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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."
Mainly a fluff piece. Pretty skimpy on the details.
Brent Lundberg: Oddly enough, Jim, the Chinese seem to have delt a crushing blow to the U.S. and Swiss top downhill contenders with times up to 45 seconds lower.
Jim: But the Chinese can't ski!
meanwhile in Beijing:
Xing Zhang: Muhahahahahahahaha
Why they need computers connected to the internet at the olympic games ?
They need of course some data storage facilities for the information about the sportsmen, events, scores etc. But I don't see why these computers must be connected to the internet. The 100 meter runners will be very unlikely to surf on the net while stetting up the newest world record.
And personally i doubt that people who do so much sport can use computers without being helped.
We all know that strong physical action reduces the amount of oxygen in the brain killing thousand of nervous cells like alcohol.
They claim that they want to present the scores on the net, but this is just the useless usual internet hype. Which person who uses the internet is interested in sports ? Nobody, really. You might now say that there is AOL these days but you can't access the whole internet with AOL so this is no point.
This is a very good example how the goverments money is wasted all over I think next they'll raise our taxes and make us pay. These sports dudes don't need an expensive internet access and i wouldn't be surprised if these admin guys are the brothers-in-law of some sports burocrats in Washington, Alabama.
BTW: I weigh 200 lbs, does anyone know how to loose some weight ?
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