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Old 10-20-2009, 02:09 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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They're posting on this message board.

And, they know who they are.
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I see you're recycling the tin foil from the global warming believers. Very environmentally conscious of you!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h36/jg4937/globalwarming2-1.jpg (broken link)
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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Since the """Patriot Act""" the NSA gets a copy of EVERY THING that is posted and your IP address, Every email, post and twitter is copied. Their only problem is how to find the ones they want out of the millions daily


Do you really believe what you posted? If so, would you care to inform us what the specific technology they're employing is?

They capture a lot of the information traversing the oceans at the major hubs, but if you really believe that they're capturing (and analyzing) every single packet that crosses a wire in the U.S., I have a bridge to sell you.
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:20 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Well, seems the CIA has been doing this "spying on us " since .. umm the beginning of the Reagan years.. the internet net just made it easier to do so .. .. to paraphrase another poster ..
"your free to do as you wish as long as you do as your told "
So.. are you really that suprised that we are so free to speak our minds and say what we wish? just makes us easier to "take" when the time comes for action
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Appalachian Trail Homeless, USA
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Yeah, a couple of Chinese Communists told me once that living in China isn't that bad, as long as you do exactly as your told.
They said that over there, if you do exactly as you are told, you are free to do anything you want.
Maybe that is the reason why China is what China is right now.

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Old 10-20-2009, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Do you really believe what you posted? If so, would you care to inform us what the specific technology they're employing is?

They capture a lot of the information traversing the oceans at the major hubs, but if you really believe that they're capturing (and analyzing) every single packet that crosses a wire in the U.S., I have a bridge to sell you.
That's what I'm thinking. Any basic algorithm class will teach you that certain problems are entirely impossible to solve in a tractable amount of time. For further information:

NP-complete - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For example, the "traveling salesman" problem (very simple algorithm to understand conceptually) will take literally thousands of years to solve for even a few hundred nodes, and even the most powerful supercomputer can only reduce that time by 50% or so. Hope you have a big cup of coffee to enjoy while you're waiting!
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:34 PM
 
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I bet if this issue were brought up 5 years ago you would not be posting pics of tin foil. More like hammering Bush's eavesdropping policies.
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:36 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Thanks for the chump 'Change', Obama.
Lately, I'd had a sneaking suspicion you are not as gung-ho about obama as you once were.
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:57 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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I bet if this issue were brought up 5 years ago you would not be posting pics of tin foil. More like hammering Bush's eavesdropping policies.
I'm posting pics of tinfoil at the person suggesting that there are Government operatives posting on CD. That's a bit much.
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Old 10-20-2009, 02:58 PM
 
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I'm posting pics of tinfoil at the person suggesting that there are Government operatives posting on CD. That's a bit much.
You know who you are.
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