Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] network scanning?

[Jennifer Dozar <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I think he and a friend were thinking of making this weird floating
island! hmm Josh wanted to use Rubber, but Josh is a naieve little kid
;) hehe. well he's 20 (i think)  i think that's what he's talking about ;)

or just build it somewhere without really any weird jurisdiction. but
that's probably difficult



*******************************************
ALL YOUR BASEPAIR ARE BELONG TO US!

(I liked that one, Jon :) So I'm using it!)

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Mike Miller wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Michael wrote:
> 
> > If I ever get enough $$$ to build a home to my desired specs it
> > wouldn't be in the US.. or any country.. so it wouldn't matter. Even
> > so it doesn't really matter.
> 
> It wouldn't be in any country?
> 
> 
> > You can be extremely paranoid without being afraid.
> 
> Because you're so well-armed?
> 
> 
> > I've yet to see how the neighborhood you live in saves you from creepy
> > bad guys. Good neighborhoods are better targets and thus get more
> > creepy bad guys taking the time to roam from their bad neighborhood
> > over so they score more for their troubles. *shrugs*
> 
> Actually, that isn't how it works.  Your idea makes sense, but I'm happy
> to report that it is wrong.  For some strange reason, criminals tend to
> stick mostly to their own neighborhoods.  In my neighborhood by Limerick
> and Wynfield, we didn't have any creepy bad guys around (after Jon King
> moved, that is ... kidding!! :-)  Really, no creeps, all good.
> 
> 
> > > The lesson you should take from your paranoid high school years is that
> > > you were *wrong*.  The government did *not* want to kill you and you were
> > > worrying for no good reason.
> >
> > How do I know the government doesn't want to kill me?
> 
> One way to tell is that you are very easy to kill and you are still alive.
> So they weren't trying very hard.  Another way to tell is that you are not
> important enough to be worth killing (maybe that's where you'll argue with
> me).  I don't know what they'd have against you, but it isn't enough to
> warrant an assassination.
> 
> 
> > I'm sure they probably keep lists of people that are good at such
> > things as hacking and bomb making.
> 
> How would they know how good you are, and just how good are you?  You
> might be good at both of those things, but I doubt that you are so good at
> them that the government (if they knew about it) would even want to keep a
> close eye on you, never mind assassinate you.  I don't think I've ever
> heard of a government assassination of a citizen (Ruby Ridge, I know, but
> it was an accident) -- so I really don't think they're going to start with
> you, even if you are as dangerous and important as you seem to believe you
> are.
> 
> 
> > Just to take a guess I'd say whatever notes written down by my shrinks
> > and other school staff in highschool has made it's way into some kind
> > of hotlist. The same people that were intelligent enough to start
> > hunting down geeks that like to wear black after those lame ass school
> > shootings. *shrugs* I'm half kidding about being on some hotlist but
> > I've wondered at times. The very fact that I have yet to be charged
> > with any criminal act seems very suspicious to me.
> 
> What crimes have you committed?
> 
> Mike
> 
> --
> To manage your subscription, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php
> 
> Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/
> 

--
To manage your subscription, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php

Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/