Not quite [OT]: News about Revolution

[Judy Perry]

Did you really miss the part in which it was recently revealed that the 
FBI obtained, in contravention to US law, telco information on people by 
simply posting POST-IT NOTES ON TELCO WORKERS WORKSTATIONS?!!!

I am SOOOO not exaggerating.  :-(

Judy

On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Neal Campbell wrote:

> Believe it or not, I was in charge of Security Compliance at SWIFT before I
> retired 3 years ago and I can promise you that you can sleep comfortably
> without any worries of the Big Bad US Government spying on your money
> transactions.
>
> First of all, the money has to flow thru SWIFT's network, which means its a
> bank-to-bank transfer (not things like Visa or cash machine stuff).
> Secondly, even though I was in charge of security compliance I didn't know
> anything about the program until it was announced by the NY Times, thats how
> well controlled and limited it was managed. Thirdly, the process is
> incredibly controlled. The government has to give specific transactions they
> want to see (in other words, no fishing expeditions, they have to know what
> they want to see in advance), they can only see the transactions (no copies)
> and the whole process is limited to 3 people (a SWIFT representative, an
> external independent security auditor and the Treasury representative).
>
> In the time period that was reported in the news, I think they saw a total
> of 6 transactions out of the 2+ million sent thru the SWIFT network every
> day.
>
> While I hated to see my company dragged down into the US Government security
> facade of the past administration (sri for the political rant there), it
> wasn't what the press made it out to be.
>
> 73
> Neal Campbell
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>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Wilhelm Sanke <sanke at hrz.uni-kassel.de>wrote:
>
>> First the bad news:
>>
>> The European Commission has signed the Swift-Treaty with the U.S.A. that
>> entitles American authorities to monitor any kind of money transfer inside
>> the European Union and between Europe and the rest of the world. The
>> European Parliament in its majority was against this treaty, but under the
>> old law (until Dec 1, 2009) could not participate in that decision and now,
>> however, might repeal it in the near future. The European representatives
>> are presently under great pressure from the side of U.S-lobbyists, as the
>> press reports.
>> The possibility to collect and screen financial and personal data has
>> far-reaching consequences not only for industrial espionage, but also for
>> individuals.
>> I could, for example, get into trouble on my next visit to the U.S.if I
>> would renew my license for "Revolution" (happily I have done that already)
>> or buy some add-ons out of the Revolution mega bundle. "Runtime Revolution"
>> might be even worse as it suggests an immediate threat and an especially
>> aggressive kind of revolution.-
>>
>> Now a bit of good news:
>>
>> "Andro", the manufacturer and provider of table-tennis equipment has
>> produced a new rubber called "Revolution" and "Revolution Quad" with its
>> varieties 420, 450, and 480 (watch for line breaks in the link).
>>
>> <
>> http://www.tabletennisdb.com/table-tennis-rubber.php?id=andro-revolution-quad-420
>>>
>>
>> The idea of the new material is to increase speed and spin, while at the
>> same time maintain a high degree of control, a problem that is difficult to
>> resolve because usually when increasing speed you loose control.
>> Unfortunately, this new product - at first tried out widely in the
>> table-tennis community - did not live up to the promises of Andro and the
>> expectations of the users, which especially can happen when you choose such
>> ambitious names like "Revolution" that have rather to be understood as an
>> intended goal (to be reached somewhere in the future) than an already
>> overall perfect and innovative tool.
>>
>> Happily "Butterfly", the Japanese manufacturer with a long tradition of
>> high-quality products, stepped in here. I myself had started my career with
>> the legendary English "Barna" rubber (comparable to the "Basic" of
>> programming languages), and then for a long time of my development used
>> Butterfly "Sriver" and "SuperSriver".
>> Now "Butterfly" has presented the new "tenergy" rubber in several varieties
>> that indeed seems to fulfil what Andro had promised with its "Revolution".
>>
>> <
>> http://www.butterflyonline.com/online_store_productcloseup.asp?page=rubber_all.asp&type=3&ID=97&pg=1&SortBy=b.image3&displayNum=5&frompg=allrubbers
>>>
>> (again watch for line breaks in the link).
>>
>> "Tenergy" is now the material of choice among most of the high-level
>> players in our region. As for myself, I did not totally abandon
>> "Revolution", but use it on the backhand side of my second racket which I
>> use when I encounter an opponent in our team-sport series who is even
>> quicker and more offensive in his play than myself - by then slowing down
>> the tempo of the match with a thinner layer of "Revolution",  thus
>> preserving at least a chance to survive.-
>>
>> Conclusion:
>>
>> Following the example of "Butterfly", I would recommend to rename "Runtime
>> Revolution" to "Runtime T-Energy".
>>
>> On the hand this would protect us against unwarranted harassment from the
>> side of the CIA, on the other hand it would preserve the notion of a product
>> that is strong, potentially reliable, and even innovative.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Wilhelm Sanke
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