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treestar

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42. X2000

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 09:57 AM

Aug 2012

Exactly. It's all about him. If it's so important, release it now. That and the HIV test refusal unless he gets something he wants prove it entirely. Let him stay stuck in that embassy forever - it's worse than prison. And it's self imposed.

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Remember This: Assange's 'poison pill' file impossible to stop, expert says [View all] Junkdrawer Aug 2012 OP

No, but it has been mentioned several times throughout these shenanigans. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #1

Either that document or Assange's knowledge in general... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #5

Hit that button, Bay-bee! Raster Aug 2012 #2

Anything is possible. But Wikileaks does have documents going back to the 'sixties sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #9

Something on the JFK, RFK or MLK assassinations perhaps? Raster Aug 2012 #12

Yeah, that would be a planetary re-set button. Hope they do it. freshwest Aug 2012 #15

Some people say the file contains NoPasaran Aug 2012 #3

Yeah, but 1.4 GB? I've got fucking 9TB on my server - right in front of me. Why that little? HopeHoops Aug 2012 #4

Cables are text messages formercia Aug 2012 #8

Hey, I remember when upgrading from a 150K 13 sector Apple II floppy to 16 sector was big. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #17

The small company I worked for had a Corvus. Sounded like a F-16 at startup.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #20

It was worse than an F-16. It was also the size of a microwave oven. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #22

If you didn't know assembler, you weren't a REAL programmer. Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #23

For a long time, I thought assembly language was for pussies. I used machine code. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #24

"The machine has yet to be made that can't be brought to its knees.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #25

I think I can still read 8 inch floppies... hunter Aug 2012 #28

Yeah, but you REALLY have to squint to see the bits. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #32

40 gigs is "those days" now? *sobs* (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #40

Couldn't that hold over 100K pages? Incitatus Aug 2012 #26

Yeah, text doesn't take a lot of space (unless it's a M$ Word document). HopeHoops Aug 2012 #31

1.4 gigs of compressed ASCII could hit an eight-digit page count easily. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #39

1.4GB of compressed plaintext is a staggering amount. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #38

I was amazed when Apple II disks went from 13 to 16 sectors. Shit's SO different now. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #41

21st Century tiger rock. Robb Aug 2012 #6

Oh my God, that made me LOL, as the kids say. Brickbat Aug 2012 #7

Whatever Assange has got, it's a good bet the USA PATRIOT Act will make it illegal to know. Octafish Aug 2012 #10

Do you mean this USA Patriot Act? freshwest Aug 2012 #14

First: It's possible that the NSA can't decrypt 256 (AES???) encryption.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #11

Answering my question: Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #16

Any video of Assange from inside the embassy? Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #34

With a sufficient number Aerows Aug 2012 #27

Every encryption can be decrypted. jeff47 Aug 2012 #29

I have a copy of it. Its several years old now. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #13

Like computing the value of Pi? Not a good program to start running. freshwest Aug 2012 #18

That pic is awesome! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #19

Enjoy! It's here, just join the split link and there you go: freshwest Aug 2012 #21

It shows that this man is petty and unprincipled. This has always been about him. CabCurious Aug 2012 #30

I probably shouldn'task, but... Bragi Aug 2012 #33

Your user name implies you are curious panader0 Aug 2012 #35

X2000 treestar Aug 2012 #42

I wish; but the last time I heard this mentioned by a reliable source was in 2010. snot Aug 2012 #36

Yep, the password was published in Feb 2011. NashvilleLefty Aug 2012 #37