So your NOT afraid of Google, eh? THINK THE PHUC AGAIN!

Post by **complacent** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:36 pm

lookie what teh Bush-man is up to now...

I have been ranting until I was blue in the face about how Google's mighty powers were going to be abused and civil liberties raped and tossed aside by our lovely government for some time now.

Even the concept of the article is a VERY slippery slope.

/soapbox

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:51 pm

The good thing is, Google is trying to resist it as much as they can.

I'm really starting to get fed up with alot in this country and the world for that matter.

Post by **ElZorro** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:56 pm

sabre wrote:and the world for that matter.

Just do what I'm gonna do, go back to your home planet.

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:04 pm

sabre wrote:I'm really starting to get fed up with alot in this country and the world for that matter.

Zak sets up a suicide watch...

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:06 pm

zaxrex wrote:
sabre wrote:I'm really starting to get fed up with alot in this country and the world for that matter.
Zak sets up a suicide watch...

lol, not quite that bad

But taking a few oil platforms and creating my own country in the middle of national waters is appealing

Post by **complacent** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:16 pm

I'm tellin' ya man, space is the only spot left that hasn't been claimed by a government. We gotta be space cowboys or something like that.

...yea man, that's the ticket.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:47 pm

sabre wrote:I'm really starting to get fed up with alot in this country

do you have a security clearance? dangerous thing to say if you do...

interesting how the current crop of Republican$ have taken to expanding government, trampling states' rights and ignoring the Constitution. but hey, they're protecting our freedom. right? right?

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:25 pm

^^^ Nope, I've been told by some that I am "unclearable" and others that it would be a "walk in the park", haha.

I guess I should just say with the present state of laws in this country and the financial abuse that politicians seem to think is part of the job.

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:26 pm

sabre wrote:
zaxrex wrote:
sabre wrote:I'm really starting to get fed up with alot in this country and the world for that matter.
Zak sets up a suicide watch...
lol, not quite that bad But taking a few oil platforms and creating my own country in the middle of national waters is appealing

Wasn't that a really bad movie w/ Kevin Costner?..."Waterworld"?

Post by **ElZorro** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:56 pm

sabre wrote:^^^ Nope, I've been told by some that I am "unclearable" and others that it would be a "walk in the park", haha.

Its all a matter of the level and how much truth you are expected to tell.

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:34 pm

I think Ben said it best;
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security"

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:44 pm

^^^ So very true Zak. GREAT quote!

ElZorro wrote:
sabre wrote:^^^ Nope, I've been told by some that I am "unclearable" and others that it would be a "walk in the park", haha.
Its all a matter of the level and how much truth you are expected to tell.

lol, now that is true, haha...

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:55 pm

old Ben Franklin was the coolest of the founding fathers IMHO.

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:57 pm

Ben Franklin.. an idol for sure.

Anyway, does anyone else think that Google is really interested in protecting their data/trade secrets from the government (which I'm sure they are to a degree), or do you kind of think, as I suspect, that this is a brilliant marketing move aimed right at the hearts of their primary (not whole) audience, the open-minded, usually more liberal population? I'm sure their PR department is rife with diabolical minds. It's hard to say either way, but I suspect that this move was not made for 100% moral reasons.

Sorry... I'm a marketing major. Every time I read a story like this, the first thing I do is break down the angles. The business world is so damned cutthroat... which is probably why I'm in I.T. now...

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:00 pm

anyone here tonight in advertising? anyone? do me a favor: go home tonight... and kill yourself.

Post by **complacent** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:26 pm

llzf, Bill Hicks FTW!

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:02 am

that's my birthday present to you, Colin. I didn't have time to bake you an int3rw3b cake like Ben did.