The USA should be a free country. Just because we experience a terrorist attack, or any other attack we shouldn't have to give up our freedoms.
It sickens me when I heard politicians talking about how they would like to pass this bill or that bill to keep so and so crime from happening again. It is like they use the victim to get more support for laws... laws that don't need to exist. The exiting public agencies should take care of the problem by enforcing existing laws.
Case in point is when I heard a democrat saying we need to pass the bill that will make each gun get "fingerprinted". That would be a total waste of taxpayer money. Once you fire the gun a few times the print changes! They use recent cases like the shooter in Maryland to put more and more restrictions on us.
This article displays how it's used to keep information from getting out. There is a point where lawmakers should stop and think about what they are doing.
how open source might facilitate efforts to disrupt or sabotage electronic commerce, air traffic control or even sensitive surveillance systems
Those three items, "electronic commerce, air traffic control or even sensitive surveillance systems", sounds suspiciously like a speech delivered by Ashcroft when he was trying to pass the anti-terrorism bill after 9/11. It's sad that companies/think tanks/institutions will play on public fears just to gain political favor or gain recognition.
When the public fears something it gives politicans the edge they need to advance in office or pass bills that would normally never have a chance to make it through congress. Then when people adjust to the new situation, which generally happens in a few months they look back and realize what happened. By then unfortunatly it is usually to late to do anything about it.
Fear is humanities worst enemy, it clouds judgement and gives people unnecessary power over us.
I've been working in the tech industry for a few years now. One thing I have noticed right off is that when someone is hired they get comfortable and quit learning. That stagnates them, then they become obsolete.
Once that happens companies decide to hire someone else while the obsolete person stays on. After some time of that happening you may get one or 2 people that are actually worth something. After layoffs those two people who work day and night to stay on the edge are happy about people getting laid off, they are just fluff that always asks questions instead of RTFM.
Instead of getting comfortable, keep learning new technologies. Keep learning new tricks learn everything about what you do, and what you can do to make it better. That's the way to stay ahead of everyone else and be successful. I am tired of people whining about not having jobs, I also know there are a few cases out there that are good and don't have jobs. This post isn't for them.
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The USA should be a free country. Just because we experience a terrorist attack, or any other attack we shouldn't have to give up our freedoms.
It sickens me when I heard politicians talking about how they would like to pass this bill or that bill to keep so and so crime from happening again. It is like they use the victim to get more support for laws... laws that don't need to exist. The exiting public agencies should take care of the problem by enforcing existing laws.
Case in point is when I heard a democrat saying we need to pass the bill that will make each gun get "fingerprinted". That would be a total waste of taxpayer money. Once you fire the gun a few times the print changes! They use recent cases like the shooter in Maryland to put more and more restrictions on us.
This article displays how it's used to keep information from getting out. There is a point where lawmakers should stop and think about what they are doing.
how open source might facilitate efforts to disrupt or sabotage electronic commerce, air traffic control or even sensitive surveillance systems
Those three items, "electronic commerce, air traffic control or even sensitive surveillance systems", sounds suspiciously like a speech delivered by Ashcroft when he was trying to pass the anti-terrorism bill after 9/11. It's sad that companies/think tanks/institutions will play on public fears just to gain political favor or gain recognition.
When the public fears something it gives politicans the edge they need to advance in office or pass bills that would normally never have a chance to make it through congress. Then when people adjust to the new situation, which generally happens in a few months they look back and realize what happened. By then unfortunatly it is usually to late to do anything about it.
Fear is humanities worst enemy, it clouds judgement and gives people unnecessary power over us.
fp! Had to do it
I've been working in the tech industry for a few years now. One thing I have noticed right off is that when someone is hired they get comfortable and quit learning. That stagnates them, then they become obsolete. Once that happens companies decide to hire someone else while the obsolete person stays on. After some time of that happening you may get one or 2 people that are actually worth something. After layoffs those two people who work day and night to stay on the edge are happy about people getting laid off, they are just fluff that always asks questions instead of RTFM. Instead of getting comfortable, keep learning new technologies. Keep learning new tricks learn everything about what you do, and what you can do to make it better. That's the way to stay ahead of everyone else and be successful. I am tired of people whining about not having jobs, I also know there are a few cases out there that are good and don't have jobs. This post isn't for them.
Just use dsniff, or other tools to do a man in the middle attack if necessary.
I agree.. I really don't care to keep everything I ever write down.