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"Pendergrass, Greg" wrote: > > I can see now that it's only a matter of time before some nut writes "The > Art of War in the Internet". I read the whitepaper, it goes on a lot about > how defensive policies are ineffective but doesn't really say why active > response has never been tried: Ask, and ye shall receive. http://btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2XH986JPUE&btob=Y&isbn=1581128576&TXT=Y&itm=1 I thought that someone mentioned that Mr. Forno was reputed to be on staff with these folk. > Their proposition is a terrible idea and their "rules of engagement" would > be funny instead of frightening if it wasn't serious I note that he also has a title from last year, which seems applicable here: Weapons of Mass Delusion (ISBN 158961111X) I will point out that I cannot take seriously a company (Symbiot) that depends on a shockwave plugin to put up a web page. Pity that they came out so aggressively; it might have been an interesting product. Hype can kill as well as sell. -- It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine only I set my mind in motion.
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