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This sounds like spy training from Burn Notice. Like, you have to get the source code of this program, from a guy who isn't at home right now and the whole budg

by frollo 6y ago

This sounds like spy training from Burn Notice. Like, you have to get the source code of this program, from a guy who isn't at home right now and the whole budget of the operation is a just enough to buy a mug from our gift shop. Good luck Dave!

GlenTheMachine 6y ago
You make it sound like that’s not how it usually is. I have bad news. That’s how it usually is.
- toomuchtodo 6y ago
  Sometimes you don’t even get enough for a nice mug.
  - jessaustin 6y ago
    Where is the $60B/yr going? It's not all AWS. They could buy a lot of mugs for that.
    - frollo 6y ago
      The mugs are not cheap. And then you have to pay for storage and shipping. Mugs are a costly business. Oh, and don't forget all the nice paper for the notes.
    - dhosek 6y ago
      Lot of people writing encryption software these days...
- frollo 6y ago
  They keep giving you the mug budget even after training?
lakkal 6y ago
I bought an NSA mug at the National Cryptologic Museum in 2000 or so. I was amused when it developed cracks and started leaking around the time Snowden was just getting into the news.
- peter_d_sherman 6y ago
  Life imitating art... or art imitating life... or something like that! Also, fun fact: The Liberty Bell cracked some time ago in history (between 1752 and 1846), when exactly is debated by historians, but "The last big crack happened on Washington’s Birthday. The Liberty Bell cracked up, literally, in February 1846, when it was rung on President’s Day, celebrated on Washington’s birthday, and then stopped ringing because of damage from a major crack." https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-fascinating-facts-about-the-liberty-bell https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-fascinating-facts-abo... So what that means exactly, I don't claim to know...