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OpenBSD Lands $2 Million In DARPA Money
An anonymous reader writes "Canada's National Post is reporting today that DARPA is (indirectly) funding $2-million (US) to Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD. The article is available here." Update: 04/07 21:01 GMT by T : As several readers have pointed out, this blurb should credit instead The Globe and Mail rather than the National Post.
For all you limp-wristed leberals, Euro-trash America haters and Fat Ugly Linux Losers:
HOMELAND SECURITY BOOK PRAISES 'SYSTEM THAT'S WORKING'
Author Steven Brill is experiencing total friction among his close circle of "elitist liberal" media associates after releasing a book which claims: Homeland Security under President Bush is working!
And why have there been no fresh terror strikes in the United States since the start of the war?
Brill says it's the competence of the current leadership.
PBS host Charlie Rose shouted and squirmed and called Brill's premise "ridiculous" during a promo for the book "After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era," which Brill released last week.
"He is a laughing stock!" mocked one network executive, who has been a friend of the self-described "lapsed-liberal" for more than 10 years.
Brill has been telling associates how arguments over the 700-page book have "nearly become violent."
Brill explains: "I've had a kind of cultural revelation, and it centers on Tom Ridge, whom all my friends think is a bumpkin because he doesn't look and sound like them. Janitor's son wins scholarship to Harvard, gets elected governor. Yet my friends think he's a dummy. The reason: because he's utterly without guile. To me he is emblematic of what's great about the country - a guy who leaves his cushy governorship and therefore his wife has to go get a job to pay the bills because they have new rent to pay, and goes to Washington to help. And his staff is the same way.
"Sure they don't do everything right, but they work their asses off and take all kinds of s**t from the press and the pundits and just keep their heads down and do the job they said they would do. The book is full of poignant scenes of these decent people just plain working hard and making sacrifices. No politics. No bulls**t. No glory. No scouring the papers for news clips about themselves."
Brill, who founded COURT TV, and recently streaked with the media mag CONTENT, offers an exhaustive, optimistic account of life after terror.
On Aviation security:
"Everyone now agrees the government has done a good job. The largest new government agency in the history of the government - the Transportation Security Administration - was recruited, trained, and stood up in a space of six months. "
On Ashcroft's much-criticized interviews in the fall of 2001 of young Muslim immigrants:
"These produced actual leads that lead to actual terror-cell indictments. And what happened was the most of those interviewed proved to be law abiding people who wanted to help and who did help with tips that produced real cases."
On Port Security:
"These people really did a great job. We now have our inspectors at the 20 largest foreign ports inspecting stuff bound for the US before it even leaves for the US. And in our own ports we have new radiation detectors, new computer systems to target the riskiest containers and many more agents deployed to catch the bad stuff. (One of the book's main characters is one of those agents.)"
On Patriot Act:
"Surveillance that it allowed has led to nailing of terror cells and prevention of attacks by people not yet arrested."
On Private Sector:
"The CEO of a giant insurance company - Chubb - decides on 9/12 NOT to take his lawyers advice that they can claim an 'act of war exemption' and not pay any claims. Instead he announces they are going to pay all claims and averts an economic panic. He does so because it's the right thing to do and also because he believes it will enhance Chubb's reputation. Other insurance companies soon have to follow."
Brill declares: "The American people and the American system have been as resilient as ever!"
But, MAN, how can he take $2,000,000 from the US Gov't and still criticize them at the same time?
Because at the time he accepted the money (over a year ago), the US was not playing oil grab.
Theyll pay just like they paid Afghanistan. Promised billions, then forgot all about it. Why do you think the Turkish wanted their billions on paper although the US was promising it?? They sent the boys to war under higher risk, but still didnt pay up Turkey a few billions. Theo would probably get the first $100 check, then Canadas opposition to war would be cited and then everything forgotten.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." -Nim Chimpsky
I think it's good that he took the money. It's $2M that won't be spent on death and destruction.
Now there's a real distinction to set you apart from other OS's. "Responsible for the death of innocent children since 2003"
It be official; da Niggaz of Compton now confirms, dig dis: *BSD be dyin'
One mo'e cripplin' bombshell hit da damn already beleaguered *BSD community when OG of da' LBC confirmed dat *BSD market share gots dropped yet again, now waaay down t'less dan some mere fracshun uh 1 puh'cent uh all servers. Comin' on de heels uh a recent East Side Niggaz survey which plainly states dat *BSD gots lost mo'e market share, dis news serves t'reinfo'ce whut we've knode all along. What it is, Mama! *BSD be collapsin' in complete disarray, as fittin'ly 'esemplified by failin' wasted last[samag-What it is, Mama!] in de recent Sys Admin comprehensive netwo'kin' test.
Man! You's duzn't need t'be some Kreskin [amazin'kreskin-'S coo', bro] t'predict *BSD's future. De hand writin' be on de wall, dig dis: *BSD faces some bleak future. In fact dere won't be any future at all fo' *BSD cuz' *BSD be dyin'. Doodads is lookin' real baaaad fo' *BSD. As many uh us is already aware, *BSD continues t'lose market share. Red ink flows likes some homboy popped a cap in iz ass, yo.
FreeBSD be de most endangered uh dem all, havin' lost 93% uh its co'e developuh's. De sudden and unpleasant departures uh long time FreeBSD developuh's Jo'dan Hubbard and Mike Smid only serve t'undersco'e da damn point mo'e clearly. Slap mah fro! Dere kin no longa' be any doubt, dig dis: FreeBSD be dyin'.
Let's keep t'de facts and look at da damn digits.
OpenBSD leada' Deo states dat dere is 7000 niggaz playin' OpenBSD. How many niggaz pimpin NetBSD is dere? Let's see. De numba' of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet be roughly in ratio uh 5 t'1. Derefo'e dere is about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet is about half uh de volume uh NetBSD posts. Derefo'e dere is about 700 kickin uh BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 puh'cent uh de *BSD market. Man! Derefo'e dere is (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD playas. Dis be consistent wid de numba' of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due t'de troubles uh Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so's on, FreeBSD went out uh business and wuz snatchn upside by BSDI who sell anoda' troubled OS. Now BSDI be also wasted, its co'pse turned upside to yet anoda' stone col' ox-killin' crib.
All majo' surveys show dat *BSD gots steadily declined in market share. *BSD be very sick and its long term survival prospects is very dim. WORD! If *BSD be to survive at all it gots'ta be among OS dilettante dabblers. *BSD continues t'decay. Slap mah fro! Nodin' sho't uh a miracle could save it at dis point in time. Fo' all practical purposes, *BSD be wasted.
Fact, dig dis: *BSD be dyin'