Interesting story, but i cant find the updated play version. Looking forward to it.

we need to bearn all Qaeda members and bring them to death|!!!

well u the man !!!

Looks like Indians are the new villains on the block. Software services jobs are still the highest paids jobs in India. Yeah they are ready to work for peanuts, yeah they steal your jobs … yeah right. So go attack them for trying to earn money the American way. Yeah. 99.99% of the microprocessors in India are manufactured by companies from the US I guess. Yeah. Welcome to the global village.

Phillip, Have you ever thought of becoming a TV pundit? I have connections at Fox and can make some introductions. Your diatribes against muslims, mbas, and university administrators is really hilarious! oh yeah, i forgot the unwashed village programmers from india. Your material is much better than O’Reilly’sjust think, your own tv show followed by a book deal: “The Greenspun Factor”. Folks, you heard it here first. Don’t be surprised if you see Phillip some day soon on Fox. Keep on trucking!!

Welcome to the real world, Mr Boyd. While we may be innocent until proven guilty under the eyes of lady Justice, we are most definately guilty until proven innocent to the rest of the world. I’ve been there, and done that.

It’s a war of the nerds!

Think about it – many of the Al Qaeda members mentioned by Phil and also in the press are pretty nerdy people. In another corner we have malicious worm writers. In yet another we have software developers and engineers designing more efficient smart weapons. Even when we get to the sharp end at the battle field, Western armies have hordes of engineers running wireless networks and IT based communication systems.

Most of the damage and/or protection isn’t provided by a trooper pulling the trigger, it’s done by people with computer science degrees.

Makes ya think.

No, Mr. Greenspun doesn’t explicitly state this, but wouldn’t you grant that he implies this?

John Boyd: An indictment does not equate guilt. Professor Al-Arian may or may not be guilty of the charges, that’s for a jury to decide. Interesting point but guess what? Phil didn’t find him guilty. Juries decide who is legally found guilty — they don’t decide for the rest of us who we think is guilty of something.

It seems most responses to this blog are geared towards “tar and feathering” of Mr. Greenspun. If you take it in a simple “non political” vein, I think its quite funny in a dry sort of way. Your all thinking way too hard.