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Comment Re:Sir Isaac Newton (Score 1) 542

"(..) Sir Isaac Newton, renowned inventor of the milled-edge coin and the catflap!"
"The what?" said Richard.
"The catflap! A device of the utmost cunning, perspicuity and invention. It is a door within a door, you see, a ..."
"Yes," said Richard, "there was also the small matter of gravity."
"Gravity," said Dirk with a slightly dismissive shrug, "yes, there was that as well, I suppose. Though that, of course, was merely a discovery. It was there to be discovered." ...
"You see?" he said dropping his cigarette butt, "They even keep it on at weekends. Someone was bound to notice sooner or later. But the catflap ... ah, there is a very different matter. Invention, pure creative invention. It is a door within a door, you see."

-- Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Comment US gov't only? (Score 1) 164

Tactical Network Solutions' site mentions that they only sell to "U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies". What on earth would gov't institutions do with something that's essentially the digital equivalent of a crowbar? Isn't it much easier and more ethical for governments to get a court order to get the information they want, instead of breaking into WiFi networks? What on earth is going on here?

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