Some time ago we blogged about the resources on the network and how the global file sharing filebase was in fact the worlds largest data archive. It would appear that others have a similar idea. Pirate Bay looks like it is going to give credit for storing of content, in other words the [...]
The Swedish High Court has sentenced four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), to jail. On Twitter today Peter Sunde said: “Nothing will happen to TPB, this is just theatre for the media.” We got the news last night that we lost. It used to be only movies, now even verdicts are out before [...]
Don Rumsfeld polarizes.He's also the most intriguing systems guy to become Secretary of Defense since Robert McNamara (pre-revisionist) arrived from Ford. (same glasses too, although 40 years apart) Tom Barnett publishes an interview he did with Rumsfeld, who says contemptuously of the Military and Pentagon;”it was so clear that the Cold War was over, that we were [...]
Don Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, is a smart guy. Read his take on changing a bureaucracy like the Defense Department. (originally in the July Esquire) Change anywhere is hard. It requires persistence, organization and a very determined strategy. A place like Defense is often the ultimate hill too far. Read and marvel at Rumsfeld's desire [...]