here is a start. there is no particular order to what I have listed. any book here is a great one and a classic. keep in mind that I read (most of) these books 25 years ago and what was good and influential then may not be now.
anything by David Halberstam http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/sear ch-handle-ur l/index=books&field-author=David%20Halberstam/104- 6224673-2658324
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/ -/0805 017305/104-6224673-2658324?v=glance
the godfather http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ 0451167716/ qid=1082888096/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-6224673-26583 24
The Rest of Us: The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/ -/0316 096474/ref=lpr_g_1/104-6224673-2658324?v=glance&s= books
Fire in the Streets: America in the 1960's by Milton Viorst http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai l/-/0671 428144/qid=1082889803/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/104-622467 3-2658324?v=glance&s=books
How We Got Here : The 70's--The Decade that Brought You Modern Life--For Better or Worse http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail /-/0465 041957/104-6224673-2658324?v=glance
black like me http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/ 0451 192036/qid=1082888695/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl 14/104-6224673-2658324?v=glance&s=books&n=5078 46
the great shark hunt http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/ -/0345 374827/104-6224673-2658324?v=glance
Hmm? I think the states were already trying to do this before the Federal government preempted them. Anyway, I wonder if it will work?"
sometimes you can nail people easier and harder when you make something a federal offence vs. a state law. i think certain types of gun possesion work that way.
also you can sue the spammer in federal court. although he will not show, the judges ruling may set a precedent to help prosecute onshore spammers.
1) it could come out that they get busted on the test run and reveal the whole plot.
2)the longer it takes for them to find a successfull canidate the better chances are that they get stopped and the longer it takes to put together an attack.
3) so lets say the get a guy who is the anti-sterotype of a terrorist - he may do other things that trigger the system.
in the end there is nothing you can do to stop a terrorist or any other criminal for that matter. but you can make it harder for them.
Consider this - two of the terrorists, Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar, flying under their real names, were on a State Department watch list. A third had the same address as Alhazmi; two others (including Muhammad Atta) shared a residence with Almihdhar. Five others had the same phone number as Atta. Another had the same frequent-flier number as Almihdhar.
So yea, I think it's time to shore up the security for the nations airlines.
BTW - I get screened every time I travel. Sad thing is last time I traveled they put a sticker on my suitcase that said "passenger must travel w/ bag" funny thing is they lost my luggage.
I had the same experience w/ Nortel . They seem to make great voip equipment but did not seem eager to make a sale.
Avaya on the otherhand was great. got me all the info i needed and put in touch w/ the right people. Afterwards they followed through to see if i needed more help.
Do they remember that if it weren't for America most of Europe would be speaking Russian ? Or that Europe would still be a pile of bombed ruins ? Or that Russia would have starved if it weren't for US free grain shipments ?
Rain.Forrest.Puppy was a great source of inspiration for me.
His hacks on NT ODBC and RDS made him a hero by the script kiddies
His views on hacking and the current scene are well worth the read.
"What? Harmless? Is that all it's got to say? Harmless! One
word!"
Ford shrugged.
"Well, there are a hundred billion stars in the Galaxy, and only
a limited amount of space in the book's microprocessors," he
said, "and no one knew much about the Earth of course."
"Well for God's sake I hope you managed to rectify that a bit."
"Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the
editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement."
"And what does it say now?" asked Arthur.
"Mostly harmless," admitted Ford with a slightly embarrassed
cough.
"Mostly harmless!" shouted Arthur.
My guess is that management uses these techniques to help close down the company.
If the dev team smells the coffee then they could refuse to release source code, document thier work or system passwords, or potentially cripple the project. (flamebait) I am not judging if the tech team would be wrong in doing this, they many times have a good reason to do so(/flamebait) Not to mention it is always best to end the relationship on good terms because:
a) maybe things will pick up and you would want to rehire them, or need to pick thier brains about some aspect of the project.
b) it's a very small world and the techie you 'dissed could very possibly have an influence on the next place mr. management is trying to land a job.
so yes whatever it takes for management to make a clean break is a good thing.
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the autobiogrophy of malcom x
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0
animal farm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451
brave new world
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006
fountinhead
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/
anything by David Halberstam
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/sea
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail
the godfather
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN
The Rest of Us: The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail
Fire in the Streets: America in the 1960's
by Milton Viorst
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/deta
How We Got Here : The 70's--The Decade that Brought You Modern Life--For Better or Worse
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai
black like me
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-
the great shark hunt
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail
now, Fifty-nine deceits like in Fahrenheit 911 would be a *bad* thing
Oh C'mon !!! Other Distros have had this feature for ages !!!! RH changes tool names and file locations all the time.
like adding a flight simulator or car game ?
