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"Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching

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  "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-18 05:55 -0400
    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2026-03-19 15:52 +0800
      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-19 04:43 -0400
    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-03-19 15:14 +0100
      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-19 08:49 -0700
      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-19 23:46 -0400
        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-03-20 14:11 +0100
          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-20 23:23 -0400
            Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-21 20:26 +0100
              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-22 00:27 -0400
                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-22 11:26 +0000
                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-22 08:46 -0400
                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-22 21:10 +0100
                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-23 03:35 +0000
                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-23 11:34 +0100
                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-23 07:18 -0400
            Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2026-03-26 02:36 +0000
              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-26 03:34 +0000
                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-26 03:55 +0000
                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-26 02:46 -0400
                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-26 08:59 -0700
                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-03-27 13:54 -0400
                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2026-03-27 18:28 +0000
                      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-27 21:13 +0000
                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-28 00:11 +0000
                      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-03-28 21:56 -0400
                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-29 03:47 +0000
                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2026-03-29 16:49 -0400
                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-30 01:18 +0000
                            Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-30 11:50 +0100
                              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-30 10:33 -0700
                              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-30 20:30 +0000
                                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-30 21:53 -0400
                                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-03-31 08:58 -0700
                                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-31 17:23 +0100
                                      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-03-31 10:58 -0700
                                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-31 19:21 +0100
                                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-04-01 15:06 -0400
                                            Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-01 21:21 +0100
                                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 15:53 -0500
                                      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-04-01 06:47 -0700
                                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-04-02 15:53 +1300
                                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-04-02 08:04 -0700
                                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-31 21:28 +0000
                                      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-04-01 06:51 -0700
                                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-01 20:50 +0000
                                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-01 23:12 +0100
                                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 05:57 +0000
                                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-04-03 08:58 +0000
                                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-03 23:56 +0000
                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-27 21:17 -0400
                      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-28 03:07 +0000
                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-28 00:07 -0400
                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-28 00:13 -0500
                            Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-28 06:47 +0000
                              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-28 11:44 +0000
                            Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-28 11:40 +0000
                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-28 06:45 +0000
                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-03-28 15:04 +0000
                            Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-29 12:12 -0400
                      Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-28 11:33 +0000
                        Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-29 11:57 -0400
                          Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-03-29 09:29 -0700
                            Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-29 16:11 -0400
                              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2026-03-29 17:02 -0400
                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-03-26 08:41 -0700
                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-27 09:41 +0000
                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-03-27 08:41 -0700
              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-26 03:46 +0000
                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-26 02:27 -0400
                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-26 08:40 -0700
                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-26 21:42 +0000
                  Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-03-27 18:24 +0000
                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-27 18:27 +0000
                    Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-28 14:27 +0100
              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-03-26 01:37 -0400
                Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-26 18:33 +0000
              Re: "Destination Moon" (1949) - Worth Watching rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-26 07:01 +0000

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#85015

FromDimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
Date2026-04-01 06:47 -0700
Message-ID<10qj7md$8rgn$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#84890
On 3/31/2026 9:23 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 31/03/2026 16:58, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 3/30/2026 6:53 PM, c186282 wrote:
>>> On 3/30/26 16:30, rbowman wrote:
> 
>>>    But ... but ... you can only save yer soul by
>>>    selling it to The Church !  :-)
>>>
>> If you sell something it isn't yours anymore.
>>
> Y'know, looking at religion from the outside, as it were, with no great 
> skin in the game, I think I finally worked out what 'soul' is...and why 
> people talk about selling it.
> 
> Take yer actual Trump. If there is anyone who has sold his soul, its 
> him. His life is totally dominated by power and money and status, He 
> isn't going to hell. He is already there. He has no peace whatsoever. 
> Just like Putin. Soulmates indeed.
> 
Donald Trump didn't sell his soul.  His father ripped it out and stomped 
it to pieces when he was born.

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.

