You're (mostly) right.... then why isn't the first link on the.GOV landing page? And why the F!*K don't I see anyone promoting either link? I know you're not signing up and the prices are only estimates, but that's still a starting point.
This is a major problem with the Bible: it presents a very inconsistent image of God. Sometimes he is over-the-top forgiving, and other times he is over-the-top brutal in punishment. There is a distinct lack of consistency,
I don't suppose those disparate events were 14 days apart?
Such harsh words for such a tiny company! Can't we all be friends?
My my, the guys you talked to on the phone didn't lie, they just "gave the 'Least Untruthful' Answer" possible. After all, the heads of departments and companies lead the way in ethics and showing us all exactly how it's done.
But, he also pointed out that it's nearly impossible to keep consumers from printing whatever they want in the privacy of their homes.
Ding Dong!
Hello?
Hi. We're from the government and help to help. Can I come in?
Ummm, sure, have a seat over... Hey! How many of you ARE there?
Oh don't worry, there's enough to do the job. Now where would you like them, or would you like for us to decide?
What? Decide what?
The cameras, of course. There's so much crime running around rampant now-a-days that we're having to install cameras everywhere just to protect the innocent person. Don't worry, they're small and ubiquitous, very quiet and power friendly, with audio, color, and iR, and even PTZ remote controlled. Is over here ok?
Over the couch looking towards the TV? I... I guess so. How does this protect me again?
Oh, easy. When on the couch we want to make sure a burglar doesn't break into your house while you're watching TV, or that you don't change the channels during the commercials, or go outside while they're on, You wouldn't want to steal from the people sponsoring the show now by not watching them, would you? And the view of the door as well is to make sure that you don't leave the house while they're playing. Many, many people have spent time and effort creating, filming, editing, and shipping this to help you decide what to purchase -- you don't want to disappoint them, do you?
Ummm..., of course not? What's he doing in the kitchen?
Well, we're making sure that if you leave your TV to make a sandwich while the commercials' on you're at least using the ingredients last advertised. Otherwise you're stealing money from the people who's ad you just ignored at your peril. And besides that, we get also get to gather the ingredients, mixing orders, and times and temperatures while you cook, which is great for helping out the economy by providing ready-made food ideas for other people to cop UMMM frog-in-throat there, sorry... place in their next commercial that you'll soon see.
Hey, HEY, why is he coming out of the bedroom?
What? Well, that's where you've placed your 3D printer -- we got a copy of the bill of lading from the shipping company just like you did, and like I said earlier, we're help to prevent crime. So the camera is there for... your safety to watch for quality control failure events for things you print, and to make sure that whatever you print doesn't accidentally match something existing in the object database. You wouldn't walk into a store and steal a hammer that someone else made, would you? And you SURE wouldn't want to buy a hammer that was broken, right? We're just making sure you don't print out parts of a hammer designed by someone else. And if you happen to stumble across a brand new design, we'll be happy to... check it for quality control and structurally integrity. Who knows, if it's good enough you might find it featured in the next commercial break! Oh, and for the boys stuck down in the central office, if at night you and your spouse want to get together and something... more biological, we'll be happy to monitor the door from this side to make sure that no one accidentally opens it.
What's that, boys? OK, we're all finished here, everything's up and operational. Thanks for your help -- oh, and be sure and watch for the next set of 3D printing plastic! It comes in 6 different colors and now even includes built-in RFID values. Not to worry though, all of the cameras have remote readers so we can tell you exactly which parts you made, the relative schematic, where they are, and when they're just about to break and need replacement.
No no, there's no need to thank me -- You're Welcome! We're just Your Government Watching Out for You Wherever it Cam.
Any person using FTFY or editing my postings agrees to a US$50.00 charge
Since Fifty Dollars already has no cents, and you only need to specify cents on non-exact dollar amounts, you could simply say "US$50" there and be done with it.
The problem is that the NSA and GCHQ have dual mandates. They are responsible for both ensuring their respective countries are not vulnerable to attacks and for ensuring that they have techniques for attacking others.
I read a science fiction story a year ago (Daemon) that had the absolute best idea of very specific crypto usage, and I _really think_ the current NSA and such have always been implementing that.
