Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Luiz Felipe
Bob, the listeners would find those conversations very suspect. Why would be they listening if there was no threat? If there IS a threat and of course there IS a threat because everybody knows there IS a threat, and they can't find the damned threat it could only mean the threat is so carefull

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/17/2009 1:50:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentax...@mac.com writes: Having spent 12 years in and around those we pay to guard our gates through the use of intel gathering and parsing may be one of the reasons I don't spend much time worrying about what might be.

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Luiz Felipe
...sleep well, Caesar... your faithful Brutus is watching your back... LF ;-) eactiv...@aol.com escreveu: In a message dated 4/17/2009 1:50:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentax...@mac.com writes: Having spent 12 years in and around those we pay to guard our gates through the use of

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 18, 2009, at 06:16 , Luiz Felipe wrote: Bob, the listeners would find those conversations very suspect. Why would be they listening if there was no threat? If there IS a threat and of course there IS a threat because everybody knows there IS a threat, and they can't find the damned

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 18, 2009, at 06:49 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote: It's not perfect, but it the paid for paranoia of these folks works pretty damn well to allow me to sleep and enjoy life. ... Joseph McAllister Pentaxian = You put a high level of trust in government. Not a high level, but

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Christian
Joseph McAllister wrote: the daily dose of breaking news and it's running list of words designed to keep you at a fever pitch about damn near everything. Our media (especially TV news) loves to keep us in a constant state of fear. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ --

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Luiz Felipe
...at last I find the source of my desktop backgrounds for a while... David J Brooks escreveu: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:23 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: As long as it doesn't stop me from downloading pr0n I'm cool with it. DS I have lots, we can share.:-) Dave 2009/4/16

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/16/2009 5:47:55 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentax...@mac.com writes: Bad things (so far) happen to other people in other places. (Hope this isn't my last transmission on this channel) Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time 9/11? However, I don't

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread David Savage
2009/4/17 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:23 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: As long as it doesn't stop me from downloading pr0n I'm cool with it. DS I have lots, we can share.:-) Good man in a storm is Dave Brooks. :-) DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread paul stenquist
Sometimes I think it's wrong that we're always held on alert. Then I see something like this: http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=0861ff3eabea1ceb73e4 On Apr 17, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Christian wrote: Joseph McAllister wrote: the daily dose of breaking news and it's running list of

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Christian
paul stenquist wrote: Sometimes I think it's wrong that we're always held on alert. Then I see something like this: http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=0861ff3eabea1ceb73e4 So, the real question is: If it's so easy, why hasn't it been done yet? Where are the suitcase dirty

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/17/2009 8:53:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: Sometimes I think it's wrong that we're always held on alert. Then I see something like this: http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=0861ff3eabea1ceb73e4 = I think you proved

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread paul stenquist
I think you're correct. But it may well be the cautious attitude of the government that has kept us safe thus far. 9/11 was much more difficult to pull off than a suitcase of anthrax, yet it was accomplished. I also find it interesting that Obama preached openness and understanding in

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Luiz Felipe
...don't forget the fire ants... Ok, serious now. It's not so easy, but it is possible. So anyone with a clear mind should pay attention to security measures, starting from the helmets, seat belts, knives in waste disposal sinks, smoke signs, footprints around windows and back doors...

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Luiz Felipe
Believe me, some of the loudest and wildest voices against USA in BR during our military dictatorship were granted state honors in recents trips to the same USA - say during the last 10 years. Still, there are some who believe in campaign speeches. LF eactiv...@aol.com escreveu: In a message

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread AlunFoto
2009/4/16 John Francis jo...@panix.com: I think you're making more of this than it warrants. Glad to hear it, John. :-) The wording of the proposed bill is rather troublesome in parts, but mostly it doesn't offer any new powers that are not already available to the president in a declared

RE: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Bob W
Had a discussion about IP surveillance with my colleagues, and one mentioned that Sweden actually passed a very similar bill half a year ago. Once mentioned, I remembered the uproar here in Norway too. Most of our internet traffic (apart from a modest line via Spitsbergen to USA) is routed

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-17 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 17, 2009, at 09:32 , paul stenquist wrote: I think you're correct. But it may well be the cautious attitude of the government that has kept us safe thus far. 9/11 was much more difficult to pull off than a suitcase of anthrax, yet it was accomplished. In part because the

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread AlunFoto
2009/4/15 Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br: [snip] LF (AKA Wild Pagan of the Great White Kayak) Didn't you already have a canoe in the mail, or was that someone else? :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread David Savage
As long as it doesn't stop me from downloading pr0n I'm cool with it. DS 2009/4/16 27...@comcast.net: Somebody sent this to me and I thought I would send the link to the group.. Link http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=15212 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread AlunFoto
Adam is absolutely right on this one. In fact, Europe is even more vulnerable to this than is USA because of its many national states. Okay, there's something called EU, but there are enough national interest in each of the member states to make a situation quite different from the US. I imagine

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread Luiz Felipe
Well, the fact is I'm not hiding - since I was raised in a time when the BR military had the power to do almost anything I developed the habit of accepting everything I chose to speak, write or draw would be public. Never had any ideas of keeping conversations, letters or expressions under

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread Luiz Felipe
Jostein, I have a white kayak here and I do have a canoe in my wife's hometown - home built canoe, lots of patches and presently leaking. There should be others. LF AlunFoto escreveu: 2009/4/15 Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br: [snip] LF (AKA Wild Pagan of the Great White Kayak)

