Despite the "rivalry" between me and Colbert for the title "Greatest Living American". I have a lot of respect for Colbert. He is an entertainer but he is a political activist. John Stewart who is more famous and better paid is a Comedian Journalist, but Colbert is a Activist Comedian.
Colbert is the kind of critical thinker we need more of in politics.
Very funny and I'm impressed at the number of in-jokes, he must have really taken some time to get acquainted with security culture. His joke about "exchanging private keys" was hilarious.
Having a writing staff may get you part way there. Colbert is really smart and equally thoughtful and passionate, and I think these are the qualities that lead to his work never appearing "phoned in."
[disclosure, I guess: I once interned at The Daily Show and absolutely loved my experience, so I'm probably biased toward Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert]
Now that we've got you here, prepare for my one question AYA (ask you anything).
So Colbert has tried several times in the past to run as a presidential candidate, etc. What is your take on this, knowing him? How serious are these attempts, if he was to gain traction? In the alternate universe where all voters were college kids that actually voted, and he won, what do you think would actually happen?
He wasn't really trying before. It was a joke. To me activities like the RSA speaking are political activities. And they do not simply represent Colbert's personal views. This is probably the extreme edge of the leftish faction that still has influence and is connected to power. It is extremely critical of existing power and yet stays within "mainstream" parameters. If that group can see a realistic path towards political office that would provide more influence than the TV show and is likely to succeed in Colbert's person then he will be encouraged and quite possibly actually pursue a political office. That's my outsiders guesstimate of this.
It was funny, but inaccurate. Don't you usually exchange public keys? Of course if he said public, then the joke wouldn't have made sense, which is probably why he said it that way.
Stephen Colbert plays a character that satirizes conservative jingoistic "patriotic" mouthpieces of the Republican party, the kind typically found on Fox News and some talk radio stations.
Look at this way - everyone who still went to the RSAC were okay with RSA putting a backdoor in for the NSA. So you can probably imagine they're not exactly fervent supporters of Snowden.
You've got to credit these guys for going the extra mile to keep you from finding out what their conference is about. Between this site and the conference website it links to, they use the acronym "RSA" twenty six times without ever once defining it.
Note that googling "RSA" gives a dozen contradictory definitions, from various things that call themselves the RSA. The conference here makes the list about halfway down, but again, without any explanation what the acronym stands for or what it is.
And of course, wikipedia just gives a two page list of RSAs for one to choose from:
Holy cow, I found you, or someone. It was so hard to even find this site mentioning the event. Please check out my G+ and Twitter work(flailing) since March 1st to get a picture of how alone I have felt in this super spun memory hole story. I never had a twitter account, and never really used G+ before, but I saw the machine in action and had to jump on it. To me the whole affair is pretty serious, considering the gravity of the privacy/surveillance issue.
I'm starting to realize the value in being part of a community, because I felt voiceless against the sophistication of the syndication machine. Little help?
(@justtocommenta, justto commenta G+)
Austin Heap is a fake. Never heard of him before I sent him all those links, when they were Youtube videos, via Twitter(@justtocommenta). He ganked the audio out and claimed he got it in some Super Secret way. I sent him the Youtube link to the full Colbert Q and A and realized what he was doing later. I called him out on it and he deleted all the tweets he could and removed the Q and A from his blog. Suspect. Way to share the truth, like you really care.
Not to mention Haystack and Iranian tanks. Total poser out to make a name for himself, and look FABULOUS! doing it.
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[ 5.0 ms ] story [ 146 ms ] threadColbert is the kind of critical thinker we need more of in politics.
-Brandon Wirtz (Former Greatest Living American)
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2007/05/11/the-greatest-goo...
Also here is an abbreviated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsaXEKtLehs
[disclosure, I guess: I once interned at The Daily Show and absolutely loved my experience, so I'm probably biased toward Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert]
So Colbert has tried several times in the past to run as a presidential candidate, etc. What is your take on this, knowing him? How serious are these attempts, if he was to gain traction? In the alternate universe where all voters were college kids that actually voted, and he won, what do you think would actually happen?
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Colbert's view is that Snowden is a criminal.
That's reassuring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ZGlKw6-hk#t=45
Note that googling "RSA" gives a dozen contradictory definitions, from various things that call themselves the RSA. The conference here makes the list about halfway down, but again, without any explanation what the acronym stands for or what it is.
And of course, wikipedia just gives a two page list of RSAs for one to choose from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA
P1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7gGtVScrQo
P2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3QH4d4qNOQ
Not to mention Haystack and Iranian tanks. Total poser out to make a name for himself, and look FABULOUS! doing it.