Sprinkle that magic fairy dust on the book and think your happiest thoughts and ... oh crap the words in the book just became garbled.
Oh well, second star on the right and straight on 'till morning. I'm sure we'll find our perfect DRM in Neverland.
I'm not sure why the city didn't send 9 officers over to his house with a police dog and let him know what they thought about his annoying obscenity with their baton's... Of course the guy may have been allegedly intoxicated with a heart condition and since this didn't happen in Kern county it may not have been "within policy".
But sometimes if you look at what they say as a kind of dance. Frome the perspective that what they say as an art form it does take the stench out of the BS just a little. It can actually be an ashonishingly amazing tap dance routine to witness:
Q: But does that have to be determined by a judge?
Feinstein: Could I answer? We see here a classic flaps step.
You may not like it, but I'll answer. This is another classic step called digs.
Then you can query the numbers. The only numbers you have—there's no content. This move is called the riff.
You have the name and the number called, whether it's one number or two numbers. That's all you have. Then you can get the numbers. This is a complicated step called the Shuffle bufflo.
If you want to collect content, then you get a court order. Finally we end with yet another very complicated step called the pull backs single to double.
Mike:
You must stop your illegal data mining of LinkedIn or you will face jail time for publishing our copyrighted, trademarked and patented program names.
Yours sincerely,
NSA
One of the reasons that the number of requests that have to do with national security as a separate quantity is important is because proponents of these invasive and unconstitutional snooping measures keep yelling "but TERRORISM!" to justify their criminal data gathering efforts all in the name of national security. If we have at very least the number of requests pertaining to National Security then those who are screaming about how these invasive privacy violations have actually really prevented terrorist attacks then they may have at least a shaky leg to stand on.
But as it is now with the lack of transparency citizens are left to assume that these arguments of blanket data collection without probable cause and without a warrant are unjustified and certainly unconstitutional.
of a Rush concert back in '79. I still have it, but don't know where to find an 8 track player to turn it into an MP3. Oh well. I guess the damage is done. Rush will never be a sucessful band because of my illegal recording of them.
Re: Re: Not our fault -- We were comissioned by Congress to do this
The problem with blamestorming or the benefit depending on where you sit -- is that everyone points fingers at everyone else and no one takes any responsibility. It's a great stalling technique where everyone argues blaming each other waiting for the next BIG news item for the public to yell 'Squirrel!' at and poof the problem never was there to begin with.
I'm not happy with M$. But I don't think they had much choice. I'm sure it was either said or strongly implied that the Government said something like this to M$:
"Now now don't fret comrade. I'm sure if you provide us with the necessary backdoor exploits then we'll make sure that you have no further trouble with the DOJ."
Not our fault -- We were comissioned by Congress to do this
And the blamestorming begins...
I especially liked Mike's statment: This is meaningless. That's like saying, even though we search everyone's house illegally, we only actually arrest a small number of people.
Makes perfect sense in a totalitarian state.
Section 3 of the constitution: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort...
So if Snowden leaked information to the citizens of the United States and he is being accused of "levying war" or giving the enemy "Aid and Comfort" wouldn't that mean that the American Citizens are the "Enemy"?
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How many gamers does it take to change a light bulb?
On the post: Latest Stupid DRM Idea: Ebooks With Corrupted Texts That Vary By Customer
Just believe
Oh well, second star on the right and straight on 'till morning. I'm sure we'll find our perfect DRM in Neverland.
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Police procedure within policy
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You know the trolls will do this...
On the post: NSA Claims Surveillance Programs Aided The Stopping Of 50 Attacks; Details Lacking
Who would have thought...
Obfuscate! Obfuscate! Obfuscate!
On the post: The NSA's Lockbox Has No Lock
Damn Bureaucrats
Q: But does that have to be determined by a judge?
Feinstein: Could I answer? We see here a classic flaps step.
You may not like it, but I'll answer. This is another classic step called digs.
Then you can query the numbers. The only numbers you have—there's no content. This move is called the riff.
You have the name and the number called, whether it's one number or two numbers. That's all you have. Then you can get the numbers. This is a complicated step called the Shuffle bufflo.
If you want to collect content, then you get a court order.
Finally we end with yet another very complicated step called the pull backs single to double.
On the post: The NSA's Lockbox Has No Lock
Re: No locks eh?
http://www.nsa.gov/ia/mitigation_guidance/security_configuration_guides/database_servers.sh tml
On the post: MPAA's Chris Dodd Will Be The Chair Of 'Free Speech Week'
April Fools day has been moved
On the post: Knowing The Government Is Spying On You Changes How You Act
Reminds me of 1984
Sad really, it breaks my heart to watch as America continues to tumble more and more down into an unconstitutional Police State.
On the post: Al Gore Says NSA Surveillance Is Unconstitutional And 'Not The American Way'
What really concerns me is that
On the post: Discovering Names Of Secret NSA Surveillance Programs Via LinkedIn
Cease and Desist!
You must stop your illegal data mining of LinkedIn or you will face jail time for publishing our copyrighted, trademarked and patented program names.
Yours sincerely,
NSA
On the post: Discovering Names Of Secret NSA Surveillance Programs Via LinkedIn
Re: Re:
On the post: DOJ Says Tech Companies Can Sort Of Release FISA Numbers, But.. In A Way That Decreases Transparency
But... But... TERRORISM!!
But as it is now with the lack of transparency citizens are left to assume that these arguments of blanket data collection without probable cause and without a warrant are unjustified and certainly unconstitutional.
On the post: Former NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney: The NSA Is Making Itself Dysfunctional With Too Much Data
Re: hoarders
I belive the record holder for the number of dead cats found is 13...
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The best
On the post: Pianist Storms Off Stage, Claims Fans Filming His Performance Mean Record Labels Won't Give Him A Contract
I still have my bootleg recording
On the post: Leaked: NSA's Talking Points Defending NSA Surveillance
Re: Re: Not our fault -- We were comissioned by Congress to do this
On the post: Microsoft Said To Give Zero Day Exploits To US Government Before It Patches Them
Not much choice for M$
"Now now don't fret comrade. I'm sure if you provide us with the necessary backdoor exploits then we'll make sure that you have no further trouble with the DOJ."
On the post: Leaked: NSA's Talking Points Defending NSA Surveillance
Not our fault -- We were comissioned by Congress to do this
I especially liked Mike's statment:
This is meaningless. That's like saying, even though we search everyone's house illegally, we only actually arrest a small number of people.
Makes perfect sense in a totalitarian state.
On the post: Dear Politicians: Exposing US Dirty Laundry Isn't Aiding The Enemy
Treason
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort...
So if Snowden leaked information to the citizens of the United States and he is being accused of "levying war" or giving the enemy "Aid and Comfort" wouldn't that mean that the American Citizens are the "Enemy"?
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