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you get a whole lot of people spooled up over the wrong things.

From the OP:

The Air Force has already announced their desire to manage an offensive BotNet, comprised of unwitting participatory computers. From TFA:

The U.S. would not, and need not, infect unwitting computers as zombies. We can build enough power over time from our own resources. Dear Jeremiah Cornelius & timothy: pull your heads out of your asses and make sure you have your facts straight before making outrageous and incendiary pronouncements.

Dear CmdrTaco: why would you post something containing such an obvious factual error? We're not just talking about a controversial and/or weakly supported opinion, we're talking about a statement in the OP that is verifiably false. It's time to put away that fancy new rubber stamp you got for Christmahannakawanzikamadan and start reviewing things again before posting them.

Actually, other than the sensationalist headline, I've seen nothing in this lame blogger's article or the one from the other day that indicates the Air Force is interested in taking over the worlds PCs. Infact from the other day's article:

The U.S. would not, and need not, infect unwitting computers as zombies. We can build enough power over time from our own resources. Note the emphasis on "would not, and need not". Not that the submitter of this story would actually read the articles...

And from this lame blogger post:

Of interest are any and all techniques to enable user and/or root level access ...to both fixed (PC) or mobile computing platforms... any and all operating systems, patch levels, applications and hardware." The operative word here is "techniques."

Basically, this tells me they are trying to learn what the hackers already know and use that knowledge against our adversaries. They are not trying to hack or build a bot net out of any unsuspecting citizen's PC.

Freakin' lame bloggers need to ditch the sensationalist headlines. And shame on Slashdot for cut-n-paste sensationalism. At least he doesn't try to convince us of that claim in his article.

The Air Force has already announced their desire to manage an offensive BotNet, comprised of unwitting participatory computers. How long before they slip a root kit on you? The submitter cited a slashdot page with a bunch of hand-wringing as evidence that the USAF wanted to make a botnet out of your and your neighbors' computers. This, despite what the original article states:

The U.S. would not, and need not, infect unwitting computers as zombies. We can build enough power over time from our own resources. Of course, I could be incorrect, and the Trolling might be from timothy (I didn't see any quote bars...)

A bullet can be designed to penetrate armour or it can be designed to expand in soft tissue. It CANNOT do both.

Actually, that's not true, thanks to new blended-metal bullets. From The Armed Forces Journal, (sorry, most reputable source I could find; not even a Wikipedia article about them)

The frangible APLP ammo will bore through steel and other hard targets but will not pass through a human torso, an eight-inch-thick block of artist's clay or even several layers of drywall. Instead of passing through a body, it shatters, creating "untreatable wounds."

"APLP" translating to "armor-piercing limited penetration."

Not that these have been around long enough for Hollywood to be right, just FYI.