I agree with the "waste their time" strategy. We should have a regular competition to see who can keep one of these people on the line the longest.

That's an excellent idea.

Reminds me of a Jerky Boys call. He was telling his imaginary wife to STFU while he was on the phone and then, after he had supposedly knocked her unconscious he wanted the guy on the other end to be a witness for him and tell the cops that his wife had been interrupting their conversation and he therefore had no choice but to hit her.
I think I'm going to add an additional piece to your plan where I step outside and light off a firecracker before getting remorseful and telling the caller that I need his contact info for my criminal defense.

Indeed. I had one of these guys call me up a couple of weeks ago and after I had messed around with him for at least 10 minutes he got all angry and said "Sir! Stop wasting my time!" before hanging up.

I was LMAO, first because he was still referring to me as "sir" and second because I was supposedly wasting his time after he was the one that called me.

As soon as we start calling the new FCC rules "NetFlix Neutrality"
 

"given to them by the 1934 act "

Right, because a 1934 law pertaining to radio and telephone communications is an appropriate justification for the federal government to seize authority to regulate the Internet.

The FCC can argue that their authority to regulate radio and telephone communications also means that they can regulate the internet, but new legislation can certainly be used to declare that the FCC's powers are not that expansive.

I guess I just can't draw a parallel between demanding that you open your trunk so that they can search your car for weapons or contraband and demanding that you give up a password for an electronic device so that they can search through your data ... for what exactly?

Hopefully the Canadian courts will see the light and put a stop to this insanity. Unless they are going to search all of the internet traffic coming across their border and inspect any package or shipment containing phones, tablets, computers, CDs, hard drives and USB drives, what possible reason could they have for examining an electronic device or any physical media being carried by a person?

I think it's a good idea. In the USA, you don't yet have to give up a password or encryption key at the border, so if they asked and you gave them the self destruct code, there's nothing they could charge you with.

Unfortunately, there is a precedent for U.S. judges to force you to reveal passwords and encryption keys. If you gave the authorities a self destruct code after a judge had ordered you to turn over the password, then yes, you might get in trouble. If you actually have incriminating data on an electronic device however, it would certainly be nice to have a brick password as an option.

The article is implying that this still might be open for discussion in Canada.

Surprisingly enough, you don't have to give up your passwords to USA customs. Upon entering or returning to the USA, they can search your device and they can even confiscate it for a period of days or weeks. However, they can't yet force you to give up a password or encryption key at the border.

https://www.eff.org/wp/defendi...

"If a border agent asks you to provide an account password or encryption passphrase ... you donâ(TM)t have to comply. Only a judge can force you to reveal information to the government"

They took that as a given. The study is describing a method of quantifying the known relationship.

Anyone who thinks that tens of thousands of pages of federal laws can be boiled down into "don't steal" and "don't commit assault" is an idiot. How about "don't copy an MP3 file" or "don't create, possess or distribute a piece of software to circumvent DRM"?

The OP is right. We are neither free nor safe because the federal government has created so many laws that we're all guilty of something.

http://harveysilverglate.com/B...

"Even the most intelligent and informed citizen cannot predict with any reasonable assurance whether a wide range of seemingly ordinary activities might be regarded by federal prosecutors as felonies."

"... it's a big deal. Why?"

It's the LAW! Why the hell are government employees above the law? Any criminal activity should be investigated and prosecuted by the Justice Department. Using personal e-mail to conduct government business is a clear violation of the Federal Records Act. The Act states that a federal record is any information that: "Is created or received in any medium by an agency of the U.S. Government pursuant to law or in the transaction of business."

In other words, every single one of her e-mail messages related to government business qualify as "federal records" which must be preserved. If any of those e-mails have been deleted, it is an unlawful removal of federal records under 18 U.S.C. 2071.

The opinions of the media are irrelevant and "the other guy did it too!" is no excuse.

I've enjoyed a lot of the zombie books and movies and even the Walking Dead TV series. It is fiction after all, and some of it has been good.

The genre has definitely been thoroughly exhausted over the past few years however. There are only so many unique twists you can put on the same basic story. It was fun while it lasted, but you're definitely not alone in thinking that it's getting boring.

If you live in Canada, you should definitely be conducting drills where you deploy the military to your southern border. It won't be zombies, but in the near future, it could very well be hordes of starving or thirsty refugees from the USA.

Your warehouse might work, but a high rise tower would be a terrible position. You have to figure that the power grid would go down and emergency generators would soon be out of fuel, so no elevators. How many flights of stairs do you want to climb on a regular basis while carrying food, water and fuel?

Being in a tower with only a couple of escape routes also leaves you very vulnerable to human predators who will be looking to steal everything you have.

If I actually lived in such a place, I'd probably try to stay put during the mass exodus and the initial die-off, but I certainly wouldn't seek out a tall building as a permanent base of operations.

Well, the star child which encapsulates the essence of Dave Bowman anyway.
This was actually a weapons satellite disguised as a weather satellite.