Review: SnowCrash

WARNING: This is the GERMAN language edition. For English see Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book). I received this book as a gift at one of the Silicon Valley Hackers/THINK Conference where I was elected to membership in 1992 or so, and it remains for me the first window into the cyber-chaos that results when CIA …

Journal: Strong Signals–Las Vegas as Next 9/11

Monday, December 28, 2009 SPOOK’S JOURNAL Nine of the ten largest hotels in the world are in Las Vegas. Four of them share one intersection: Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip) and Tropicana Avenue. Together, these four corners comprise 12,953 rooms, most of which enjoy high occupancy year-round and are often full. Figure 25,000 people huddled …

Journal: Information Security Seven Guiding Principles

RSA Executives Offer Seven Guiding Principles To Maximize Megatrends Redefining the Information Security Industry LONDON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — RSA® CONFERENCE EUROPE 2009 — Building a systemic security strategy to help organizations better face challenges and exploit opportunities spurred by next generation technology trends was the theme of the opening keynote at the 2009 RSA …

2008 Annotated Bibliography ELECTION 2008 – Lipstick on the Pig (Full Text Online for Google Translate)

Annotated Bibliography[1] Robert David STEELE Vivas Chapter in ELECTION 2008: Lipstick on the Pig (Earth Intelligence Network, 2008) Anti-Americanism, Blowback, Why the Rest Hates the West Betrayal of the Public Trust Biomimicry, Green Chemistry, Ecological Economics, Natural Capitalism Blessed Unrest, Dignity, Dissent, & the Tao of Democracy Capitalism, Globalization, Peak Oil, & “Free” Trade Run …