Yup, identified the problem in the United States.

Slashdot worked because everyone that used the net back then were early adoptors and geeks. Now everyone with access to a phone has a way to bitch and interfere on topics that they have no knowledge of. Even those within their own limited fields seem to fall victim to not being able to have discussions within a simply defined level of discourse with no trolling, etc. So end of the day the only way to filter out the billions of people that are quite literally full of shit with their social media accounts is to basically have humans moderate content, strict sign ups, likely even ID driven based on education level, and to change this culture back from being a "I know everything and I am here to grab as much attention as possible" back to "Let's have a discussion hear and assume we all know a lot of about we are talking about because we belong here together". It ain't coming back anytime soon, it's by design thru the higher powers to try and separate these kinds of people and thoughts from each other so that existing power structures essentially remain intact. They've already done the fighting amongst each other for the digital age, that will go on for years as nobody will get tired of having the biggest ball sack with the most likes on the Internet. It's a shame, really, what the Internet has devolved itself into.

You know what this accident reminds me of? It reminds me of people NOT taking into true understanding the concept of human RISK. You build something new. You throw in some new special features that are designed to make your life so much easier. But in reality, it is a controlled experiment in shifting control from the human factor into the machine factor. Instead of relying on basic human instinct, basic controls, basic concepts that pilot's have been likely doing for decades, you insert {feature here} that "outweighs the risk", for long term gain, of some sort. I call complete bull shit on that, because it is a complete failure of every single safety system that is designed in the aircraft. Why isn't there a safety system built in for pilot's that may not know what the hell they are doing wrong? What does shifting into manual mode and using manual controls do in an environment where every single possible configuration that may exist can be overridden by computerized systems? It essentially places no control of the plane to the pilot. With planes getting more and more complex as decades go by, this can either be used to further minimize pilot involvement/power in these machines, or, ultimately, just like the car industry is going, it will be likely used to argue that pilot's are no longer necessary in flying planes (I am talking many years from now). It's all by design, folks. Whatever reason comes out, it will likely be manipulated and used to test these murky waters of liability and ownership of disasters, not to mention keep the corporate stock prices in line for a next buy in.

I mean, it is not obvious that hosting this on a CIA website is a means to track, collect, and monitor all IP addresses that potentially attempt to download this data? It must have been a hot topic of discussion at the CIA, to weigh the pro's and con's of releasing such a large amount of data to the public that might potentially be used by those that are actually terrorists in order to inspire or recruit into that ideology. If they went through the troubles of dumping his body into the sea, why would they want to archive and submit a neat little package to the world of who and what this leader was? I just don't know if that was the right decision by the CIA. Unless, of course, the hint at "malware" inside the package is something that is directly related to the CIA and will help them in the future..

I think its just a matter of balancing out each respective concern amongst each other. Eventually, as technology progresses, the gear is going to be assimilated into our bodies anyways :) Jagdeep Poonian