About 20% of the US population would be totally and rightfully pissed about such a situation. Another 30-40% wouldn't care. And the rest would be drooling to get on that jury so they could convict and throw away the key.
Your NDA is a civil contract. Technically, the only consequence you should face is monetary (maybe injunctive if they could get around the 1st Amendment). Though in the modern world, who knows. Soon as the Feds make breaking a contract a crime, we can reopen the debtors' prisons. Imagine the profit potential for the prison industry. Won't that be great./sarcasm
A guy from the Wayback Machine had these estimates: $27m/year in equipment, $2m/yr in electricity (CA price), 5000sqft of space to store all phone communications for a year.
How times change. And to think that the US Government once prosecuted WWII Japanese Officers over the war crime of waterboarding. We executed some of those convicted, and others spent a long time in prison. Cheney and his ilk though(*), they profit from the chest thumping book sales.
That's part of the problem with massive caches of data -- it's hard to secure. So, setting aside all the potential evils that will absolutely certainly occur because of politicians and career bureaucrats having the data, throw in the random security breach by insiders, contractors, script kiddies, whatever.
It is beyond retarded to trust the government with this data.
On one hand you have the public backlash if/when an attack succeeds due to inadequate intelligence gathering.
I don't know about this. Take 9/11 for example -- did GWB get voted out? Did he have his power limited? Did Congress refuse to let him do whatever wars he wanted?
No. He was re-elected. He expanded executive power. And even Democrats like Clinton were not reading the Intelligence Estimate calling into question GWB's push for Iraq and falling all over themselves to start a pointless war. All those private contractors profited handsomely. The revolving door between cabinet posts and VP of this or that is lubed up and spinning.
So, perhaps the opposite is true. Perhaps an attack results not in backlash, but in uplift for these DC fuckwads.
Thank you for the apathy. I'm sure that will do a lot to improve things. In fact, everything will just get better if we stop hearing about government abuses at all. Brilliant plan.
You're indulging in some 20/20 hindsight here. At the time Windows 95 was released, the only media that supported autorun.inf on insertion was CD-ROMs
I don't think it would have taken any hindsight at all -- floppy based viruses predated CD-ROMs by a long time. If a virus could spread by floppy, why not a CDR?
Fiberglass reinforced plastic hulls, the most ubiquitous type, commonly experience what are called blisters. Even the epoxies (the plastic part) are not totally impervious to salt water and over the years, it seeps in and can cause a chemical reaction -- this expands and leaves a blister. Examples: https://www.google.com/images?q=fiberglass+blisters
You have to grind them away, fill with new epoxy, fair your work, and then you can put on new bottom paint. Every aspect is toxic.
Other kinds of plastic degrade as well. For example, it only takes a couple years for 5 gal plastic pail to become brittle -- I had to replace a couple this year that had only seen three seasons holding shrimp and crabs because the rims shattered just with light handling.
It really doesn't matter what you put in or near sea water -- it will destroy it. Which makes this Roman Concrete pretty astounding.
I got my first boat a few years ago, and to prevent myself from having an expensive albatross I couldn't sell in the event I didn't end up really using the boat, I bought an old cheap boat. I figured I could sink it and not cry, so if I hated having it, no big deal, no loan -- just pull it out of the marina and give it away on craigslist.
Turns out I love having a boat, but for my next one, I'm going to hire someone to do the blisters. I fixed about 150 or so on this boat --- what a nasty horrible toxic job. Never again!
Also, my next boat will have no teak on the outside, or if there is some, I'll sand off the varnish and let it weather. Boats with lots of varnished teak are beautiful, and I love looking at exterior teak on *other* people's boats. Learned that lesson too.
Fact is, women check out men, men check out women, women check out women, men check out me. Those who are able to understand that are worth spending time with -- those that aren't are crazy (men or women) and the sooner you're away, the better your whole life will be.
And don't forget the grocers' apostrophe I added to "factory assembler's"... this is Slashdot, not Utne Reader... but I still hate it when I do that stuff.
Anyone with a boat kept in saltwater can attest to the fact that stainless rusts, and rather quickly. Saltwater is hard on everything except the things evolved to live in it.
Not to mention that all kinds of people sell their bodies. Carpenters sell they're spines, factory assembler's their carpal tunnels, firefighters their lungs. We just happen to live in a prudish society that demeans renting out one's sexual bits, even though it is probably easier to keep them from getting damaged than it is to prevent the other types of physical problems people accept money for on a daily basis.
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About 20% of the US population would be totally and rightfully pissed about such a situation. Another 30-40% wouldn't care. And the rest would be drooling to get on that jury so they could convict and throw away the key.
If you want to know what the FISA Rubber Court is about:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/19/fisa-court-oversight-process-secrecy
Your NDA is a civil contract. Technically, the only consequence you should face is monetary (maybe injunctive if they could get around the 1st Amendment). Though in the modern world, who knows. Soon as the Feds make breaking a contract a crime, we can reopen the debtors' prisons. Imagine the profit potential for the prison industry. Won't that be great. /sarcasm
A guy from the Wayback Machine had these estimates: $27m/year in equipment, $2m/yr in electricity (CA price), 5000sqft of space to store all phone communications for a year.
http://blog.archive.org/2013/06/15/cost-to-store-all-us-phonecalls-made-in-a-year-in-cloud-storage-so-it-could-be-datamined/
That facility should be good for 20 years worth of calls.