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/16/2009 2:30:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: What I really don't understand is the need to pass such a bill in peacetime,. Do someone really see such an emergency coming up? === ? It isn't peace time here. We are still heavily

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread John Graves
Given what we have seen on the screen recently, it looks like we have at least one additional action, operation, or whatever off the horn of Africa. That wasn't someone's 60 footer out there patrolling off Somalia on a whim. These sailors leave their families, friends, and neighbors to

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Your credit card transactions at USA McDonald's are verified over the internet. If you shut it down, there would be a roar from consumers and businesses across the country. Think about no more plastic for purchases... Nonsense! Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:07 AM,

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/16/2009 9:27:59 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rf.sulli...@gmail.com writes: Your credit card transactions at USA McDonald's are verified over the internet. If you shut it down, there would be a roar from consumers and businesses across the country. Think about no more

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread AlunFoto
2009/4/16 eactiv...@aol.com: In a message dated 4/16/2009 2:30:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: What I really don't understand is the need to pass such a bill in peacetime,. Do someone really see such an emergency coming up? === ? It isn't peace time

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/16/2009 10:10:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: 2009/4/16 eactiv...@aol.com: In a message dated 4/16/2009 2:30:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: What I really don't understand is the need to pass such a bill in

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread AlunFoto
2009/4/16 eactiv...@aol.com: Hmmm. And your  point? Jostein It isn't peacetime, that's  all. I don't think war time justifies getting rid of personal liberties,  but your statement was inaccurate. At least for the US, which is where the bill is. All NATO countries are

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread AlunFoto
2009/4/16 eactiv...@aol.com: Hmmm. And your  point? Jostein It isn't peacetime, that's  all. I don't think war time justifies getting rid of personal liberties,  but your statement was inaccurate. At least for the US, which is where the bill is. All NATO countries are

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread David J Brooks
There;s beer. Dave On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:49 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 05:38:59PM +, 27...@comcast.net wrote: Somebody sent this to me and I thought I would send the link to the group.. Link http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=15212

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:23 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: As long as it doesn't stop me from downloading pr0n I'm cool with it. DS I have lots, we can share.:-) Dave 2009/4/16  27...@comcast.net: Somebody sent this to me and I thought I would send the link to the group..

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 09:57:45PM +0200, AlunFoto wrote: So it's on that background I'm a bit puzzled as to why this (legal) bill emerges now. It made me wonder if someone, somewhere, perceive the current situation much more threatening (to the US) than I do from up here in the Frostpit...

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/16/2009 12:59:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: All NATO countries are involved in one of those wars together, though. For the other one the bill is yours, that's true. AFAIK, there hasn't been a single day of global peace in the last five

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-16 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 16, 2009, at 15:22 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote: === I think you don't understand the political climate in the US. While it has changed a little, maybe more than a little, it has not changed for all. Not this soon, or this quickly. Still plenty of people here terrified of

Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread 272yb
Somebody sent this to me and I thought I would send the link to the group.. Link http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=15212 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 05:38:59PM +, 27...@comcast.net wrote: Somebody sent this to me and I thought I would send the link to the group.. Link http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=15212 Yeah, sure. Like you're a regular poster here. We don't have time for conspiracy theory here -

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Luiz Felipe
hehehehe... so blasting the planet to pieces - or at least retaining the hardware to do so - is not enough... :-) ... let it be - our genetically enhanced fire ants will be able to re-route our secret traffic through the AC power wires, and we will be yet closer to world domination...

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread 272yb
Subject: Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet hehehehe... so blasting the planet to pieces - or at least retaining the hardware to do so - is not enough... :-) ... let it be - our genetically enhanced fire ants will be able to re-route our secret traffic through

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM, 27...@comcast.net wrote: But what if its true ? WE will not be able to talk about our beloved Pentax cameras and our photos..Joe I've read through the relevant sections as the act would potentially affect me (I work for a major US backbone provider). This

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Luiz Felipe
beloved Pentax cameras and our photos..Joe - Original Message - From: Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:02:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: ...did you know the US immigration now has the legal right to screen any memory device carried by foreigners into the US? They may read any documents and emails, watch any photos, hear any musics, and even retain

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
Whatever you do, be sure to wipe this post clean from your computer(s) and any copies on the internet or PDML archives prior to crossing our borders. This'll put you in the hoosegow fer sure. On Apr 15, 2009, at 14:01 , Luiz Felipe wrote: ...ok, you got my attention for sure. If you're in

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/15/2009 10:39:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 27...@comcast.net writes: Somebody sent this to me and I thought I would send the link to the group.. Link http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=15212 = I saw the story the other day (before you posted

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:31 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 4/15/2009 10:39:21 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, 27...@comcast.net writes: Somebody sent this to me and  I thought I would send the link to the group.. Link  http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=15212

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/15/2009 7:41:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, a...@mawz.ca writes: 3. That's an understatement. Written by people who neither understand the impact of such an act nor understand that the US Executive Branch already has such powers in an emergncy situation (IE declaration or

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Graydon
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:40:43PM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: 3. That's an understatement. Written by people who neither understand the impact of such an act nor understand that the US Executive Branch already has such powers in an emergncy situation (IE declaration or war or suspension of

Re: Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet

2009-04-15 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:40:43PM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: 3. That's an understatement. Written by people who neither understand the impact of such an act nor understand that the US Executive Branch already has such powers