On 14May09:0635-0500, John McKown wrote: > > Say! Here's a neat sleep-deprived idea: In the above scenario, keep the > offsite repository in the NSA ultra-center in Utah! This would require a > "commercial" aspect to the NSA. But they're going to intercept and store > the information any way if it is transmitted on the Internet. This way > companies can help pay for the ultra-center, in addition to the U.S. > taxpayer. And the companies would have a fairly secure backup. Well, > ignoring the healthcare.gov fiasco, that is. Also, the U.S. Congress could > pass yet another Federal law about "interfering with software entrusted to > a U.S. government facility" (similar to interfering with the U.S. Mail). > They like passing this sort of legislation. > > So do we all agree that I need more sleep?
The Chinese would appreciate the one-stop shopping for its ISV industrial espionage, certainly. -- <not cent from sell> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
