On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 15:00 +0200, Andrew Kelly wrote: > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 05:54 -0700, Paul Shaffer wrote: > > Does anybody here really believe the NSA spent how many years (?) and > > untold millions of dollars developing the technology for no good > > reason? Amazing, just amazing. Shocked? Maybe. Disappointed? Yes. > > Surprised? No. > > A government agency unwisely spending money? Or wasting time? No, of > course not. Unheard of. Never happens. Good Lord no. They work for us, right? Amazing, just amazing. Shocked? Maybe. Disappointed? Yes. Surprised? No. It all is a matter of perceptions, even when the answers appear to be the same. <grins> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