How times change. And to think that the US Government once prosecuted WWII Japanese Officers over the war crime of waterboarding. We executed some of those convicted, and others spent a long time in prison. Cheney and his ilk though(*), they profit from the chest thumping book sales.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begala/yes-inational-reviewi-we_b_191153.html
(*) I include those who excuse such War Crimes, such as Obama, in that "ilk"
This line is beyond tiresome. Are you too stupid to understand the difference between assuming and knowing?
Assumer: Gov't spies on allies!
Listener: GTFO foil hatter.
Knower1: Gov't spies on allies!
Knower2: We should think about whether we really want to do this.
That's part of the problem with massive caches of data -- it's hard to secure. So, setting aside all the potential evils that will absolutely certainly occur because of politicians and career bureaucrats having the data, throw in the random security breach by insiders, contractors, script kiddies, whatever.
It is beyond retarded to trust the government with this data.
I'm OK with an emergency channel that can't be turned off provided it comes with a V:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oWs_voUPkk
I don't know about this. Take 9/11 for example -- did GWB get voted out? Did he have his power limited? Did Congress refuse to let him do whatever wars he wanted?
No. He was re-elected. He expanded executive power. And even Democrats like Clinton were not reading the Intelligence Estimate calling into question GWB's push for Iraq and falling all over themselves to start a pointless war. All those private contractors profited handsomely. The revolving door between cabinet posts and VP of this or that is lubed up and spinning.
So, perhaps the opposite is true. Perhaps an attack results not in backlash, but in uplift for these DC fuckwads.
Biden believes that collecting metadata is extremely disturbing and provides huge opportunities for abuse:
Biden in 2006 schools Obama in 2013 over NSA spying program
Biden is a fuckhead I'm sure, but at least he knows why Hoovering up metadata is dangerous:
Biden in 2006 schools Obama in 2013 over NSA spying program
Thank you for the apathy. I'm sure that will do a lot to improve things. In fact, everything will just get better if we stop hearing about government abuses at all. Brilliant plan.
I don't think it would have taken any hindsight at all -- floppy based viruses predated CD-ROMs by a long time. If a virus could spread by floppy, why not a CDR?
Fiberglass reinforced plastic hulls, the most ubiquitous type, commonly experience what are called blisters. Even the epoxies (the plastic part) are not totally impervious to salt water and over the years, it seeps in and can cause a chemical reaction -- this expands and leaves a blister. Examples: https://www.google.com/images?q=fiberglass+blisters
You have to grind them away, fill with new epoxy, fair your work, and then you can put on new bottom paint. Every aspect is toxic.
Other kinds of plastic degrade as well. For example, it only takes a couple years for 5 gal plastic pail to become brittle -- I had to replace a couple this year that had only seen three seasons holding shrimp and crabs because the rims shattered just with light handling.
It really doesn't matter what you put in or near sea water -- it will destroy it. Which makes this Roman Concrete pretty astounding.
I got my first boat a few years ago, and to prevent myself from having an expensive albatross I couldn't sell in the event I didn't end up really using the boat, I bought an old cheap boat. I figured I could sink it and not cry, so if I hated having it, no big deal, no loan -- just pull it out of the marina and give it away on craigslist.
Turns out I love having a boat, but for my next one, I'm going to hire someone to do the blisters. I fixed about 150 or so on this boat --- what a nasty horrible toxic job. Never again!
Also, my next boat will have no teak on the outside, or if there is some, I'll sand off the varnish and let it weather. Boats with lots of varnished teak are beautiful, and I love looking at exterior teak on *other* people's boats. Learned that lesson too.
in support of apathy and of also being able to see the link without having to mouse over it, so in support of laziness as well:
<WTF> never saw that lameness filter before ("that's an awfully long string of characters ...")</WTF>
damn, I can't just paste it in, but go ahead and mouse over this if you have the energy or inclination.
There is a missing "n" in that sentence, but man, it sure does make it amusing. For once I'm glad I can't edit it.
Time to find a rational girlfriend.
Fact is, women check out men, men check out women, women check out women, men check out me. Those who are able to understand that are worth spending time with -- those that aren't are crazy (men or women) and the sooner you're away, the better your whole life will be.
And don't forget the grocers' apostrophe I added to "factory assembler's" ... this is Slashdot, not Utne Reader ... but I still hate it when I do that stuff.
In support of rampant prudishness, stock up now:
http://www.agriculturesolutions.com/products/agricultural-fabrics/natural-burlap-rolls/bulk-burlap-7oz-untreated-biodegradable-brown-3-x-750-detail?gclid=CIu60Z_f5rcCFa9cQgodkVEAyw
oops, wrong paste: http://www.jokeroo.com/pictures/funny/funny-looking-hotdog-stand.html
Slow down cowboy, 1 minute since last post ...
Seems to work for this stand:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2216/1/
Anyone with a boat kept in saltwater can attest to the fact that stainless rusts, and rather quickly. Saltwater is hard on everything except the things evolved to live in it.
Not to mention that all kinds of people sell their bodies. Carpenters sell they're spines, factory assembler's their carpal tunnels, firefighters their lungs. We just happen to live in a prudish society that demeans renting out one's sexual bits, even though it is probably easier to keep them from getting damaged than it is to prevent the other types of physical problems people accept money for on a daily basis.
In protest of rapant neo-puritanism: E13 2013 Booth Babe Pics