Crap Throwing Monkey

Well I've read Friedman's op-eds in the NY Times, so you don't know what you're talking about...

Do you have to work at completely missing the point, or is it just a natural talent?

With the money I made forging notes and signatures, I could rent friends...

Sounds like bubonic plague. Better get him to the ER fast... Hey, free medical advice is worth what you pay for it...

Actually, the balance between security and invasion of privacy is the topic, not pat-downs. As for pat-downs going way too far...why? Because someone has to physically put their hands on your person? While I may agree with your original statement to the effect that pat-downs are not a cost-effective means of security...how does that equate to "going way too far" and being a violation of privacy?

On the one hand, we've got someone who has done operational planning for counter-NBC-terrorism work, and has since graduated to policy planning on the national level. On the other hand, we have some schmuck who's read books by a cryptographer. You're REALLY out of your depth, Fezmid. I've read Schneier. I've also spoken with Ghost of BiB. It's not even that one's right and the other's wrong; they're simply not even discussing the same topics. And even if they were...reading Schneier does not YOU an expert make. Though I have no doubt that, were Schneier to discuss counter-terrorism security, he'd certainly be referencing some of Ghost of BiB's work...

They are, however, more of an invasion of privacy than pat-downs. Yes, even metal detectors - maybe I don't want everyone to know I have an artificial knee.

Holy Christ, you are in so far over your head, there's really no use trying to explain it to you.

I forged hall passes and the like, complete with the forged teacher's or administrator's signature of your choice, and sold them to fellow students. Never got suspended; never even got caught, the forgeries were that good (even when they figured out what was going on, they still never traced it back to me). But I sure as hell would have gotten a week or so if I had been caught.

Like Jabba the Hut without the sparkling personality.

The irony of the investigative reports probably being rehearsed as well seems lost on everyone...

C'mon..."Nero flutes while Rome burns." Everyone knows THAT one.

Most of the people here would get that one wrong, I'm sure. Given that most of the people here can't use "their", "there", or "they're" correctly.

So's Michelle Wie.

That really gives me a warm, special feeling.

Uh...yeah. Allowing them greater freedom to move about and get out in the world is a pretty good start.

Actually, that's not true. I was interviewed at the local gas station being asked about high gas prices, and I wasn't pre-interviewed.

Actually, she's like 24 (born in Poland in 1981). But she doesn't clean...not interested...

But can she cook and do the laundry?

Yours are the only posts I've ever seen that need subtitles. Okay...yours and Tenny's. But the point remains...what are you talking about???

Start making sense, damnit!

And let's think about that for a moment. Let's say Brazil "secedes" from the WWW to create their own internet. Let's assume it's no big deal setting up the physical infrastructure (because it probably isn't - just use the existing internet lines, disconnected from the web). Now what, they're going to buy their own root servers? Or are they going to say "Well, we could buy them...but it'll be cheaper to license them from someone else off-site." What about content? "Damn, our content's pretty thin...maybe we should strike some deals with third-parties to provide content. Like AP or Reuters, let's have them provide news content. Gee, now we need a search engine, our content's so rich. Writing one's expensive, though...maybe we can strike a licensing deal with Yahoo or Google..." Before you know it, Brazil's internet is being managed by - of all people - US companies. Great plan. I say let 'em secede.

Actually, I've heard that's not too far from the plot for Rambo IV.

I always liked the "My child beat up your honor student" bumper stickers...

But can she cook or do the laundry?