[ale] totally OT: hobbies

Wed Jul 10 18:53:02 EDT 2013

Hmm. The Seven "Dirty" Words You Cannot Say on the Internet. Sounds like a
George Carlin skit, God rest his soul. If they exist, I'm pretty sure I
said a few of them. So far, I haven't noticed being followed by men in dark
suits. :-)

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Edward Holcroft <eholcroft at mkainc.com>wrote:

> Well if "they're" watching" let's give 'em something to watch. Remember
> Jam Echelon day? http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/jam.html
>
> It seems like the great unwashed is suddenly getting their panties in a
> wad over stuff that we've been telling them has been going on for a very,
> very long time. ...
>
> I'm not sure if the attempt at jamming Echelon ever actually worked, but
> I'm more than happy to add a list of trigger words to my e-mail signature
> ... except, the link to the list of trigger words seems to have been
> removed ... hmmmm ....
>
> Maybe it's time to resurrect it.
>
> ed
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
> atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but, as far as I know, not being in the spook community, they're not
>> just vacuuming up every byte from every public server on the planet.  That
>> would be prohibitively expensive and inefficient even for the government.
>>  As I understand it, they've placed taps at key intersections of the data
>> flow of the internet, like gmail, verizon, at&t, comcast, etc.  That way,
>> they get 90% of the info they're interested in for 1/100 of the trouble and
>> money.
>>
>> So, since this message went through gmail, it probably already resides on
>> an NSA hard drive.  And, with all those juicy words, it may have been
>> "flagged" for further attention.  To each his own, but, I'm not sure poking
>> the sleeping dragon is the best idea.  They really do have a critical
>> mission to search for terrorists, with due process.  I appreciate that
>> they're doing that.  But, not only that, I remember receiving an official
>> letter from the FCC once that I wasn't expecting.  It was actually just a
>> routine notice regarding my ham radio license.  But, just getting it was
>> unnerving.  In general, the less communications I get from the govt., the
>> better.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
>>
>> >This email list is archived on the ale site. No need for conspiracy
>> >theories. The data is public.
>> >On Jul 9, 2013 10:41 AM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <
>> >atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> **
>> >> Remember the scene in the movie "The Core".  Two government agents
>> >come
>> >> into a bar to escort the geologist to Washington after he discovers
>> >the
>> >> world is going to end.  He says "What if I say no?"  They say "Well,
>> >we
>> >> have no sense of humor ... AND we're armed."
>> >>
>> >> You can BET they have a tap on the gmail data stream, and their bot
>> >has
>> >> probably cataloged this message thread.  Actually, I heard something
>> >on the
>> >> Tech News Today podcast about Google planning to sell your email
>> >contacts
>> >> anyway, so who needs to tap it?
>> >>
>> >> Ron
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 7/9/2013 8:18 AM, Richard Bronosky wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Wow, you got me! I started to feel scared just having this email on
>> >my
>> >> phone.
>> >> On Jul 8, 2013 11:39 PM, "Doug Hall" <doughalldev at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hobbies?
>> >>>
>> >>>  Singing in the church choir
>> >>>  Gardening (Well, that's sort of a forced hobby, recently. My front
>> >yard
>> >>> is eroding due to a lack of grass.)
>> >>> Spouting my conservative agenda on Facebook
>> >>> High explosives
>> >>> Biotoxins. (I'm thinking of combining these two.)
>> >>> Sending anthrax to deserving members of Congress.
>> >>>  Planting pipe bombs in Mosques.
>> >>> Pranking the Government into thinking I'm a terrorist.
>> >>>
>> >>>  Gotcha! ;-) Incidentally, if the government actually does read this
>> >and
>> >>> does NOT have a sense of humor, please be a character witness in my
>> >trial!
>> >>>
>> >>>  Doug
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want
>> >to
>> >> call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate
>> >energy
>> >> mailing lists and such.  I don't always see new email messages very
>> >quickly.)
>> >>
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>> Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9
>> Mail.
>> Please excuse my potential brevity if I'm typing on the touch screen.
>>
>> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
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>> quickly.)
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