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#85111

FromTitus G <noone@nowhere.com>
Date2026-04-02 15:53 +1300
Message-ID<10qkloq$o0uk$5@dont-email.me>
In reply to#85015
On 02/04/2026 02:47, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 3/31/2026 9:23 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 31/03/2026 16:58, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 3/30/2026 6:53 PM, c186282 wrote:
>>>> On 3/30/26 16:30, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>>>    But ... but ... you can only save yer soul by
>>>>    selling it to The Church !  :-)
>>>>
>>> If you sell something it isn't yours anymore.
>>>
>> Y'know, looking at religion from the outside, as it were, with no
>> great skin in the game, I think I finally worked out what 'soul'
>> is...and why people talk about selling it.
>>
>> Take yer actual Trump. If there is anyone who has sold his soul, its
>> him. His life is totally dominated by power and money and status, He
>> isn't going to hell. He is already there. He has no peace whatsoever.
>> Just like Putin. Soulmates indeed.
>>
> Donald Trump didn't sell his soul.  His father ripped it out and stomped
> it to pieces when he was born.

And now those pieces are preserved, perhaps for resale at some later
date, in a secure comfortable Rothschild vault.

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#85161

FromDimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
Date2026-04-02 08:04 -0700
Message-ID<10qm0gv$1696u$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#85111
On 4/1/2026 7:53 PM, Titus G wrote:
> On 02/04/2026 02:47, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 3/31/2026 9:23 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 31/03/2026 16:58, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 3/30/2026 6:53 PM, c186282 wrote:
>>>>> On 3/30/26 16:30, rbowman wrote:
>>>
>>>>>     But ... but ... you can only save yer soul by
>>>>>     selling it to The Church !  :-)
>>>>>
>>>> If you sell something it isn't yours anymore.
>>>>
>>> Y'know, looking at religion from the outside, as it were, with no
>>> great skin in the game, I think I finally worked out what 'soul'
>>> is...and why people talk about selling it.
>>>
>>> Take yer actual Trump. If there is anyone who has sold his soul, its
>>> him. His life is totally dominated by power and money and status, He
>>> isn't going to hell. He is already there. He has no peace whatsoever.
>>> Just like Putin. Soulmates indeed.
>>>
>> Donald Trump didn't sell his soul.  His father ripped it out and stomped
>> it to pieces when he was born.
> 
> And now those pieces are preserved, perhaps for resale at some later
> date, in a secure comfortable Rothschild vault.

Really poor investment IMO.

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dirty old man.

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#84916

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2026-03-31 21:28 +0000
Message-ID<10qhe9b$3m51a$7@dont-email.me>
In reply to#84886
On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:58:59 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

>> But ... but ... you can only save yer soul by selling it to The
>> Church !  :-)
>>
> If you sell something it isn't yours anymore.

That’s not how copyright works, just for example.

Perhaps souls are copyrighted?

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#85017

FromDimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
Date2026-04-01 06:51 -0700
Message-ID<10qj7si$8rgn$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#84916
On 3/31/2026 2:28 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:58:59 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> 
>>> But ... but ... you can only save yer soul by selling it to The
>>> Church !  :-)
>>>
>> If you sell something it isn't yours anymore.
> 
> That’s not how copyright works, just for example.
> 
> Perhaps souls are copyrighted?

Copyright is renting it out.

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.

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#85065

FromLawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Date2026-04-01 20:50 +0000
Message-ID<10qk0ea$i3m5$6@dont-email.me>
In reply to#85017
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 06:51:15 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

> On 3/31/2026 2:28 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:58:59 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>
>>>> But ... but ... you can only save yer soul by selling it to The
>>>> Church !  :-)
>>>>
>>> If you sell something it isn't yours anymore.
>>
>> That’s not how copyright works, just for example.
>>
>> Perhaps souls are copyrighted?
>
> Copyright is renting it out.

You go to a bookstore, they don’t say the books are for rent, they say
they are for sale.

Go to a store selling CDs or DVDs, they don’t say the CDs and DVDs are
for rent, they say they are for sale.

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#85071

FromNuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-04-01 23:12 +0100
Message-ID<10qk589$jphm$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#85065
On 2026-04-01, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 06:51:15 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>
>> On 3/31/2026 2:28 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:58:59 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>
>>>>> But ... but ... you can only save yer soul by selling it to The
>>>>> Church !  :-)
>>>>>
>>>> If you sell something it isn't yours anymore.
>>>
>>> That’s not how copyright works, just for example.
>>>
>>> Perhaps souls are copyrighted?
>>
>> Copyright is renting it out.
>
> You go to a bookstore, they don’t say the books are for rent, they say
> they are for sale.
>
> Go to a store selling CDs or DVDs, they don’t say the CDs and DVDs are
> for rent, they say they are for sale.

