The Low-Tech Times

With the election nearing in the U.S., many people are being inundated at home with automatic robo calls.  This can be a highly irritating experience.  So far, I’ve only received two robocalls, both from Democrats:

1. Michelle Obama called repeatedly asking me to vote early in Virginia.
2. Judy Fader called with an abortion message attacking incumbent  Frank Wolf in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.

The stoppoliticalcalls.org web site apparently allows you to opt out of receiving these calls.  With only a few days left before the election, I probably won’t bother doing so.

The Low-Tech Times previously published posts about Twitter being unreliable and unnecessary.  Twitter is a service people use to instantly publish what they are thinking and doing so others can “follow them.”  The Low-Tech Times has also previously asserted that there are good reasons not to use Global Positioning Systems (GPS).

Now, the U.S. Army warns of terrorists using Twitter and GPS.  The following is from a Breitbart story:

A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools. The report by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, posted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), examines a number of mobile and web technologies and their potential uses by militants.

I got an email from a good friend recently:

…Also, I saw a movie last night that you might like.  It was “Live Free or Die Hard” the latest in the Bruce Willis, Die Hard series.  What I think you’ll like about it is the main character, John McLean, prides himself on being low tech and beats some very high tech criminals with his old school methods.

We’ll have to catch up soon, it’s been a while.

-Mike-

I saw Live Free or Die Hard on an airplane flight to Tucson, AZ I had to make last year while I was working in a previous job.  Although at times the movie was a bit unrealistic, I highly recommend it.  The plot synopsis from IMDB reads:

John McClane takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization who is systematically shutting down the United States.

Live Free or Die Hard is sure to please both low tech and hi-tech action adventure movie fans.  In fact, I highly recommend the entire Die Hard series starring Bruce Willis.