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Bush Wants an Unhackable Private Network
Slur points out an article at the New York Times which says that the "Bush administration is considering the creation of a secure new government communications network separate from the Internet that would be less vulnerable to attack and efforts to disrupt critical federal activities," writing "It seems to me money would be better spent getting the next-generation Internet going, for the government to fund more of the existing research and standards boards to create protocols that are invulnerable to the kinds of attacks the government seems to fear, namely massive DOS attacks. Or is there something else a 'net terrorist' could do to 'disrupt the vital flow of information'?" Isn't hard-to-disrupt communication the reason that DARPA got involved in this "Internet" business anyhow? Update: 11/19 22:48 GMT by T : This was mentioned before a little while ago when USA Today wrote about the same concept, but apparently a Digital Pearl Harbor is still being flogged.
It seems to me that if this Clarke is qualified to advise the President on network matters, his first piece of advice would be "Umm, Mr. President, only lamers use the term 'Cyberspace' these days."
Takahashi Rumiko made beats! DON, taku, DON, taku. . .
And I want Bambi's father to come back, but it ain't gonna happen. Sorry to disappoint you with this Real World stuff, Dubyuh, but there's no such thing....
DO NOT LEAVE IT IS NOT REAL
Very good point. Yes, there are much greater wastes of our tax money, like the missile defense system.
1) Make it a Federal Crime to hack, crack, break software protections or reverse engineer ANY software, or to be involved in any kind of "hacktivism" activities - and make it a 20-year manditory sentence, with no possibility of parole.
Isn't John "Best Buddy of Hitler & Satan" Ashcroft trying to get LIFE SENTANCES for hacking?
(Which would make breaking in physically and shooting the information managers a crime with a shorter imprisionment given that outright murder gets an average of 5-7 years these days.)
"Face it, a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality.
It's simple, really.
The Ludwig von Mises Institute. The reasoning individuals economics
Actually, what he's doing is what Al Gore claimed he did for the original internet - e.g. "create it" by championing it and causing it to be funded.
He never claimed he invented it.
I thought that the "Nerds" in "News For Nerds" were people who actually knew something about technology, but given the number of people who modded you up to +5, this obviously isn't the case.