AgentDarkApple; Skimmed through some of your paper earlier, looks like it's worth a read. Any comments or queries I may have on it I'll post here or PM you after reading it completely.
TheCotMan - oops, sorry, I was trying to avoid being political Won't happen again.
To you and everyone else who complimented my paper, thanks. I got a score of 100. I REALLY wanted to write more, and I'm sure I could've written a separate research paper on almost every topic, but this particular one only had to be 8-10 pages and sort of general. The main thing for this class was being able to apply concepts of Information Assurance to the area we researched, but I hope I get the chance to delve into several of the topics in detail for future research papers.
TheCotMan - oops, sorry, I was trying to avoid being political Won't happen again.
To you and everyone else who complimented my paper, thanks. I got a score of 100. I REALLY wanted to write more, and I'm sure I could've written a separate research paper on almost every topic, but this particular one only had to be 8-10 pages and sort of general. The main thing for this class was being able to apply concepts of Information Assurance to the area we researched, but I hope I get the chance to delve into several of the topics in detail for future research papers.
Cot, It was not my intention to move the topic into politics, as you know that I know better than that. It was the only name that I could think of to make the point that speaking publicly does not increase knowledge.
Apologies all around if anyone was offended.
No worries man and no warnings at all to you or AgentDarkApple. Your post wasn't "too" political. The follow-up message from AgentDarkApple did provide more political topics, but the post from you and AgentDarkApple later made it clear that you two had no intention of discussing politics here, so if that was the end of it, i would have made no comment. However, several other items came up later in the thread, and "Al Gore" came up more, so I just decided to bunch them all together and provide commentary in /dev/random. It didn't go to /dev/null, as there is some value in the forked discussion: make a false claim, or a claim based on faulty logic, and expect to get called on it.
I think the rest of the mods, really take into consideration the contributions that users make to the forums when enforcing the rules. Because of this, many small things are overlooked from long-time contributors with a really good history on the forums. This doesn't mean positive contributions provide excuse to break rules, but I think we tend to consider user's histories before making a decision. Additionally, every time we act to enforce the rules, we risk disrupting the discussions in thread on the forums.
Much of how rules are enforced has to do with the character of the people involved. Most of the people with a great history on the forums learn from mistakes and move on. Geeks nerds and hackers all seem to do that. They seem to learn from their own mistakes, or the mistakes of others, and move forward. Good examples can be found in this thread where people provided constructive criticism to others, and they learned. The forked thread includes examples of failure to accept mistakes, "as-is," but instead try to defend a position that can't rationally be defended.
People learn or they don't.
Back to the topic of the paper:
I read it. It is a good general summary of several generic topics in the area of "Cyber Warfare." Thanks for sharing. From what was described as t he objective, it looks like you have met the requirements for your paper, and you will probably receive a good grade on it. (This is not statued with sarcasm. This comment is genuine.)
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Forked topic from within this thread on the merits of a speaker are pruned and moved over to This Thread. It appears to be a new topic, specific mention of a political figure by name is provided, comments related to politics, and the beginning of what could be flaming make it prudent to move the post to /dev/random.
Some posts were copied to allow the forked thread to be understood, in the context that the new discussion was forked. Many posts near the end were just moved instead of being copied.
This thread can go back to the topic at hand, "research on Cyber Warfare," and the paper provided.
If you get an error about insufficient access, then you never joined (or you left) the "All Social" usergroup on the forums.
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Thanks!
Cot, It was not my intention to move the topic into politics, as you know that I know better than that. It was the only name that I could think of to make the point that speaking publicly does not increase knowledge.
Forked topic from within this thread on the merits of a speaker are pruned and moved over to This Thread. It appears to be a new topic, specific mention of a political figure by name is provided, comments related to politics, and the beginning of what could be flaming make it prudent to move the post to /dev/random.
Some posts were copied to allow the forked thread to be understood, in the context that the new discussion was forked. Many posts near the end were just moved instead of being copied.
This thread can go back to the topic at hand, "research on Cyber Warfare," and the paper provided.
If you get an error about insufficient access, then you never joined (or you left) the "All Social" usergroup on the forums.
