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  1. Re:Some interesting info by Andy+Social · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: What's the Real NSA Like?
    I'm not offended, but as one of those "operatives" or "agents" that people are referring to as if we're James Bond (my mother still thinks I have a license to kill), I'm understandably a bit defensive about anything that looks like a diminishment of the military's role in our security.

    WHEW! Was that a run-on sentence or what? :-)

    Honestly, I'm not able to say much about my job (duh) but if you look at the NSA homepage and look at the DLI homepage you'll find out enough that most folks can put together the rest.

  2. Re:Fort Knox by Jonny+Royale · · Score: 1 · on Army Dumps NT as Web Server, Moves to Mac
    You're going to get different systems for different places. The story is kind of misleading. They say the amry is running on MAC's, but all that means is that the army.mil web servers are MAC's. Most army bases, commands, etc. will have their own web servers, as a subdomain under the army.mil domain.

    Not that I know anything about that, tho...

  3. Wow.... by mykey2k · · Score: 3 · on Army Dumps NT as Web Server, Moves to Mac

    Netcraft tells us:

    www.army.mil is running WebSTAR/4.0 ID/70636 on MacOS

    And it's not a G4.... the headlines on www.army.mil tell us that it is a G3...

  4. Apples and Oranges by X-Nc · · Score: 1 · on Chad Davis May Be the Next Kevin Mitnick
    This kid is nothing like Mitnick. He malichously broke into a system to intentionaly cause damage. I happen to personally know the guys who run www.army.mil and the kind of crap this script kiddie pulled isn't really worth space on /. but that's not my call.

    The one part that I am behind is the punishment for this crime. It should not be anything near what a "real" crimminal desirves. He should get a big-ass fine and maybe some minimal time in a minimum security place.

    That's my opinion.


    ---
    "Who pill da cubby custar?"

  5. A Tale of Two Generals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Thompson Critical of Linux
    There is a lesson from U.S. military history which is pertinent to this discussion. It is the tale of two generals, one who was a goat, and one who was a hero.

    During the 1860's War Between the States, the yankee unionist forces were commanded by General George McClellan. A weak man, he was strategically paralyzed by his quest for the perfect moment, by his quest for perfection. He was incapable of command or leadership because he could not act unless all circumstances were aligned in his favor. Consequently he did not act. President Lincoln eventually relieved McClellan of his duties as supreme commander of the unionist forces because of McClellan's chronic indecisiveness. McClellan was a failure.

    Many years later, there was another war, and another general. During the Second World War, General George Patton commanded the American Third Army. Patton was brash and daring. He was imbued with a "can do" attitude. He was a man of action who made do with what was at his disposal. Patton shaped events, rather than let events shape him. He did the impossible, and inspired his soldiers to do the impossible. After General Lee, Patton is probably the greatest commander to come out of America.

    Today we hear Ken Thompson belly ache because he finds that Linux has not yet attained perfection. But in eight years, Linux has become the most important operating system of the decade. These have been eight fruitful years where we find Linux deployed in the role of everyday hero: sorting the U.S. mail, running Boeing test-beds for next generation aircraft, analyzing the heavens, insuring reliable delivery of power, bringing the thrill of Titanic to untold millions, and aiding cancer hospitals in treatment of the patients. These tasks may have well remained undone or underdone, had Linus waited for the perfect moment, for the perfect release.

    Linus is Patton to Thompson's McClellan. Linus is blessed with a streak of daring, a streak of boldness which not only is alien to Thompson, but in all probability is incomprehensible to Thompson. History has crushed the anal retentive. The McClellan's and the Thompson's are history's chaff. They never can understand that there is never a perfect moment. We only have today, and the raw material of the day. History belongs to those who forge their swords with the materials at hand, rather than postpone the task in wait of some unlikely metallurgical breakthrough.

  6. Shuttle, M1 Trainer, and rowboat by SEWilco · · Score: 2 · on DVD in your Glasses
    simulator [1] [2], and motion sickness all tend to be caused by differences between what is seen and what is felt (inner ear and sense of body). Make sure the first time you try this you give your movie-viewing passengers some waterproof containers.

    (Many poisons cause hallucinations, so getting rid of stomach contents when vision does not match other senses does have evolutionary advantage)