They assume that "We're [the NSA] Number One" and everybody else is either behind or way, WAY behind. So:
they weaken the initial crypto magic number standards just enough so that they can still manage to break it. #2 will eventually figure it out (or 13 can just ask 1600) and the #3 guys could just ask nicely, but #23 will just never get it, even though they're all playing the catch-up game. So NSA weakened crypto would apply to public content and most secrets with a time sensitive content; the REAL secrets use the non-weakened crypto strain or OTP.
Thus the NSA can walk the fine line that pays tribute to both of their conflicting demands: it's secure from everyone else, but not secure from THEM (the NSA) unless they want it to be.
But if somehow on-demand the NSA can't break into the crypto, there's always the $5,000 wrench. (This IS the government we're talking about, remember.)
Well of course. I'm sorry, movies and games having people shooting and using a crowbar on threatening live people just wouldn't go over. That'd be like "anarchy of the strongest" or something.
It's not a person you're shooting, just a zombie who happens to just _LOOK_ like a person. And besides, he's the one attacking me, I'm just an innocent bystander who would just happily just ignore them -- they're the ones that started it.
And besides, zombies with all of their bleeding and moaning and shuffling and all look Nothing Like Us, forget about skin color or religion or anything else. They're dumb, offensive, illogical, not human, and they deserve to die. Again if necessary.
Gee, if you have severely limited food stocks with some controlled depot concentrations, you can replace "zombie infection" with "hunger" (you can be infected if you share too much food), the "survivors" with the "ones in control of the local food depots" (?the rich?), and the panic, fear, angst and suffering that the infected deal with along with the power, control, and angst feelings that the survivors deal with, and you've got a uncivilized, more violent Soylent Green
Don't worry though -- remember, the ones in control over government are here to help YOU -- once they finish helping themselves.
And that's just human nature, that's pretty much what you can expect from everyone -- they take care of themselves and their friends, because -- they're friends. And the sad part is, I'm NOT against government at all -- especially ours -- I'm just again people in government with unlimited power and zero responsibility.
I've got a funny card I found posted on my wall. It's a picture of a fat guy wearing a T-shirt with "My other body is a lot better." At the bottom the card has "I'm in shape.... "
Opening it gives: "Round's a shape, isn't it?".
I've also got a ceramic pig magnet with the saying "I'm not overweight, I'm undertall." (Understand that I'm 6' 7" and 325 lbs.)
THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST DRAWINGS OR ANIME DEPICTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in the U.S., because no one is harmed -- or potentially harmed -- in drawings or anime.
There might not be a explicit law against it, but don't worry -- we'll bend one into shape.
Synopsis:... ordered a set of [7] manga volumes... seized by Post Office workers in 2006. They were (see link.) Each of these volumes featured drawings... that is not illegal in Japan. Following this,... home was raided... further volumes fitting the category of the charge... [of] possession of obscene comic books without literary or artistic merit.
Result: (?forced to?) plead guilty and sentenced to six months.
Agree, child porn is bad. But then again, who decides exactly what a child is?
A real child in front of you ends up depicted as photons on your retina which you recognize as a child. A picture in a book ends up depicted as photons on your retina which you recognize as a child.
Therefore if it's a naughty picture, you're harming a child. 20 years, off you go. Next case please, bailiff?
No amount of ranting is enough in this matter. Windows 8 is trash.
no, No, NO!!! Windows 8 isn't trash -- VISTA is trash.
Vista ISTrAsh. See?
Windows 8 is rubbish, conceived by the marketing droids and PHBs positioning Windows in the touch world for the future. In 4 years when everything has been converted is touch, you'll wonder how you ever managed with a simple "read only" display. (MSTSC.exe's going to have to be re-written for another input device.)
And just think about all of the new market share Microsoft will have after Every Single PC and Laptop has to be completely replaced to become touch-enabled. (Time to sell my mouse-hardware stock.)
Forget cutting spending or raising taxes --- the economy is saved! Windows 8 is going to end up with the largest market share E...V...E...R.
A better attack would be to randomly change a few numbers on whatever spreadsheets can be written to. Then make sure to set the "last updated" date time back to the original.
Reminds me of an old dBase virus under MS-DOS. If you got it, it would slowly (over many months) corrupt the data in your files while keeping a hidden list of changes. As you read a corrupted record, it would temporary repair it so everything seemed A-OK.
Then one fine day it would commit suicide taking it's delta with it, leaving you the corrupted file and months of corrupted backups.
