Thinkpacs - you think, you blog

I don’t know if anyone else was confused about the announcement of Google not honoring the government’s request for search records, but I certainly was.

The government has a history of working with Google. As recently as last September, Google and NASA were partnering on some of the most advanced technologies, while Google was set to take over 1 million square feet at Moffet Field (Ames Research Center). (see http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Sep/30-819897.html)
And, what about this NSA spy case? Do you see where I’m going with this?

If the NSA has the ability I think it does, why doesn’t it already have the records? All it would take would be to have access to the pipes leading into Google’s servers, and we already know the government has access to those.

I see the possibilities as these:

1. The NSA already has the records, and is just using this as a ruse to try to convince “terrists” that their Google searches can’t be checked, so they can go ahead and search on the latest jihad from home without worrying.

2. The NSA just messed up and should have had the records, but lost them. Very possible.

3. The NSA and Google are one and the same. See #1.

4.  The Government just wants us to think they don’t have access to the information already.
Of course I could be completely wrong here and Google is simply not giving into government pressure (which they did in China, by the way), and the government doesn’t have the ability to track what goes into a large US corporation.

Ok, so the post won’t be exactly what you think it would be, especially for the first post on this blog! Well, what can I say? I like to be different, and besides, no one is reading this, and even if they were, I could still say whatever I wanted.

Then, back to the rational and irrational thought thought that I was thinking about earlier, what I’m referring to is how the mind adapts (or doesn’t) when switching from a logical task like programming, to something that isn’t necessarily based on logic at all, like posting to a blog. That didn’t sound exactly right, but my point is if the brain is working for several weeks, months, or years, in left-brain life, it must be hard to suddenly just switch over to right-brain life, for most people of course. For me I think it takes several days to adjust.

So this will explain why this first post is so badly written! I’m sure as time goes on the writing should improve.