On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 14:21 -0700, John Hebert wrote: > --- David Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > There is no way that they could have been seized. > > I wouldn't go that far. I'd say: Ashcroft's > stormtroopers could have seized it, but it would have > caused a lot of hoopla. Maybe a "hoopla-causing" > mechanism should be built into any datahaven, so that > when the stormtroopers break down the doors, they are > captured in live video and then press releases are > generated automatically and sent out around the world. > So, the idea is make it more trouble than it is worth > to seize the data. I hereby claim this security > mechanism as licensed under the Attribution-ShareAlike > License > (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/). ;) Hehe....just the sort of thing I was thinking of, as well. Plant webcams all over the place. 100% coverage of the entire facility (minus the security areas), broadcasted over the Internet via a main link and a redundant link (and a third redundant link if possible). With sound, if you can manage it. If Rodney King and Cops haven't taught us anything else, it's that, on camera, it's hard to make ANY arrest look legitimate. > David Blair seems to be pretty cozy with GWB lately. > If Ashcroft's stormtroopers stormed HavenCo, I think > Blair would be an apologist for it. However, I agree; > the British people and many others would go nuts. > > John I would really give up body parts to live out there for a while, running such a thing. David