First one like that I had seen; I thought it was ingenious.
I have yet to see an atheist that gives 10% of their income away while working a regular job
Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm an atheist, work at a regular job (Administrator at a cell phone company that starts with V), have a good paying job and give 10% or more of my salary to charity. (Actually 9% to 12%, I round and don't bother about the exact percentages.)
I use a simple grid: Local, Regional, National vs People, Nature, and Ideas. By default 10% goes into each bucket (90%), and then I look around to see what charity is doing what and who could use a little help and balance to 100% or more.
I'm US based and could give globally (and do on occasion) but believe charity begins at home.
I've also even given to specific groups within a local church, although not to the main fund itself. It just depends on what they're doing.
After all, not all churches are completely bad.;-)
"Using a monitor calibration tool and the Argyll 3rd party software he evaluated a box of 24 Crayola crayons..."
But...but... that's our secret recipe, just like Kentucky Fried Chicken (excuse me, KFC) or Coke (excuse me, Coca-Cola (Excuse Me, Coca-Cola Classic)). Now kids can just use it for free on the intertubes?!? And *no* royalties or renewables to parents to renew!!??!!??
Release the lawyers!! Let the DCMA slaughter begin -- Leave No Chemist Standing!!
(...and someone get me Jackson about that D-M-R + microwavable chip thing he was blathering about again.)
OK: Microsoft has* spent MUCH more than that on Windows for Workgroups and it's upgrades: NT3.1, NT4, NT2K, NT2K3, NT2K8. (I'll be charitable and not count SPs or the R2's, never mind the desktops.) It took 6 releases to finally get that right. DCGS-A has only been thru 2 -- only 4 more to go, if it's of the same complexity.
On a side note, does this not provide aid (if not comfort) to the enemy? If so, isn't that literally treasonous**?
I'm sure it was just a miscommunications in the specs somewhere, though. Those guys that actually died -- I'm sure they wouldn't have minded.
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* And by Microsoft, I mean we the public, since we literally paid for it over time. Where do you think Microsoft's profits come from, the casinos?
** I'm a programmer too. My, talk about bad reviews on your resume^W tombstone....
The word you're looking for is: penis. Why is everyone having such a hard time (no pun intended) with this? It's not like it's "He who must not be named" or anything. (In case you're living under a rock.)
Hmmm. While looking for alternates, I came across this:
Because we're taught to think that our penises are dirty and we should be ashamed of any sexual actions," Adam... said. "We live in a society based on Puritan beliefs, so by calling it 'junk' we are perpetuating the notion that penises are despicable."
That may be a bit too serious but it's an interesting thought. Or is penis one of the 7 words you can't say on TV?
That's why I use CrashPlan, because even thought their *client* isn't open source where I can read it, their program lets me use servers under my control to see exactly what they're writing.(*) I'm happy with that. They also have different levels of passwords: lazy let-them-handle-it, or heres-my-half-of-the-key, but I keep the other half.
(*) Of course w/o source, they could be writing to their servers in a different or a decryptable format, I've not sampled the wire to see. But I trust that they're lazy and I can already see that they can encrypt locally -- I don't expect (but they could) that they'll create a totally different module just to send data to their own servers.
I could use their program for free with only my servers, or just run rsync myself. But if I'm that paranoid I shouldn't have my data connected to the internet anyway.
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hugging the European coast
First tree huggers, and now coast huggers. What's this world coming to?
You're (mostly) right .... then why isn't the first link on the .GOV landing page? And why the F!*K don't I see anyone promoting either link? I know you're not signing up and the prices are only estimates, but that's still a starting point.
BTW: your 2nd link is busted.
interactions between bacteria ... used high-precision lasers ... using a chip modified from a digital movie projector
This is just so difficult to understand -- so what you're saying is that they've used movie technology to successfully implant DRM in bacteria?
This is a major problem with the Bible: it presents a very inconsistent image of God. Sometimes he is over-the-top forgiving, and other times he is over-the-top brutal in punishment. There is a distinct lack of consistency,
I don't suppose those disparate events were 14 days apart?
Sounds like HE is a SHE and just has PMS.
A killbot? Naaa, way too messy and hardware specific. (Hardware: knives, chains, and axes, I mean.) Besides they could probably hear you coming.
