[#281559] NTLM authentication with httpclient — Jim Clark <diegoslice@...>

I have rewritten my net/http script that I had questions on a couple of

11 messages 2007/12/01

[#281591] question about iterator — Paul Private <paulus4605@...>

dear

15 messages 2007/12/01

[#281603] Identifying a volume as being an iPod — John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>

Does anybody know how to identify a mounted volume as being an iPod ?

21 messages 2007/12/01

[#281612] Why are "Array#push" and "pop" not "push!" and "pop!"? — samppi <rbysamppi@...>

As a novice in Ruby, I love its elegance and consistence; it's now one

30 messages 2007/12/01

[#281653] irb and unix shells — Robert Jones <robertjones21@...>

Can you use irb in place of shells like bash or rc?

21 messages 2007/12/02

[#281779] What are the differences between c++ and Ruby? — "duddilla's" <radhika.duddilla@...>

Hi

13 messages 2007/12/03

[#281810] Everyone's favorite flow control: retry — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>

Today I was thinking about retry support in JRuby, and figured we've

18 messages 2007/12/03

[#281917] What is the best way to interact with a JDBC database — Venks <venkatesh.mantha@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2007/12/03

[#281965] Rubyisms wanted to shorten code in search program — RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>

Hi,

10 messages 2007/12/04

[#282099] Re: Ruby App Distribution — Joe L <superist_joe@...>

I don't see how RubyScript2Exe would work when it's a virtual machine. Would it package the entire virtual machine inside the exe?

12 messages 2007/12/04
[#282102] Re: Ruby App Distribution — "Adam Shelly" <adam.shelly@...> 2007/12/04

On 12/4/07, Joe L <superist_joe@yahoo.com> wrote:

[#282100] I consider this a bug in Ruby... — "Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality" <ihatespam@...>

I would like to know why the following code doesn't work:

14 messages 2007/12/04

[#282123] Ruby works but not JRuby - when using MySQL Driver — Venks <venkatesh.mantha@...>

Here is the simple Ruby program that works with "Ruby" but gives an

10 messages 2007/12/05

[#282276] Worth an RCR? static_type_check, polymorphic_type_check, quacks_like — John Carter <john.carter@...>

Is there another library like this? I would love it if it were just

17 messages 2007/12/05

[#282277] Capturing STDOUT from a system call (POSIX) into an array — Venks <venkatesh.mantha@...>

What's the best way to capture STDOUT into an Array? I looked at

12 messages 2007/12/05

[#282340] if /hello/ =~line — Peter Loftus <loftuz@...>

Got help with this code earlier its just checking a file for a line

12 messages 2007/12/06

[#282373] function like "function_exits" — Girard Fred <fred.girard@...>

Hi all,

14 messages 2007/12/06

[#282374] regular expression. newbie problem. — Johnathan Smith <stu_09@...>

Hi,

15 messages 2007/12/06
[#282378] Re: regular expression. newbie problem. — Reacher <brandon.g.jones@...> 2007/12/06

On Dec 6, 9:42 am, Johnathan Smith <stu...@hotmail.com> wrote:

[#282413] array iterator that have more arrays that also need iteratio — Raimon Fs <coder@...>

Hello ...

14 messages 2007/12/06
[#282415] Re: array iterator that have more arrays that also need iteratio — Xavier Noria <fxn@...> 2007/12/06

On Dec 6, 2007, at 8:25 PM, Raimon Fs wrote:

[#282447] search-0.0.1 — "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>

14 messages 2007/12/06

[#282501] Dynamic local vars — Vasyl Smirnov <vasyl.smirnov@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2007/12/07

[#282605] Word Loop (#149) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

49 messages 2007/12/07

[#282633] Problem with Hash of Arrays — Jimi Damon <jdamon@...>

I am new to Ruby , but I consider this feature to be a bug.

15 messages 2007/12/07

[#282673] ruby certification — dare ruby <martin@...>

Dear friends,

41 messages 2007/12/08
[#282695] Re: ruby certification — "Austin Ziegler" <halostatue@...> 2007/12/08

On 12/8/07, dare ruby <martin@angleritech.com> wrote:

[#282696] Re: ruby certification — John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...> 2007/12/08

Oh, come on.

