Operative B doesn’t have too many bad ideas, but this is a doozy. Don’t get Ghettoputer started on freedom of speech, and don’t get GorT going on the technical aspects of this. Actually, that’s probably why B wrote to the … Continue reading →
By now you’ve probably heard of the cyber attack on the OPM (Office of Personnel Management). The U.S. government believes strongly that China was behind the attacks. This breach only demonstrates the shortcomings of the federal government. While one could … Continue reading →
No, GorT isn’t going to talk about the Democrats’ policies and view of the world. Rather, he noticed that he’s been remiss in posting on some technical subjects recently so let’s play some catch up. On March 25th, Mark Zuckerberg … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. received this missive in his email today: Dr. J. scratched his head on this one because, he was of the understanding that pixels came from pixel mines in remote deserts such as the Jundland Wastes. Nevertheless … Continue reading →
Nothing is random, you know. Not even randomness: computers are pretty good at generating random numbers, but in fact, the computer uses rules to generate random numbers. Once you understand how that works, you can get pretty good at detecting … Continue reading →
Many of you will remember back in 1999 when the Y2K bug was all the rage. Suddenly, all these retired COBOL programmers were brought back as high-paid consultants to turn -00 into 1900. Reportedly, some programmers made more in 1999 … Continue reading →
Even your Gormogon Overlords, the masters of space, time, sorcery and super-science occasionally run into glitches at the Castle. One such glitch occurred yesterday/today. When Dr. J. was checking the website he encountered a post that he had not yet … Continue reading →
If it all possible, protect your data by putting a physical lock on it and a little bit of loose chain as pictured. That keeps just about everybody out, unless they simply lift up the lock and move it to … Continue reading →
Eerily tranquil to watch. Dr. J.
Continue reading →This is just plain nuts. DT writes in with something that actually non-plusses the Czar. Oh Captain My Captain, I note with amusement that a journalism major from Berkeley thinks that computer programming is hard. I’ve been a professional developer … Continue reading →
This is going to be a bit of a gripe. Now, you know, the Czar isn’t one to complain, but about fifteen minutes ago, his mouse stopped working. Just died, cold. So the Czar unplugged it, and plugged it back … Continue reading →
Introduction The Czar is impressed with the Volgi’s story regarding the StuxNet virus, although it sounds like StuxNet is more of a trojan horse. (If readers want the best dope on high-end information security, as always your man is Borepatch … Continue reading →
You think anyone explained to this broad what that cute little rainbow flag means? Update: Weathered Publius writes in: think the sign is meant to be ironic – IE. without the machine invented by a homosexual we would’ve lost WWII. … Continue reading →
Instapundit links to this bit of University of Tennessee news. UT claims to have developed the fourth supercomputer (and first academic supercomputer) to break the petascale barrier. ‘Puer doesn’t know from technology, but GorT and the Mandarin assure ‘Puter this … Continue reading →
…that they used to have. (They were ridiculously antiquated even then.) From a “town hall” at the State Department: MS. GREENBERG: Okay. Our next question comes from Jim Finkle:Can you please let the staff use an alternative web browser called … Continue reading →
Congratulations to the team at Yale that made a breakthrough recently in creating the first electronic quantum processor. While it’s rather basic, it represents a huge step forward in computing. Quantum computing is the next major leap in computer processing … Continue reading →
A recent study shows that the number of Computer Science majors are up for the first time in 6 years. This bodes well for the future of America as the IT sector will continue to be a major force in … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Good evening. As some of you are already on the ARPANet, which we control, we thought we would put out a more fact-driven collection of essays for you to read. A journal, or log book, on a network bridge. A … Continue reading →