Just do this and be sure to place one of those drinking birds right next to your mouse to run the GUI.
But they were flat-out lying to me
Such harsh words for such a tiny company! Can't we all be friends?
My my, the guys you talked to on the phone didn't lie, they just "gave the 'Least Untruthful' Answer" possible. After all, the heads of departments and companies lead the way in ethics and showing us all exactly how it's done.
GTA V pretty much has that nailed and it runs on last-generation consoles.
Yeah, those old last generation consoles are just so ... ehhh, yesterday.
No -- wait! That really was yesterday, wasn't it?
(OK, so I've botched the dates. But it's funnier this way and besides you won't be reading this article in a month.)
But, he also pointed out that it's nearly impossible to keep consumers from printing whatever they want in the privacy of their homes.
Ding Dong!
... Hey! How many of you ARE there?
... I guess so. How does this protect me again?
..., of course not? What's he doing in the kitchen? ... place in their next commercial that you'll soon see.
... your safety to watch for quality control failure events for things you print, and to make sure that whatever you print doesn't accidentally match something existing in the object database. You wouldn't walk into a store and steal a hammer that someone else made, would you? And you SURE wouldn't want to buy a hammer that was broken, right? We're just making sure you don't print out parts of a hammer designed by someone else. And if you happen to stumble across a brand new design, we'll be happy to ... check it for quality control and structurally integrity. Who knows, if it's good enough you might find it featured in the next commercial break! Oh, and for the boys stuck down in the central office, if at night you and your spouse want to get together and something ... more biological, we'll be happy to monitor the door from this side to make sure that no one accidentally opens it.
Hello?
Hi. We're from the government and help to help. Can I come in?
Ummm, sure, have a seat over
Oh don't worry, there's enough to do the job. Now where would you like them, or would you like for us to decide?
What? Decide what?
The cameras, of course. There's so much crime running around rampant now-a-days that we're having to install cameras everywhere just to protect the innocent person. Don't worry, they're small and ubiquitous, very quiet and power friendly, with audio, color, and iR, and even PTZ remote controlled. Is over here ok?
Over the couch looking towards the TV? I
Oh, easy. When on the couch we want to make sure a burglar doesn't break into your house while you're watching TV, or that you don't change the channels during the commercials, or go outside while they're on, You wouldn't want to steal from the people sponsoring the show now by not watching them, would you? And the view of the door as well is to make sure that you don't leave the house while they're playing. Many, many people have spent time and effort creating, filming, editing, and shipping this to help you decide what to purchase -- you don't want to disappoint them, do you?
Ummm
Well, we're making sure that if you leave your TV to make a sandwich while the commercials' on you're at least using the ingredients last advertised. Otherwise you're stealing money from the people who's ad you just ignored at your peril. And besides that, we get also get to gather the ingredients, mixing orders, and times and temperatures while you cook, which is great for helping out the economy by providing ready-made food ideas for other people to cop UMMM frog-in-throat there, sorry
Hey, HEY, why is he coming out of the bedroom?
What? Well, that's where you've placed your 3D printer -- we got a copy of the bill of lading from the shipping company just like you did, and like I said earlier, we're help to prevent crime. So the camera is there for
What's that, boys? OK, we're all finished here, everything's up and operational. Thanks for your help -- oh, and be sure and watch for the next set of 3D printing plastic! It comes in 6 different colors and now even includes built-in RFID values. Not to worry though, all of the cameras have remote readers so we can tell you exactly which parts you made, the relative schematic, where they are, and when they're just about to break and need replacement.
No no, there's no need to thank me -- You're Welcome! We're just Your Government Watching Out for You Wherever it Cam.
Any person using FTFY or editing my postings agrees to a US$50.00 charge
Since Fifty Dollars already has no cents, and you only need to specify cents on non-exact dollar amounts, you could simply say "US$50" there and be done with it.
FTFY.
The problem is that the NSA and GCHQ have dual mandates. They are responsible for both ensuring their respective countries are not vulnerable to attacks and for ensuring that they have techniques for attacking others.
I read a science fiction story a year ago (Daemon) that had the absolute best idea of very specific crypto usage, and I _really think_ the current NSA and such have always been implementing that.
