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About Spaceman Spiff
I am a software engineer with almost 30 years experience in the design and implementation of embedded, real-time, and high-reliability distributed enterprise manufacturing systems software.
I am a 20 year member of the IEEE, a published author of technical articles and academic publications, and recipient of a US Patent applicable to adaptive software systems.
I am a director of an IEEE affiliate organization since 2009.
I am Senior Systems Engineer for a tier-one mobile phone manufacturer.
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Forward! Into the past!
Ok, it's time we reverted to one-time pads and physical dead-drops to share sensitive information. Anything else? Speak/write gobbledygook. Back in the 1960's, when I and compatriots wanted to speak on the phone (concerned about wire taps) about the latest batch of LSD (or pot - I don't remember which), it was referred to as "clear camel piss soup" or some similar bit of cruft. Not that I ever indulged in such stuff... :-)
Greenwald and the powers of dark...
I just hope that Greenwald has a REALLY good personal protection team... :-(
It depends upon what the definition if "is" is...
Hayden's responses remind me a lot of Pres. Clinton's prevarications during his impeachment proceedings... Weasels, the lot of them!
IMHO
In my not-so "humble" opinion, this teenager should file a suit against the authorities for "malicious prosecution", as well as various civil rights violations. This was just totally egregious and unwarranted!
What the NSA really stands for
NSA - The National Surveillance Agency. They changed the name, and never bothered to mention it to anyone... :rolleyes:
Well put!
"In my opinion, don't hold your breath. Sony is the same company that took away the "other" OS option in the PS3, installed root kids on PCs via music CDs, and came up with the most convoluted anti-consumer way to sell digital music ever conceived. If Sony is our only hope to save first sale rights, we're screwed."
Sony? Won't buy from them, but I will steal from them... They deserve nothing less! And yes, I have, in the past (and still) owned Sony TV's, cassette and tape recorders, mini-disc recorders/players, CD/DVD players, and laptop computers. Wonder how much Sony cruft I've purchased since the CD root-kit fiasco? Try $0.00, zip, zero, nothing. When will I purchase more Sony cruft? When they publicly apologize for the CD root-kit fiasco, and pay everyone who was harmed by it at least $1000 USD... Yeah, and the universe will likely undergo heat death first...
Right! That and $5...
"However, hopefully this stops Homeland Security and ICE from continuing these kinds of politically motivated attacks."
Right! That an $5 will get you a nice latte at Starbucks! :rolleyes:
Internet license
Can't we just remove Lanier's license to use the Internet? Oh right, we have such a means - the DMCA take-down notice! Since bogus take-downs never result in meaningful backlash, what do we have to lose? :rolleyes:
Re: Who gets to post first
Ok. Here it is! https://mega.co.nz/
Now, to like it on my FB page, and all my relatives (on 4 continents)...
Who gets to post first
In case it hasn't been done yet, who wants to post the Mega front page URL and propagate it to as many FB pages as possible? I'll help! :-) Stupid pinheads in the MPAA and RIAA STILL don't get it, do they?
Don't trust politicians!
I stopped trusting Obama (even though I voted for him - the alternative was just unconscionable) when he backtracked on his opposition to FISA as Senator. That's when I knew he was as corrupt as the rest of that kettle of stinking fish! FWIW, I think Holder is just doing what his masters command... :-(
Follow the "shoot all the lawyers" philosophy
If we killed all the lawyers (except mine - I need him to play banjo in our bluegrass band), then we would get rid of 98% of the corrupt politicians in government at the same time... :-)
Re: Can they spell Streisand?
I think that the "S" Effect will soon give them a great big whack upside the head - as in "How could we have been so stupid!"... :rolleyes: At least, one can hope!
Never leave home without one!
Never go into a police, FBI, or other "law enforcement" interview without your attorney present. Always assert your 5th Amendment rights and don't say ANYTHING unless your attorney tells you to, and don't even then if you can help it. These asshats can be incredibly intimidating, and infer that if you don't talk to them you will spend a gazillion years in stir. The thing is, is that they will take everything you say out of context, add their own spin, and then get you convicted and put away for a gazillion years for something you DIDN'T actually say! So, being questioned by law enforcement? SAY NOTHING! ASK FOR AN ATTORNEY (your own if you have one)! REFUSE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS!
Waiter!
Waiter, I said I wanted the stir fly, NOT the stir fry! :-)
Some folk think their every utterance is protected by copyright...
This is as if when I say "every word I write is protected by copyright", that I have such protections on each word by itself... Ok. I now claim copyright on the words "every", "word", "I", "write", "is", "protected", "by", and "copyright"....
Inquiring minds want to know...
Inquiring minds want to know, when will these dickheads be thrown into stir, prison, the black hole of assholery...?
Holder's a shill
Other than the fact that he is of African-American descent, I have absolutely zero respect for him - his appointment as AG was a total farkup by President Obama. IMHO, he has been the worst sort of shill for big media and other special interests. FWIW, my grandchildren are also of African-American descent, and they have a LOT more of my respect than Holder - one is an engineering genius, and the other will be a top-flight surgeon some day.
What do you want to bet...
What do you want to bet that the UC system has substantial investments/stock in various journal publishers, and doesn't want to get off that gravy train itself? Anyway, it would be interesting to see if that may be the case.
Everyone screws up at times
It isn't the screwup (usually) that is a problem (sometimes), but how you deal with it. It sounds like Shopzilla handled this pretty well, and though it remains to be seen if they clean up their act, their overall behavior makes me hopeful that they will stop acting like bullies.