Penheaded
Friday, December 24, 2010
Rabid (Malkin) chipmunk talks net neutrality
In the spirit of the holiday we're going to forgo the usual treatment of Malkin for the idiot that she so aptly plays. Just another fool doing the bidding of her moneyed business overlords.
Again, we should state that we don't line-up with most of her opposition on this matter either. But we fail to see how truth in bandwidth declarations impose unreasonable stricture on providers as she states in the article: When you've drank the kool-aid, you've drank the kool-aid.
Her attempt to align this with health care is a typical device and not really worthy of much consideration.
¶ 12/24/2010 12:02:00 PM 0 comments
Friday, December 17, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The downside of connections
We had forgotten that we were registered on the Gawker site but we received an email this morning stating that our information was loose on the Internet.
¶ 12/14/2010 09:07:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Cyberwar, Cybercrime; you say potato, I say...
Two points of note in this story; One silly and shortsighted, the other trenchant.
¶ 12/02/2010 11:47:00 AM 0 comments
"McGraw: Because there is a lot of crime, less espionage, and very little cyberwar. (chuckle)"
The contention that cyberwar is not showing its face at this time and therefore should not be a major concern is naive. Helped along by the actions of the Chinese, the U.S. government's willingness to recognize the potential threat has struck us as praise worthy. The offensive approach to this matter is in fact mirrored by the reality of constantly changing vectors of attack in current civilian IT security.
"One of our main points is that there is a confusing blend of cyberwar stuff, cyber-espionage stuff and cybercrime stuff, and the stories are used to justify whatever political or economic end people may have..."
In addition to a newer variant on the old military/industrial complex boogieman, the potential for abuse in this manner of lumping it altogether is frightening.
