this is going to be an IN ADDITION TO, not an AS OPPOSED TO. So they'll still frisk all of you, sift through your bags, and steal your money/jewelry. This is just an added bonus for them - they get to pick: Pat-down, X-Ray, or Profile screening (for additional goodies).
Instead of scrutinising homeland security for politicizing FOIA requests,
how about instead we find out WHO requested that politicization be implemented in the first place? Which senate / congress members, which governors? They're the true culprit and are the ones who should be punished, not Homeland Security.
Notice they say, "there are currently no general security regulations prohibiting"..
Yeah they're sure going to start pushing for an amendment to some law stuffed in another obscure bill, to fix that.
how exactly would they know it went off due to a sms message?
if it's attached to a bomb, it's going to be destroyed.
if they just found fragments of a phone among the damage.. I mean, come on.. everyone has a cellphone these days. He could have simply put it on top of the bomb and somehow triggered the actual detonator. Or he was talking on the phone when it went off..
Of course they don't cause more accidents. Anyone who actually pays attention to the drivers around them, would notice that theres tons of drivers talking on the phone.
The problem is, they don't cause accidents. They cause TRAFFIC.
Everytime I'm driving to or from work, and there's a cluster of slow traffic, it's always a driver driving in the left lane while talking on the phone.
Seems when people start talking on the phone, they "zone out" of their driving habits and start mimicing the driving of the person next to them.
So if you have someone driving at 40mph in a 60mph zone in the right lane, the cellphone-talking driver in the left lane is almost guaranteed to slow down to 40mph while talking.
Crab effect, anyone?
I'm betting this directly leads to a high increase in road rage by frustrated drivers left in their slow-wake.
Maybe Lieberman should be investigated by the general public, his extreme defensive stance against Wikileaks makes me very suspicious there's some very bad stuff in there somewhere, with his name attached.
However, I can't help but wonder, is their reaction like this ONLY because it's not happening in the US? Trying to chase after copycats in other countries (especially Asia) is kind of a lost cause, and they probably realized that.
If it was a company in the US doing the copying and they had this kind of response as opposed to sic'ing the lawyers.. I'd be much more impressed.
Maybe I'm just used to seeing scams like this on the internet (hello, 419?).. but how can anyone seriously buy into what these people were saying? Really.. HOW??
It's like a paraody of the tv sci-fi series "Chuck", IRL. How does this guy have millions if he's so stupid?
I don't think they are clueless about what they are up against. I think they have a very good idea, and actually DEPEND on it.. they don't want piracy to go away because it enables their business model and opens industry doors for them (e.g. changes in law, DRM, ACTA).
Their publicizing of "winnings" is probably actually feather-ruffling and targets potential clients who're the ones who are actually clueless.
Wait, so it's illegal for you to video record in public, since you don't have consent of both parties, YET it's perfectly legal for cop's dashboard cameras to record everything without consent?
By their own interpretation of the law, wouldnt they need a warrant to record traffic stops, etc?
I see TONS of people talking and driving. Like, 3 out of 5 people on the road have a cellphone glued to their ear, especially if they're driving alone.
The problem is that the law IS NOT enforced in any way by cops, unless they're (cops) having a bad day or need an excuse to pull someone over for further inspection.
Hell, I even see COPS driving with cellphones glued to their ear.
Those stats are bs. It doesnt work BECAUSE ITS NOT BEING ENFORCED.
in addition to (as jproffer)
who asked?
how about instead we find out WHO requested that politicization be implemented in the first place? Which senate / congress members, which governors? They're the true culprit and are the ones who should be punished, not Homeland Security.
for now.
i dont think so
if it's attached to a bomb, it's going to be destroyed.
if they just found fragments of a phone among the damage.. I mean, come on.. everyone has a cellphone these days. He could have simply put it on top of the bomb and somehow triggered the actual detonator. Or he was talking on the phone when it went off..
I think this is entirely pure speculation.
accountability?
These people can just twist the law into their favor and not get punished for doing it?
not accidents but traffic
The problem is, they don't cause accidents. They cause TRAFFIC.
Everytime I'm driving to or from work, and there's a cluster of slow traffic, it's always a driver driving in the left lane while talking on the phone.
Seems when people start talking on the phone, they "zone out" of their driving habits and start mimicing the driving of the person next to them.
So if you have someone driving at 40mph in a 60mph zone in the right lane, the cellphone-talking driver in the left lane is almost guaranteed to slow down to 40mph while talking.
Crab effect, anyone?
I'm betting this directly leads to a high increase in road rage by frustrated drivers left in their slow-wake.
hmm
maybe, or..
However, I can't help but wonder, is their reaction like this ONLY because it's not happening in the US? Trying to chase after copycats in other countries (especially Asia) is kind of a lost cause, and they probably realized that.
If it was a company in the US doing the copying and they had this kind of response as opposed to sic'ing the lawyers.. I'd be much more impressed.
amazonaws
Twitter's services are hosted on Amazon's EC2 (or AWS).
script-kiddie hacker claims responsibility
http://twitter.com/th3j35t3r
wow..
Maybe I'm just used to seeing scams like this on the internet (hello, 419?).. but how can anyone seriously buy into what these people were saying? Really.. HOW??
It's like a paraody of the tv sci-fi series "Chuck", IRL. How does this guy have millions if he's so stupid?
not clueless (as jproffer)
Their publicizing of "winnings" is probably actually feather-ruffling and targets potential clients who're the ones who are actually clueless.
That's my 0.02 on it anyway.
dashcams? (as John Proffer)
By their own interpretation of the law, wouldnt they need a warrant to record traffic stops, etc?
a bit incorrect (as john)
First, there's numerous relay service providers out there - and there's been 26 people caught in the FBI's dragnet, across multiple VRS providers.
http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo011310.htm
Secondly, it's ALOT more than a couple million.
not true (as John Proffer)
The problem is that the law IS NOT enforced in any way by cops, unless they're (cops) having a bad day or need an excuse to pull someone over for further inspection.
Hell, I even see COPS driving with cellphones glued to their ear.
Those stats are bs. It doesnt work BECAUSE ITS NOT BEING ENFORCED.
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