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Comment Re:You were not alone (Score 5, Informative) 125

The problem is that every card on a PCIe bus can be a master, has access to all of memory, has a processor of some kind, and has insecure firmware. Pick any popular card - network, storage or graphics - and you have a potential attack. Find a bug people are having and post a fix or a tool to fix it. There will always be some sucker who will download it and run it.

Comment Re:wrong two words (Score 1) 740

You do know that most of the bailout money to Wall St and Detroit has been returned don't you?

No, I don't know that because it's false. You need to check your facts better.

I would call 375 of $465 B TARP money most or maybe you just believe the voices on the radio.

It's the money to back the mortgages that is gone (FNMA and FHLMC). So you should be pointing the finger at Congress who created the mortgage crisis, not the executive branch who cleaned up the mess.

I point the finger first and foremost at the home owners who bought homes they couldn't afford. But the administration certainly pushed for bailouts; instead of fixing the mess, it made it worse by creating a moral hazard.

LOL

Comment Re:Prosecute, convict, and imprison him first. (Score 4, Insightful) 179

After Snowden's in prison, do the same to those whom have aided and abetted the release of such information - including those at the Washington Post(if the NSA does its job right, that newspaper should have wished that it had done the right thing by not publishing national secrets).

Given the evidence that he not only broke his trust to keep secrets, he also did so in a manner that harms this country entirely. If there should be any pardons and praise, they are to be reserved for anyone who may be prosecuted in bringing Snowden to justice. In addition, reward and protect them from any retaliation that may occur from any Snowden fanatics.

Of course, this won't all go well with those that worship Snowden as some idol and not rightfully consider him as a betrayer of one's country. However, I do not recognize any value in destroying the country or ensuring that it cannot protect itself from threats within and without.

Harmed the country or harmed the Administration? Which is the greater harm: revealing to our enemies that they are being spied on or hiding from every American that they are being spied on?

Comment Re:Save the immunity for anti-Snowden citizens. (Score 1) 179

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Aside from an overzealous use of commas it seems pretty clear that the US Gov can't just scoop up everything, or require the Telecoms to retain records so that they can see them later. First the data gets used because we have an immediate terrorist threat. Next week its use will be justified for other purposes in the same way that the Patriot Act has been abused.

Comment Re:Free Market? LoL and more LOL (Score 1) 688

The Whiskey Rebellion wasn't about who got to make whiskey. Anyone could if they were willing to pay the tax. A better example would be the Opium Wars in which foreign businesses wanted special rights to sell opium in China, against local law, a trade not permitted to native Chinese.

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