8/29    Homeland Security (Coast Guard) whistleblower on youtube:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd3VV8Za04g
        \_ Interesting.  I don't doubt the veracity of his technical
           details, but I think he blows them a bit out of proportion.
           (For example, using unshielded cables for transmissions probably
           doesn't create enough leakage to be a security problem in the
           common case).  Still, he does get at some of the core issues
           of the military-industrial complex, and how it has little
           incentive to produce taxpayer value.  -tom
           \_ Government has no incentive to produce tax payer value.  Period.
              Not at the Federal level, the State, the County, or City.  How
              much tax payer value does the typical employee provide if they
              are sitting on the wall and motd all day?
              \_ gee, most of the people on the wall and motd are not
                 government employees, and neither is the guy in the video.
                   -tom
                 \_ transparent strawman.  non-responsive.  F.
              \_ motd has answered technical questions that have saved this
                 govt. employee money and time on numerous occasions. I think
                 this outweighs the detriments of the occasional flamewar with
                 ChiCom troll. --erikred
                 \_ No doubt at all that some make better use of their time
                    here than others.
                    \- I have personally improved the efficiency of a
                       $100million dollar machine by 1.71%, so I have done
                       my part. BTW, if you want to rain against perverse
                       incentives, you should talk about Management Buyouts.