Copyright isn't what allows books and discs to be sold or content to be
leased, it's what allows rightsholders to mantain, in certain
circumstances, a monopoly on that.

-- 
Nuno Silva

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#85129

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-04-02 05:57 +0000
Message-ID<n36er1F2r2bU29@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#85065
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 20:50:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 06:51:15 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> 
>> On 3/31/2026 2:28 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:58:59 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>
>>>>> But ... but ... you can only save yer soul by selling it to The
>>>>> Church !  :-)
>>>>>
>>>> If you sell something it isn't yours anymore.
>>>
>>> That’s not how copyright works, just for example.
>>>
>>> Perhaps souls are copyrighted?
>>
>> Copyright is renting it out.
> 
> You go to a bookstore, they don’t say the books are for rent, they say
> they are for sale.
> 
> Go to a store selling CDs or DVDs, they don’t say the CDs and DVDs are
> for rent, they say they are for sale.

And digital materials? Stephen Kinsella has written quite a bit on 
copyright and IP laws.

https://stephankinsella.com/ip/

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#85243

Fromvallor <vallor@vallor.earth>
Date2026-04-03 08:58 +0000
Message-ID<10qnvfh$1p82b$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#84721
At 30 Mar 2026 20:30:16 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:50:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
> > On 30/03/2026 02:18, rbowman wrote:
> >> On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:49:30 -0400, William Hyde wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Or as I've said in the past, "Mea  Minima Culpa".
> >>>
> >>> I tried compiling a list of my sins of this type, but it got
> >>> depressingly long.
> >> 
> >> Bless me Father for I have sinned. It's been sixty years since my last
> >> confession. Maybe you want to clear your calendar.
> > The advantage of not being particularly religious is that it is hard to
> > work out what a sin is..
> 
> That's one of my theological stumbling blocks. I never felt the need for 
> salvation from Original Sin or the ones I chalked up on my own.

Reference Ezekiel 18...

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#85325

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-04-03 23:56 +0000
Message-ID<n3b2cgFrlqtU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#85243
On Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:58:25 +0000, vallor wrote:

> At 30 Mar 2026 20:30:16 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:50:19 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>> > On 30/03/2026 02:18, rbowman wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:49:30 -0400, William Hyde wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> Or as I've said in the past, "Mea  Minima Culpa".
>> >>>
>> >>> I tried compiling a list of my sins of this type, but it got
>> >>> depressingly long.
>> >> 
>> >> Bless me Father for I have sinned. It's been sixty years since my
>> >> last confession. Maybe you want to clear your calendar.
>> > The advantage of not being particularly religious is that it is hard
>> > to work out what a sin is..
>> 
>> That's one of my theological stumbling blocks. I never felt the need
>> for salvation from Original Sin or the ones I chalked up on my own.
> 
> Reference Ezekiel 18...

Oh, the sins of the father thing. I knew the saying but never got as far 
as Ezekiel. Given the catalog of sins, the fathers have been doing a lot 
of sinning lately. A friend felt they would pay for it in hell; I have my 
doubts.

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#84223

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-03-27 21:17 -0400
Message-ID<lGydnZpMeo-LsVr0nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#84205
On 3/27/26 13:54, Cryptoengineer wrote:
> On 3/25/2026 11:55 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>> On 2026-03-26, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:36:09 -0000 (UTC), Roger Blake wrote:
>>>
>>>> Arthur Clarke's novella "The Lion of Comarre", written in 1946 and
>>>> published in 1949, described a character using pocket-size wireless
>>>> device which was essentially a modern smartphone. One could use it
>>>> to call anyone else on the planet, bring up maps for navigation,
>>>> etc. (Of course in 1949 the idea was completely outlandish. The
>>>> story is set in the 32nd century.)
>>>
>>> I would imagine at some point in the next century or so, we will
>>> figure out how to turn all these gadgets into built-in extensions to
>>> our nervous system. So nobody would need to carry anything about at
>>> all.
>>>
>>> It may look odd to see people staring out into space while using their
>>> body-internal devices. Maybe there would also be an autopilot mode to
>>> keep their bodies from bumping into other people/things, falling down
>>> manholes etc while they’re preoccupied with something else.
>>
>> And, of course, there will be surveillance links to whoever is running
>> the show, complete with a means to kill or at least incapacitate anyone
>> who oversteps the bounds.  Several movies and SF stories have touched
>> on this, although I can't remember titles right now.
> 
> "'Alas Harlequin!' Cried the Tick Tock Man" is one.


