of cowardly, fractional men.
*Smirk*
Is that the best shaming language you have?
You're just like the guy who tried to run me down in the crosswalk in Boston while I was in uniform during the runup to Gulf War I, then stops half a block a way, screams "fuck you" and flips me off through the sunroof.. then takes off when I break into a full sprint after him.
You've got nothing, and your hoplophobia is showing.
You know, even at the NSA there's probably people using the same password on several accounts.
I would be very surprised if the NSA didn't use dual factor authentication. Hell, my ex-wife was an engineer for Sun Microsystems and wherever they went they had an "Enigma Card" (secure token device). I would hope if Sun/Oracle is doing it (love it when they call them "snorkle" now) one would hope that agencies like the NSA is doing it.
Maybe the GCSB will say their methods are secret and can't be disclosed in open court, and the court will dismiss the charges against Dotcom, giving the government a way out. It's happened in the US a few times.
I'm wondering how much of GCSB's equipment and methodologies are genuinely indigenous, versus how much is supplied by larger Echelon nations like the UK and US. It's pretty amazing that a nation of less than five million has a full-blown NSA equivalent. Then again, with manufacturers like this floating around I suppose it has gotten easier.
My bet is on "Hand-crafted workmanship! (we had to manually solder extra jumper wires in these units to fix early production bugs)"
For some reason I hear Ricardo Montalban in the background reading "Hand crafted workmanship.. the highest quality last minute jumpers.. all with the smell of fine Corinthian leather..."
People underestimate low-tech.
What I don't underestimate is the ability of 2nd Infantry Division and the South Koreans to act as a 15 minute speed bump to get the F-16s in the air to knock the living fuck out of their fuel depots, thus limiting their advance. After that the B-2s take over and we ascertain whether we go with dial-a-yield B61s to eliminate the arty wholesale. Make no mistake: part of their initial ordinance mix will be chemical in nature. We only have one leg of the NBC triad left with which to respond, and Saddam wasn't even stupid enough to test us on that.
The short term solution was to reboot the system at regular intervals.
Forgive the assumption, but I could bet real money that you're white and male. You might feel differently if you were judged your whole life on appearance alone.
From the way his post was framed, I'll bet you're right. I'm a white male as well. What I'm curious about: you seem (and forgive me if the strawman attacketh) to take issue with his post. What about it bothered you? My liberal-libertarian Spidey sense is tingling...
I've worked at a very liberal university in the past, and half of those motherfuckers would institute the thought police if they could.. if often seemed that the only correct opinion about anything was one that bashed white males. Just remember, while my freedom of speech does have consequences for me, (second potential strawman alert) you have no right to not be offended.
You have to be careful which one you sign up with. I spent 4 years in Uncle Sam's Air Farce. I lived in a dormitory, not a tent. I slept on a bed, not on a cot. I handled an M-16 a whopping total of 4 days of those 4 years. I spent those 4 years working on fighter jets (F-16, to be more specific) and was able to pass the exams for an FAA Airframe Mechanic's License when I got out.
You might be careful with that advice. I spent six years in the US Army, picked up one hell of a school in component level troubleshooting on systems that cost from 50k well into the millions, and never lived in a tent with the exceptions of basic combat training and the NCO academy. The US Air Force, however, now has folks going to BRM (basic rifle marksmanship) since the Army and Marines did not have enough troops to guard air force supply convoys and assets during the wars (as they were busy with actual combat ops). I would not want to be involved in enemy contact in an army unit, but I sure as SHIT would not want to be involved in enemy contact with a bunch of air force guys who have had the bare minimum training with respect to repelling an assault.
Put it this way: even the wingnuts are packing ground firepower now and this ain't your daddy's (or your) air force. I know what you're saying about the previous life though: I was stationed at an air force installation in Colorado in the early 90s and it was like "WOW! They don't have barracks, they have DORMS.. and, they're not running four miles at 5:30AM! Where did I go wrong!?".. heheh.
One thing you guys do have: Community College of the Air Force. That was awesome. How to convert your MOS into a college degree in about ten courses or less.
That appears to be a popular sentiment, but I fear what will become of extremely wealthy Islamic nations (because we've been buying so much oil from them) when this hand is no longer feeding them. They won't be killing just each I other, and they have lots of money to effectively kill anyone they like.
So they'd be a threat to who.. the US? Russia? China? That's a really quick way to get green glassed, or at least have your infrastructure destroyed in a most profound manner. Sure, maybe you might argue that they fund a shadow war.. if we're not dependent upon them for oil these things have a way of going hot.. just like the so-called terrorist training camps getting hit by Tomahawks.
And Israel.. I suspect somebody might end up having an Israeli nuke make a surprise visit if they misbehave. I've often wondered if the Israelis have invested in neutron warheads since they potential targets are in the neighborhood.
As for the money, show me that they're not pissing it away. I've not heard (or read) of any analogs like Norway's "rainy day" fund. Now there's a nation with some goddamned sense.
"Remember, extremism in the nondefense of moderation is not a virtue." -- Peter Neumann, about usenet
