Slashdot Mirror
CNET's in-depth Coverage of IT security
museumpeace writes "Starting today
CNET news is running a
3 day series of reports and analysis
of government and industry responses to the challenge of making America safe. While it primarily focuses on the technology content of these tangled issues, the report also tries to sort out the impact politics-as-usual is having on this presumably critical national concern...there is plenty of muck to rake: "As if chickpeas, lentils and mohair have anything to do with national security. One congressman even stated that a peanut subsidy, with a $3.5 billion price tag, 'strengthens America's national security,'" the 335,000-member group said. "Members of Congress have been cloaking old-fashioned pork in the robes of 'security' for the 'homeland.'"Lots to read here and registered CNET readers can put in their two cents.
Throwing Money at Techology is the title of the leading report for today and that sums up much of what is going on."
Of course. Peanuts can be highly effective weapons in the right hands. Especially if the terrorists have allergies. Or you could hurl the peanuts like small pebbles. Or you could .... um, look over there, a three headed monkey!
I hear there's rumors on the Slashdots
...during the gay marriage debate:
Isn't that important? Isn't that the ultimate homeland security -- standing up, defending marriage, defending the right for children to have moms and dads, to be raised in a nurturing and loving environment? Isn't that what this debate is all about?
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Throwing Monkeys at Technology????? Will this outsourcing nightmare never end???????
"Wow. Now THAT'S a lot of angry Indians." - Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
...chickpeas, lentils and mohair...
...peanut subsidy...
...pork in the robes...
Anybody else get hungry after reading this...?
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. -- Larry Wall
I so want you heading up cyber-security!
IPtables and forget about it. Great strateragy there, pal.
Without an adequate reserve of nuts, the only President to ever lose a wrestling match with a pretzel would have no hope of being re-elected.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Say what you want about America, our propaganda system is the best in the world.
Now, if we could only export that enough to make up for the $45B monthly trade deficit, we'd be golden.
[You have a stable society when some nut guns down a schoolyard and the law doesn't change.]
I certainly am willing to pay extra taxes to have my penis protected. Oh, "peanuts" ... Never mind.
I don't need no stinkin govt security.
Got me a BIG family which has lots of GUNS, ammo, and LINUX.
We're not above cannibalism so if things get tough, wimps be warned, ya'll better fatten up or get out of town.