http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/03/28/0220233.shtml?tid=109&tid=172
Microsoft in May plans to show early prototypes of
computers using its Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB
"I wonder how Microsoft will convince consumers that loss of control
is a good thing, and how long the convincing will take."
Tell them if they don't they'll be supporting terrorism.
Al-Quida Could Be Targeting
Commercial Trucks
KFOX, TX - 8 Mar 2003
By Ben Swann KFOX NEws at Nine Reporter. when I get out of a truck.
I check what's on my truck and what's in between. get back in ...
Dr. Billy Turner of McNeese State University says, "9-1-1 as its
come to be known in the common vinacular now, it at least gave us a wake
up call that we're not immune. Terrorist events have happened in all of
the other advanced industrialized societies as well as the third world.
They go on almost daily." Turner says America may actually be at
greater risk. "In fact, the more open a society is the more
vulnerable it is to terrorist attacks and we're an extremely open
society."
So open, that we may not know exactly where an attack might be coming
from. Doctor Turner says although most people are focusing on Iraqi's or
Al-Quida, there are many groups that oppose american foreign policy and
they may view now as the perfect time to strike.
"Without sounding like an alarmist, terrorists understandably, from
their standpoint, not ours, try to get the biggest bang for a buck, so to
speak. Targets that come to mind initially here, we think of our
petrochemical complex because they're so significant and so visible.
L-n-g ships when they're birthed out there are carrying an enormous
amount of energy."
Although security levels have been raised in these high target areas,
Doctor Turner says he hopes people don't get lulled into a false sense of
security. Sometimes he says, terrorists strike where you least expect.
"Terrorist events do not neccesarily have to destroy massive
equipment or take massive numbers of human lives to achieve an affect.
The psychological or emotional affect can be even more
devastating."
Dr. Turner says if we are in fact faced with a terrorist attack on
American soil the worse thing you can do is panic. He says the best
advice is to avoid rumours, and use common sense and prudent judgement
before acting upon anything.
