Back in the day, all it took was one honest U.S. Attorney to see something like this and get a grand jury to indict the culpable officials, acting independently of corruption from above. Hell, a good lawyer could probably make a grand jury case for a RICO indictment against the whole administration.
Because the ballot box, particularly for offices that have any real sway in the debate, is being effectively neutered by the system that controls it.
The corporate plutarchs and their mass-media entertainment industry shills are doing a masterful job of manipulating public behavior, to the extent that no dissident element has any possibility of making an electoral impact. Money always wins. Always.
Conclusion?
Short of a complete societal and economic collapse with a subsequent rethinking of governing structures, we're hopelessly fucked.
Very true, for now. The short-term solution is scale: sheer volume can create enough noise and wasted effort to at least slow the bastards down a bit, albeit temporarily. Overflows still happen.
In the longer term, we just need to develop and host purpose-built junk generator applications whose sole mission is to flood the sniffer's nostrils with the digital aroma of a cattle feed lot.
Watch North Korea, Iran, and sundry other coveters of a cheap, effective fractional orbit delivery system for their nasty payload of choice.
Bull didn't get to finish his Superkaboomer for Saddam, but that's not to say the concept isn't still interesting to would-be bombardiers. I'm sure Russia or China would be happy to build them one. For peaceful, scientific research, of course.
We need to keep the pressure on, and support organizations and officials who think the principles of Constitutional government are more important than fear-mongering.
If we don't, the fight is over. The terrorists and our fascist "protectors" have won.
Maybe the kind of smoke and mirrors in TFA works on the uneducated and/or uninterested masses, but please don't try to bullshit a room full of engineers and scientists.
Google really thinks I'm going to give a security sieve like Android mobile (or any phone for that matter) RPC/RDP permissions of any kind? Knowing that an Android can be "rooted" by Google, the carrier, a mildy capable script kiddy,or the government at any time?
Fat fucking chance. The air wall between my phone and my desk stays up.
Wow, just what we need to stay competitive...another "flavor of the month" management scheme.
Add this to Quality Circles, TQM, 5-S, Six-Sigma, LEAN, and all the rest of the psychobabble bullshit. This is what happens when MBAs and HR types try to do what engineers are taught to do.
Maybe if the bean-counters didn't fuck the process up in the first place with impossible OE and COMG KPI's, revolving-door personnel policies, zeroed-out training budgets, and Run to Fail maintenance programs, they wouldn't need to piss money aware on ludicrous self-congratulation seminars.
I just did. They are still taking PayPal, and I don't give a rat's arse what alphabet agency puts me on their little watch list. It was time to put some money where my mouth is.
Poor Timothy and Max seem to remain under the illusion that governments, any governments, really rule and act based on their bodies of laws.
Governments have always, and always will, do as they damned well please till the next revolution. Then guess what? In no time the new boss is the same as the old boss.
Why? Easy: money. Pure and simple. Just money. Power is a means to acquire and control wealth.
Universal Declarations and Bills of Rights don't amount to jack diddly fuck if the wrong well-heeled toe gets stepped on.
EE is such an incredibly broad field, you almost have to define yourself by the nature of the position you have/want.
I'm a rather old basic power guy by education, but I grew up with industrial automation and digitalization as it happened, and stay current on technology.
Thing is, I've been doing essentially the same thing for 35 years, and been classified as an Electrical Engineer, Controls Engineer, Automation Specialist, and Systems Integrator. Same work, different labels.
Don't worry about the label when what you're after is the goodies in the package.
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Back in the day, all it took was one honest U.S. Attorney to see something like this and get a grand jury to indict the culpable officials, acting independently of corruption from above. Hell, a good lawyer could probably make a grand jury case for a RICO indictment against the whole administration.
Step one (shred the Constitution) is a fait accompli.
Let's get busy on Step Two.
Because the ballot box, particularly for offices that have any real sway in the debate, is being effectively neutered by the system that controls it.
The corporate plutarchs and their mass-media entertainment industry shills are doing a masterful job of manipulating public behavior, to the extent that no dissident element has any possibility of making an electoral impact. Money always wins. Always.
Conclusion?
Short of a complete societal and economic collapse with a subsequent rethinking of governing structures, we're hopelessly fucked.
