Comment Re:this will never be read (Score 1) 421
Nope, I read it. All excellent points!
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Comment Hire an experienced architect or interior designer (Score 1) 421
This is going to be a massively expensive exercise...
I don't want to misread your post, but assume you're asking for input from those "in the trenches," so to speak, which I heartily applaud. Spend some "quality time" with the project architect and/or interior designer. If they've been chosen well (not always a safe assumption), they should be able to tell you - in plain English, not "designer-speak - exactly what they've taken into account and their prior experience designing 24/7 secure facilities. You'll be surprise about the things you haven't considered (which they have). OTOH, if they sound like someone who designed the CEO's house (and nothing like what's planned), sound the alarm bells. Good luck with your project.
-z
Submission + - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Begins Move to Google (dailycal.org)
ziani writes: The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has started utilizing Google Apps for its online needs, joining scores of other government agencies and businesses also making the switch. Is it just me, or do the terms of service suggest this might make students in the dorms sleep with one eye open. ("THE SERVICE IS NEITHER DESIGNED NOR INTENDED FOR HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES. . . " “High Risk Activities” means uses such as the operation of nuclear facilities, air traffic control, or life support systems, where the failure of the Services could lead to death, personal injury, or environmental damage.
Submission + - Feds take control of Private Networks if Cyberwar (wired.com) 1
ziani writes: Joe Lieberman wants to give the federal government the power to take over civilian networks’ security, if there’s an “imminent cyber threat.”
Submission + - Federal Court says "Tweeting" Ban Constitutional (archive.org)
ziani writes: A federal court in Columbus, OH has upheld a ban against "tweeting" from the courtroom during criminal trials. The decision appears to be the first time "tweeting" has been referred to in a court decision in a non-avain sense.
Comment Grammar Police (mod me down!) (Score 0, Troll) 327
"The government would have probably went on for a few more years . .
Thanks,
GP
Submission + - Programmers charged in Madoff affair (nytimes.com)
ziani writes: Attention fellow geeks: Know your clients. In this case, they probably know Mr. Madoff too well. "Jerome O’Hara and George Perez allegedly helped construct Bernie Madoff’s house of cards. The computer codes and random algorithms they allegedly designed served to deceive investors and regulators and concealed Madoff’s crimes,” Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement."
Submission + - Hacking U.S. Military Satellites
ziani writes: Wired is reporting civilian hacking into U.S. military transponder satellites with junk-yard parts. Brazilian authorities are cracking down.
Submission + - Nokia Trademarks Classical Guitar Tune
Submission + - DARPA Turns Moths into Borg / Cyber Spies
ziani writes: At some point in the not-too-distant future, a moth may take flight in the hills of northern Pakistan, and flap towards a suspected terrorist training camp.
But this will be no ordinary moth.
Inside it will be a computer chip that was implanted when the creature was still a pupa, in the cocoon, meaning that the moth's entire nervous system can be controlled remotely.
Get the story here.
