Tax day rallies and tea parties give me hope

Seeing the number of tax day rallies gives me hope. Fair tax protests, (for The Fair Tax) and the Tea Parties as general tax protests, really seem to be getting some momentum. Hopefully they will continue and not lose momentum after tax day has passed.

20th Article Published for Bright Hub

I've just written my 20th computer security article published on Bright Hub. I really enjoy writing these. There should be 10 more done by the end of April ('09).

Proposed Cybersecurity Advisor a disaster in the making

In this article we find that there is a proposed advisory position for Cybersecurity, that would have the power to "disconnect federal or critical infrastructure networks from the Internet if they were deemed to be at risk of attack." I don't know if I like the idea of an appointed government bureaucrat having the power to disconnect parts of the Internet based on their opinion.

The bill also suggests creation of other entities that are essentially duplicates of services and functions already available in the free market system, that are currently in place, and don't need governmental interference.

I don't want a government position to squeeze out potential growth in the information security field, and I surely don't want them creating regulated or bureaucratic boondoggles & hoops to jump through whenever I want to work for a client.

/end rant

Boom! Headshot! x3

Justice is served. While we might want to believe that all conflicts can be resolved without violence, unfortunately for the idealistic, that's simply not true.
We don't want to encourage or reward undesirable destructive behavior.
Swift, decisive, incontrovertible action saved the day. (Granted, "swift" is in relative terms; ~5 days is swift compared to 30 days, 5 months, etc.)

Kudos to the captain, and the Navy.