NSA Makes Contribution To Apache Hadoop Project

An anonymous reader writes "The National Security Agency has submitted a new database, Accumulo, to the Apache Foundation for incubation. Accumulo is based on the original BigTable paper with some extensions such as the ability to provide cell-level security. It appears there are some hurdles that must be cleared concerning copyright before the project could be accepted."

Comments

Please trust the NSA. Pretty please.

[AliasMarlowe]

It's a trap! It HAS to be. /tinfoil

No, no, it's not a trap, not in the slightest. Just insert your penis into this device... I assure you, it's not a meat-grinder, really, it's not! And I didn't have my fingers crossed when I said that, not even a little bit.

Re:Please trust the NSA. Pretty please.

[TheRaven64]

Depends on where your fingers are. Not sure where it comes from, but when I was growing up (in England, home of English), crossing your fingers behind your back meant that you were lying.

Re:Please trust the NSA. Pretty please.

[AliasMarlowe]

Well, OK, whatever, so what does meat-grinder mean in Swedish? Slang for some body orifice, I'm guessing from context.

No. It means a meat-grinder, or köttkvarn - the mechanical device which turns lumps of meat into ground meat or minced meat.
Pro tip: don't stick your dick into one of these.

Re:OK, now try it in English

[Goaway]

How do you "submit" a databse?

It turns out that if you read sentences all the way to the end, they become a lot more clear.

Re:NSA tries to get vendors serious about security

[lennier]

Most competent sysadmins try to do their best to secure their system, and those worth their salt, succeed to do so.

So, um. What does that make the kernel.org guys? ;)

Yeah, I thought so.