Not shocking news, but still creepy. I like the "master of puppets" shot of Rumsfeld in the article. (x-post)
Maybe they can enlist goatse in their psyops war. Or maybe ... they already have!
― Nemo (JND), Saturday, 28 January 2006 04:07 (twenty years ago)
Another advertisement for the use of proxy servers. Hooray proxies!
― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Saturday, 28 January 2006 06:10 (twenty years ago)
"Strategy should be based on the premise that the Department [of Defense] will 'fight the net' as it would an enemy weapons system," it reads.john milius totally needs to do a red dawn sequel, where young patriotic haxorz defeat al qaida after islamist viruses disable the u.s. military mainframes.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 28 January 2006 07:00 (twenty years ago)
The whole Google lawsuit thing revealed that the government is looking to create new standards forcing several sites to password protect their contents, which are are not currently password protected in order to "fight the war on pedophilia."
This reminds me that I posted this before and was mocked severely. But, I have a feeling this is all related.
Remember when the internet all went black in protest of censorship? Now, apparently, we are all too cynical to be concerned when it begins, because that sort of alarmism is for conspiracy theorist nutcases! And we're too cynical to be surprised when it actually happens, because, paradoxically and hypocritically, we suspected it would happen all along. Brilliant strategy for always appearing rational and educated. But being proactively concerned (ie. turning screens black, etc.) is a hell of a lot smarter than denying it is happening.
War on communism, AIDS, drugs, terror, pedophilia. Gee, I wonder what the next war will be and how many we can fight at once.
― The Alarmist Nutcase, Saturday, 28 January 2006 18:27 (twenty years ago)
When an organization that funds the creation of a network that escapes beyond its control worries about controlling it again, my surprise level goes way down.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 28 January 2006 18:32 (twenty years ago)
This is sooooo predictable. All the mass channels of information distribution are sewed up tight by governments and mega-corporations. Only the Internet is under loose control. The idea that government power will be used to assert control over the net is a no-brainer.
― Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 28 January 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)
one year passes...