[#282703] Re: ruby certification — Gregory Seidman <gsslist+ruby@...> 2007/12/08

On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 11:25:59PM +0900, John Joyce wrote:

[#282762] Re: ruby certification — Jim Clark <diegoslice@...> 2007/12/09

Gregory Seidman wrote:

[#282779] Re: ruby certification — "Austin Ziegler" <halostatue@...> 2007/12/09

On 12/9/07, Jim Clark <diegoslice@gmail.com> wrote:

[#282942] Re: ruby certification — Jim Clark <diegoslice@...> 2007/12/10

Austin Ziegler wrote:

[#282962] Re: ruby certification — "Todd Benson" <caduceass@...> 2007/12/10

On Dec 10, 2007 12:28 PM, Jim Clark <diegoslice@gmail.com> wrote:

[#282971] Re: ruby certification — "Austin Ziegler" <halostatue@...> 2007/12/10

On 12/10/07, Todd Benson <caduceass@gmail.com> wrote:

[#282684] Looking for a new web framework. — "Tim Uckun" <timuckun@...>

I am looking for a web framework designed to handle multiple domains

16 messages 2007/12/08
[#282752] Re: Looking for a new web framework. — "Mikel Lindsaar" <raasdnil@...> 2007/12/09

Go get Mephisto and put it on rails. Can handle multiple domains, with

[#282748] How much would variable declarations in Ruby make you wince? — "Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality" <ihatespam@...>

So, I had a conversation with a colleague of mine and he brought up a

60 messages 2007/12/09

[#282822] Confirm My Ruby/GUI investigation? — Wesley Rishel <wes.rishel@...>

I have been reviewing the copious old threads (and the various cited web

14 messages 2007/12/09

[#282995] REXml help - Insert newlines into large xml file — Sean Nakasone <seannakasone@...>

Hello, I have a large xml file that does not have any newlines in it. Can

10 messages 2007/12/11

[#283063] While statements in ruby — Mark Mr <pimea.mark@...>

Hi guys, I have a probably simple question. I dont know how to do

13 messages 2007/12/11

[#283079] opposite .nil? — "Andrew Stone" <stonelists@...>

I've looked around, but could not find a method that is the opposite of

16 messages 2007/12/11

[#283128] How To Avoid Ugly Declerations — Michael Boutros <me@...>

Hello! More and more I find myself having to do something like this:

13 messages 2007/12/12

[#283243] Connecting to Outlook 'Saved Items' folder using win32ole — Alex DeCaria <alex.decaria@...>

Can anyone tell me how to connect to the 'Saved Items' folder in Outlook

11 messages 2007/12/12

[#283396] Showing Running Processes in variable — jackster the jackle <contact@...>

I want to capture the list of running processes on my computer. I am to

13 messages 2007/12/13

[#283432] Newbie Question: What is a class for? — Matthias Borgeson <hibridmatthais@...>

Hello all-

11 messages 2007/12/13

[#283446] Third edition of "Programming Ruby" now in beta — Dave Thomas <dave@...>

Ruby 1.9 is just around the corner, so it looks like a good time to =20

10 messages 2007/12/13

[#283530] Programmer Ping-Pong (#150) — Ruby Quiz <james@...>

The three rules of Ruby Quiz:

43 messages 2007/12/14
[#283538] Re: [QUIZ] Programmer Ping-Pong (#150) — Paul Irofti <bulibuta@...> 2007/12/14

On 2007-12-14, Ruby Quiz <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

[#283545] Good Ruby IDE for Debian Linux? — "Steckly, Ron" <rsteckly@...>

Hi all,

19 messages 2007/12/14

[#283574] simple way to turn "foo and bar" to "+foo +bar" — Max Williams <toastkid.williams@...>

I want to add a slightly hacky feature into my boolean mysql search

11 messages 2007/12/14

[#283673] Smallest device to code ruby on? — Casimir P <pikselNOSPAMMi@...>

Whats the smallest gadget you can code (and compile) ruby on?

25 messages 2007/12/15

[#283708] autoindenting ruby — "Martin DeMello" <martindemello@...>

Something most of the "IDE roundup" threads seem to pass over lightly

12 messages 2007/12/15

[#283753] Backslashes in Command Line Arguments — Joseph Pecoraro <joepeck02@...>

In writing a script that takes strings on the command line I have run

13 messages 2007/12/16

[#283811] teams -> members -> users — John Griffiths <indiehead@...>

trying to work this out, giving me a headache,

11 messages 2007/12/16

[#283870] Is there any way to pass further the "hidden" block? — "Chiyuan Zhang" <pluskid@...>

Like this:

13 messages 2007/12/17

[#283917] dividing by two and rounding up — Tom Norian <tomnorian@...>

Hey all...I am hoping for a tip

16 messages 2007/12/17

[#283970] Best compiled language for extending Ruby — Sharkie Landshark <shark.fin.soup@...>

I want to write my core logics in a compiled language for 1) performance

26 messages 2007/12/18

[#284001] String#[] behaviour — DNNX <6aLLIaPuMoB@...>

'asd'[0...10] returns 'asd' while 'asd'[-10..-1] returns nil.

