parnoid parents coddling their kids

and in the process actually putting them in greater danger by driving them - morons (driving is far more dangerous than walking fyi)

paranoid security stupidy again...

this time regarding a SIGN... [via The Infrastructurist]

TSA to patrol Metra trains

Is it bad that my first thought was 'uh oh, they'll probably start harassing railfans...'? Whatever it is, it's a sign of our paranoid times...

photographer illegally arrested while shooting NY MTA subway sues for damages

and he better win - his constitutional rights were blatantly abused

Taylor, who likes using subway photos as his computer screensaver, says he told the officers that he was an MTA staffer and knew that photographing subways is legal, but that the officers arrested him anyway and held him for several hours. The charges against Taylor have since been dismissed.

(sorry, but the link is behind a subscriber-wall - the jist of the article is that Taylor, an MTA employee, was arrested on Feb 12 for shooting a subway train and is now suing the city for damages)

On Overprotective Parents

Very Interesting... and very relevant to my generation - I see this so often, and even have to wonder about my own childhood...

see, when derek's paranoid about cyberwarfare, he's got good reason

Chinese computer spying worm has infected hundreds of governments and NGOs worldwide, from the Dalai Lama to NATO! Seriously people, if you don't think all the major nations are doing this exact same thing many times over you're just fooling yourself. It's simply a question of how far various nations have infiltrated/been infiltrated. The next world war will be won and lost in cyberspace.