Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Omachonu Ogali
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 08:28:44PM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote: > So, the US Government wants to classify Sean Gorman's student project. > The question is did Mr. Gorman's maps divulge the vulnerability in the > East Coast power grid that resulted in the blackouts this week? > > Would it be better

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Jay Hennigan
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The reason for that is that if one does not call call before dig, one would > be liable. If one does call and misunderstands, the survey company would be > liable. So those companies prefer to leave very clear marks. The way it works in California i

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread alex
> > > The "Dig Safe" program might be a good model for controlling access to > > > Sean's work. This would not preclude further scholarship on Sean's work > > > but it would keep the data out of the hands of the 31337 crowd. > > Huh ?, Try this on for size , "Hello , I am joe's contractin

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread alex
> > The "Dig Safe" program might be a good model for controlling access to > > Sean's work. This would not preclude further scholarship on Sean's work > > but it would keep the data out of the hands of the 31337 crowd. > Huh ?, Try this on for size , "Hello , I am joe's contracting >

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Scott McGrath
We have a permutation of this in NH. When the hole is greater than 1' deep we need a permit. This does illustrate the difficulties though we have too much government interference now. _but_ we do need some way of ensuring that information is used responsibly and I do not think that a government

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Kevin Oberman
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:15:02 -0400 (EDT) > From: Scott McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Information should be free. This however assumes that people will be > _responsible_ for what is done with the information. > > On Manuel and Jose - with a valid permit

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Scott McGrath
Information should be free. This however assumes that people will be _responsible_ for what is done with the information. On Manuel and Jose - with a valid permit number they get the information if Bubba and Joe do not have a _valid_ permit number they do not get the information because in the

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread David Lesher
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > > Remember that Dig Safe is implemented on a state by state basis some of > the programs like the one you describe are dreadful. The one in my home > state is fairly thorough in checking bona fides before providing the data

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Paul Wouters
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Scott McGrath wrote: > Remember when you go to a library to study rare manuscripts you generally > need to prove to the curator that you have a legitimate scholarly interest > in the documents not simply random curiousity. That's because those old manuscripts are fragile, no

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Scott McGrath
Remember that Dig Safe is implemented on a state by state basis some of the programs like the one you describe are dreadful. The one in my home state is fairly thorough in checking bona fides before providing the data I believe in setting a fairly low bar for access to this information i.e. can

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Mr. James W. Laferriere
Hello Scott , On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Scott McGrath wrote: > A measured response is needed. Obviosly we do not want the > vulnerabilities disclosed to bored teenagers looking for "excitement". > We need controlled access to this data so that those of us who need the > data to fix vulnerabil

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread Scott McGrath
A measured response is needed. Obviosly we do not want the vulnerabilities disclosed to bored teenagers looking for "excitement". We need controlled access to this data so that those of us who need the data to fix vulnerabilities can gain access to it but access is denied to people without a leg

RE: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-18 Thread St. Clair, James
>Capacity isn't the problem. The problem is that there aren't enough lines >between the providers and consumers to carry the current volume. >Eric A. Hall Exactly, and everyone on this list should realize this exists in EVERY utility. A quote from CNN.com, Money section: "However, the wirele

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-17 Thread Eric A. Hall
on 8/17/2003 9:09 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Org A makes a killing. Given that the players were producers, buyers > and sellers of the same product this creates no incentaive to build out > additional capasity. Quite different from say, Hog futures, were the > supply side and demand side are

Re: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-17 Thread hackerwacker
On Sunday 17 August 2003 06:28 pm, Having folded space, the Third Stage Guild Navigator said: > So, the US Government wants to classify Sean Gorman's student project. > The question is did Mr. Gorman's maps divulge the vulnerability in the > East Coast power grid that resulted in the blackouts th

RE: Did Sean Gorman's maps show the cascading vulnerability in Ohio?

2003-08-17 Thread McBurnett, Jim
-So, the US Government wants to classify Sean Gorman's student project. -The question is did Mr. Gorman's maps divulge the vulnerability in the -East Coast power grid that resulted in the blackouts this week? -Would it be better to know about these vulnerabilities, and do something -about them;