14 messages 2007/12/18

[#284037] New to ruby — bigbrother <Cowboyninja@...>

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to ruby. I've got a question

15 messages 2007/12/18

[#284038] Check if directory exists — Florian Schaf <flo.schaf@...>

hi!

13 messages 2007/12/18

[#284082] Hpricot syntax different from Xpath ? — Celine <xhanrot@...>

Hi all

14 messages 2007/12/18

[#284215] best way to distribute? — Pavel Pvl <pavel989@...>

hi, what is the best way to distribute ruby apps without having the end

23 messages 2007/12/19

[#284268] RubyGems 1.0.0 — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>

Release 1.0.0 fixes several bugs.

24 messages 2007/12/20
[#284328] Re: [ANN] RubyGems 1.0.0 — Jim Morris <ml@...4net.com> 2007/12/20

After trying to install both from the source and from gem update --system

[#284363] RubyGems 1.0.1 — Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>

= Announce: RubyGems Release 1.0.1

12 messages 2007/12/21

[#284462] Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...>

Short primer: What are namespaces?

40 messages 2007/12/22
[#284478] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2007/12/22

On 22.12.2007 04:18, Stefan Rusterholz wrote:

[#284479] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2007/12/22

Robert Klemme wrote:

[#284486] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...> 2007/12/22

> Or perhaps, the various implementers will be able to answer this

[#284488] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2007/12/22

Stefan Rusterholz wrote:

[#284491] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...> 2007/12/22

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:

[#284493] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2007/12/22

Stefan Rusterholz wrote:

[#284494] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Stefan Rusterholz <apeiros@...> 2007/12/22

Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:

[#285031] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — "Eivind Eklund" <eeklund@...> 2007/12/27

On Dec 22, 2007 4:22 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@sun.com> wrote:

[#285115] Re: Matz says namespaces are too hard to implement - why? — Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...> 2007/12/28

Eivind Eklund wrote:

[#284644] C++ Functors and Ruby extensions — "Jason Roelofs" <jameskilton@...>

I wonder if anyone has tried to do what I'm doing and if they've come up

10 messages 2007/12/24

[#284651] Trouble with Readline and Building Ruby 1.9 — "James Herdman" <james.herdman@...>

I'm having a little trouble building Ruby 1.9. I'm building on

14 messages 2007/12/24

[#284720] Ruby 1.9.0 is released — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>

Hi,

54 messages 2007/12/25
[#284729] Re: Ruby 1.9.0 is released — Rk Ch <rollingwoods@...> 2007/12/25

Great christmas gift! Thanks for guys hard worked.

[#284786] Re: Ruby 1.9.0 is released — Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...> 2007/12/26

Hi,

[#284800] Re: Ruby 1.9.0 is released — "Jeremy McAnally" <jeremymcanally@...> 2007/12/26

Could you point out some areas that are in dire need of documentation?

[#284731] OT: Polyglot programming article? — Jay Levitt <jay+news@...>

About three or four months ago, I ran across a great article/blog post

10 messages 2007/12/25

[#284772] qt4 bindings, threads — "daniel 虧erud" <daniel.akerud@...>

I couldn't find a mailinglist for the Qt4 Ruby bindings, so I try here. It

11 messages 2007/12/25

[#284867] Destroying an Object — Ken Awamura <ken.awamura@...>

Suppose I create a new object:

19 messages 2007/12/26

[#284894] Purpose of Ruby 1.9? — "=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Rados=B3aw_Bu=B3at?=" <radek.bulat@...>

First of all I want to thank Matz and Ko1 for yours great work! I

26 messages 2007/12/26
[#284896] Re: Purpose of Ruby 1.9? — "Luiz Vitor Martinez Cardoso" <grabber@...> 2007/12/26

WW91IGFyZSBhc2tpbmcgdmVyeSB1c2VmdWxsIHF1ZXN0aW9ucyEgV2VsbC4uLiB3ZSBuZWVkIHdh

[#284905] Re: Purpose of Ruby 1.9? — "Windham, Kristopher R." <kriswindham@...> 2007/12/26

in the Desktop reference by Matz, printed in 2002,

[#284906] Re: Purpose of Ruby 1.9? — "Rick DeNatale" <rick.denatale@...> 2007/12/26

On Dec 26, 2007 5:39 PM, Windham, Kristopher R. <kriswindham@gmail.com> wrote:

[#284918] convert excel spreadsheet to csv — Junkone <junkone1@...>

is there any library to convert excel file to csv.

