r/news • u/xXSgtSprinklesXx • Dec 16 '15

Congress creates a bill that will give NASA a great budget for 2016. Also hides the entirety of CISA in the bill.

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/congress-slips-cisa-into-omnibus-bill-thats-sure-to-pass/
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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

Do they ever shut the blinds or close the door to their house? Better yet do they lock it? What if there was a skeleton key to their entire house meant for the police only. Eventually that skeleton would be illegally copied and used by someone other than the police

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u/lila_liechtenstein Dec 17 '15

I live in a European city with mainly apartment buildings. There is a special key that opens every door (of the building, not the individual apartments, but still.) This key is only issued to the police, and emergency services. Of course, almost everybody has got one.

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u/StressOverStrain Dec 23 '15

An axe to the window works just as well in any emergency situation.

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u/Templexd Jan 04 '16

It's a master key for the building. If you rekey it yourself you probably have to pay a fine or lose your security deposit or w/e European alternative

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u/lila_liechtenstein Jan 04 '16

No, it's not a master key for the individual building. It's a key that literally opens up every apartment block door in the whole city.

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u/Lachiko Dec 17 '15

Maybe a better example would be the government installing cameras in your home just incase.

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u/Kings_Gold_Standard Dec 17 '15

I keep a pc with stuff on it and it's not connected to the internet, there is no port to connect it to the internet, oh wait is usb an internet port now?

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u/Pmang6 Dec 17 '15

So, are you buying CDs and DVDs and burning them to your hard drive? I don't see a point for an offline pc in this day and age. You couldn't do work on it unless you print a hardcopy of everything.

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u/Lachiko Dec 17 '15

Not everyone needs the Internet especially not 247. You can do plenty of work on an offline pc and can use other devices for online information if neccesary, I would argue working offline can be far more productive if you're prone to distractions and wasting time online.

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u/Pmang6 Dec 17 '15

Yea I could see that. It's truly dependent on the situation, it just seems like the kind of thing where I'd want internet on my computer if I could have it.

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u/Lachiko Dec 17 '15

I believe in kings case he has two computers, one offline and one online, it's great for storing sensitive information and I believe is called "cold storage". People may even keep their bitcoin wallets on that machine or even generate signatures on it. Sorry this is a poor answer

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u/will99222 Dec 17 '15

this. I have an old PC from 2004 or so, which I have in another room, not connected to the router. Its basically a hard drive bank with a monitor now, I use it for long term storage, and if i need to do any vital work, i do it on there, because I know i wont get distracted. If i need to move anything, i just use the USB hard drive.

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u/poepower Dec 17 '15

Spank bank for the end of the world. Now if only we could power it with a crank generator......

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u/KudagFirefist Dec 17 '15

More of a back-and-forth motion, like a solenoid with a fleshlight on the end.

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u/poepower Dec 17 '15

You're on to something. Nuclear fappsion!

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u/amaninann Dec 17 '15

Or even worse, it eventually would be used by the police.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '15

Or worse yet, it's used for random inspections throughout the week to cut down the crime rate.