I should think that this is really just GCHQ exercising it's exclusive sovereign right to track everyone, everywhere, all the time.
The American way is more efficient: let business collect the data and then the government can demand to share it.
1.Build a huge, opulent space city, and populate it with the obscenely rich and the world's political leaders.
2 Blow it up.
3.Start over.
Very true, for now. The short-term solution is scale: sheer volume can create enough noise and wasted effort to at least slow the bastards down a bit, albeit temporarily. Overflows still happen.
In the longer term, we just need to develop and host purpose-built junk generator applications whose sole mission is to flood the sniffer's nostrils with the digital aroma of a cattle feed lot.
We should do this, and make user-friendly encryption tools more widely available to the non-geek community as well.
You're right. How dare anyone question the God-given right of greedy, amoral pigs to exploit and dominate their fellow humans!
We in the USA are blessed by the Great Invisible Puppeteer in the Sky with the best government money can possibly buy.
Watch North Korea, Iran, and sundry other coveters of a cheap, effective fractional orbit delivery system for their nasty payload of choice.
Bull didn't get to finish his Superkaboomer for Saddam, but that's not to say the concept isn't still interesting to would-be bombardiers. I'm sure Russia or China would be happy to build them one. For peaceful, scientific research, of course.
Not bad for a first try to rein in rogue agency.
We need to keep the pressure on, and support organizations and officials who think the principles of Constitutional government are more important than fear-mongering.
If we don't, the fight is over. The terrorists and our fascist "protectors" have won.
Damn, no points to mod this up "insightful"
Maybe the kind of smoke and mirrors in TFA works on the uneducated and/or uninterested masses, but please don't try to bullshit a room full of engineers and scientists.
Till Tuesday.
No doubt offset by Shentel's blazing-fast 500kb/s DSL.
Outsource routine missions to the Indian Air Force and grant thousands of H1B visas to fill the rest of the vacancies.
As soon as some unaware VLC-hating corporate campaign donor gets wind of this, you can bet your useless vote that said endorsement will be history.
Google really thinks I'm going to give a security sieve like Android mobile (or any phone for that matter) RPC/RDP permissions of any kind? Knowing that an Android can be "rooted" by Google, the carrier, a mildy capable script kiddy,or the government at any time?
Fat fucking chance. The air wall between my phone and my desk stays up.
Amen!
Wow, just what we need to stay competitive...another "flavor of the month" management scheme.
Add this to Quality Circles, TQM, 5-S, Six-Sigma, LEAN, and all the rest of the psychobabble bullshit. This is what happens when MBAs and HR types try to do what engineers are taught to do.
Maybe if the bean-counters didn't fuck the process up in the first place with impossible OE and COMG KPI's, revolving-door personnel policies, zeroed-out training budgets, and Run to Fail maintenance programs, they wouldn't need to piss money aware on ludicrous self-congratulation seminars.
Again. Go to their site - eff.org - and donate.
I just did. They are still taking PayPal, and I don't give a rat's arse what alphabet agency puts me on their little watch list. It was time to put some money where my mouth is.
It's time to take a stand, people.
Poor Timothy and Max seem to remain under the illusion that governments, any governments, really rule and act based on their bodies of laws.
Governments have always, and always will, do as they damned well please till the next revolution. Then guess what? In no time the new boss is the same as the old boss.
Why? Easy: money. Pure and simple. Just money. Power is a means to acquire and control wealth.
Universal Declarations and Bills of Rights don't amount to jack diddly fuck if the wrong well-heeled toe gets stepped on.
Aiming at a stationary fishing boat near Sydney, Australia.
Why not just parse the existing NSA database?
No point in reinventing the wheel. Like a good neighbor, Big Brother is there!
EE is such an incredibly broad field, you almost have to define yourself by the nature of the position you have/want.
I'm a rather old basic power guy by education, but I grew up with industrial automation and digitalization as it happened, and stay current on technology.
Thing is, I've been doing essentially the same thing for 35 years, and been classified as an Electrical Engineer, Controls Engineer, Automation Specialist, and Systems Integrator. Same work, different labels.
Don't worry about the label when what you're after is the goodies in the package.
Or been like Capt. "I fucked up." Asoh of JAL Flight 2 at the same airport and runway (28L I believe).