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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Au contraire: I think the metaphor fits perfectly in both directions. That's why I chose it. Ideally, your self-defense systems only attack those that are actual "invaders" but if something looks/smells/acts like a
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By "pull their punches" I'm saying to roll-back their surveillance. SO yes. But I think you're wrong in stating that is doesn't serve Russian interests. It most certainly DOES serve their interests if the NSA get
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Because if the goal is to get a global adversary to pull their punches, then the only way to do that is to foster an auto-immune disease and get the populace to attack it's own institutions. I'm not defending the NSA. But I'
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Again...I'm skeptical. I know that the HN crowd is all lining up to proclaim Snowden "Man of the Year" but I've learned that the "omote" is often wrong or misleading and that the "ura" is difficult or
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Does anyone remember that Bradley Manning went to a meet-up in Boston at some hackerspace? He was hanging out with David House. It's NOT beyond the range of possibilities that Snowden was (loosely) affiliated with other hackers who we
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What conspiracy theory? Do you really think that if there was real evidence that a foreign power was involved that the administration would be up-front with that information? What if the whole purpose of the action is to make them guess i
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Really? Please make careful note of what I'm actually saying here: The fact that the NSA was guilty of overreach doesn't mean that Snowden's actions to reveal that overreach WEREN'T assisted or prompted by a foreign powe
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
And my point is that you can't take Snowden's assertions at face value. His behavior doesn't comport with someone who was a patriot and found himself facing a difficult decision to disclose. It's far closer to that of a
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Riiiiight. So the local IT guy goes looking for vulnerabilities, finds them, SAYS he tried to alert people, then runs an EXPLOIT, and he's mad because he got a ding in his personnel file? He did know that he was working for an intellig
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Did you read that article? I did when it was first published. Are we really at the point where we take the word of an "agency spokesman" and not the sourcing of the journalists who quoted two unnamed sources to verify the story?
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Where I have a hard time with the "Snowden as hero" storyline is my nagging suspicion that he make very clear and deliberate attempts to place himself in a position to have access to these materials for the express purpose of stea
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
translation: I didn't know about RTK before I posted. Thanks for schooling me.
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Then you engineer another source of correction and incorporate that into your project. The US Navy has been doing accurate position determination using ZERO satellite availability. How do you think a submarine knows where it is? http:&#x2
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See my above post. There are self-contained systems that do this in real-time.
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And there you have it. This is from the datasheet of the Trimble R10 surveying receiver: real time Kinematic surveying Single Baseline <30 km Horizontal ...................................... 8 mm + 1 ppm RMS Vertical ...................
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Welll.....that's not strictly true. If you've got an environment free of multipath, you use differential or WAAS-enabled GPS receivers, you can get pretty good accuracy. Source: http://www.oc.nps.edu/oc2902w/
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
I can attest to this. I spent some time in the stand-up comedy community. The penetration of serious alcohol or drug abuse within the stage professions is mind-boggling. I got out when I realized that I was consuming far too much alcohol
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Testifying? God no. I have never worked for the CIA in any capacity.
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Snowden himself has used that word to describe his work. And your example (someone involved in "covert" activity) fits the colloquial use of the term "spy". In any case, this isn't an English lesson. What I'm t
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
I think you're stating your own opinion as fact. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people who work on "classified" projects or systems. They don't think of themselves as "spies". Learn to listen whe
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Snowden was an IT guy. He was not a spy. He was not an agent. He did not run assets. For comparisons sake, calling Snowden a spy is the same as calling the guy who unclogs the toilets at a police station a "cop."
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
You're mostly correct. The CIA doesn't have "agents", it has "officers". And they are mainly involved with recruiting and running sources of information, mainly foreign.
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
I disagree. I've worked for the government. We all understand the difference between employee/officer/agent/contractor. For one thing, there are different rules and regulations. You are legally responsible as an agent
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Wikipedia is not a primary source. And he doesn't get to define his relationship with the CIA unilaterally.
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The use of the word "agent" has a very specific meaning within the context of government employment. It denotes a certain level of accountability and vetting that indicates that the person serves as a representative of the govern
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
There's far more harm to be found in the article. For one thing, Snowden wasn't a "CIA agent". He was a contractor working for the NSA. There is NO evidence he ever "worked" for the CIA or the NSA directly.
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
The harassment is primarily because he was suspected of involvement with Bradley Manning and Wikileaks. He really should familiarize himself with The Moscow Rules.
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
Life isn't fair. I accept your unconditional surrender.
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
C'mon man. You just belittled America with four paragraphs. You don't like America? Fine. Stay where you are. I find it LAUGHABLE that you devote pages and pages of prose to tell me why my country isn't awesome. Serious
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by Nrsolis 13y ago
No, I didn't miss the point of your post. I understood it completely amidst the insults you hurled MY way and the way you misread what I was trying to say. I will however accept your apology and reward that with this little gem: You

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