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[GlompChomp]

Yeah, +/- 10 years or so and it'll be quite scary.

That said, the NSA and others can pretty much just listen in to any mobile phone at any time, making a call or not. So I'd suspect the main reason to develop the tech further would just be to make parallel construction that little bit easier. Local police get to feel like James Bond and with all the seizure cash kicking around it needs to get spent on something. You can only buy so many tanks.

Don't be concerned about the NSA. Be concerned about the NRO. They can read your mind. Well, within reason.

Here, you fistful of assholes deserve a wakeup call.

Ring ring ring, it's GlompChomp calling from a warzone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj3S4ryAKyE&list=UU5c0DefLjv1VStIbA84yiUQ


Wait that's not the right link.

http://www.electronictorture.com/

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6506148.PN.&OS=PN%2F6506148&RS=PN%2F6506148

http://www.bugsweeps.com/info/electronic_harassment.html

Ah the tricycle, that's silly stuff for kids. I'm an adult.

[minuspace]

If only those were the weapons, there would be hardly anything for anybody to worry about.

How does that work LOL

Tri-UNE-cycle, see?

[GlompChomp]

If only those were the weapons, there would be hardly anything for anybody to worry about.

How does that work LOL

Tri-UNE-cycle, see?

Possible real world application?

[minuspace]

Yes, though ideally it would also involve implosion, perichoresis, and transmigration, maybe.

Maybe you should change your title tho.  Not because you don't want to be iconoclastic.  Because it's ignorant to assume it confers to you a voice that is to be heard by anyone less presumptuous, verbum sap.

[GlompChomp]

Yes, though ideally it would also involve implosion, perichoresis, and transmigration, maybe.

Maybe you should change your title tho.  Not because you don't want to be iconoclastic.  Because it's ignorant to assume it confers to you a voice that is to be heard by anyone less presumptuous, verbum sap.

How about now?

[minuspace]

Point taken - sapienti esser nunc sat no sapant (It's been a while)

[GlompChomp]

Point taken - sapienti esser nunc sat no sapant (It's been a while)

It's been so long I don't even remember if I knew you man 

There's some recollection but it may be a mental mirage, best not to pursue it or bad things happen.

I am fuuuuuuuuuuucked up.

Is that Esperanto or Latin?

[minuspace]

Point taken - sapienti esser nunc sat no sapant (It's been a while)

It's been so long I don't even remember if I knew you man 

There's some recollection but it may be a mental mirage, best not to pursue it or bad things happen.

I am fuuuuuuuuuuucked up.

Is that Esperanto or Latin?

-> sapent

[GlompChomp]

Point taken - sapienti esser nunc sat no sapant (It's been a while)

It's been so long I don't even remember if I knew you man 

There's some recollection but it may be a mental mirage, best not to pursue it or bad things happen.

I am fuuuuuuuuuuucked up.

Is that Esperanto or Latin?

-> sapent

French! My grandparents speak french, I still haven't learned it. I refuse to! 

[Junkenstein]

Let's just pretend that shit never happened eh?

So, Tech news:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/137767-SecureDrives-SSD-Security-Text-for-Destruction

there's someone out there that's more obsessed with information security than Dale Gribble and Edward Snowden combined, and now you can wipe your solid state drive with a simple, coded text message.

SecureDrives SSD is a SATAII (3 Gbps), 128 GB model -- not exactly the hottest in terms of specs -- but its security features come right out of a Mission: Impossible flick. Called the Autothysis128, the drive has a built-in GSM radio that allow it to receive text message virtually anywhere in the world (GSM is by far the most ubiquitous cellular radio tech available). The drive can be set up to self-destruct (fragment, not some sort of rad explosion) in several scenarios, including if the GSM signal is blocked by an outside force, the incorrect PIN is entered too many times, or if the tamper-proof case is compromised.

The potential problems solved and the potential for dickery is amazing.

[Trivial]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/10/robot_trouser_snake_has_no_problem_with_slippery_mounds/

Some headline writers, geez.

[Junkenstein]

Misleading tech story of the day:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29629306

Scientists have treated a man for "internet addiction disorder" said to be linked to overuse of the wearable specs.
The 31-year-old, who was also being treated for alcohol abuse, had apparently been using the device for 18 hours a day.

