Yes there are some classified pieces of information in this report, but nothing earth-shattering. Most of what is classified deals with mundane operational details such as number of IEDs, time distributions etc... There is one classified paragraph that describes VOIP though. Not sure why that is classified? It also seems very out of place in the report as well. There is probably more to this thing that was edited but we will never see it.
The whole incident is what we call in the military a giant clusterfuck. There isn't any conspiracy here just some frightened Specialist who squeezed off a few shots at an unknown vehicle approaching his position.
I really think this is just a cover move by the government to deflect attention from the real target.... Slashdot. Thats right. You heard it here first. Today Kahane. Tomorrow us.
I recently went through this issue with Dell when I bought a laptop from them about a month ago. Dell would not sell me a laptop with Linux unless I bought 10 or more. They would also not sell me a laptop with out an OS. However this is not a Microsoft licensing thing. In fact it is a requirement of the Interational Standards Organization. Dell does not actually build their machines but has a group of companies contraced to do it. As part of this, Dell requires their contactors to be certified under an ISO Manufacturing Standard (I dont know the number). This Manufacturing Standard states that Dell may not sell a computer without an OS. The guy explained to me that this is a requirement as they must quality inspect each machine with an installed OS and then send that machine out in its current state.
I hate MicroBorg as much as the next guy, but this time they are in the clear.
Aside from the usual Microsoft hating rhetoric, which I am guilty of myself, lets look at what the article is really saying. The concept of a single point of login, payment, and being able to set my consumer preferences is very intruiging to me. But there are the obvious privacy concerns with a large central repository of consumer information. Central to the "infomediation" business model which Hailstorm was trying to accmplish is the concept of trust.
I think the central and pivotal question the article raises, is whether there is a fundamental flaw in the business model of "infomediation" or whether people just dont trust Microsoft? Are people willing to trust this kind of information to anyone? I for one dont have a huge problem with it (as long as it is not Microsoft) as long as there are some builtin safeguards and I am receiving what I consider a return on the value of my information.
Any thoughts on this??
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You could always find him in R/L, show up on his doorstep and kick his ass in front of his kids. A little dramatic but effective.
Really Big F-ing deal. I would be a lot more impressed if the mystery application turned out to a fully documented and open API.
Yes there are some classified pieces of information in this report, but nothing earth-shattering. Most of what is classified deals with mundane operational details such as number of IEDs, time distributions etc... There is one classified paragraph that describes VOIP though. Not sure why that is classified? It also seems very out of place in the report as well. There is probably more to this thing that was edited but we will never see it. The whole incident is what we call in the military a giant clusterfuck. There isn't any conspiracy here just some frightened Specialist who squeezed off a few shots at an unknown vehicle approaching his position.
I really think this is just a cover move by the government to deflect attention from the real target.... Slashdot. Thats right. You heard it here first. Today Kahane. Tomorrow us.
Maybe that's why you're unemployed in the IT business. I hear the US Marines are hiring. They like throat slitters.
I recently went through this issue with Dell when I bought a laptop from them about a month ago. Dell would not sell me a laptop with Linux unless I bought 10 or more. They would also not sell me a laptop with out an OS. However this is not a Microsoft licensing thing. In fact it is a requirement of the Interational Standards Organization. Dell does not actually build their machines but has a group of companies contraced to do it. As part of this, Dell requires their contactors to be certified under an ISO Manufacturing Standard (I dont know the number). This Manufacturing Standard states that Dell may not sell a computer without an OS. The guy explained to me that this is a requirement as they must quality inspect each machine with an installed OS and then send that machine out in its current state. I hate MicroBorg as much as the next guy, but this time they are in the clear.
Aside from the usual Microsoft hating rhetoric, which I am guilty of myself, lets look at what the article is really saying. The concept of a single point of login, payment, and being able to set my consumer preferences is very intruiging to me. But there are the obvious privacy concerns with a large central repository of consumer information. Central to the "infomediation" business model which Hailstorm was trying to accmplish is the concept of trust. I think the central and pivotal question the article raises, is whether there is a fundamental flaw in the business model of "infomediation" or whether people just dont trust Microsoft? Are people willing to trust this kind of information to anyone? I for one dont have a huge problem with it (as long as it is not Microsoft) as long as there are some builtin safeguards and I am receiving what I consider a return on the value of my information. Any thoughts on this?? Sendai-X