They assume that "We're [the NSA] Number One" and everybody else is either behind or way, WAY behind. So: they weaken the initial crypto magic number standards just enough so that they can still manage to break it. #2 will eventually figure it out (or 13 can just ask 1600) and the #3 guys could just ask nicely, but #23 will just never get it, even though they're all playing the catch-up game. So NSA weakened crypto would apply to public content and most secrets with a time sensitive content; the REAL secrets use the non-weakened crypto strain or OTP.
Thus the NSA can walk the fine line that pays tribute to both of their conflicting demands: it's secure from everyone else, but not secure from THEM (the NSA) unless they want it to be.
But if somehow on-demand the NSA can't break into the crypto, there's always the $5,000 wrench. (This IS the government we're talking about, remember.)
fictional zombie problem
Well of course. I'm sorry, movies and games having people shooting and using a crowbar on threatening live people just wouldn't go over. That'd be like "anarchy of the strongest" or something.
...and I'm only anonymous here because I'm too lazy to figure out my password -- I'll claim this accidental article shortly.
It's not a person you're shooting, just a zombie who happens to just _LOOK_ like a person. And besides, he's the one attacking me, I'm just an innocent bystander who would just happily just ignore them -- they're the ones that started it.
And besides, zombies with all of their bleeding and moaning and shuffling and all look Nothing Like Us, forget about skin color or religion or anything else. They're dumb, offensive, illogical, not human, and they deserve to die. Again if necessary.
Gee, if you have severely limited food stocks with some controlled depot concentrations, you can replace "zombie infection" with "hunger" (you can be infected if you share too much food), the "survivors" with the "ones in control of the local food depots" (?the rich?), and the panic, fear, angst and suffering that the infected deal with along with the power, control, and angst feelings that the survivors deal with, and you've got a uncivilized, more violent Soylent Green
Oh, look: it's the news:
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Don't worry though -- remember, the ones in control over government are here to help YOU -- once they finish helping themselves.
And that's just human nature, that's pretty much what you can expect from everyone -- they take care of themselves and their friends, because -- they're friends. And the sad part is, I'm NOT against government at all -- especially ours -- I'm just again people in government with unlimited power and zero responsibility.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have."
look like an old Polaroid from the 60's after someone's cat peed on it.
I bought I Could Pee on This just the other week -- you must have too!
I've got a funny card I found posted on my wall. It's a picture of a fat guy wearing a T-shirt with "My other body is a lot better." At the bottom the card has "I'm in shape .... "
Opening it gives: "Round's a shape, isn't it?".
I've also got a ceramic pig magnet with the saying "I'm not overweight, I'm undertall." (Understand that I'm 6' 7" and 325 lbs.)
Yeah, right. What'll they say when they find out what's really out there is a giant fun-house convex mirror pointing right back at our galaxy?
THEN we'll finally get around to losing that weight that the galaxy's put on.
Well no wonder, look at those email links closely.
They all seem to be using Internet Explorer -- what did you expect?
THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST DRAWINGS OR ANIME DEPICTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in the U.S., because no one is harmed -- or potentially harmed -- in drawings or anime.
There might not be a explicit law against it, but don't worry -- we'll bend one into shape.
... for possessing "drawings of children being sexually abused": Plea agreement draft and primary, secondary, and tertiary background.
... ordered a set of [7] manga volumes ... seized by Post Office workers in 2006. They were (see link.) Each of these volumes featured drawings ... that is not illegal in Japan. Following this, ... home was raided ... further volumes fitting the category of the charge ... [of] possession of obscene comic books without literary or artistic merit.
Guilty
Synopsis:
Result: (?forced to?) plead guilty and sentenced to six months.
Agree, child porn is bad. But then again, who decides exactly what a child is?
A real child in front of you ends up depicted as photons on your retina which you recognize as a child.
A picture in a book ends up depicted as photons on your retina which you recognize as a child.
Therefore if it's a naughty picture, you're harming a child. 20 years, off you go.
Next case please, bailiff?
No amount of ranting is enough in this matter. Windows 8 is trash.
no, No, NO!!! Windows 8 isn't trash -- VISTA is trash. Vista IS TrAsh. See?
Windows 8 is rubbish, conceived by the marketing droids and PHBs positioning Windows in the touch world for the future. In 4 years when everything has been converted is touch, you'll wonder how you ever managed with a simple "read only" display. (MSTSC.exe's going to have to be re-written for another input device.)