12 messages 2007/12/27

[#284923] Re: using reg expr with array.index — MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>

On Dec 26, 4:32 pm, Esmail <ebonak_de...@hotmail.com> wrote:

12 messages 2007/12/27

[#284960] Add Array#first= and Array#last= to std lib — "Robert Klemme" <shortcutter@...>

Hi,

35 messages 2007/12/27

[#284980] about method docs — Santanu <thisissantanu@...>

Hello Everybody,

16 messages 2007/12/27

[#285003] Port Ruby on Rails Application — Snoop1990 Snoop1990 <snoopy1990@...>

Hello,

15 messages 2007/12/27

[#285118] testing for 64-bit environment — Tom Metge <tom@...>

subject says it all- anyone know a way to determine if the host system

12 messages 2007/12/28

[#285223] How to jump over the first line in a file? (newbie) — Mark Toth <mark.toth@...>

I have this code:

14 messages 2007/12/28

[#285294] Using "sort!" in a C extension (1.9 problem) — Andre Nathan <andre@...>

Hello

23 messages 2007/12/29
[#285349] Re: Using "sort!" in a C extension (1.9 problem) — "KUBO Takehiro" <kubo@...> 2007/12/30

Hi,

[#285300] Mr Bones - 1.1.0 — "Tim Pease" <tim.pease@...>

Bones

17 messages 2007/12/29

[#285315] Can Ruby be a keylogger on Win/Mac? — Jay Levitt <jay+news@...>

I know the subject's vague; that's because I don't know what I'm talking

14 messages 2007/12/29

[#285475] Best way to download >1GB files — thefed <fedzor@...>

What is the best way to download files from the internet (HTTP) that

19 messages 2007/12/31

M'I`5'Persecu tion ' M I5 W aste Tax payer Mill ions on P ointless Hate-Campai gn

From: fvfevfvmv@...
Date: 2007-12-26 08:50:00 UTC
List: ruby-talk #284825
MI5. Persecution Update: Friday 30 April, 1999

If You Intend. To Reply, Please Read This
Please.... keep your response to one page!. Faxes over. a page or two will
be deleted. without being read.

Somewhere between 0. and 100%

The last few days there have been. no clear recordable instances of
abuse.. However, while travelling on the Underground, while walking around
near my home and going to. friends homes, I am constantly troubled by
thoughts that those people over. there might be about to get at me; that
the couple sitting in the opposite seats laughing. are in fact laughing at
me;. et cetera, et cetera.

A comment by a scientist to the BSE inquiry sticks in my. mind. He
described the possible. scale of the epidemic as "between 0% and 100%". It
might not be happening, it might not happen at all, to any. discernable
degree.... or it might be total. Without clear recording, which. seems to
have become impossible the last couple of weeks, there is. no way of
knowing whether the harassment really is continuing, whether we. have
entered a temporary. hiatus, or whether perhaps it has perhaps stopped for
now.

But. for the time being I think there arent any reasons to dicontinue these
faxes. I only re-started them six. weeks ago in response to a resumption of
MI5 harassment; and I think. I will need to be more convinced of absence of
persecution before I discontinue my. complaints.

The. Newscasters are still watching

In the. last few weeks there have been at least a couple of fairly overt
instances of "interactive watching" by newscasters. I reported this. in a
previous "MI5. Persecution Update".

These instances are really. very rare compared to 1990-91, when there were
many dozens of such occurrences. Undoubtedly the. reduction is due to my
practice of videotaping everything I. see. Recently I had the opportunity
of showing this years "happenings" (Jon Snow/Nicholas. Witchell) to my
psychiatrist, and he agreed that. in both cases the newscasters were
expressing merriment without visible cause,. and that objectively it might
be possible for my. claims to be true - although of course other people
reported similar thoughts. to him, and this thinking is usually a symptom
of. illness.

Read About the MI5 Persecution. on the World Wide Web

The March 1998 issue (number 42) of .net Magazine reviews the. website
describing it as an "excellent site". Since August 11, 1996. over 50,000
people. have browsed this website.

