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Approaches to security metrics
There are three approaches to security metrics; qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid. A qualitative approach is one where security is measured on a sliding scale of : SECURE -> INSECURE. Various levels or shades of security (or insecurity) can be determined as a measure of some stated policy. A grid/matrix of values can then be designed in such [...]
Motorola Droid X
At 65.5 x 127.5 x 9.9 mm, this will be the biggest mobile phone form factor I will ever get. I thought the IPone was a monster of a phone, and reluctantly accepted to carry a Treo, and later a Curve. But the Droid X by Motorola is also my most anticipated smart phone. I [...]
Mr. President. When you’re in a hole. Stop digging!
The biggest problem with this president and the presidency is not just the jobs numbers as the pundits will like to make you believe. It is the increasing perception by the coalition thatelected him, that the president is in bed with the same group that screwed the country up. Both on the left, and the [...]
The President and the pile ons
Barack Obama’s ascendancy to the United States Presidency was a cinderella moment in American history. A black looking mulato who hardly knew his father and is married to a great-grand-daughter of slaves won the Presidency with one of the largest electoral margins in history and so much promise at a time when the national mood [...]
The move to 64 bit computing
Since 2003, there has been a concerted move by the computer industry to migrate to 64 bit computing, first with the AMD’s 64 bit general purpose machine, and Microsoft’s 64 bit XP. Most operating system vendors, including Apple began to seriously release 64 bit versions of their software in 2007, and the number has grown, [...]
HTML 5 : A new page is turning…
A new page, in the internet (inter-web as some on the US right will call it) is turning, albeit slowly. Internet 5 standard is finalized, mostly, and the major players are readying their best shots. Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, Google Chrome 6, Safari 5 are all promising to deliver the most profound update to the [...]
A crazy nation ups the ante
There’s been news lately of the political class in Nigeria outdoing themselves again. Most Nigerian Newspapers carried the distressing news of Nigerian politicians planning a jamboree in London – A summit to celebrate Nigeria’s 50th independence anniversary in London. It’s like the United States organizing a jamboree in London to celebrate its 250th independence anniversary, or India organizing a jamboree [...]

Afghanistan : The False choice

Oct 172009

Many self styled conservatives (republicans, democrats, independents, and nonentities alike) will argue that America’s only choice in Afghanistan is to essentially stay the course. And staying the course means adding to the current almost 70,000 US troops and more than 30,000 NATO troops in the country. Their argument is that, the only way to keep [...]

Burris Political Theatre : Putting the cart before the horse

Jan 072009

The drama from Springfield, snaked it way into Washington DC on Tuesday, when the man named by disgraced Governor Blagojevic of Illinois, former Illinois State Attorney General, Ronald Burris, marched into the Capitol, demanding to be seated as a Senator. The lady responsible for verifying senators credentials, Nancy Erickson did the right thing, refused to [...]

Israeli Gaza onslaught : complicating America's options

Jan 022009

The common cliché amongst American politicians is ” Israel is our most important ally“, the more cautions ones often add “… In the Middle East“, but the message is clear, America has chosen to tie its future to that of a nation of seven million people, most of whom are resettled Europeans of Jewish heritage and [...]

A President-Elect and two Wars

Nov 092008

When Barack Obama is sworn in as America’s new president on January 20, 2009; he will also inherit America’s diminishing clout in international finance, diplomacy and bluster-power. Two wars (American wars) and an international financial Armageddon, no less; a bellicose Russia, ambitious Iran and more openly unfriendly regimes across the globe than at any previous [...]