Known for his current role as Spencer Reid on TV's Criminal Minds, Matthew Gray Gubler is also known as the voice of this animated creature (put your answer in the comments).
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Cold War Story
So here is a little story for you. No, it is not as dramatic as some of those you will see this weekend on AME or The History Channel, but it does have to do with a menace the US had to deal with in the 1980's called The Red Army Faction.
It's 1987... the Red Army Faction had promised additional attacks against US concerns in Germany; threats you had to take as serious after they set bombs at PX and Commissary facilities.
So it is the holidays.... of course all the married sergeants and officers got to go be with their families. Those of us who were not married or had children got to set-up a defensive perimeter around Coleman Barracks Mannheim, Germany.
We didn't take it too serious; after all - our location didn't have women and children. I was the Non Commissioned Officer in charge. Which means I have to be the one to keep everyone on their toes. Count the three-rounds everyone was issued while on patrol at the end of their shift and make sure they didn't fall asleep. (The three-rounds thing is another story).
I'm out checking everyone and making sure they are in their correct locations and being vigilant. I find one soldier sleeping. I'm reading him the riot-act... standing above his fighting position with one hand on the chain-length fence when a shot rang out.
It nicked the the fence and went through my hand.
Another half-inch to the right... into the side of my head.
Half-inch to the left ... into my sholder.
As it was it went into my hand... right through it. The scar isn't so much today but that night it was a big deal.
It went right through an artery and "squirted" in rhythm with my heart.
By the time I got through the aid station and into an ambulance on my way to a hospital did I loose consensus, but luckily I'm here today to relay the story.
Don't dismiss any of the "cold war" soldiers who gave their all during this Memorial Day weekend. The demise of the USSR and fall of the Berlin Wall are just some of the examples of what we accomplished.
If you know someone who served during 'peace time' thank them too. It wasn't a walk-in-the-park.
Sony hasn't identified its hackers - NYPOST.com
Sorry folks…. their focus should not be “who” but “how”.
Who cares who hacked their systems, but what actions have they taken not to let it happen again.
Computer security breach sends Honda scrambling | CanadianBusiness.com
Will the day come that some hacker is so smart that they can bring the entire US to a halt because we networked our automobiles?
Computer security breach sends Honda scrambling | CanadianBusiness.com
Report: Major weapons makers see networks breached by hackers | Security - CNET News
Your kidding me.
As a stupid retired knucklehead from the US Army Signal Corps this is totally unacceptable.
Report: Major weapons makers see networks breached by hackers | Security - CNET News
Thursday, May 26, 2011
It The I.T. World - Timing Is Everything
In 2006 Microsoft introduced the Ultra PC to the world.
The hand held device had a touch screen, ran Windows XP, was under two pounds and would accommodate a 60 GB hard drive.
It had a ton of other features.
The downside was the battery life and the price.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Cybersecurity and the Federal Government
According to article on The Hill our House of Representatives will begin debating the pros and cons of a Cybersecurity law.
It will be aninterestingg debate. Just how much power (or responsibility) does the federal government want to give the Department of Homeland Security?
There is a wide variety of considerations:
- Intellectual Property inside private-sector networks
- Considerations for online poker players
- Home Networks
- Enforcementt
Having been in the business of programming Internett applications for over twenty years now I have witnessed a number of attacks. I can tell you from this experience that the attacks come from places where our federal government has no jurisdiction.
I personally believe that although their hearts are in the right place, there is really little if anything the federal government can to to protect our technical infrastructure by just passing a law.
It is up to network engineers to secure their networks and programmers to write code to ward-off attacks.
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