> But. Have you ever seen the video which presents this project? There,
> the narrator talks about how useful it will be to 'high risk managers'
> and 'decision makers.' The subtext between the lines being, of course,
> military intelligence.
Hm. No. I'd not seen the video. I find it hard to beleive that it won't be let
out, in some form, however. Information wants to be free :) (eventually). I got
it pitched as being content for the German national telecomnet. Perhaps the
military couldn't see the application :)
> Do you realize how terrifying the Terra Vision idea really is? And what
> it will actually be -used- for -- not raising consciousness, which is what
> it did for you, and should be doing for everyone else, but probably
> something else?
Yeah. Scary. Global observation. But if we (the people, ha) have tools 1% as
good as the conspirators, what is the outcome ?? A truce through technology ?
Am I worried about a nutcase in kajakistan watching my apartment ?? Actually,
that **is** a scary thought. A live data hook up would really be **quite**
irritating (that's what **trees** are for, right :) ). Ah. now I get it. Plant
more trees; reduce national surveilance.
> No, I don't beblieve in conspiracy theories and all that jazz. I'm not
> a paranoid person; I don't have a PGP number; I'm not in the EFF. But
> Terra Vision is something I find pretty disturbing. The possibilities
> for surveillance are scary.
I really don't think it does anything which isn't already available to those in
power. Now that **is** a scary thought. If this is what is available to people
outside .. what .. But then, this assumes that the technologists in the
government **get it** when it entirely possible that they don't.
> Am I just being one of the stupid anti-government people here, or am
> I right? (Hint: I vote democrat ;))
No, entirely sensible, I think ... I really have to go now, though. Someone is
watching me; I can't vote in the US in any case, being a resident Alien.
-- Mike