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Information Security On An Olympic Scale
jeffy124 writes: "Wired is running a story about the man in charge of securing the computer systems at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games next February. Matt McClung discusses how he's withstanding an 'overhype' in the media on the possibility getting his systems cracked and what he's doing to prevent it in the first place. With 4500 PCs and 550 servers, that shall be a daunting task, especially given the reliability problems at the '96 Atlanta games."
Actually, it's NOT technically okay to have a dozen wives (I won't go into the details), but you'd never know the difference from some of the loonies I hear live out in the boonies.
-lee...and what the hell do you do with 60 kids, anyway?
They post this drivel with no content, but not my post from the *same* website about selling the Moon.
Anywho, who really cares about this? It will go away when the winter games are over. It'll be amusing if it gets hacked. Probably, an anthrax scare or two (or 463) will get much more news attention.
Nerds do not care about the olympics. The olympics test how much Weight Gain 4000 a single person can consume and not have their liver fail (at least before the games.)
I still can't see why this was posted. This is a tiny network. Is it even critical? The games will still be playable if every single machine decides to melt.
Let's go back to our normal posts, mainly, 23 ways to bitch about MS.
Actually, legally it's not okay, it's just kind of...overlooked. Also, what kind of nut would want a dozen wives? One, as I can see it, is a little difficult to handle, much less 12! Also, what business is it of the government's how many wives a person has?!?! If they have no sanity, and want 12 that should be there...warped but legal right. Also, instead of worrying about who is bribing the IOC officials, maybe one should worry about the fact that they are taking the bribes. Aside from that, Salt Lake City seems like a fairly nice venue, so no need to complain to much! :-)
Derek Greene
that always has been common practice for the olympics, (not saying its okay) so its not just a salt lake city problem. also what is the problem with having a dozen wives? in the moral sense it may be wrong (i personally dont care if someone else does it) but why is it legally wrong? where does it supposidly harm society etc? stop pushing your personal morals onto others that dont want them
Yeah, seven is pretty much the max. Any higher and the mathmatics involved in determining who's sleeping in what bed beyond next week become too tedious.
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