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Kablooie

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53. That's why I don't use the Internet.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Wed Aug 15, 2012, 12:14 PM

Aug 2012

I don't even have a computer.

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Oh my god! What's happening to my nose!?

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Holy Mother Of God... You KNOW It's Bad When The NSA Tech Director Resigns Over Wire Tapping !!! [View all] WillyT Aug 2012 OP

Fucking flash drives. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #1

That's why I'm still using eight inch floppies. Scuba Aug 2012 #3

Okay, you've got me beat. I've got 5 1/4, but not 8". HopeHoops Aug 2012 #6

Yeah, I've got some 8086 machines here that still do what they always did. Scuba Aug 2012 #7

Well, the VIC-20 and C=64 still work, as does the Apple-II. Don't think any 8086's are around. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #10

You need therapy. Scuba Aug 2012 #17

So I've heard. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #19

This is the single greatest threat to this nation that we face, even worse than plutocracy 1-Old-Man Aug 2012 #2

This is the plutocracy. Every intelligence agency this nation has had has been run and staffed by Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #36

Nah. This is a normal the-price-of-freedom-is-eternal-vigilance. A watched pot, if you will. aquart Aug 2012 #65

Didn't he read his non-disclosure forms? :) CabCurious Aug 2012 #4

Um whatchamacallit Aug 2012 #5

I wonder is he the Wikileaks whistle-blower? Sounds like he has some integrity if he sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #8

Not According To This Piece: WillyT Aug 2012 #9

That is a scary article. Now I'm beginning to see why the FISA bill was so important to sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #21

Eh? So an expectation of privacy is a hallmark of the terrorist mind? Beartracks Aug 2012 #38

Lol, distance yourself or be guilty by association! sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #45

OMG, you replied. Now I'm pal'ing around with a cash user! Beartracks Aug 2012 #47

Sounds like he has enough integrity to AVOID wikileaks and charlatans like Assange CabCurious Aug 2012 #12

Omg, 'charlatans like Assange'? You've got to be kidding. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #15

I Think You Meant...Heroes Like Wikileaks And Assange... WillyT Aug 2012 #20

Mm-hm. sibelian Aug 2012 #48

Welcome to my Ignore list, douche - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #50

what do you call that? =Totalitarianism dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #18

Yes, that's the word I was looking for, thank you! sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #24

There is a serious movement to move us from a cash society dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #34

'The land of the Free'?? sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #46

For the benefit of the NSA, let me say that I think that you're doing a great job. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #11

They have a special cabinet for NSA Brown-Nosers :) CabCurious Aug 2012 #13

I also think that other agencies in the Obama Administration are doing a great job. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #14

And the only reason I follow Wikileaks on Twitter (and Bradley Manning) is because sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #16

LOL !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #22

Here's a Wired article that shows the spying in detail: dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #23

Wow!! From Wired too, not a CS publication. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #25

They spend their time with lobbyists and playing video games. nt valerief Aug 2012 #27

Oh Man... They Just HAD To Put It In Utah... WillyT Aug 2012 #26

Orrin Hatch, bringing them jobs to Utah. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #31

Thanks for posting Dixie Hydra Aug 2012 #56

If only they would use that power for world peace dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #57

It's all interrelated I think Hydra Aug 2012 #58

I would like to welcome the NSA to the thread. obxhead Aug 2012 #28

WillyT Diclotican Aug 2012 #29

Yep... And We "Spied Upon" Taxpayers Footed The Bills For Those Cray Computers They're Using... WillyT Aug 2012 #30

It started in February 2001 tiny elvis Aug 2012 #32

just thought I'd pop in and say "Hi!" to the NSA magical thyme Aug 2012 #33

So what does this all mean for Agent Mike? truebrit71 Aug 2012 #35

I'm sure the White House and/or congress will launch an investigation into the abuses of the NSA. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2012 #37

LOL !!! WillyT Aug 2012 #39

God, we are so screwed. nt woo me with science Aug 2012 #40

Oh, yes, for sure! kath Aug 2012 #63

Welcome to neoAmerica. woo me with science Aug 2012 #41

This all started with The Selection's White House occupancy in 2001... pacalo Aug 2012 #42

Wow! Zax2me Aug 2012 #43

What everyone really needs to understand about the majority of cops, is that Zorra Aug 2012 #44

Does this mean we need to wrap with KoKo Aug 2012 #54

... xchrom Aug 2012 #49

Seems to me, that much data is as good as no data. aquart Aug 2012 #51

On the contrary Hydra Aug 2012 #55

They do, huh? aquart Aug 2012 #59

You're quite right Hydra Aug 2012 #60

The military has some brilliant people upi402 Aug 2012 #62

If we fill the jails with political prisoners, can we let the potsmokers go? aquart Aug 2012 #64

*Shrugs* Hydra Aug 2012 #66

Anyone who was shocked by this at Defcon, shouldn't have been at Defcon. Zalatix Aug 2012 #52

That's why I don't use the Internet. Kablooie Aug 2012 #53

A hero upi402 Aug 2012 #61

The President has really dropped the ball when it comes to this stuff Marrah_G Aug 2012 #67