When considering the variable methods of depicting a model it sometimes is not so obvious what will happen when that model is expanded to take on newer and more distinct concepts. I started with a basic two dimensional model that…
Author: Samuel Liles
Gathering dimensions of conflict into a unified model
When considering the generation warfare model as a tool of categorizing the types or scopes of conflict a few things are exposed rather rapidly. At ComingAnarchy.Com Younghusband identifies several of the same issues I did in attempting to bring the discussion…
Anti-forensics: Obfuscating the path to forensic examination
What can a user do that will obscure the path to analysis of a computer system so that minimal to no digital information may remain to be examined in a forensically sound method? What are the tools and methods to…
A unified generational warfare theorem: Introduction to basic argument and concepts
The idea of nation state conflict and conflict of ideology becomes a descriptive problem when looking at the scope of history. How best to describe the antecedent conflicts and the methods utilized? A focus of the military establishment has been…
The government bubble and the short vision horizon
There was the .com bubble; there was the correction due to terrorism. There have been myriad fiascos and financial hooliganism on Wall Street. Some would say this is the eventual end of a super debt cycle started after World War…
Social networks, events, entities, actors, actions
There is a fairly substantial body of work that looks at the difference between hierarchical organized groups and network organized groups. The relative merits of each argument fall into a few camps. The hierarchical organization allows for direction of action…
A round table to bring ideas forward: The Chicagoboyz examine Clausewitz
The Chicagoboyz are hosting the round table I’m looking forward to the adventure of bouncing some ideas off them. For the purposes of the round table I will be posting at Chicagoboys. I will post an abstract here and link to the Chicagoboyz post. The chancellor…
Commentary and refutation: CSIS & Securing cyberspace for the 44th presidency
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently released a report titled “Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency: A report of the CSIS commission on cybersecurity for the 44th presidency”. This report is an in depth look at policy…
Live Render: A Linux live CD based rendering solution
The fall 2008 semester ITS 470 Large Scale High Performance Systems course completed a project to produce a live distribution knoppix CD. Feedback from the public on these projects is highly sought after as the problems are real world. As…
The anti-library: Books to be read, knowledge, life, and love of books
The Anti-Library as suggested in Talebs book on Black Swans really interested me. There has been some work on this before by many other bloggers (Zenpundit, Soob, ComingAnarchy, Rethinking Security). The Ecco story in Talebs book even spawned another blog…
Northwest Indiana Snow Event November 18, 2008
Today those of us living in the Northwest Indiana area (Porter, Chesterton, Michigan City) woke up to around a foot of snow. The following are a few pictures of the event. Click more to see them. Avalanche pun?
Behind this hatch (door to civilians) works a United States Marine
On November 10th 1775 before there was a United States the Continental Marines were formed as a naval infantry. Thus November 10th is the best day of the entire year. Marines serve as a separate armed service within the department…
Vote: The definition of American
I wake up, get up, shower and shave, walk the kids to school, then walk to the polling location. Yes I said walk. In my small town with the leaves turning from spring green to fall gold democracy in action…
A plan: Refutation of mavericks and hopes of change
The 2008 Presidential election is guaranteed to be historic simply based on the candidates. We will either have our first black president or first woman vice president. Not unlike previous election cycles as recently as Herbert Walker Bush the economy…
White swans: Along with ducks spray painted black
When I received “The black swan: The impact of the highly improbable” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House, New York, 2007), I was intrigued by a view into the financial world of high finance. In the interest of saving you…