Room 641A is located in the SBC Communications building at 611 Folsom Street, San Francisco, three floors of which were occupied by AT&T before SBC purchased AT&T.[1] The room was referred to in internal AT&T documents as the SG3 [Study Group 3] Secure Room. It is fed by fiber optic lines from beam splitters installed in fiber optic trunks carrying Internet backbone traffic[3] and, as analyzed by J. Scott Marcus, a former CTO for GTE and a former adviser to the FCC, has access to all Internet traffic that passes through the building, and therefore "the capability to enable surveillance and analysis of internet content on a massive scale, including both overseas and purely domestic traffic."[4] Former director of the NSA's World Geopolitical and Military Analysis Reporting Group, William Binney, has estimated that 10 to 20 such facilities have been installed throughout the United States.[2]
im saying that the vast majority of the plants are run well, and we should work on ensuring the right people are running things that can be disastrous and not homer simpson
the weakest link will always be human but that doesnt mean we should not expand our resources. with anything worth having there is risk, and power is worth having
oh no argument there. there is a huge leap from "lets all change our lightbulbs...as they die... with better ones" and "lets all outlaw oil coal and nuke power overnight"
sadly the majority of people belong to those saying the first, and the ones who get airtime are those wanting the 2nd
im not saying its a GOOD idea, but it fits the specs he was asking about. I had a 1st gen 8 gig ipod touch before the touch screen takeover of cell phones. like you, never again
this one company? no of course not you are correct. but extrapolate that to what many who have no grasp on how economics work want and it would be a disaster
the other issue everyone here seems to be overlooking is that by raising the pay of the bottom, and not raising the pay of those closer to the new bottom, it hurts them the most because the costs of general goods will go up.
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Room 641A is located in the SBC Communications building at 611 Folsom Street, San Francisco, three floors of which were occupied by AT&T before SBC purchased AT&T.[1] The room was referred to in internal AT&T documents as the SG3 [Study Group 3] Secure Room. It is fed by fiber optic lines from beam splitters installed in fiber optic trunks carrying Internet backbone traffic[3] and, as analyzed by J. Scott Marcus, a former CTO for GTE and a former adviser to the FCC, has access to all Internet traffic that passes through the building, and therefore "the capability to enable surveillance and analysis of internet content on a massive scale, including both overseas and purely domestic traffic."[4] Former director of the NSA's World Geopolitical and Military Analysis Reporting Group, William Binney, has estimated that 10 to 20 such facilities have been installed throughout the United States.[2]
is this really news? wasnt it AT&T who we knew had a secret room in one of their buildings years ago??
and i should drive next to you, who dont signal and run red lights??
right, and cyclists NEVER run red lights, or turn without signaling. its ALWAYS the car drivers fault...
what, you never had a walkman that doubled as a phone?
try and tell ME that Ill be more angry after writing angry emails. I oughta come over there right now and show you how angry I can get
sincerely
Dude~
im saying that the vast majority of the plants are run well, and we should work on ensuring the right people are running things that can be disastrous and not homer simpson
the weakest link will always be human but that doesnt mean we should not expand our resources. with anything worth having there is risk, and power is worth having
oh no argument there. there is a huge leap from "lets all change our lightbulbs...as they die... with better ones" and "lets all outlaw oil coal and nuke power overnight"
sadly the majority of people belong to those saying the first, and the ones who get airtime are those wanting the 2nd
and none of that has anything to do with actual plant issues, thats owner/management issues
i dont think saying lead by example is a bad thing
i use it when im driving, or when i see something and i just want a quick answer like "hey google when did so and so end"
didnt the futurama episode come out before that movie as well?
im not saying its a GOOD idea, but it fits the specs he was asking about. I had a 1st gen 8 gig ipod touch before the touch screen takeover of cell phones. like you, never again
it does. ipod touch
why buy an iphone? I thought he just threw his iphone in the trash where it belongs? ;)
hard to tell it was a joke in text with no qualifiers, i thought you actually believed it too
that statement shows that no... you are not
dont be obtuse
its been 20 years since win 95... are you SURE that will happen????
this one company? no of course not you are correct. but extrapolate that to what many who have no grasp on how economics work want and it would be a disaster
someone wanna explain why/how this is a troll post and not just a reply to OP???
the other issue everyone here seems to be overlooking is that by raising the pay of the bottom, and not raising the pay of those closer to the new bottom, it hurts them the most because the costs of general goods will go up.
blizzard uses it to push out patches and game downloads. so can steam if i remember correctly
there are a number of legit uses for it that get used all the time. I believe microsoft is even using it for win 10 updates (opt in)
ifi were a college dropout id be happy to get that job
If i just spent 100 grand on a 4 year degree and gave 2 years to this company i wouldnt be as happy about it
if everyone around you gets a raise, and you dont. you ARE taking a pay cut (in buying power) as costs will go up on general goods