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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
16. Answering my question:
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 07:12 PM
Aug 2012

You would have to get your hands on Assange, make him talk, all the while making his "associates" think he's free.

Make a great movie, huh?

No, but it has been mentioned several times throughout these shenanigans. sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #1
Either that document or Assange's knowledge in general... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #5
Hit that button, Bay-bee! Raster Aug 2012 #2
Anything is possible. But Wikileaks does have documents going back to the 'sixties sabrina 1 Aug 2012 #9
Something on the JFK, RFK or MLK assassinations perhaps? Raster Aug 2012 #12
Yeah, that would be a planetary re-set button. Hope they do it. freshwest Aug 2012 #15
Some people say the file contains NoPasaran Aug 2012 #3
Yeah, but 1.4 GB? I've got fucking 9TB on my server - right in front of me. Why that little? HopeHoops Aug 2012 #4
Cables are text messages formercia Aug 2012 #8
Hey, I remember when upgrading from a 150K 13 sector Apple II floppy to 16 sector was big. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #17
The small company I worked for had a Corvus. Sounded like a F-16 at startup.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #20
It was worse than an F-16. It was also the size of a microwave oven. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #22
If you didn't know assembler, you weren't a REAL programmer. Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #23
For a long time, I thought assembly language was for pussies. I used machine code. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #24
"The machine has yet to be made that can't be brought to its knees.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #25
I think I can still read 8 inch floppies... hunter Aug 2012 #28
Yeah, but you REALLY have to squint to see the bits. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #32
40 gigs is "those days" now? *sobs* (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #40
Couldn't that hold over 100K pages? Incitatus Aug 2012 #26
Yeah, text doesn't take a lot of space (unless it's a M$ Word document). HopeHoops Aug 2012 #31
1.4 gigs of compressed ASCII could hit an eight-digit page count easily. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #39
1.4GB of compressed plaintext is a staggering amount. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #38
I was amazed when Apple II disks went from 13 to 16 sectors. Shit's SO different now. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #41
21st Century tiger rock. Robb Aug 2012 #6
Oh my God, that made me LOL, as the kids say. Brickbat Aug 2012 #7
Whatever Assange has got, it's a good bet the USA PATRIOT Act will make it illegal to know. Octafish Aug 2012 #10
Do you mean this USA Patriot Act? freshwest Aug 2012 #14
First: It's possible that the NSA can't decrypt 256 (AES???) encryption.... Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #11
Answering my question: Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #16
Any video of Assange from inside the embassy? Junkdrawer Aug 2012 #34
With a sufficient number Aerows Aug 2012 #27
Every encryption can be decrypted. jeff47 Aug 2012 #29
I have a copy of it. Its several years old now. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #13
Like computing the value of Pi? Not a good program to start running. freshwest Aug 2012 #18
That pic is awesome! Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #19
Enjoy! It's here, just join the split link and there you go: freshwest Aug 2012 #21
It shows that this man is petty and unprincipled. This has always been about him. CabCurious Aug 2012 #30
I probably shouldn'task, but... Bragi Aug 2012 #33
Your user name implies you are curious panader0 Aug 2012 #35
X2000 treestar Aug 2012 #42
I wish; but the last time I heard this mentioned by a reliable source was in 2010. snot Aug 2012 #36
Yep, the password was published in Feb 2011. NashvilleLefty Aug 2012 #37
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