"mansplain"
― k3vin k., Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
http://iusbvision.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/yakov-smirnoff.jpg
― R'LIAH (goole), Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
otm
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 8 August 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
the olympics are incredible, good grief
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 8 August 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
and i don't even like sports
EXACTLY
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 August 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
haha
― k3vin k., Thursday, 8 August 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
― blinded by aggro (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 August 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
hahaha love the olympics (though yeah fuck american coverage and not just cuz dumb time delays and bio sketches) but if we boycott one definitely let it be a winter olympics, some real sketchy symbolism w/ the winter olympics period.
― balls, Thursday, 8 August 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
here we go
― balls, Thursday, 8 August 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
lol this georgia shit again
― R'LIAH (goole), Thursday, 8 August 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
(not you balls)
dudes sure do miss the good old cold war days huh
― waterface down (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 August 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
who will direct the cold war reboot
― maven with rockabilly glasses (Matt P), Thursday, 8 August 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
michael bay duh
― blinded by aggro (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 August 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
im guessing that fred thompson has a lot of free time on his hands these days, time to expand his role in the entertainment industry
― waterface down (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 August 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/8/4602966/email-service-used-by-edward-snowden-abruptly-shuts-down-to-avoid
― i too went to college (silby), Thursday, 8 August 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
if we boycott one definitely let it be a winter olympics, some real sketchy symbolism w/ the winter olympics period.
yeah
― max, Thursday, 8 August 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/8/4602966/email-service-used-by-edward-snowden-abruptly-shuts-down-to-avoid― i too went to college (silby), Thursday, August 8, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― i too went to college (silby), Thursday, August 8, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― c21m50nh3x460n, Thursday, 8 August 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
looks like a 4602966 to me
― blinded by aggro (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 August 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
hmmmm.....
http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Katy-Perry-Prism-Promotional-2013-1200x1200.png
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 8 August 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
I kissed NSA and I liked it
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 8 August 2013 23:10 (ten years ago) link
http://preview.reuters.com/2013/8/9/nsa-to-cut-system-administrators-by-90-percent-to
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Friday, 9 August 2013 02:43 (ten years ago) link
Nothing can backfire with this plan, right.
can we plz install a lockbox outside the door there
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 9 August 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
he's on it
http://media.cleveland.com/nationworld_impact/photo/al-gore-social-securityjpg-16139c5b64004bc8_large.jpg
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 August 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-announce-proposals-to-reform-nsa-surveillance/2013/08/09/ee3d6762-011a-11e3-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html?hpid=z1
Obama at press conference expressing support for some changes while still claiming Snowden could have contested procedures here as a whistleblower
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 August 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
http://preview.reuters.com/2013/8/9/nsa-to-cut-system-administrators-by-90-percent-to― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Thursday, August 8, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― It is like ganging up on Enya (Trayce), Thursday, August 8, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Still, I'm not sure letting go of 90% of their sysadmins is anywhere close to the right solution. Like I said, it'll be interesting to see what these people will do with their knowledge when they look for work elsewhere.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Friday, 9 August 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/lavabit-shutdown-snowden-silicon-valley
One of the most remarkable, and I think enduring, aspects of the NSA stories is how much open defiance there has been of the US government. Numerous countries around the world have waved away threats, from Hong Kong and Russia to multiple Latin American nations. Populations around the world are expressing serious indignation at the NSA and at their own government to the extent they have collaborated. And now Lavabit has shut itself down rather than participate in what it calls "crimes against the American people", and in doing so, has gone to the legal limits in order to tell us all what has happened. There will undoubtedly be more acts inspired by Snowden's initial choice to unravel his own life to make the world aware of what the US government has been doing in the dark.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Friday, 9 August 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
the automization of a lot of grunt work was probably happening anyway
― The concept of making the Zuiderzee docile (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 9 August 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
*automatization*
Very true.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Friday, 9 August 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
Obama said he intends to work with Congress on proposals that would add an adversarial voice — effectively one advocating privacy rights — to the secret proceedings before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Several Democratic senators have proposed such a measure.
I believe there have been documented instances where the White House has said they will "work" with Congress, and that work consists of trying to water down the Congressional proposals.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 August 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
So, in summary:
- Snowden is not a patriot, yet we will look at changing the law- the US is a free country that welcomes open debate, yet we will charge Snowden and want him behind bars- we will come up with some new bureaucratic level to monitor the NSA
I wish I could come up with some snide remark or cynicism, but I am too damn disappointed in Obama's shenanigans.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
it's funny that he even feels the need to do this, it's not like he's going to appease anybody or win any more elections
― joe schmoladoo from 7-11 (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
Must be ego or vanity, I can't think of any other reason.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
there's the remote possibility that he is genuinely morally conflicted about his own power. but who knows really.