   We have, happily, accepted and self-facilitated
   more detailed surveillance than the Stasi could
   ever have hoped for.

   Given history and human nature, the results CANNOT
   be good, not at all.

   But is there a realistic way to STOP this ???

   Note the recent 'child protection' rules will soon
   mean everyone must provide legal ID numbers to many
   providers to prove age. The numbers will be stored
   in leaky servers - ripe for foreign and domestic
   exploitation.

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#84227

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-03-28 03:07 +0000
Message-ID<n2ouunF1r9hU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#84223
On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:17:06 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    Note the recent 'child protection' rules will soon mean everyone must
>    provide legal ID numbers to many providers to prove age. The numbers
>    will be stored in leaky servers - ripe for foreign and domestic
>    exploitation.


you mean wherever Kash Patel had his email stashed? 

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#84229

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-03-28 00:07 -0400
Message-ID<IxSdnQT1BryRyVr0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#84227
On 3/27/26 23:07, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:17:06 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>     Note the recent 'child protection' rules will soon mean everyone must
>>     provide legal ID numbers to many providers to prove age. The numbers
>>     will be stored in leaky servers - ripe for foreign and domestic
>>     exploitation.
> 
> 
> you mean wherever Kash Patel had his email stashed?

   I already posted elsewhere about THAT ... and it's
   scary and embarrassing. That was apparently the main
   FBI system - and some Iranian hacks sliced right into
   it without even being noticed.

   Unfortunately we'll never hear enough DETAILS to
   help bolster any future defense.

   How many nuke/chem plants are now under their control ?

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#84230

FromLynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
Date2026-03-28 00:13 -0500
Message-ID<10q7o15$bjs4$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#84229
On 3/27/2026 11:07 PM, c186282 wrote:
> On 3/27/26 23:07, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:17:06 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>
>>>     Note the recent 'child protection' rules will soon mean everyone 
>>> must
>>>     provide legal ID numbers to many providers to prove age. The numbers
>>>     will be stored in leaky servers - ripe for foreign and domestic
>>>     exploitation.
>>
>>
>> you mean wherever Kash Patel had his email stashed?
> 
>    I already posted elsewhere about THAT ... and it's
>    scary and embarrassing. That was apparently the main
>    FBI system - and some Iranian hacks sliced right into
>    it without even being noticed.
> 
>    Unfortunately we'll never hear enough DETAILS to
>    help bolster any future defense.
> 
>    How many nuke/chem plants are now under their control ?

All existing nuke plant controls are analog.  Their data historians are 
digital though with zero control capability.  The new SMR controls will 
probably be digital though.

Lynn

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#84234

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-03-28 06:47 +0000
Message-ID<n2pbssF3eofU4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#84230
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:13:06 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

> On 3/27/2026 11:07 PM, c186282 wrote:
>> On 3/27/26 23:07, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:17:06 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Note the recent 'child protection' rules will soon mean
>>>>     everyone
>>>> must
>>>>     provide legal ID numbers to many providers to prove age. The
>>>>     numbers will be stored in leaky servers - ripe for foreign and
>>>>     domestic exploitation.
>>>
>>>
>>> you mean wherever Kash Patel had his email stashed?
>> 
>>    I already posted elsewhere about THAT ... and it's scary and
>>    embarrassing. That was apparently the main FBI system - and some
>>    Iranian hacks sliced right into it without even being noticed.
>> 
>>    Unfortunately we'll never hear enough DETAILS to help bolster any
>>    future defense.
>> 
>>    How many nuke/chem plants are now under their control ?
> 
> All existing nuke plant controls are analog.  Their data historians are
> digital though with zero control capability.  The new SMR controls will
> probably be digital though.

You don't need a fancy cyber attack if one of the plant operators is 
compromised and decides to take the fast track to the 72 virgins.

