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Post #259,894 by warmachine 6/24/06 6:44:19 AM Reply	Course I was being sarcastic! I stated that there are no technical problems right after describing a logistical, commercial and political nightmare scenario. How can anyone possibly think that this is a viable solution, let alone think that I meant it? Is this not 'Run! Get out while you can!' material (accepting that it can never happen)? That reminds me - I need to add a bit more about how OS vendors won't subvert the process. Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #259,895 by Another Scott 6/24/06 6:48:50 AM Reply	Don't forget Homeland Security.
Post #259,896 by Another Scott 6/24/06 7:05:59 AM Reply	Send it to InfoWorld when you're done.
Post #259,897 by warmachine 6/24/06 7:09:56 AM Reply	No thanks. Anyone is free to steal my scenario. Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #260,020 by drewk 6/26/06 10:34:03 AM Reply	Now you are smoking something How can anyone possibly think that this is a viable solution, let alone think that I meant it? Ever since the government started treating 1984 as a playbook instead of a warning, I think we lost any chance to believe "no one could think X is viable". === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #260,022 by Another Scott 6/26/06 10:50:09 AM Reply	"Surprise Attack" covered this. [link\|http://times.discovery.com/tvlistings/episode.jsp?episode=1&cpi=109122&gid=0&channel=DTC\|Why Intelligence Fails: Suprise Attack] on the Discovery Channel. The biggest reasons why it fails are: 1) Refusal to consider new threats, and 2) Hubris. "Japan won't attack us, because ..." "Egypt won't attack us, because ..." "Bin Laden won't use airplanes to attack us, because ..." Cheeers, Scott.
Post #260,023 by drewk 6/26/06 11:02:18 AM Reply	Time to rename CIA to CDA You don't gather intelligence, you gather data. You use intelligence to analyze the data and decide what to do with it. (Okay, you should do that.) To talk about "the latest intelligence on Iraqi weapons capabilities" makes no sense. Now that I've thought about this some -- I noticed it a while ago, but didn't attach too much significance -- I'm probably going to notice how badly it skews our interpretation of public statements from those in the "intelligence community". === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

It's contagious - (drewk) - (30) - June 23, 2006, 02:26:01 PM EDT

Trusted applications - (warmachine) - (29) - June 23, 2006, 05:01:11 PM EDT

For about five seconds ... - (drewk) - (2) - June 23, 2006, 05:04:23 PM EDT

Companies sticking to standards: SQL anyone? -NT - (warmachine) - June 23, 2006, 05:41:33 PM EDT

DPM -NT - (warmachine) - June 23, 2006, 05:42:24 PM EDT

You see no technical problem because you're an idiot - (ben_tilly) - (25) - June 23, 2006, 06:41:04 PM EDT

Your sarcasm detector is broken. -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - June 23, 2006, 06:59:00 PM EDT

D'oh -NT - (ben_tilly) - June 23, 2006, 07:02:36 PM EDT

Severely. - (admin) - (1) - June 23, 2006, 07:06:52 PM EDT

I'm tired. It happens. -NT - (ben_tilly) - June 23, 2006, 07:29:41 PM EDT

Emulators and SDKs only run trusted, signed code... - (warmachine) - (15) - June 24, 2006, 07:04:35 AM EDT

He wasn't being sarcastic! - (broomberg) - (14) - June 23, 2006, 08:49:29 PM EDT

He was too! -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - June 23, 2006, 08:56:49 PM EDT

He's doing it very deadpan if he is -NT - (broomberg) - (1) - June 23, 2006, 09:00:30 PM EDT

Well, Duh. -NT - (Another Scott) - June 23, 2006, 09:04:08 PM EDT

Peter's right. Americans don't get sarcasm. - (admin) - (3) - June 23, 2006, 09:43:47 PM EDT

So we need a sarcasm compiler - (Silverlock) - (2) - June 23, 2006, 10:17:30 PM EDT

ICLRPD (new thread) - (imqwerky) - June 23, 2006, 10:28:12 PM EDT

And, of course, you'll submit it to the OS vendor... -NT - (jb4) - June 28, 2006, 02:24:53 PM EDT

Course I was being sarcastic! - (warmachine) - (6) - June 24, 2006, 06:44:19 AM EDT

Don't forget Homeland Security. -NT - (Another Scott) - June 24, 2006, 06:48:50 AM EDT

Send it to InfoWorld when you're done. -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 24, 2006, 07:05:59 AM EDT

No thanks. Anyone is free to steal my scenario. -NT - (warmachine) - June 24, 2006, 07:09:56 AM EDT

Now you *are* smoking something - (drewk) - (2) - June 26, 2006, 10:34:03 AM EDT

"Surprise Attack" covered this. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 26, 2006, 10:50:09 AM EDT

Time to rename CIA to CDA - (drewk) - June 26, 2006, 11:02:18 AM EDT

Make it part of the compile process. -NT - (broomberg) - (3) - June 23, 2006, 08:44:30 PM EDT

Like what Kernigan did with his self fixing compiler? - (folkert) - (2) - June 23, 2006, 10:08:54 PM EDT

Nope - (broomberg) - (1) - June 23, 2006, 10:34:40 PM EDT

Wonderful idea! - (ben_tilly) - June 23, 2006, 10:48:56 PM EDT

<muntz>Ha ha</muntz> -NT - (pwhysall) - June 24, 2006, 04:04:44 AM EDT

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