I propose a beer conversation at cowgirl or second street soon to discuss this. I hope the beer is not bugged.
BTW: one concern I've had lately is the large number of folks converting to gmail. What a target for the Feds! And just how much resistance would Google put up? Can you say Zero? -- Owen On Dec 6, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > We should all be thankful that this exchange is occurring on FRIAM, rather > than on Facebook. Else we would have endangered our job prospects. > > I'm not making this up: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/04/state-department-to-colum_n_792059.html?view=print > > Big Brother is watching. Be afraid, be very afraid. > > George Orwell was 26 years late, but he was dead-nuts on. > > --Doug > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net> wrote: > In a similar vein, where, exactly, is the huge, classified secret regarding > the revelation that blowing up the Ningbo port in south-eastern China will > have a large negative impact on global trade. Or that taking out an > anti-snake venom factory in Australia will have a significant impact on our > ability to treat snake bites? > > Even More Cynically, > > --Doug > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:04 AM, James Steiner <gregortr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Scholand, Andrew J <ajsc...@sandia.gov> > wrote: > In February 2009 the State Department asked all US missions abroad to list > all installations whose loss could critically affect US national security. > > The list includes pipelines, communication and transport hubs. > > > Well, considering the tendency to slap "national security" and "classified" > labels on everything, I'd expect the list also includes a fair number of > vending machine suppliers and escort services. > > Cynically, > > ~~James > > > == > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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