Admin Comment by Bean on June 9, 2013 at 5:34pm

"Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you're being watched and recorded.. It's getting to the point that you don't have to have done anything wrong, you simply have to eventually fall under suspicion from somebody, even by a wrong call... and paint anyone in the context of a wrong-doer."

This guy seems like he's still suffering from a bit of a rose-colored-glasses view of the reality of government, but the information is interesting.

Admin Comment by Bean on October 20, 2013 at 11:24am

'countless other areas' like your life.

By Bill Rigby

SEATTLE -- "Big data" means big computers, and good news for Cray Inc (CRAY).

The pioneer of supercomputers in the 1970s stood on the brink of obscurity 20 years ago but is now surging back to prominence. Its shares have almost doubled over the past 12 months.

The explosion of data -- measuring weather, traffic, health and countless other areas -- coupled with a desire to tease meaning out of it, demands greater computing power than is accessible via standard machines...

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/10/20/cray-supercomputers-comeback...

Admin Comment by Bean on October 20, 2013 at 11:41am

Edward Snowden has more secrets to share, father says after Russia visit

The father of Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked sensitive data, says that his son has more information to reveal, Reuters reports.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/20/edward-snowden-has-more-...

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