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Be afraid, very afraid...

Discussion in 'General Open/Public Discussion' started by Manitou, 28 Aug 2009.


  1. Manitou

    Manitou Old War Horse DragonWolf

    Manitou, 28 Aug 2009
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  2. Hamma

    Hamma Commanding Officer Officer

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    Yea that was just getting passed around in the office here.

    What a disaster.. the government wouldn't even know what to do with the internet if they got control of it. :lol:

    Write your congressman now!
     
    Hamma, 28 Aug 2009
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  3. Asp

    Asp Administrative Officer Officer

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    I thought Hamma could pretty much just do that anyway? Why not just write a bill to draft him if the need ever arose?? :p
     
    Asp, 28 Aug 2009
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  4. Hamma

    Hamma Commanding Officer Officer

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    :brow:
     
    Hamma, 28 Aug 2009
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  5. Manitou

    Manitou Old War Horse DragonWolf

    I WILL ALLOW IT!
     
    Manitou, 28 Aug 2009
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  6. symen

    symen DragonWolf

    They're barking up the wrong dog with this bill -- these days, internet security threats don't come from inside the country, unless you count the minor annoyance of zombied home machines used as spambots, but those are run by foreign organized crime anyway. If they really wanted to help, they would help people realize that sending your bank account details to a deposed Nigerian dictator really isn't a good idea, and that Hotmail didn't lose your account details, so they don't need your password in order to get them back.

    Realizing that connecting critical infrastructure like traffic control systems, nuclear power plants, and such to the Internet in the first place is probably a bad idea, too. If it's not connected, it's a lot harder to get in.
     
    symen, 28 Aug 2009
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  7. Hamma

    Hamma Commanding Officer Officer

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    son of a!

    You are making to much sense for these days..

    But yea this couldn't be a worse idea.. could you imagine if they exercised this right? WHAT EXACTLY are they going to do anyway? lol And yes, none of that crap should be connected to the internet at large to begin with, if it is then we deserve to have it hacked.
     
    Hamma, 28 Aug 2009
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  8. Manitou

    Manitou Old War Horse DragonWolf

    "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security."
     
    Manitou, 28 Aug 2009
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  9. Sieldan

    Sieldan DragonWolf

    A Revolution is coming. In my 34 years, Ive never felt as much dissension and fear of our government as I do now. And Ive heard it from both sides of the spectrum.
     
    Sieldan, 29 Aug 2009
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  10. Sentrosi

    Sentrosi Protocol Officer Officer

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    Now that is "change I can believe in."
     
    Sentrosi, 29 Aug 2009
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  11. Hamma

    Hamma Commanding Officer Officer

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    :lol:

    As much as that should happen it's highly unlikely that it will. Most of Americans are too lazy to do much of anything let alone revolt against the asshattery.
     
    Hamma, 29 Aug 2009
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  12. Nyara

    Nyara

    wow!!!! got the nice morning ray of sunshine with this one! the main issues we are facing with Internet security, is that none of these systems have roots founded in security. The entire system was designed with implicit trust in mind in the beginning. Re-engineering the entire system to become secure is a gargantuan under taking. Unfortunately it always is very expensive, which is why the white hats are always going to be behind the black hats.

    As for the political commentary, we are pretty much screwed no matter which way we go at this point. The main issue confronting this country today is that the people how are in charge are not in touch with the reality of day to day life. They are incredibly distanced from the average person's day to day experiences. Our government was designed to be run by people who actually understood the needs and desires of their constituency. Once we lost that connection, our experiment failed. Just my two cents...
     
    Nyara, 30 Aug 2009
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  13. symen

    symen DragonWolf

    I just have to say that it gladdens my heart to see the right joining the left in anti-government sentiment now that the Democrats have taken over. :D
     
    symen, 31 Aug 2009
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