― joe schmoladoo from 7-11 (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
That's true, but just like other things he is morally conflicted about (wants Gitmo closed, but can't; wanted to radically change the US role and image in the world yet has drone attacks costing innocent lives every week etc etc), he never seems to surpass the helpless posture of someone morally conflicted. It always ends with Obama being morally conflicted, there is never the next step of showing people "I am morally conflicted but I will do something about it".
'Old Europe' (Germany, France, and because I live there, Holland) has been dormant for so long on so many issues. Obama was welcomed as if he was Christ that returned. I, for a big part, applauded his election with equal euphoria. But it is a bitter disappointment. He doesn't seem to 'get' how important all this is in this day and age.
The only thing I wish for is that 'Old Europe', turning its back on Obama right now and being bitterly disappointed in him, will pick this issue up and make it a priority. It's long overdue.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 9 August 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
Obama's key line aimed at other countries tonight was this:
"And to others around the world, I want to make clear, once again, that America is not interested in spying on ordinary people."
O RLY? That's it?! That's supposed to make me feel you understand the gravity of this thing?
Could go on and on here, as it really angers me. It is not up to America to determine who is 'ordinary' or not. The problem is not "spying on ordinary people". The problem is the US just being unable to keep their filthy paws out of the candy jar of data. If you are not interested in "ordinary people", then don't hoard their data.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 9 August 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
lol 'old europe' sat on its hands and twiddled when genocide was happening on its doorstep within the past twenty years, i wouldn't hold my breath on 'old europe' manning up anytime soon. it's little more than a bank that has a gift shop selling cheeses and assorted post cards of old masters at this point.
― balls, Friday, 9 August 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
i wouldn't hold my breath on 'old europe' manning up anytime soon. it's little more than a bank that has a gift shop selling cheeses and assorted post cards of old masters at this point.― balls, Friday, August 9, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― balls, Friday, August 9, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
An indication of part of Europe's disappointment, is this, of course: http://www.telekom.com/media/company/192834
That was just released today. Yes, there is a lot of marketing spin on that, but the very little substance it does have, indicates that Europe will be making it harder for NSA to gain access to other countries's citizens's personal data. Does Germany allow surveillance? Absolutely. But that's not the point.
In the end, American IT jobs will be affected negatively and the whole cloud concept, which originally was a term people in IT wouldn't use because of its connotations, has now gone back some 15 years.
This entire situation aggravates the IT sector in the US and non-American companies will definitely be looking into selling the "NSA-free" model, regardless of how much their respective countries snoop around their personal data.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Friday, 9 August 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
i think you're overselling some anecdotes. all state power wants is to monopolize power, in "old europe" or elsewhere
― Mordy , Friday, 9 August 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
it's little more than a bank that has a gift shop selling cheeses and assorted post cards of old masters at this point.
oh snaps
― joe schmoladoo from 7-11 (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 August 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
i think you're overselling some anecdotes. all state power wants is to monopolize power, in "old europe" or elsewhere― Mordy , Friday, August 9, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Mordy , Friday, August 9, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― c21m50nh3x460n, Friday, 9 August 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
i don't disagree but tbh i think on this and other civil liberties issues obama's basically got very little to gain from taking a stand on this. most democrats seem closer to the 'this is troubling' side than the 'this is an inexcusable outrage' side, and most conservatives -- even the ones attacking the NSA stuff now -- would be blasting him for being 'weak' et al if he tried to put the brakes on these programs. this isn't to excuse obama but the fault for this state of affairs goes way way way beyond him.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 9 August 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
― balls, Saturday, August 10, 2013 12:25 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nice comment and all but how is this any different from what I already said, apart from tone, ffiling it under 'dormant'?
JD otm. But if you are the POTUS, taking a stand once or twice helps. Because he can. Because he's the president. Regardless of gain, at least show some intention. Show good will. This definitely goes beyond Obama, I don't see nor intend to make him the scapegoat here. But he could do a hell of a lot more than he is doing now. And he isn't.
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 10 August 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
ppl imagining he's morally conflicted is already a gain
― zvookster, Saturday, 10 August 2013 01:19 (ten years ago) link
i don't disagree but tbh i think on this and other civil liberties issues obama's basically got very little to gain from taking a stand on this. most democrats seem closer to the 'this is troubling' side than the 'this is an inexcusable outrage' side,
Depends! Dianne Feinstein's defenses align with what we would have called the Dem national security side of the Senate (i.e. Biden, and every other Senate Democrat [like Byrd and Sam Nunn in the ninetieswho would have defended the president]).
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 August 2013 01:29 (ten years ago) link
But the truth is that European countries will make it harder for the US to collect data on their users.
Correct. Because those same European countries are rushing to build their own Total Information Awareness systems.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 August 2013 08:23 (ten years ago) link
"I welcome this debate, we just need to put the guy who started it in solitary confinement forever."
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 10 August 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link