[funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-11 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
In the wake of the news about PRISM, Amazon reports huge sales of George Orwell's novel "1984." http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/11/190615813/book-news-sales-of- orwell-s-1984-leap-after-nsa-revelations or http://is.gd/l7Qxfj In other news, the NSA now knows the names of everyone wh

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-11 Thread Conrad Constantine
On 6/11/2013 3:25 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: In other news, the NSA now knows the names of everyone who bought "1984" in the past three months ... Is anyone else feeling the urge to go buy a copy of Catcher In The Rye.. y'know.. even though you already have 8 copie

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-11 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:32:15 -0400, Conrad Constantine said: > On 6/11/2013 3:25 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: > > In other news, the NSA now knows the names of everyone who bought "1984" in > > the past three months ... > > Is anyone else feeling the urge to go buy a copy

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Vic Vandal
While on the NSA surveillance / PRISM topics, if you take issue with the rampant invasion of citizen privacy by the U.S. government, then make your voice heard by adding your name to one or more of these petitions. https://optin.stopwatching.us/ https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action3/commo

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Paul M. Moriarty
There's this one too. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/repeal-whole-or-part-usa-patriot-act-order-stop-secret-warrantless-collection-data/pmTnXNw8 On Jun 14, 2013, at 5:31 AM, Vic Vandal wrote: > While on the NSA surveillance / PRISM topics, if you take issue with the > rampant invas

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Vic Vandal wrote: > ... > And while you're at it I'll digress from the fun in funsec slightly further, > in suggesting that you thoughtfully consider this unrelated petition that was > inspired by current battles in Congress over immigration reform. > > http://wh

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Vic Vandal wrote: > ... > And while you're at it I'll digress from the fun in funsec slightly further, > in suggesting that you thoughtfully consider this unrelated petition that was > inspired by current battles in Congress over immigration reform. > > http://w

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:51:35 -, "Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)" said: > But it's THEIR country to deal with but more so, You know... my grandfather left Latvia because doing so was a lot easier than staying there and trying to avoid being either shot or sent to Siberia, because there really was

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Vic Vandal
r things to do than witness more of that. Vic out - Original Message - From: "Jeffrey Walton" To: "Vic Vandal" Cc: funsec@linuxbox.org Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 1:11:32 PM Subject: Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Vi

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
riday, June 14, 2013 3:00 PM To: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) Cc: noloa...@gmail.com; Vic Vandal; funsec@linuxbox.org Subject: Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:51:35 -, "Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)" said: > But it's THEIR country to deal with

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) wrote: > ... > > I'm not against immigration, I'm actually completely for immigration > just immigrate legally... +1 > One thing I will say, is that we do have to make it easier for someone to > immigrate into the States. Tha

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Vic Vandal wrote: > ... > > In closing I offer my sincere apologies to the funsec crowd who ended up > reading this. It is only because Jeffrey Walton didn't reply to me > individually that I also replied to all. I promise I won't reply to all > going forward,

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Vic Vandal wrote: > > ... > Jeff wrote: > Those sorts of f**k up foreign policies brought on > 9/11 (unless you believe they hate us because we are democratic). > > My response: > I really hate doing this, but you basically forced my hand. > Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-14 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 03:41:32PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > The US foreign policy in the Middle East has been f**k'd up > since before I was born, so that's at least 50 years. A) I have sometimes jokingly suggested that perhaps all of this could have been avoided if we'd simply given the nas

Re: [funsec] "1984" sales spike

2013-06-17 Thread Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Date sent: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:25:33 -0400 From: Jeffrey Walton > I'm starting to believe there's a concerted effort to keep us > fighting amongst ourselves so we don't focus on the issues that > matter. Oh, surely no politician would ever do such a thing ... ===