The man was taking part in a US Navy programme for alcohol misuse.
Doctors noted he had a history of "mood disorder" consistent with substance abuse, depression, anxiety and severe alcohol and tobacco use disorders.
Over the course of his 35-day treatment the report claims he became "extremely irritable and argumentative" once he was parted from the device.

Doctors also said his symptoms reduced over time.
They noted he became less irritated and showed "improvements in his short-term memory and clarity of thought processes."

"Sobered up"

It's almost an impressive low. Internet addiction as an excuse to basically run a product placement piece. While making no real mention about the negative effects of alcohol.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Misleading tech story of the day:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29629306

Scientists have treated a man for "internet addiction disorder" said to be linked to overuse of the wearable specs.
The 31-year-old, who was also being treated for alcohol abuse, had apparently been using the device for 18 hours a day.

The man was taking part in a US Navy programme for alcohol misuse.
Doctors noted he had a history of "mood disorder" consistent with substance abuse, depression, anxiety and severe alcohol and tobacco use disorders.
Over the course of his 35-day treatment the report claims he became "extremely irritable and argumentative" once he was parted from the device.

Doctors also said his symptoms reduced over time.
They noted he became less irritated and showed "improvements in his short-term memory and clarity of thought processes."

"Sobered up"

It's almost an impressive low. Internet addiction as an excuse to basically run a product placement piece. While making no real mention about the negative effects of alcohol.

Wow, yeah, it's clearly the internet access, and not the drinking.

[Raz Tech]

Navy program? Well there's your fucking problem.  Here's some long-winded anger that nobody asked for:

Imagine, if you will, a big brick building that serves as the Navy's "detox" facility.  It has two wings, one for the rehabilitation "classrooms", and the other for sleeping quarters.  This place is full to the brim with people who either want help, need help, or neither want or need help but were forced to go to this place anyways.  The third category is approximately 80% of the people there.  The fullness of this building, in fact, is so constant that people actually seeking help for severe problems are often forced to wait around six months just to get in, due to the amount of people currently interred there.

You are split into groups of about 8, and everyone gets to get up and talk about their feelings, and all kinds of other fun stuff like art therapy, and some other therapies, however the whole process is so expedited that over the month you may be there you won't be able to utilize any of these therapies more than about twice.  All of these enjoyable things are led by your group's counselor, who is some dude who went through a correspondence course and was deemed an "expert", which in Navy terms literally means exactly nothing.  There are also psychologists.  However, all of the groups currently in the building (about 10-12), share these two psychologists, so you will again probably only see them twice during your interment.

The average denizen is somebody who maybe slipped up once, had a few to many drinks around the wrong people, and got turned in to the (command) authorities.  There's also the possibility that you could accidentally say something stupid, and if the wrong person hears it, oh, you know what would help you? Navy detox.  There's some cases where they can't quite force you to go there because it would be unfair, but they can "suggest" you go there so strongly, that you "magically" take their advice and wind up there.  The whole system is essentially designed to take the pressure off of Navy commands in order to alleviate them of responsibility.  It turns an issue from hey, maybe this command is so stressful or so backwards or everyone has a stick so far up their ass that it literally drives people to drinking and that seems like a problem we should work at into hey, this guy is a drunk, it's not our fault.  And my personal favorite part, is that if you are sent to this facility and come back, and are LITERALLY EVER caught drinking again, you can be immediately discharged, so that they can say hey, this command isn't at fault.  It's that broken Navy rehab program, not fixing this guy.

I would even go so far as to say that a lot of the reason people show improvement during the program is that it generally gets you away from the constant stress of wherever you were working before.

So the whole program is kind of a complete fucking joke, so it doesn't surprise me that they say hey, wait guys, we are super-legit, we cured addictions you didn't even know existed.

(Disclaimer:  I do think the program is a good idea, because there is a lot of stress and a lot of people I knew in the military could use some better coping mechanisms, and there are some people who got some good out of it.  Sadly they are the minority, and without a pretty major overhaul, it's esentially worthless.)

[P3nT4gR4m]

Mind controlled protein production