There's a lot of rambling about this as if there is some kind of moral construct behind all these laws. This is about money and power, nothing else. We are in the process of privatizing our prisons right now. Private prisons need to be profitable. How do you do that? MORE PRISONERS! an empty jail won't make anybody any money. We need to keep them full. These prisoners are also a source of cheap labor. No...the status quo is working very well, thank you...for a few people...and these people are the ones making the rules. It's time for all of us to wake up and take the red pill.
What?...and destroy 20% of the world's economy that's off the books? That would also wreck our wonderful prison/industrial complex. And where would Sheriff(sp) gelespie get his new Suburban without RICO?
Stego is nice, but I don't think it's all it's cracked up to be. The most secure way to communicate is probably a blog site or the classifieds with "hidden messages". That way it's not directed at any one person which will preclude them finding out who you're talking to.
"...and before you know it there will be no more telephone companies as we know it..."
No? Where will you get your internet access? It all has to go through some big corp that will be more than happy to "comply" with any wiretap order that comes down the pipe. We're doomed as long as we need wire to connect.
"...Spend $63 million wiretapping phone investigating the market...."
I know... They always seem to call during dinnertime. "Hi, this is Bush inc. just reminding you that the price of coke has never been lower. You can be eligable for a 20% discount if you just give us a list of your buyers..."
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"...encrypt a la PGP..."
Something tells me the NSA already cracked PGP. We won't know about it for years until something better comes along. How long was the F-117 stealth fighter just another UFO before they revealed it to the press?
My point was that if freedom has to be fought for, you can't call it freedom. True freedom would mean to me simply BEING free without anybody trying to take it away or somebody having to defend it. This is something that cannot exist in this world, until we become truly human. I'm wasn't asking for anyone to do it for me. Although somebody aparently is, because I am relatively free.
"it amazes me to no end how stupid my fellow americans have become."
More like despicable(sp).See Gore Vidal's rants on this. He couldn't be more right. Most voters are simply trying to vote for a bigger gov't check for themselves and for anyway to screw over their neighbor.
That was an excelent interview. The last paragraph really said it best... "The only hope for the planet is the isolation and neutralization of the United States by the international community. Policies to do so are underway in every democratic country on earth in quiet, unobtrusive ways. If the United States is not checkmated and nuclear war ensues, civilization as we know it will disappear and the United States will go into the history books along with the Huns and the Nazis as a scourge of human life itself." If this were to happen, let's hope that there is someone left to write those history books.
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"With the right software, a nice 3d surface engraving would look outstanding."
Yes, but it would smell like...uh...cheese.
"The Tec-9..."
But can it cut cheese without blasting it apart into a millions pieces??
Nah, they use crack as a litigation distribution system.
There's a lot of rambling about this as if there is some kind of moral construct behind all these laws. This is about money and power, nothing else. We are in the process of privatizing our prisons right now. Private prisons need to be profitable. How do you do that? MORE PRISONERS! an empty jail won't make anybody any money. We need to keep them full. These prisoners are also a source of cheap labor. No...the status quo is working very well, thank you...for a few people...and these people are the ones making the rules. It's time for all of us to wake up and take the red pill.
What?...and destroy 20% of the world's economy that's off the books? That would also wreck our wonderful prison/industrial complex. And where would Sheriff(sp) gelespie get his new Suburban without RICO?
Stego is nice, but I don't think it's all it's cracked up to be. The most secure way to communicate is probably a blog site or the classifieds with "hidden messages". That way it's not directed at any one person which will preclude them finding out who you're talking to.
"...and before you know it there will be no more telephone companies as we know it..."
No? Where will you get your internet access? It all has to go through some big corp that will be more than happy to "comply" with any wiretap order that comes down the pipe. We're doomed as long as we need wire to connect.
"...Spend $63 million wiretapping phone investigating the market...."
I know... They always seem to call during dinnertime. "Hi, this is Bush inc. just reminding you that the price of coke has never been lower. You can be eligable for a 20% discount if you just give us a list of your buyers..."
"...encrypt a la PGP..."
Something tells me the NSA already cracked PGP. We won't know about it for years until something better comes along. How long was the F-117 stealth fighter just another UFO before they revealed it to the press?
They'll only catch amateurs...
That's all they want to catch. The pros work with/for the gov't.
"...when encryption becomes illegal send lots of random data..."
They'll probably prohibit that, also. If it isn't human readable(?) it's illegal and they'll lock you up if you don't spill the beans.
--Shut up and start talking...
"Why would anyone even take the chips out of the casino anyway?"
Don't know. Some casinos used to let you use chips from other casinos.
And we can start outsourcing Linux tech support...'cause you know how overpaid open source developers are here.
Man...I didn't mean to start a whole new and completely off topic thread here, but se la what you call your vie...
After reading some of that stuff from the article however, I think I've uncovered some truly undecipherable(sp) encryption here.
"...the Microdrive survived."
If they only built the WTC as strong as a microdrive...
"So what is your interpretation of Amendment #2?"
That the individual DOES have a right to keep and bear arms?
" > But, c'mon....minimum wage for an educated person? I can't believe any US business would expect that.....
They don't. That was the rep for the worker's group being snarky."
Oh, but they do...otherwise they wouldn't be moving these jobs overseas where they can pay LESS than minimum wage.
My point was that if freedom has to be fought for, you can't call it freedom. True freedom would mean to me simply BEING free without anybody trying to take it away or somebody having to defend it. This is something that cannot exist in this world, until we become truly human. I'm wasn't asking for anyone to do it for me. Although somebody aparently is, because I am relatively free.
"I have a certain trust and faith in our government to use these powers within reason..."
You're not from here, are you?
"it amazes me to no end how stupid my fellow americans have become."
More like despicable(sp).See Gore Vidal's rants on this. He couldn't be more right. Most voters are simply trying to vote for a bigger gov't check for themselves and for anyway to screw over their neighbor.
"I wonder how many more infringements upon freedom and privacy intelligence agencies can sneak past our apathetic, uninformed legislators."
About as many that can sneak past apathetic, uninformed voters.
If we constantly have to fight for our freedoms, can we ever say that we are free?
That was an excelent interview. The last paragraph really said it best...
"The only hope for the planet is the isolation and neutralization of the United States by the international community. Policies to do so are underway in every democratic country on earth in quiet, unobtrusive ways. If the United States is not checkmated and nuclear war ensues, civilization as we know it will disappear and the United States will go into the history books along with the Huns and the Nazis as a scourge of human life itself."
If this were to happen, let's hope that there is someone left to write those history books.
"The technology CAN be abused."
The technology WILL be abused.
"If you really don't like it, I don't think anybody will fault you for taking the bus or train."
And who's going to paddle the thing across the ocean?
"This isn't for Americans though..."
That starts in the next stage.
"...Patents are only around to protect inventors,..."
More like protect the lawyers. They win no matter what.