crmartin - Slashdot User

Comment History didn't start in 2003 (Score 2, Insightful) 117

by crmartin on Sunday March 08, 2009 @11:57AM (#27112677) Attached to: US Cybersecurity Chief Beckstrom Resigns

I wish journalists would do a little research. NSA has had the lead role in cybersecurity since before he term was invented, back to the National Computer Security Center when Bob Morris the Elder was Chief Scientist. Mid-80's, in other words. Communications security since Truman.

What this guy is complaining about is that he wasn't able to wrest control of cybersecurity away from NSA.

Comment Passing the fees to customers (Score 1) 246

by crmartin on Sunday March 01, 2009 @06:16PM (#27033415) Attached to: Spectrum Fees May Preclude US Low-Cost Cellular

Actually, that could be better phrased as "idiots imagine those fees won't be passed on to the customers."

Comment Re:Kind of a side note... (Score 1) 407

by crmartin on Friday January 23, 2009 @09:25AM (#26573453) Attached to: Obama Staffers Followed Palin's Email Lead On Inauguration Day

Yes, it's actually just you, because the number of dopes who think the White House doesn't have an IT staff is very small.

Now, for a little puzzle, ask yourself how long it would normally take to create hundreds of email accounts in a secured system?

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Submitted by

donavan

on Sunday August 26, 2007 @11:04PM

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Submission + - AT&T Hides DSL Deal

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 26, 2007 @10:54PM

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Submission + - IronKey -- Clipper Chip revisited? (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Father William

on Sunday August 26, 2007 @10:40PM

Father William writes: "Slashdot recently covered the IronKey — a self-destructing, hardware-encrypted USB flash drive with on-board secure Firefox, high-speed TOR network, password manager, and online encrypted backup.

Although the product seems to have a lot of advantages, some technical problems also appear to exist with the present implementation (particularly that "online encrypted backup" part), that also happen to bring to mind the Crypto Wars of the early 1990s, and perhaps the most notorious and memorable artifact of all, from that period — the Clipper Chip. So allow me to tell you a story (or several) . . . ."

Submission + - Artists created "anti-social network" proj (10zenmonkeys.com)

Submitted by

destinyland

on Sunday August 26, 2007 @10:36PM

destinyland writes: "Three geeky artists created an experiment where people meet in public spaces and then don't communicate in any way — no conversations, no interactions, and especially no text messages. ("The NoSo Project" remains committed "to fulfilling all your needs for greater social isolation.") Billed as "a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from your social networking environment," it's actually commenting on the "over-connectivity" some people are experiencing. The artists were inspired by Brian Eno's "silent nightclub" concept, but say it's since hit a nerve with the "over-networked" population."

Submission + - Funny "Credit Crunch Cereal" (noctaluca.com)

Submitted by

Control Freak

on Sunday August 26, 2007 @10:09PM

Control Freak writes: "Fed Makes Counter Moves! Funny enough to make you blow milk through your nose, comes this highly-processed packaging of our new Reserve fearless leader, Mr. Fed. Posted by Mark of "The Kingsland Report" via contributor cometgold.com, Credit Crunch cereal is "Fortified With Hedge Funds" and has "Sugar Coated Derivatives", and even serves up fresh squeezed consumers in a liquid market. But best of all, it has a Free Helicopter Inside* to follow the acrobatic ups and downs of the market. I wonder if you can hear the housing market bubbles bursting when you pour on the milk, or if it'll just slowly go sour. Mark Kingsland is at http://www.buttonwood1792.blogspot.com/. * The asterisk allows the Fed to bend their own rules."

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