Hello Ron, this was an interesting exchange we had a while ago, and as we are now 12+ months forward in time, a review is in order.
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Message 15993177
June 25th, 2001
“Hi Ron, <<regression to a multi-polar international system>>
Good luck. Gold is valueless after 4000 years, and multipolar is now considered a regression?
BTW: The germs will cross borders in little bottles, carried by Federal Express, and the virus will cross borders by fiber optical cables; complementing missiles mineraturized to the extent that they can be launched off pleasure boats by passengers with manageable sized suitcases.”
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Message 15993857
June 25th, 2001
“Hi Ron, <<And that's what Echelon is all about. Knowing who is doing what, to whom>>
Only works for the major languages, not the minor dialects, spoken by folks most likely to be using you know what, else they mostly communicate in regular chit chat. Recent capital punishment case illuminate the ease of havoc.
Echelon is no longer of any value against current generation encryption technology for messages that matter.
<<The problem with biological warfare .... own back yard>>
This is probably not going to be an obstacle for the true believers.
<<Cyberwarfare ... we're just not light years ahead of defending against it>>
You are correct that the US is the most vulnerable and the DNS lookup servers locations are mostly, if not all, known, bullseyes for germs and fertilizer bombs.
Friends come and go, enemies accumulate. When minority groups are treated fairly, wherever they may be, and the process in whole is democratic, there would be less worries on defense. To sum, deadlier than ever attacks is easier than ever. ”
Guess what? Apparently (a) Echelon can be much more useful when used domestically in the US Message 18155538 , and (b) cyber attacks work best on the most sophisticated Message 18155542 .
I like this BBR thread, because there is not only so much history here, but also so much forward-looking scenario discussions.
Chugs, Jay |