You are. encouraged to read the web pages which include

a FAQ (frequently asked questions) section outlining. the nature of the
persecutors, their. methods of harassment through the media, people at work
and. among the general public

an evidence section, which. carries audio and video clips of media and
workplace harassment, rated according to how directly I think they refer. to me

objective descriptions of the state security agencies. involved

scanned texts of the complaints. I have made to media and state security
agencies. involved

posts which have been made to netnews over the last four years on. this topic

Keith Hill MP (Labour - Streatham), my elected. representative, as ever
refuses. to help.

MI5 Waste. Taxpayer Millions on Pointless Hate-Campaign

Recently I was talking to an independent. observer about the nature and
purpose of the perceived campaign. of persecution against me. The person I
spoke to, a highly intelligent man, said he was. struck by the utter
pointlessness of. the perceived campaign against me. He also said that, if
my theories were in. fact true, many people would have to be involved, in
the surveillance. itself, and in the technical side of the delivery of
information from my home to TV. studios for example, if the "interactive
watching" were happening as described.. He voiced these thoughts without
any prompting from me; but both I. and other observers had arrived at
pretty much the same conclusions, some. years ago.

I saw. a team of four men at Toronto Airport in 1993

To carry out the surveillance alone, full-time, would employ four or. five
men, or their. equivalent in terms of man-hours. Each man would "work" an
eight-hour shift, so you would need at. least three men doing the
surveillance, plus a. connecting link / manager. An indicator that this
estimate is correct arrived in 1993, when I was accosted by one of a. group
of four men at Toronto Airport; he said, laughing,. "if he tries to run
away well find him". Plainly these were the. men who had been involved in
the intrusive surveillance of me. for the preceding three years.

On other occasions, I. have seen the same man on two or three occasions. On
one such occasion, at Ottawas Civic Hospital. in November 1996; he gave his
name to the doctor as "Alan Holdsworth" or some such;. my hearing is not
very good sometimes and I am not sure of the surname, although I. am sure
"Alan" was his first name. I saw exactly the same man again. in Ottawa, at
the airport, in July 1998. Obviously, other people. must be "working" with
this person; he would not be the sole. agent employed in this case.

Usenet readers views on the Cost to MI5 of Running. the Campaign

Here's what a couple of other. people on internet newsgroups / Usenet
(uk.misc) had to say regarding the cost of running. such an operation...

PO: >Have some sense,. grow up and smell reality. What you are talking about
PO: >would take loads of planning, tens. of thousands of pounds and lots of
PO: >people involved in the planning, execution and maintenance of it.. You
PO: >must have a very high opinion of yourself to think. you are worth it.

and......

PM: >But why? And why you? Do you realize. how much it would cost to keep
PM: >one person under continuous surveillance for five years?. Think about
PM: >all the man/hours.. Say they _just_ allocated a two man team and a
PM: >supervisor. OK., Supervisor's salary,. say, #30,000 a year. Two men,
PM: >#20,000 a year each. But they'd need to work in shifts -- so it. would
PM: >be. six men at #20,000 (which with on-costs would work out at more
like
PM: >#30,000. to the employer.)
PM:. >
PM: >So, we're talking #30,000 x 6. #180,000. plus say, #40,000 for. the
PM: >supervisor. #220,000. Then you've got the. hardware involved. And
PM: >any transcription that needs doing.. You don't think the 'Big Boss'
PM: >would listen to hours and hours of tapes,. do you.
PM:. >
PM: >So, all in all, you couldn't actually do the job for much. less than
PM: >a. quarter million a year. Over five years. What are you doing that makes
PM: >it worth the while of the. state to spend over one and a quarter million
PM: >on. you?

Those are pretty much the. sort of calculations that went through my head
once I stopped to consider what. it must be costing them to run this
operation. At the very. least, a quarter million a year - and probably much
more, given the intrusive. and human-resource-intensive methods
employed. Times. nine years. Equals well over two million pounds - and
probably much, much. more.

Its wasteful. for someone with my skills to be unemployed

The wastefulness of the MI5 campaign against me is not just that of. futile
expenditure on their side. It is also extremely wasteful for someone. with
my talents to be unemployed and on a disability pension.. I am highly
qualified in numerate disciplines,. yet am unable to work, specifically
because of the MI5 hate-campaign against me. It is a terrible waste. of
resources for a supposedly efficient economy like that of. the UK to be
squandering the talents of a skilled. and capable worker.

I made every effort to remain in employment for as long as I. could, but
ultimately I was defeated. by MI5s employment of massive resources
specifically targeted on my workplaces with the sole aim. of seeing me
evicted from. those workplaces. You might expect this sort of behaviour
from the Stasi or some other secret. police force in a communist country
where labour is cheap, and the governments. aim on seeing its citizens
confined; but for a supposedly free and efficient economy. like Britains,
the wastefulness resulting. both directly and indirectly from the Security
Services activities. is simply criminal, and should never be allowed.

The international dimension means the costs are multiplied many. times
overoer had any sense, then they have surely taken. leave of them over the
last nine. years.

Four years of persecution. in Canada

The persecution re-started within less than five minutes of. my arrival in
Canada, as documented above, and. in the "frequently asked
questions" article on the website. The words, "if he tries. to run away
well find him" spoken. by one of the harassers at Toronto Airport are now
imprinted. on my mind.

A year later. I emigrated to Canada, intending to find a job and settle
there, hoping that MI5s interest in me might. dim with time. I did manage
to find work there, but. my hopes of avoiding Security Service interest
were ground. into dust. As detailed above, I saw the same man in November
1996 and July 1998, both times in Ottawa.. Apart from these encounters,
there were. numerous incidents between 1994 and 1998 of harassment, of an
identical nature and in most cases using. identical words to what had
occurred in the UK. It became quite clear to me that the. permanent
surveillance and harassment operation which MI5 had. subjected me to in
England was being. continued.

For a team of four or five men to be. employed overseas must cost a lot
more than if they operate. in their home country. And for MI5 to continue
the operation for a period of over. four years, continuously, must cost
many. hundreds of thousands of pounds. This confirms my belief that the
state is funding the campaign against mehat. the Security Service receives
current annual funding of #160M. Divided by 1850 staff,. works out at
#86,000. But the unit annual. cost of each "watcher" must be much higher
than this, especially given the frequently mobile and overseas nature. of
their actions. of the last few years. A very conservative figure might be a
little over #100,000 pa for each of a. team of five people, or half a
million. pounds per year. For nine years, so far. So the most conservative
estimate of the surveillance element. alone is perhaps four or five million
pounds. since 1990.

This guesstimate is of course theoretical - I. am not privy to inside
details. of how MI5 split their funding. But to take some other examples,
the cost of a US counter-surveillance specialist per. day is USD
5,000. Even if. the agents permanently assigned to me are not of this
calibre - even if they employ specialists when difficult work. planting
bugs. etc is encountered - their salary and support costs must still be
very high. The individual agents are. doing well for themselves as they are
well-paid to exercise psychopathic instincts. which in any sane society
would see them in. prison; but the taxpayers who must fund this terribly
wasteful exercise are being "done" out of hundreds of. thousands of pounds
each. year.

It must. be emphasised that the above estimates are highly
conservative. Besides the surveillance operation, it must. carry a high
cost in man-hours to propagate covert slanders through the. population; to
setup and maintain the "interactive watching". links to TV and radio
stations, which these. organisations continue desparately to "lie and
deny"; and to induce antipathy in co-workers which would not. otherwise
exist.

Why they are wasting Millions. of Pounds on a "Nobody from South London"

As remarked in the. prologue to this article, it is really most
extraordinary that the Security Service spends a. chunk of its budget,
every year for nine years so far, on a meaningless campaign against. a
"nobody from South London". That they are spending such. a large amount of
money. has been confirmed to me on several occasions, usually by oblique
references to "its. costing this country millions". The supposed
"logic" behind the persecution is that MI5 wish to avoid their. harassment
of me, and. the involvement of the UK media, to be made public; yet as the
reader will. appreciate that is a circular argument, "theyre doing it
because they want to keep it secret and avoid. humiliation for themselves
and their country" begs the question, "why did they. start doing it in the
first place?", to which in. truth I myself do not know the answer.

Plainly MI5 with its rich budget can. afford half a million pounds a year
to waste on a "nobody. from South London". Some time ago I was talking to a
British surveillance professional on Compuserve. who told me "this work
costs a lot of money and is. usally because the person I am following has
done something (usually criminal) to warrant all this money and. time being
spent." Yet in this particular case it is plainly not the. "victims
fault" that. the harassment is taking place. The hate-campaign against me
is completely the creation of the obsessive psychologies of the MI5. agents
who have. made themselves my persecutors; it is obviously a
"personal" campaign for them, and for  years they misuse taxpayer. funding
to feed their insane, unnatural and fixated. fantasies.

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