confess I voted for the bastard, sorry...
Yes. They have infinite resources and you have none. So be by the definition of our legal system (the rich always win) your screwed.
I number of people I know have the same thoughts. The general feeling is when the federal goverment comes knocking for our guns the time will come to use them. It will be interesting to see if the national guard and military will have the stones to shoot their own brothers and sisters. I used to think they wouldn't (kill people that is), but with Powell selling out and the latest round of atrocities, anything is possible. As I get older, and the years ahead are fewer than the years behind, I find myself more willing to sacrifice my own life for what I believe in. Namely life, liberty, and the pursuit of happyness.
"...we live in a free society where anyone can have a hand in changing the laws."
The problem is we don't live in a free society. Our society is ruled by the rich and powerful. A little anarchy and chaos, i.e. fight club style might be exactly what we need.
I've switched out my entire operating system for a lot less...For example I hate Microsoft Outlook. It ate several computers before driving me to alternatives, i.e. Linux. It was a rough transition but I'm happy and a sane now. I no longer rant and curse at my computers...
Here is a suggustion for you....9/11 happened occured because passengers aboard the planes were cowards (major exception granted for the heros aboard the plane destined for the whitehouse). This wasn't their fault, cowardice is entrenched in U.S. culture. So the solution is to require all able bodied citizens to attend military training. This training would teach citizens how to defend themselves and kill enemies of the state. Upon completion each citizen would be issued a weapon, perhaps a glock 9mm, etc. Enforce severe punishment (death) for illegal use of the state issued weapon. Then require travel permits, for all travel, these permits would *only* be issued to weapons qualified individuals. Exceptions could be made for elderly, children, disable, etc. Not weapons certified? Sorry no travel. This would force people to stay proficient. With every citizen armed and trained, no more terrorists. Very simple really...
"The TSA says it agrees that privacy must be protected. A privacy officer, Nuala O'Connor Kelly, has been hired to make sure federal privacy law is upheld. The agency won't hold on to passengers' records, except for people who might be terrorists."
Wouldn't logic dictate that anyone *might* be a terrorist, hence the agency will hold on to anyone's records indefinitely?
Dude, things are bad. I used to think that "things were good" now I'm not sure. I started making some observations, always a bad idea in this day and age. My first clue is I can no longer send air cargo. So you think I'm crazy? Call up 1-800-DLCargo (Delta Air Cargo) and try to ship something. I was talking with one shipping consolidator who was worried about medical and blood supplies going bad because he couldn't meet forthcoming regulations to inspect *every domestic *package. Yeh, this makes a lot of sense.
/rant
Gee, I now have to present 2 forms of ID at the airport in order to fly to the lower 48. Oh, got ti show up 2 hours early also.
Your papers please!
I guy here in Alaska had his home (a log cabin) destroyed by customs who thought he was "suspicious." Oh yeh, I forget to mention they did this because his wife had a deadly "pipe" in her purse. They took a quisinart to his cabin then told him to go f*ck himself. P.S. The feds have it out for anybody they smokes dope.
I have a number of other stories exactly like this. Like this one for example...Take for example the time the feds ripped my truck apart (quite literally). They saw a nice pelican case in the back (with a digital camera in it). I was standing there bitching to customs quite verbally about this. When they finally asked what I wanted from them (as they were tearing my truck apart) I responded "Welcome back to Alaska?" They told me in uncertain terms to "go f*ck myself."
By the way did you know we have a number of large anuses up here in Alaska? Did I also mention that for every 4 dollars Alaskans pay for federal gas tax (supposedly for the roads) we only get 1 dollar back in highway aid? Exactly what do the feds spend it on? Oh, wait thats classified. Here, try an experiment. Call of your local FBI office and ask for a copy of their budget and names of officers. Is this not the definition of "secret police?"
Try this on for size... What are the names of all the enemy combatents incarcerated in this country that are full U.S. citizens? I checked, this is classified information (WTF!).
Try this on for size. Which country incarcerates the highest percentage of its population? What are the top four countries for number of executions per capita?
We just hit iraq with 350 tons of depleted uranium (almost pure urananium 238). Sure alpha particles are harmless. Remember we only did it for the WMD...
Yep, must be a liberal crackpot.
I *do* vote and I do write letters to congress. It doesn't work. All my congress cares about is pork, power, and bull. Don't believe me. Listen to NPR and watch CSPAN. If voting mattered voting would be illegal. Unfortunately we are well past fixing the system. The time has come for a complete reset. Remember "the first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club."
This is an interesting article. However, I can say from experience that there are searches, like searching for the titles or authors of classified documents that will bring down the spooks on you. It pays to be a little bit careful if you don't want to loose your computers or be put on watch lists. For example try researching AEC documents...
Not Jews, but Muslims. There are about 1,000 of them being held in Guantanomo bay....
Microsoft could give Windows XP away and I still wouldn't use. Garbage is garbage. Windoze is doooomed...
Perhaps the solution is to change the sport a little bit...I propose that everytime someone finds a geocache they move it and enter the new coordinates into the geocache website. In this way locations are no longer static. There is no way that park rangers, cops, or other such bureaucrats could keep up with the moving caches.
Another idea would be to put encryption keys in each box and as you find more boxes gather more keys which can then be entered on the website to find the location of other boxes. In this way a the crats would have to work full time to find them. Or geocachers would start building a web of trust trading encryption keys to find the boxes.
Yet, again the government is doomed...
On another note, I also have another new sport. Finding geocaches without location or coordinates! Its really easy to outthink the geocachers and figure out were they would put the boxes. I've found a number of boxes this way.
Nice troll.
It seems like this is one more reason to go to strong encryption and rings of trust for P2P applications. Then if the RIAA cracks the ring they will be in violation of the DCMA.
The key to winning this war is to use their own laws and tools against them.