February 2001 three Telecos cooperated with the NSA (AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth). Qwest refused. The NSA tells the Telco's that not only would it compile and maintain data on US Citizens' phone habits, but it may share that information with the CIA, DEA, and the FBI. So the NSA had phone meta data collection programs in place before 9/11 as well as a program called Echelon and PROMIS. We all know how well these programs worked to prevent the 9/11 attacks.
Not so simple. It just means that the law needs to be made even more draconian and the enforcers of the law must be much more vigilant in hunting down and destroying the lives of those who file share.
You are looking at this from an American point of view
In America (or at least in the minds of most Americans) there is a division between civil and criminal offences. Not so in many countries. For example exceeding the speed limit in Mexico could land you in jail (unless of course you bribe the cop that pulled you over).
The line has been blurred in America as well. I discussed this with an officer of the law not too long ago. He said there are very few laws on the books that are not crimes. Having your headlights out, or a crack in your winshield is an infraction but pretty much everything else is criminal.
I told him that was insane. He told me to take it up with the judge.
To see file sharing being made into a crime in Japan is not really that suprising. In America in the minds of law enforcement pretty much everything already is.
Now to be fair to the FBI, it is going to cost them quite a bit of money in Black Marking Pens for all the redactions they will need to do.
At $1 a pen I would say that at least $95,500 will be spent on these pens alone.
Re: Should anyone in the NSA try to circumvent that, in defiance of policy, they would be held accountable, he said: "There is 100% audibility.
Ahhh... look how this is worded. He didn't say that everything is audited 100%. No no no. He said there is 100% audibility. You know like providing the least untruthful answer.
Billy Mays: I have my built in studio audience that I have paid money to laugh at my jokes, clap and say "Ohhhh" and "Awww!" at the appropriate times.
Okay lets begin. Behind me I have an old beat up pinto. We've put our Kaboom product in this car wash. We drive the pinto into the carwash and KABOOM!!! out comes a new corvette!!!
Audience: OHHHHHH... AWWWWWWW.... WOW!!! [Clapping]
Billy Mays: But wait there’s more!! If you apply KABOOM to your cell phone or home phone and the NSA tries to collect your meta-data.... KABOOM!! One of their servers at Google explodes!!!
Audience: Ohhhhhhh!!!! [Standing Ovation]
I saw the most beautiful cars in the window of a dealership. A salesman came out and said "come on in. They're bigger than ever and they last a lifetime!" Later I discovered he was talking about the payments.
How is buying a used car like going to a whorehouse?
You're pretty sure you'll get screwed.
A man walked into a tavern and sat next to a very attractive, smartly
dressed woman perched on a bar stool.
"Hi there, Good Looking. How's it going?" he asked.
The woman looked him straight in the eye and said, "Listen, I'll screw
anybody, anytime, anywhere, your place, my place, it doesn't matter. I've
been doing it ever since I got out of school, and I just love it!"
"No kidding?," said the man, "I'm a salesman too! What dealership are you with?"
Q. What's the difference between a used car salesman and a software salesmen?
A. Only the used car salesemen knows when he lying.
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The NSA tells the Telco's that not only would it compile and maintain data on US Citizens' phone habits, but it may share that information with the CIA, DEA, and the FBI.
So the NSA had phone meta data collection programs in place before 9/11 as well as a program called Echelon and PROMIS. We all know how well these programs worked to prevent the 9/11 attacks.
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You are looking at this from an American point of view
The line has been blurred in America as well. I discussed this with an officer of the law not too long ago. He said there are very few laws on the books that are not crimes. Having your headlights out, or a crack in your winshield is an infraction but pretty much everything else is criminal.
I told him that was insane. He told me to take it up with the judge.
To see file sharing being made into a crime in Japan is not really that suprising. In America in the minds of law enforcement pretty much everything already is.
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Babality... Pretty funny.
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95,500 pieces of paper
At $1 a pen I would say that at least $95,500 will be spent on these pens alone.
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Re: Should anyone in the NSA try to circumvent that, in defiance of policy, they would be held accountable, he said: "There is 100% audibility.
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Billy Mays here....
Okay lets begin. Behind me I have an old beat up pinto. We've put our Kaboom product in this car wash. We drive the pinto into the carwash and KABOOM!!! out comes a new corvette!!!
Audience: OHHHHHH... AWWWWWWW.... WOW!!! [Clapping]
Billy Mays: But wait there’s more!! If you apply KABOOM to your cell phone or home phone and the NSA tries to collect your meta-data.... KABOOM!! One of their servers at Google explodes!!!
Audience: Ohhhhhhh!!!! [Standing Ovation]
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Here's a few eclectic ones I found
How is buying a used car like going to a whorehouse?
You're pretty sure you'll get screwed.
A man walked into a tavern and sat next to a very attractive, smartly
dressed woman perched on a bar stool.
"Hi there, Good Looking. How's it going?" he asked.
The woman looked him straight in the eye and said, "Listen, I'll screw
anybody, anytime, anywhere, your place, my place, it doesn't matter. I've
been doing it ever since I got out of school, and I just love it!"
"No kidding?," said the man, "I'm a salesman too! What dealership are you with?"
Q. What's the difference between a used car salesman and a software salesmen?
A. Only the used car salesemen knows when he lying.
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