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#84247

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-28 11:44 +0000
Message-ID<10q8ev5$h35c$14@dont-email.me>
In reply to#84234
On 28/03/2026 06:47, rbowman wrote:
>> All existing nuke plant controls are analog.  Their data historians are
>> digital though with zero control capability.  The new SMR controls will
>> probably be digital though.
> You don't need a fancy cyber attack if one of the plant operators is
> compromised and decides to take the fast track to the 72 virgins.

Actually, even that is pretty hard to achieve. And almost impossible 
with an SMR.

Without literally planting explosives of considerable size right up 
against the reactor housing

The outer containment is designed to be bombproof. FSVO 'bomb'.

One of the major advantages of SMRs is that to melt own down is 
virtually impossible using the controls.

-- 
Climate is what you expect but weather is what you get.
Mark Twain

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#84246

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-03-28 11:40 +0000
Message-ID<10q8ems$h35c$13@dont-email.me>
In reply to#84230
On 28/03/2026 05:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> All existing nuke plant controls are analog.  Their data historians are 
> digital though with zero control capability.  The new SMR controls will 
> probably be digital though.

The more telling issue is whether or not they need to be networked and 
remote controlled and, if so,whether or not a private and separate 
network might be more desirable.

And there are ways to circumvent abuse from the controlling software. 
Like fusible link control rods that drop back into the core if things 
get too hot. Yes it SCRAMs the reactor but that is better than a core 
meltdown

And SMRs provided they are reasonably full of water can't meltdown 
anyway,. They simply are not large enough. In fact they may have issues 
reaching criticality at all without HEU or equivalent.


-- 
New Socialism consists essentially in being seen to have your heart in 
the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in 
someone else's pocket.

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#84233

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-03-28 06:45 +0000
Message-ID<n2pbofF3eofU3@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#84229
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:07:14 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    I already posted elsewhere about THAT ... and it's scary and
>    embarrassing. That was apparently the main FBI system - and some
>    Iranian hacks sliced right into it without even being noticed.
> 
>    Unfortunately we'll never hear enough DETAILS to help bolster any
>    future defense.
> 
>    How many nuke/chem plants are now under their control ?

If you want scary search for 'drones barksdale'. I won't post links so 
everyone can find the news source of their choice without screaming 'right 
wingnut conspiracy!"

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#84261

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2026-03-28 15:04 +0000
Message-ID<26SxR.24255$eG1.22447@fx33.iad>
In reply to#84229
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:
>On 3/27/26 23:07, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:17:06 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>>     Note the recent 'child protection' rules will soon mean everyone must
>>>     provide legal ID numbers to many providers to prove age. The numbers
>>>     will be stored in leaky servers - ripe for foreign and domestic
>>>     exploitation.
>> 
>> 
>> you mean wherever Kash Patel had his email stashed?
>
>   I already posted elsewhere about THAT ... and it's
>   scary and embarrassing. That was apparently the main
>   FBI system - and some Iranian hacks sliced right into
>   it without even being noticed.

The reports I read mentioned that it was his gmail account.

Now, given the propensity of the trumpianly bad idiots in
charge to do stupid shit, it would not surprise me to learn
that patel was using his gmail account for company business.

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#84420

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-03-29 12:12 -0400
Message-ID<1BednSsqYJ_j0lT0nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#84261
On 3/28/26 11:04, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:
>> On 3/27/26 23:07, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:17:06 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>>>
>>>>      Note the recent 'child protection' rules will soon mean everyone must
>>>>      provide legal ID numbers to many providers to prove age. The numbers
>>>>      will be stored in leaky servers - ripe for foreign and domestic
>>>>      exploitation.
>>>
>>>
>>> you mean wherever Kash Patel had his email stashed?
>>
>>    I already posted elsewhere about THAT ... and it's
>>    scary and embarrassing. That was apparently the main
>>    FBI system - and some Iranian hacks sliced right into
>>    it without even being noticed.
> 
> The reports I read mentioned that it was his gmail account.
   Not sure. Gmail is likely easier, it's also a big
   fat target.

   If it WAS the main FBI system though - yikes !

> Now, given the propensity of the trumpianly bad idiots in
> charge to do stupid shit, it would not surprise me to learn
> that patel was using his gmail account for company business.

   No report of 'company' stuff ... just 'personal photos'
   and such.

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