I’ve been looking at generational warfare from a slightly different perspective. As we have agricultural revolutions, industrial revolutions, and the information revolution it appears there is a corresponding relationship to the generations of warfare. We did not give up agriculture…
Military Bloggers
The following post is in response to the Wired news story that members of the Army are specifically banned from posting on Blogs. This is of specific interest as Blogs have served as a “lessons learned” and educational tools form…
Looking at the Microsoft file format for Office 2007
Office 2007 uses an XML based file format which have included bin files and formatting files in a single container. The actual container is a file folder or cabinet file that appears as a document file. This packaging convention is…
Privacy and terrorism
In the restriction of personal freedom for perceived security rarely do you gain that security you crave. You loose freedom in a iterative and piecemeal way leaving a hungry feeling for the freedoms lost. Reactionary political fascism has never resulted…
Evidentiary and Forensic Analysis of Wireless Signals
Abstract This paper discusses as an overview of the current methods and practices available to forensics investigator in order to ascertain whether a radio frequency device has been participating in a wireless network. Though many of the techniques are applicable…
A wayward academic moves to the other side
Hi I henceforth will be known as an Apple fan boy, Mac addict, snob, elitist media junky or other epithets heaped upon me by the sad and sordid people living the PC lifestyle. I now work exclusively on an Intel…
My Epic if sad fight with Dell
I was asked why after buying Dell computers for so many years and recommending them for so long “How come I no longer use or recommend Dell” Quite honestly after purchasing with my money (I provide all of my own…
Breaking Down Stereotypes: A Call for an ontological Model
Rosco, R., Rogers, M. Liles, S., “Breaking Down Stereotypes: A Call for an ontological Model“. In proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Hilton Waikoloa Village Waikoloa HI January 3 – 6, 2007
“Technology is the next big thing…..”
With the increasing level of credentialism in the United States the number of people entering college will climb considerably. The use of Community Colleges and Universities as polishing schools for training versus education will increase the breadth of the educational…
1986 Jeep CJ 7
1986 CJ 7 Jeep Laredo Lots of pictures The Jeep CJ getting built here More Jeep pictures (easier to see) here More (new) pictures of the 1986 Jeep CJ 7 here It wasn’t always roses here What it has Intermittent wipers…
Choose the operating system
The use of a particular operating system should not be determined by the current hype surrounding it. Unfortunately the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) game is played by both the Linux, MacOS, and Windows groupies. When choosing an operating system…
“Nostredamus got nothing on us…..”
If Web 1.0 was defined by the dot bomb economy and the wholesale slaughter of Herman Miller chairs with the rise of the idea of funded companies versus companies that make a profit. If Web 2.0 has been defined by…
Let’s be positive
Americans are sick and tired of hearing how much your opponent sucks. Petty name calling of your opponents proves an utter arrogance of the political process that reeks with the fetid and rancid rancor of illegitimate discussion. Providing a forum…
Hacking Democracy
Have you seen the HBO documentary Hacking Democracy? I watched it on Google Video a few hours ago. I have spent the intervening hours trying to collect and articulate my thoughts. To say I am upset is an understatement. I…
Hyper Political Action
The hyper-politicization you’re seeing is part of your increasing maturity as regards media. The fact is that American media has always been a highly tumultuous and terribly biased organ of information dissemination. Unfortunately most people never realize that simple fact.…