Posts by Justin

@J-Wick

I would recommend trying the combo of Thunderbird, Enigmail & OpenPGP. It's a pretty sweet imo.

What good is SSL in this scenario?

Didn't the NSA pretty much develop AES? They don't strike me as one's to shoot themselves in the foot and make their lives genuinely more difficult.

I'd trust AES against almost all casual nosy parkers but to trust it against governments in cahoots with the NSA and Echelon? Well I suppose they count on the fact that most would and do...

A Better/Cheaper idea...

If the worlds bullies are that scared of revenge attacks from the people they carpet bombed why not just strap everyone down and sedate them for every flight?

It would give plenty of time to rifle through their private belongings and steal trade secrets off their laptops. Also those gay security guards that like to fondle peoples buttocks could have a field day? They could just use some cheap old microphones and send every non wealthy white american who talks in their sleep off to Auschwitz/Gitmo? I mean surely beating a confession out of someone who's been interned in a neo nazi concentration camp for a couple of years is a lot easier than trying to work out if someone's had a bad curry or are planning on rushing the cockpit with a sharpened passport?

No "You've got nothing to hide if you're innocent"?

Well this comes as no surprise at all. What is a surprise is that no nincompoop has piped up with the old "You've got nothing to hide if you're innocent" routine?

Could it be that even the thickest amongst us have finally seen some small degree of brain activity on this whole "bogey man" power grab?

What am I saying.... I'll be needing that coat after all.

Love it! Keep these laws coming.

Irrational fear of the bogeyman by the hoi polloi is an amazing thing to watch. This "War on Freedom" gets better all time...

Why beat around the bush (no pun intended) !?? Force all passengers to be put to sleep and handcuffed to their chairs for the entire flight ? Better yet they can also leave their wallets with the nice honest politician at the gate to look after until they wake up again...

Firearm myths by people who can't shoot

What is it with people saying that you cannot shoot someone in the leg ? This B$ seems to be spread by people with either no firearms knowledge or aim so bad they shouldn't be allowed to play darts in a public place never mind carry a firearm.

As someone who carried a 9mm on my person for several years in a country where self defence is legal. I've also fired many thousands of rounds at all sorts of targets. I can categorically tell you I could hit someone in the legs if they were coming toward me! The target is effectively not moving very much at all except back and forwards slightly in the line of fire. Unless of course the person has a very unusual gait...

The fact is: A double torso tap is ideal when dealing with someone with a gun and you need to stop them dead in their tracks. (no pun intended) But In most common situations the assailant is armed with something far more ranged than a firearm and they can afford a couple of shots at the legs and IF that doesn't work they can up the ante.

Sure it's difficult to remain calm, but that's what practice and training are for. If you choke with fear and need to shoot to kill because you "don't have time to think" then that's fair enough but admit it and resign from your firearm duties, don't hide behind lies.

As far as a limb shot being almost as deadly or crippling as a torso shot... I don't know what the stats are but common sense screams to me that limb wounds must be far less likely to kill than a torso shot. So I can't help but wonder if this sort of nonsense is also propagated by people who can't aim. Who gives a damn if you cripple someone in one limb if the alternative is to kill or paralyse them.

Off the taser topic I know, but I couldn't help but bite at the firearm comments.