Warfare all over

[mike.patterson at unb.ca (Mike Patterson)]

Arch Angel wrote on 1/2/09 10:18 AM:
> of ideas and comments.  Even I have pondered why on Earth people are taking
> terms and actions from one context and placing them in others

The answer to that one is easy: analogous thinking is among the more
powerful tools humans have at their disposal.  (Why yes, I am a
phil/psych undergrad, why do you ask? :) )

My primary issue isn't with the fact that IT Sec Pros use military
analogies; it's that we do it in a shallow fashion, and don't seem
interested in trying to find other, potentially more powerful ones.

As far as capturing some of the conversation and thoughts, I've been
podering a blawg post, since I'm Hip And With It, but things have been
pretty busy for me.  Not a lot more public than mailing list archives,
but it's something.

Mike

-- 
> NT is a one-legged cow, but even a one legged cow is fast when
> it's got 160+ rockets strapped to it.
But that's not that impressive if all you can make it do is go
around in circles. - Nick Manka and Darrell Fuhriman, monks