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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:58 AM Original message |
So they had all these computers in the Usama mansion but no network? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thumb drives and other media by courier. Exactly. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. What is a thumb drive? |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Also called a USB drive |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thank you... that is what I always called them. |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Flash drive .... |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thank you. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Computer illiterates call them thumb drives. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Thanks. |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. When's your exam? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. 2 weeks |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Do you have routers and switches to play with? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Thanks for the suggestions- I will look those up. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Illiterates? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I worked for 15 years helping people with their computer problems.. |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. That comparison makes no sense. Thumb drive is just a term some people use. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. 15 years? That's very nice |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. Actually I think using periods (or dots) in phone numbers is less confusing |
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mcollins (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
56. Not in Europe. nt |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Like these computer illiterates at PC World in an '05 article |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Flash drive or USB drive. |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. They are sometimes refereed to as thumb drives because |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. That company was obviously just ignorant |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. you know---a geekstick.. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. picture helps |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Smart. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I'm just thinking how frustrating it would be |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. They were so paranoid that they kept the batteries out of their cell phones. |
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karnac (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's called a SNEAKERnet |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. 'Sneaker net'. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Who's "Usama"? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. He is less easily confused with Obama than Osama is. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. I've seen it spelled that way before. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. On Fox News that is |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. And you know, the FBI and the rest of the government referred to him as Usama |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. I wonder how many times a courier had to hand deliver an email.... |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. OBL may have had a fortune waiting for him in Nigeria |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. I already received an e-mail about that ... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Too bad they were all sewn into his clothing... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I'm sure he wanted to see the DU Lounge posts at least once a week. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. :) |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. MuleNet... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. ... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. I didn't see anywhere that they didn't have them networked - just no Internet connection. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Well, probably no wireless that you could see from |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Nothing wrong with that - I did that for many years before going wireless. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. delete |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. He was apparently very wary of being tracked electronically. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. I've got a Verizon wi fi unit. Could he have been connected with something like that? nt |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe he was stealing his neighbours wifi? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. If the other home's network was close enough and unsecured |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. dupe |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. They likely stored data and battle plans on them, intelligence, etc. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. Those couriers must have hated Sunday LOL Cats days n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
51. They said in the initial reports that one thing that intrigued the CIA was that |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Some of us have parents whose homes would have stood out. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
53. Bluetooth could work pretty well too. Someone from just outside the compound could |
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