Ad-supported webcam border surveillance hits Texas It has emerged that Australian pub boozers occasionally while away an idle hour monitoring drug smuggling and illegal immigration on the US southern border over the internet. The Guardian quotes Don Reay of the Texas Border Sheriffs' Coalition, referring to his organisation's webcam crowdsource twitchcurtain stool-pigeon …
I presume the so called Australians narking to the yanks are descendants of prison guards and informants. If they're descended from Irish or Scottish prisoners condemned to Australia unjustly the dishonour they bring to their families would make an Israeli soldier killing children in Gaza blush.
What kind of people have those prisoners turned into even if their ancestors were prison guards they at least made sure they got paid for their work.
nit-pick
By Hollerith Posted Monday 23rd March 2009 16:42 GMT
that's 'wile away'
A total fail, 10 out of 10, 100% fail. I haven't actually seen such a massive error in a long time. I suppose I'll have to while away the time until another arrives. It's always so sad when someone thinks they are clever but then proves beyond doubt that they are not clever, puts it in writing and publishes it on a public forum. Pedantry is a cruel and exacting game.
Hey everybody, join in the great new game, everyone's playing: Spying on America's borders!
Spot those illegal immigrants! Watch out for dope shipments!
The more you inform, the more you win!!
PS @Hollerith, no, it's probably not "wile" - http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-whi3.htm
Both forms could be considered correct.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wile
—Verb phrase
5. wile away, to spend or pass (time), esp. in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion: to wile away the long winter nights.
and here:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/while
To spend (time) idly or pleasantly: while the hours away.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wile
2. To pass (time) agreeably: wile away a Sunday afternoon.
you're both right... and wrong.
I can see it now.. It's Friday arvo we've done the EKO (early knock off) and we're down at the pub...
Robbo's on the net again
"Oi Jim! I think Pedro is makin his run again!"
J: "oh yeah?"
R: "yeah... next round he doesnt make it"
J: "no bet mate... he didnt even make it to the fence last time"
And now us poor Aussies have ANOTHER thing to gamble on...
they only said they are watching it down at the pub, didnt say they were dobbing anyone in.
though i dont know if there would be enough high jinx in the feed to be worth watching in the first place, still better than the recycled big brother sing star dance crap we get on tv when the footies not on
If Americans want to stop illegal drugs/people from going across the border
they will have to do two things:
1. Legalize drugs, because (and who do they think they are fooling), Americans love their drugs.
2. Americans have to get off their lazy fat asses and mow their
own fscking lawns.
No, I'm not at all interested in helping the gummint stop entrepreneurial self-medication transportation specialists at the border, and I'm also not at all enthusiastic about helping said gummint keep some poor folks who just want to make a decent living on the other side of an imaginary line.
Yes, I'm all in favor of not having any more of my taxes (or inflation-derived bucks which are morally the same thing but worse for being sneaky) go towards gummint watchers-who-shall-not-be-watched and their black-suited, armor-wearing, automatic-weaponized, night-googled, steroid-crazed, testosterone-drunk semi-moronic myrmidon wannabe pals.
So, where do I find out which Aussie bars are into doing this stuff? I'll maybe buy a round or two.
Surprised you did not highlight this from BlueServo's page:
"Another facet of this program is the ability of the public to connect their own cameras to www.BlueServo.net to create local Virtual Neighborhood WatchesSM in order to protect their own homes, neighborhoods, and families from criminal acts. These Virtual Neighborhood WatchesSM can, in turn, be connected to form additional Virtual Community WatchesSM. "
We have met Big Brother, and he is us.
(Considering the frequent news about surveillance, we urgently need a Big Brother comment icon)
I don't care whether they want to rely on vigilantism to patrol their borders or not.
But they should definitely not whine and bitch when the whole system massively backfires or serves to hide a multi-billion dollar drug importing biz.
Remember: there are no SLAs or quality metrics with Aussie pub-goers
"Members claim to have repelled thousands of would-be illegal immigrants spotted attempting to cross the border on foot."
From the pub? In Australia. They're taking the piss. But seriously, spotting people on camera is not the same as catching them, and the border patrol agents are spread thin.
@Edwin, won't surprise *me* but I'm sure the people running the system will be shocked -- SHOCKED! -- when people just find gaps not quite covered by those cameras and stream in in those places.
Sorry mate, as much as Sean kinda blew it out of proportion, he's right.
Read: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/wile.html
We continue to accept the bludgeoning of the English language (especially by Yanks), and somehow believe if you say the wrong thing/misuse words long enough, then it eventually becomes acceptable.
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