On Nov 26, 2007 1:00 AM, DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob La Quey wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2007 9:54 PM, Randall Shimizu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > >> > >>> And, if our military *doesn't* have cyber-warfare as one of its > >> goals, > >>> then our military is pathetically stupid. > >>> > >>> One problem is that that military's cyber warfare is not coordinated > >>> among the Navy, Army and Air Force. It's hard to see why the military > >>> is still using Windows on their critical systems. The militiary however > >>> is putting a lot of effort into securing their systems. The military > >>> has a set of guides called the STIG's (standard implementation > >>> guidelines). > > > > The budget of any one of those branches is larger than most > > of the world's military budget's put together. So the fact > > that we have multiple competing strategies could be viewed > > as an advantage. > > It has to be, given our standard of living and associated labor costs > relative to the Chinese. What they have is many more warm bodies. Lots > of conscripted bureaucrat-slaves to dedicate to any task deemed > important to the single-minded State. And lots of conscripted students > in State-sponsored educational institutions to carry out whatever cyber > warfare research and "Testing" the State deems beneficial to Itself. > > You can buy lots of talent and loyalty - and results - with a bayonet. > Pay is not necessarily the first consideration in all parts of the world. > > -- > Best Regards, > ~DJA.
Maybe we should outsource most of this work to India. Or Mexico. These $500,000 houses here in San Diego do not do much useful work. BobLQ "half serious" -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