And just think about all of the new market share Microsoft will have after Every Single PC and Laptop has to be completely replaced to become touch-enabled. (Time to sell my mouse-hardware stock.)
Forget cutting spending or raising taxes --- the economy is saved! Windows 8 is going to end up with the largest market share E...V...E...R.
A better attack would be to randomly change a few numbers on whatever spreadsheets can be written to. Then make sure to set the "last updated" date time back to the original.
Reminds me of an old dBase virus under MS-DOS. If you got it, it would slowly (over many months) corrupt the data in your files while keeping a hidden list of changes. As you read a corrupted record, it would temporary repair it so everything seemed A-OK.
Then one fine day it would commit suicide taking it's delta with it, leaving you the corrupted file and months of corrupted backups.
First one like that I had seen; I thought it was ingenious.
I have yet to see an atheist that gives 10% of their income away while working a regular job
Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm an atheist, work at a regular job (Administrator at a cell phone company that starts with V), have a good paying job and give 10% or more of my salary to charity. (Actually 9% to 12%, I round and don't bother about the exact percentages.)
;-)
I use a simple grid: Local, Regional, National vs People, Nature, and Ideas. By default 10% goes into each bucket (90%), and then I look around to see what charity is doing what and who could use a little help and balance to 100% or more.
I'm US based and could give globally (and do on occasion) but believe charity begins at home. I've also even given to specific groups within a local church, although not to the main fund itself. It just depends on what they're doing.
After all, not all churches are completely bad.
"Using a monitor calibration tool and the Argyll 3rd party software he evaluated a box of 24 Crayola crayons..."
... that's our secret recipe, just like Kentucky Fried Chicken (excuse me, KFC) or Coke (excuse me, Coca-Cola (Excuse Me, Coca-Cola Classic)). Now kids can just use it for free on the intertubes?!? And *no* royalties or renewables to parents to renew!!??!!??
But...but
Release the lawyers!! Let the DCMA slaughter begin -- Leave No Chemist Standing!!
(...and someone get me Jackson about that D-M-R + microwavable chip thing he was blathering about again.)
So the next question is: How would someone go about mining a star?
Why that's easy -- Woman claims ownership of Sun.
OK: Microsoft has* spent MUCH more than that on Windows for Workgroups and it's upgrades: NT3.1, NT4, NT2K, NT2K3, NT2K8. (I'll be charitable and not count SPs or the R2's, never mind the desktops.) It took 6 releases to finally get that right. DCGS-A has only been thru 2 -- only 4 more to go, if it's of the same complexity.
....
On a side note, does this not provide aid (if not comfort) to the enemy? If so, isn't that literally treasonous**?
I'm sure it was just a miscommunications in the specs somewhere, though. Those guys that actually died -- I'm sure they wouldn't have minded.
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* And by Microsoft, I mean we the public, since we literally paid for it over time. Where do you think Microsoft's profits come from, the casinos?
** I'm a programmer too. My, talk about bad reviews on your resume^W tombstone
...if your junk ...
The word you're looking for is: penis. Why is everyone having such a hard time (no pun intended) with this? It's not like it's "He who must not be named" or anything. (In case you're living under a rock.)
Hmmm. While looking for alternates, I came across this:
Because we're taught to think that our penises are dirty and we should be ashamed of any sexual actions," Adam ... said. "We live in a society based on Puritan beliefs, so by calling it 'junk' we are perpetuating the notion that penises are despicable."
That may be a bit too serious but it's an interesting thought. Or is penis one of the 7 words you can't say on TV?
That's why I use CrashPlan, because even thought their *client* isn't open source where I can read it, their program lets me use servers under my control to see exactly what they're writing.(*) I'm happy with that. They also have different levels of passwords: lazy let-them-handle-it, or heres-my-half-of-the-key, but I keep the other half.
(*) Of course w/o source, they could be writing to their servers in a different or a decryptable format, I've not sampled the wire to see. But I trust that they're lazy and I can already see that they can encrypt locally -- I don't expect (but they could) that they'll create a totally different module just to send data to their own servers.
I could use their program for free with only my servers, or just run rsync myself. But if I'm that paranoid I shouldn't have my data connected to the internet anyway.
One word: "Blink."
"Blink" is wonderful. I got a friend hooked on Dr Who by accidentally showing it to him.