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Daily Archives: 30 November 2010
Julian Assange: The new kingmaker?
The rise of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks represents the rise of the non-state actor as a significant force on the world state. While historically such actors were terrorist groups, Assange and his website represent a new entry: that of the … Continue reading
Posted in Defense, Diplomacy, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Government, Groups, Nations, News, Security, Society, United States, WikiLeaks, World Watch
Tagged Consequences, Governments, Julian Assange, non-state actors, WikiLeaks
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The closing in of the government has begun
The state department has taken the extraordinary step of disconnecting its own classified computer systems from the rest of the government’s classified computer network as a result of the WikiLeaks debacle. While this move will limit the number of people … Continue reading
Posted in Diplomacy, Government, Nations, News, Politics, Security, Society, United States, WikiLeaks, World Watch
Tagged Citizens, classified information, damage, exposure, Government, non-state actors, State Department, WikiLeaks
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Dennis L Hitzeman’s Regular Reading List
Some of you may remember my once-upon-a-time News Reading List that I had not updated in ages. Well, I recently finished updating that list and renamed it my Regular Reading List (mostly because it’s not just news anymore and I … Continue reading
Why the internet was invented
Don’t let the academics tell you it was for sharing research. Laugh when the government says it was to share important defense information with far-flung installations. No, the internet wasn’t invented for those purposes, it was invented to make Google … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Google, Internet, Science and Technology, Society
Tagged beatbox, Google, Internet, translate
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