Information about joining or leaving "All Social" (to get access to /dev/random) is discussed here.Thanks!
Thank you. My early comments had more to do with the writer rather than the reviewer. AgentDarkApple, I peeked at your other paper but will not give any private or public comments. Keep doing what you are doing. If your next papers are anything like your paper on Information Warefare, I will be interested in reading them.
Forked topic from within this thread on the merits of a speaker are pruned and moved over to This Thread. It appears to be a new topic, specific mention of a political figure by name is provided, comments related to politics, and the beginning of what could be flaming make it prudent to move the post to /dev/random.
Some posts were copied to allow the forked thread to be understood, in the context that the new discussion was forked. Many posts near the end were just moved instead of being copied.
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The paper can be found here http://public.me.com/agentdarkapple. Obviously, it's the file named InformationWarfare.doc. I will likely begin posting my completed and graded papers there to share with whomever is interested.
If you would have taken the time to do the research that I did you too would know that this particular instructor is a PHD and teaches at multiple colleges so She's probably not a "dead head". I see you are keen and quick to display your stubborn personality by fighting my statement but frankly I'm tired of conversing with you so this will be my last post to this particular article. I was just trying to compliment the lady but you wanted to make a big deal out of it. Not quite sure why. Maybe its in your nature. Well I wish you the best and I'm sure our paths will cross in a later post. Until then, take care and I look forward to our future witty confrontations.
I didn't need to. PHD in most cases means one cannot get a job IRL. As for my stubborn personality? I glory in it, so you are not making me feel badly about that. You don't have to converse with me. This is an open forum. No, I did not wish to make a big deal of it. You did. I merely challenged your assumptions. Thank you. I am truly blessed by reasonable people in my life who check my often far flung loftiness. I love it when I get a smack down. In this case, yours if feeble I feel no effect.
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Regards,
Lots of dead heads speak at over a 100 engagements. Whether they are bound to learn or not is subjective. Your assumption that as one speaks one's knowledge grows is also subjective. As is your assumption that "they most likely will gain an amount of knowledge greater than both you and I." I am not arrogant because I have not heard the woman speak in person. I just seek wisdom. I have one mouth and two ears. I choose to use the ears and not buy the hype. Your mileage, however, may vary.
If you would have taken the time to do the research that I did you too would know that this particular instructor is a PHD and teaches at multiple colleges so She's probably not a "dead head". I see you are keen and quick to display your stubborn personality by fighting my statement but frankly I'm tired of conversing with you so this will be my last post to this particular article. I was just trying to compliment the lady but you wanted to make a big deal out of it. Not quite sure why. Maybe its in your nature. Well I wish you the best and I'm sure our paths will cross in a later post. Until then, take care and I look forward to our future witty confrontations.
lol. touche. A bit more blunt than I stated but I cant argue your statement valkyrie. Gotta admit though, when someone speaks at over 100 functions they're bound to learn quite a bit. In fact probably more than the average individual who isn't familiar with speaking at a similar amount of engagements. So as one speaks their knowledge will progressively get better. 100 engagements is pretty good. Someone who has that amount of experience will most likely gain an amount of knowledge greater than both you and I (unless they are completely obtuse). Should we be so arrogant as to say the quality of her speakings were not sufficient?
Lots of dead heads speak at over a 100 engagements. Whether they are bound to learn or not is subjective. Your assumption that as one speaks one's knowledge grows is also subjective. As is your assumption that "they most likely will gain an amount of knowledge greater than both you and I." I am not arrogant because I have not heard the woman speak in person. I just seek wisdom. I have one mouth and two ears. I choose to use the ears and not buy the hype. Your mileage, however, may vary.
Hahaha @ the Gore thing - I'd have so much to say about that if political discussions weren't banned here. But from a treehugger standpoint (I'm a high tech environmentalist, go figure), the top things he can do to show he has learned something from his own book are to ditch his cattle ranch (cow farts contribute to pollution, you know) and his huge mansion (power hog much?).
Please say you're coming to shmoo, we need to talk about these ideas.
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