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decimation: asciilifeform: it is my understanding
that
the
toll machines are 'banned' from enforcing speed limit
decimation: it was built as a favor
to one of
the wash dc land barons
decimation: asciilifeform: re: road 200 << I actually drove on
this road a few
times. it was pointlessly empty, as well as having a low speed limit (55 mph)
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> ^
these were mandatory (!? i know) in
the school <<
TI's survival is hinged
to
the "education standards" bezzel
mircea_popescu: myeah. obviously point meant as a general - and
thus indefensible - jab >
mircea_popescu: nobody else could make
ti pocket calculators for lack of
ti chip documentation. leaving alone why anyone would want
to, after
ti paid for
tha someone
to build
their plants.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform no but it makes
them because "it controls
the ip" or how did
that line go/
decimation: which is of course its only possible route
to relevance
mircea_popescu: 'I don't want
to join
the bloody Army, I don't want
to go unto
the war; I want no more
to roam, I'd rather stay at home, Living on
the earnings of a whore.'
mircea_popescu: i condone all violence
that doesn't sit around waiting for my condonement.
decimation does not condone violence against any living
thing
mircea_popescu: set it
to go off whenever a large collection of radiodildoes, phones and
toy cars goes over it
mircea_popescu: um... wouldn't you just set
the bomb
to go off when
the jammer goes by ?
decimation: eh, I'm not so sure.
the implication of
that would be
that usg is extraordinarily competent
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform heh reuters has a yearlong delay off
trilema huh.
decimation: "making
things secure is hard, let's just give up"
mircea_popescu: people's disenchantment with
their own wives isn't predicated on
the
theory
that somewhere
there's a sane woman waiting.
mircea_popescu: to get an idea, picture blackberry
today. in romanian it'd be "state ipad"
mircea_popescu: decimation
they probably manifest
that list of qualities which made "state' such a damning adjective in romanian.
decimation: "Generals and others have been known
to become so frustrated with
the existing devices
that
they switch
to personal cellphones
to conduct classified conversations, according
to a former U.S. official."
thestringpuller: asciilifeform:
this is probably how CIA makes assets
these days
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i
think
this is
the best proof possible
that current usg does not expect
to survive more
than a few years into
the future anyway.
mircea_popescu: and what's better, since
they are re=used, you needn't only worry about your own indiscretions, but
those of people long dead
decimation: or similarly, it is unthinkable
that a non-usg-approved-bank would issue credit or bank
decimation: but you see in
the usa, it is unthinkable
that usg wouldn't issue keys
decimation: why can't I go
to
the local costco and broker credit
through
them?
decimation: but I don't see why
the government should have anything
to do with verifying identity anyway
decimation: asciilifeform:
the reason given against crypto is
that
the masses would reject a 'universal id' card
decimation: no
that's
the point of
that 'randomization' program I
think
decimation: mircea_popescu: it's a lulzy recycling program - in
the past, us ssn's were assigned by geographical region