No, in '98 I had a great job and salary.
Why ?? The lady in the story paid her bill when the systems came back online.
I wonder if the companies have some sort of standard on how this is measured.
true. After a few big articles on ./ on how the Israeli Gov't was going to do the same, MS bullied thier way into a deal and SO was never installed.
The only reason why IBM went w/ Linux is because AIX sucks. Solaris is a killer OS.
but you are right that they need to learn from IBM
1)replace thier CEO
2)become a solution provider. IBM doesn't care whether thier customers buy Linux or W2K. As long as they buy IBM.
3)diversify.
The big difference is that no matter how outwardly "dumb" the system is, you still have access to the internals via the CLI and .conf files.
In the Windows world the user, (or better the admin who is trying to save/fix a broken system) is locked out of that part of the OS
Hockey Night in Canada need I say more ?
"Hello, my name is Luis Salazar and i pronounce "Lumix." loo-mix".
sometimes you can nail people easier and harder when you make something a federal offence vs. a state law. i think certain types of gun possesion work that way.
also you can sue the spammer in federal court. although he will not show, the judges ruling may set a precedent to help prosecute onshore spammers.
i disagree.
1) it could come out that they get busted on the test run and reveal the whole plot.
2)the longer it takes for them to find a successfull canidate the better chances are that they get stopped and the longer it takes to put together an attack.
3) so lets say the get a guy who is the anti-sterotype of a terrorist - he may do other things that trigger the system.
in the end there is nothing you can do to stop a terrorist or any other criminal for that matter. but you can make it harder for them.
terrorists want to instill fear buy killing lots of people anywhere anytime. kind of like shock and awe.
i don't think they care who they kill.
Consider this - two of the terrorists, Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar, flying under their real names, were on a State Department watch list. A third had the same address as Alhazmi; two others (including Muhammad Atta) shared a residence with Almihdhar. Five others had the same phone number as Atta. Another had the same frequent-flier number as Almihdhar.
So yea, I think it's time to shore up the security for the nations airlines.
BTW - I get screened every time I travel. Sad thing is last time I traveled they put a sticker on my suitcase that said "passenger must travel w/ bag" funny thing is they lost my luggage.
great ! where shall we meet ? Madrid ?
I had the same experience w/ Nortel . They seem to make great voip equipment but did not seem eager to make a sale. Avaya on the otherhand was great. got me all the info i needed and put in touch w/ the right people. Afterwards they followed through to see if i needed more help.
The Collection won't be complete w/ out Father Guido Sarducci Or the Jive Guys from Airplane
"The point is: people remember the Cold War"
Do they remember that if it weren't for America most of Europe would be speaking Russian ? Or that Europe would still be a pile of bombed ruins ? Or that Russia would have starved if it weren't for US free grain shipments ?
History did not start in the year 2000 !
I am sure that the Nigerians could pick up the slack.
Rain.Forrest.Puppy was a great source of inspiration for me.
His hacks on NT ODBC and RDS made him a hero by the script kiddies
His views on hacking and the current scene are well worth the read.
Sco Unixware
(although i think thier web server already died)
2. Give the site a name that sounds like a famous site i.e Booble, MikeRoweSoft, to increase the neat-ness factor (I am sooo kewl !)
3. Feign innocence when busted (would i be crying these crocodile tears if i had intentionaly copied those names ?????)
4. Gather sympathy on Slashdot.(All companies are evil)
5. Profit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"What? Harmless? Is that all it's got to say? Harmless! One word!"
Ford shrugged.
"Well, there are a hundred billion stars in the Galaxy, and only a limited amount of space in the book's microprocessors," he said, "and no one knew much about the Earth of course."
"Well for God's sake I hope you managed to rectify that a bit."
"Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement."
"And what does it say now?" asked Arthur.
"Mostly harmless," admitted Ford with a slightly embarrassed cough.
"Mostly harmless!" shouted Arthur.
If the dev team smells the coffee then they could refuse to release source code, document thier work or system passwords, or potentially cripple the project. (flamebait) I am not judging if the tech team would be wrong in doing this, they many times have a good reason to do so(/flamebait) Not to mention it is always best to end the relationship on good terms because:
a) maybe things will pick up and you would want to rehire them, or need to pick thier brains about some aspect of the project.
b) it's a very small world and the techie you 'dissed could very possibly have an influence on the next place mr. management is trying to land a job.
so yes whatever it takes for management to make a clean break is a good thing.