The DCC Conference schedule came out a few momoents ago… Friday morning (friday week) I have the first talk of the conference, talking about Google Earth. Then the next morning I have a talk about an introduction to APRS. This will effectively be the same as last years talk. So I only have one presentation to prepare.

I just saw an article called The SIX dumbest ideas in Computer Security. This was a great read. The best part of this article was the following quote…

“Several years ago I had a client who was preparing to spend a ton of money on a technology without testing it operationally. I suggested offhandedly to the senior IT manager in charge that he should send one of his team to a relevant conference (in this case, LISA) where it was likely that someone with hands-on experience with the technology would be in attendance. I proposed that the manager have his employee put a message on the “meet and greet” bulletin board that read:
“Do you have hands-on experience with xyz from pdq.com? If so, I’m authorized to take you to dinner at Ruth’s Chris if you promise to give me the low-down on the product off the record. Contact, etc…” The IT manager later told me that a $200 dinner expense saved them over $400,000 worth of hellish technological trauma.

That site also has a link to Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle by Richard Feynman. This is an interesting read… Very Interesting.