February 2008 - Posts

Why We Do This Only Once Every Four Years
February 28, 2008 10:25 PM by Frank Irving

In honor of Leap Day , consider the following... Leap has a geographical sense. It's a village in County Cork, Ireland. Leap has a zoological sense. It's the collective noun for a group of leopards. The acronym LEAP has a financial sense. It stands for Read More...

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Texting Motorists Beware
February 26, 2008 2:30 PM by Frank Irving

According to the State of New Jersey's Office of the Attorney General (OAG), talking on a hand-held phone or texting while driving will be against the law starting March 1. Here's a summary from the New Jersey OAG's Web site : >> It is a primary Read More...

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DoD Confident of Successful Satellite Intercept
February 21, 2008 6:54 PM by Frank Irving

General James Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a news briefing at the Pentagon today providing information related to a missile intercept of a non-functioning satellite. Gen. Cartwright showed reporters video of the missile Read More...

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Waiting on a Recession
February 21, 2008 9:46 AM by Bob Mitchell

We're standing in the back of the church on Sunday morning handing out bulletins for the morning's worship service. I ask Tom, one of my fellow congregants, how the job search is going. "If my kids only ate every other day or so, we'd be fine," Tom says, Read More...

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Shot at Satellite May Take Place Feb. 20
February 19, 2008 8:30 PM by Frank Irving

A follow-up to the story posted on this blog on Feb. 14... Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said Feb. 19 that a plan to shoot down a falling intelligence satellite may go into action as soon as Feb. 20. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been authorized Read More...

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How's This for a Technology Challenge?
February 14, 2008 8:21 PM by Frank Irving

The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced that President Bush has approved a plan for the Navy to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite. The "uncontrollable U.S. experimental satellite," which was launched in December 2006, is expected to re-enter Read More...

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Eight Days and Your Organization Could be Out of Business
February 8, 2008 11:09 AM by Bob Mitchell

Eight is the magic number. Eight days. That's all it could take for your organization to be out of business. Eight days. According to a recent Gartner survey of 359 information security and risk management professionals from the United States, United Read More...

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