There is an old saying, and to be honest I do not know the veracity of it, “Booze, gambling and cigarettes are recession proof. The businesses of sin always make a profit.” I do not have any idea where it…
A study of hydrogen fueled vehicles and Spain
Abstract This paper will discuss the cultural factors of hydrogen fueled vehicles in the Kingdom of Spain. A variety of cultural inventories are used to score and evaluate the ability of Spain to adopt new technologies alongside ethnographic studies of…
Education paradigm: How you get there may not be where you are going
Introduction Higher education is often challenged by the competing interests of society and the individual student who wishes to attend. The reasons for attending a University are as varied as the student population. Of interest to students, parents, faculty, and…
Data Center Fire: We have returned
We are back after two days off line. The Houston data center where our server is located had a transformer fire and Saturday morning went dark. Early this morning we got network functionality back.
More (new) pictures of the 1986 Jeep CJ 7
The dark ages: Modern anti-intellectualism and failure of the thinking man
In the happenstance world of the modern University system and the massive shift to large scale educational institutions are we truly getting smarter? In the megalithic creations of superior seats of education where is the radical advancements promised by a…
A jailbroken iPhone can be a very powerful weapon in the hands of an attacker: Smart phones can become an attacker’s most camoflashed weapon
Guest blogger Alejandro Chavez looks at the different ways a common popular cell phone can easily be modified to become a hidden method of attacking networks. Mr. Chavez is a student at Purdue University Calumet and we thank him for…
Cyber Warfare: Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism, a growing threat?
Guest blogger Anthony Marszalek discusses in depth some of the concerns with cyber warfare and the ideas on how it exists (if it exists). He also discusses cyber terrorism and tries to make a distinction between the two. Mr. Marszalek…
Is Cyber Terrorism Fact or Fiction?
Guest blogger Aron Okichich Brings up a hot topic to information technology and conflict awareness. As a student at Purdue University Calumet we thank him for allowing us to post his work here. You can download a PDF of his…
America at five (or more) dollars a gallon: Well on our way to a paradigm shift in services and society
Where will America be when gasoline prices continue to rise, and the transportation costs of goods and people become exponentially bigger than expected? North America is roughly twice the size (42 million Km^2) of Europe (10 million Km^2) but has…
Memorial Day 2008
All nations call upon their citizens in time of need. When the diplomacy of words ends, and the diplomacy of the sword begins that is where service becomes exemplary. In the on-going conflicts of the nation state. In the festering…
What does it means when the military moves from defense to offense on the Internet?
The Internet is both the terrain and the tool in the future of cyber warfare. As we look at the use of the Internet to support hostile actions against government and military targets the classic asymmetric conflict is rising in…
May 21 News on Cyber Warfare (Special: USAF Cyber Command)
Todays news includes information on the new cyber command for the United States Air Force. Over the next month I will be running these as the Air Force Cyber Command comes to fruition. As a side note in the article…
The warrior scholar
I have this fantasy that the warrior scholar elite can happen in my life time. Yes I believe in the elite who are the best because in the realm of conflict failure to be elite carries the badge of vanquished.…
Some thoughts on the idea of “Cyber Range”
To recreate the Internet in a safe and sane environment that could realistically recreate the chaos of the Internet is a big issue. Some of the early design issues: 1) The Internet is inherently dynamic most designed systems are relatively…