[Milsurplus] [spam?] LO DFing, the myth that never dies!

[mikea]

On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 01:08:27PM -0800, J. Forster wrote:
> I get the impression  the intel community are really a bunch of data
> packrats. If they found out a target liked Persian Cats or bread with
> Sesame seeds on top, they's possibly consider that important intel.  It
> might be useful some day, some way.
> 
> The Feds are still doing it, according to the PBS Nova program on data
> mining. Scarf up everything and try and fill in pieces of a puzzle.

Remember the warehouse in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? They exist. There
are _ENORMOUS_ climate-controlled buildings full of audio and data tapes
from all over the world, just waiting to be run through the mill. Some
of them have been waiting for 50+ years. They're filling faster than
they can be processed, of course. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin