[Leica] Shoot first, focus later

[abridge at mac.com (Adam Bridge)]

As someone who once-upon-a-time was involved in some seriously secret stuff, 
I know how important the human element is. Yes, you had to have an ID, and 
yes you had to have an access code for a cypher-lock but you also had to be 
recognized by people who KNEW you. Ultimately there were 100 people who 
would know each other.

The funny part: none of this was obvious to the casual observer. Most of the 
people around us knew that something sort of "funny" was going on but didn't 
have a clue about what. And the control and planning was done out of a 
trailer on the pier that looked as important as a, well, a trailer. Even 
once you got inside you wouldn't know unless you had an idea that the red 
lights (indicating an insecure person was inside) meant. 

Adam
On Aug 14, 2011, at 4:11 AM, scleroplex wrote:

> when i was at a lab at harvard we had a security guard at the entrance
> called freddie.
> he used to sit at the desk carving wood laconically and glancing at
> people walking past.
> but freddie knew every single person in the building, where they sat
> and when they typically came in to work.
> immediately after 9/11 the geniuses in charge of security threw him
> out and sent in a tall big guy who
> did not let anyone by without a badge by peering at the tiny photo in
> the corner, which may or may not resemble reality.
> he did not know anyone by sight or anything else about them.
> 
> my lab-mates and i immediately knew our building's security had
> suffered a massive downgrade!
> so the next time we found the heads of security riding in the elevator
> we looked at each other
> and said "guess what i just heard! we are going to have high-tech top
> line security soon! yes sirree! face recognition systems!!"
> 
> :-(