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Deliberation of "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace"

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the virtual-town-meetings dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Per the Federal Register the National Infastructure Advisory Council will have a public meeting (telephonically) from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST on 1/8/2003 to deliberate on the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. 'Written comments may be submitted at any time before or after the meeting.' Details can be found in text format or in PDF."

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  1. opinions: by SHEENmaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Libertarian: Leave cyberspace alone.
    Linux: Leave cyberspace alone.
    /.: Leave cyberspace the fuck alone.

    Conclusion? "Cyberspace" isn't under anyone's control because it can't be bought, sold, or bribed.
    U.S. law on the other hand, can be bought and sold like trading cards.

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    You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
  2. Over heard at the meeting... by El+Camino+SS · · Score: 5, Funny


    "There really is only one way to secure cyberspace as we know it. We need to create in secret an army of clones to protect us from all of our enemies."

    -AZ Sen. James Palpatine (D)

  3. GGardner's corollary to Godwin's law by GGardner · · Score: 5, Funny
    the Internet was originally designed decenteralized to avoid any one node being knocked out (by nuke) and cutting off those not vaporized

    I would like to propose a corollary to Godwin's law: In any online thread, any mention about how the Internet was designed to survive nuclear attack immediately terminates that thread.

    1. Re:GGardner's corollary to Godwin's law by Ellen+Ripley · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... any mention about how the Internet was designed to survive nuclear attack immediately terminates that thread.

      550 THREADTERM (nuclear)
      223 DETECT THREADTERM (nuclear)
      224 ACK THREADTERM (nuclear)
      227 REROUTING TO ALTERNATE THREAD SERVER

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      mods metamodded as "Unfair"
  4. Re:this is big.. by ceejayoz · · Score: 5, Funny

    You sound lost. Perhaps you're looking for this thread?

  5. Government's definition of "Secure". by billstewart · · Score: 5, Funny
    When the government talks about securing something, they don't mean the same things that your or I would mean.
    • The Air Force's definition is "Write a purchase order to buy one."
    • The Navy's definition is "Tie it down so it doesn't roll or bounce around."
    • The Marines' definition is "Machine-gun it and post an armed guard once you're sure they're all dead."
    They've already got their own Milnet, so they're not trying for the Air Force approach....
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    Bill Stewart
    New Fast-Compression-only CPR http://preview.tinyurl.com/dy575ks