Google vs. Government
…from Marcus Asner, former cybersecurity prosecutor… as reported on pg B2 of the Friday, June 3, Wall Street Journal: It used to be we’d send the FBI agents to find the 16-year old boy in a basement...
View ArticleTransnational Good and Bad
During the last 10 years, United States National Security has become centered around terrorism. The United States has campaigned a “war on terrorism”. The interesting thing is there is no specific...
View ArticleGoogle and Security of Nation States
Google’s Eric Schmidt spoke at the 9th annual All Things Digital Conference, in an interview with Walt Mossberg, as reported on Page R6 in the June 6, 2011 Wall Street Journal. Q: “…impact of access to...
View ArticleLocalization is Better Than Globalization
What’s all this Globalization, Anyhow? As I ponder a range of issues, localization begins to look more and more attractive as the baggage of globalization outweighs it’s assumed benefits. * Family...
View ArticleLocalization is Better than Globalization – Part 2
I previously wrote Part 1, which questions assumptions that everything is better when globalized. California is now taxing internet companies that have no physical presence in-state, and use no state...
View ArticleImagine Technology Supporting People
The obvious alternative is people supporting Technology, and that seems to be the chronic bad choice. In business, we name and staff the “Computer Support Division” while we neglect to name and...
View ArticleGift Giving Economies vs. Capitalism
We’ve changed in the last 20 years. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, it was because he saw his richer brother nation and wanted to take what they had and use it for himself. The world responded...
View ArticleStuxnet Innovation Masquerade
With more than three decades experience programming calculators and computers, and three years experience as a Sr. System Engineer programming industrial PC-based real-time controllers, Programmable...
View ArticleMilitary Strategists and Physics Theories
Several weeks ago, I found myself in a discussion with military strategists about Schrödinger’s half dead cat . Then I came across Beyerchen’s description of Clausewitz as non-linear war, first...
View ArticleGoogle Earth Military Utility Remains Limited
People are becoming aware of military or weapon targeting uses for Google Earth and other public data repositories. However, changing concepts of warfare give a different conclusion. Nicholas...
View ArticleRussian History is America’s Future
Present day Russia can be seen as the 5th empire to rise from its present geographic location. The second empire (Muskanov 1400-1605) cemented in place modus operandi that continue to this day. Sadly,...
View ArticleThe American Revolution
I had an opportunity to read Robert J. Allison’s 2011 book “The American Revolution.” There are three passages that made an impression on me. Page 43 relates the complicated social and military...
View ArticleSun Tzu’s Numbers for Offensive Strategy
From Chapter III – Offensive Strategy When 10x to the enemy, surround him. When 5x his strength, attack him. If 2x his strength, divide him. If equally matched, you may engage him. If weaker, be...
View ArticleSurveillance Keeps Power in Power
You are monitored everywhere – license plates on passing cars, cameras on roads, shopping malls, gas stations, airports. It has begun to bother me, yet my friends advise “If you’re not doing anything...
View ArticleTrump is Wrong about Apple
I may want to help. It may be good to help. But I don’t want to be forced to help. In the case of Apple v. FBI, the business efficiency favored by Donald Trump is not agreeable to me. As … Continue...
View ArticleAlternative Facts – Reverse Obligation
Issues and arguments entwined with consistency and facts can be productive. Everybody today is screaming for facts and truth, and accusing each other of alternate facts. If you ask for this from...
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