There's no downside here for the Sunday Times. It's just more clicks, more attention, more revenue. It was an idiot article to begin with and it got a massive response. Mucho cliques, caching caching. Everybody’s smiling. When you’ve got a good thing going, you milk it. A threatening letter from a lawyer, that's the ticket. Better yet a stupid threatening letter from a lawyer. So what if they look like idiots. Everybody already knew they were idiots. But caching caching, stupid like a fox. All the way to the bank.
I'm a bit disappointed in most of the commentators. With the exception of TruthHurts, they have all been side-tracked -- as intended -- by the Hayden/Rogers remarks. Side-tracked into explaining the seemingly obvious illogic of those remarks. Of course, those remarks are stupid. Stupid on their face, .....but SMART in their intent, which TruthHurts jumps past to get to the heart of the matter: HAYDEN AND ROGERS ARE AMONG "THE PRINCIPALS", THE CENTRAL, CURRENTLY UNINDICTED, *****USG***** WAR CRIMINALS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE US WAR CRIMES OF THE LAST 13 YEARS, AND SHOULD BE IN CUSTODY AND AWAITING TRIAL FOR THOSE CRIMES.
This crap about bad juju from the release of the torture report is just the smokescreen by Hayden/Rogers et al to avoid a report that exposes their criminality to the light of day.
We're in a whole new age. The Internet age. It's run by coders. The Obamas, Brennans, Alexanders, and Clappers cannot accept that they are no longer in charge. No doubt they failed to notice that Manning, Assange, and Snowden were all genius coders.
The NSA is run by coders, thousands of coders. If you ask them to write code to screw other coders, you're gonna get a whole bunch of really pissed-off coders. The more pissed-off they get, the more problems you're gonna have. More paranoia. More hacks to get around Big Brother(Hell, that's what NSA coders do). More bugs. More back doors. And a whole lot more attention paid to figuring out how to screw the "suits" that are trying to "own" the coders. "Homey don't play that." It's a coder (ie hacker) thing.
And here's the key to it all: coding requires a logical mind. Good coders therefore, generally have a talent for discerning the truth from baloney. A logical mind is resistant to, and offended by propaganda. It insults the obsession that a logical mind has with the logic of truth. Consequently, the same Internet environment that has made it possible for the authoritarians to know everything about everyone, has also made it impossible for the authoritarians to control the information or the secrecy through which they maintain their power. Harassing coders will just make more whistleblowers.
Email Omidyar and Greenwald with your idea. I for one would not only visit your site, but enthusiastically contribute as well. Mention me: Jeff Davis: jrd31415@yahoo.com
The corporatist MSM have mind-raped hundreds of millions. Stripped them of their souls, poisoned their minds, and left them zombie tools of the ruling class. Undoing that damage will no doubt take generations. But it could be mucho fun. Leave us not shrink from the task. Bring on the zombie hordes! We will cleanse their minds and restore their souls!
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Re: The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about
Thank you, limbo dog.
There's no downside here for the Sunday Times. It's just more clicks, more attention, more revenue. It was an idiot article to begin with and it got a massive response. Mucho cliques, caching caching. Everybody’s smiling. When you’ve got a good thing going, you milk it. A threatening letter from a lawyer, that's the ticket. Better yet a stupid threatening letter from a lawyer. So what if they look like idiots. Everybody already knew they were idiots. But caching caching, stupid like a fox. All the way to the bank.
Re: Re: Applying this logic to criminal cases...
Thank you, and thank the anonymous -- sadly -- poster of "Applying this logic to criminal cases...".
Nailed it indeed.
Re: FBI can capture more fake terrorists...
I'm a bit disappointed in most of the commentators. With the exception of TruthHurts, they have all been side-tracked -- as intended -- by the Hayden/Rogers remarks. Side-tracked into explaining the seemingly obvious illogic of those remarks. Of course, those remarks are stupid. Stupid on their face, .....but SMART in their intent, which TruthHurts jumps past to get to the heart of the matter: HAYDEN AND ROGERS ARE AMONG "THE PRINCIPALS", THE CENTRAL, CURRENTLY UNINDICTED, *****USG***** WAR CRIMINALS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE US WAR CRIMES OF THE LAST 13 YEARS, AND SHOULD BE IN CUSTODY AND AWAITING TRIAL FOR THOSE CRIMES.
This crap about bad juju from the release of the torture report is just the smokescreen by Hayden/Rogers et al to avoid a report that exposes their criminality to the light of day.
Re: Clapper's World
We're in a whole new age. The Internet age. It's run by coders. The Obamas, Brennans, Alexanders, and Clappers cannot accept that they are no longer in charge. No doubt they failed to notice that Manning, Assange, and Snowden were all genius coders.
The NSA is run by coders, thousands of coders. If you ask them to write code to screw other coders, you're gonna get a whole bunch of really pissed-off coders. The more pissed-off they get, the more problems you're gonna have. More paranoia. More hacks to get around Big Brother(Hell, that's what NSA coders do). More bugs. More back doors. And a whole lot more attention paid to figuring out how to screw the "suits" that are trying to "own" the coders. "Homey don't play that." It's a coder (ie hacker) thing.
And here's the key to it all: coding requires a logical mind. Good coders therefore, generally have a talent for discerning the truth from baloney. A logical mind is resistant to, and offended by propaganda. It insults the obsession that a logical mind has with the logic of truth. Consequently, the same Internet environment that has made it possible for the authoritarians to know everything about everyone, has also made it impossible for the authoritarians to control the information or the secrecy through which they maintain their power. Harassing coders will just make more whistleblowers.
We shall see.
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Email Omidyar and Greenwald with your idea. I for one would not only visit your site, but enthusiastically contribute as well. Mention me: Jeff Davis: jrd31415@yahoo.com
The corporatist MSM have mind-raped hundreds of millions. Stripped them of their souls, poisoned their minds, and left them zombie tools of the ruling class. Undoing that damage will no doubt take generations. But it could be mucho fun. Leave us not shrink from the task. Bring on the zombie hordes! We will cleanse their minds and restore their souls!