Arlo -
[Cleaning up the very last of the old email]
Arlo? Are you back from summer camp on the ISS or somewhere
equally amazing?
Oh man, I wish!I was somewhere only marginally less awesome, a Santa
Fe Institute summer camp...in Groton, Massachusetts. Some more details
here <http://www.santafe.edu/education/schools/summer-camp/>.
Welcome back... even though we have spoken, I didn't realize you were at
The CAMP ... very cool... I think you mentioned that you worked as a
guide or counselor this year after having attended as a student for
several before?
I missed his "voice" especially from the perspective of a
"Millennial" in this NSA falderal.
I think pretty much everyone's reaction would be / has been the same:
"Of course they have been illegally spying on us, that is not news.
Still outrageous, though."
For a commentary on the modern American surveillance society with a
link to teenagerhood, read Cory Doctorow's books /Little Brother
<http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download>/ and /Homeland
<http://craphound.com/homeland/download>/ (can be freely downloaded).
I just finished them, and felt they were good reading but not
particularly good fiction.
Both are now on my list (and hard drive), I'll see your Doctorow and
raise you a Max Barry <http://maxbarry.com/>: Jennifer Government
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government>.
Doug does or finds an `outsider' (e.g. a clever high school
student) to do it. It's all open source and hackable.
Sounds like a job for Arlo!
I think you would probably want an outsider who is more of an insider
(knowledge-wise) to cell and wireless systems than I am. I could
tinker, but you would probably not get a working phone back. :P
<grin> Is it a coincidence that my last visit to Doug's place was to
pick up a full truckload of used bricks? One day we will find people
paving their walkways with bricked smart-phones otherwise headed for the
recycle.
Carry on!
- Steve
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