A good philosophical wax can take the shine off anything.
As previously noted here, it's InfoSecurity week again (http://www.infosec.co.uk), and I'm grateful to a detached outsider for injecting a little theological levity into proceedings:
D: "People put their faith in security products every day. InfoSec must be like a multi-faith marketplace."
Me: "It's the eternal struggle of Good vs Evil, but with fierce competition, profit margins, and the offer of a free massage or a promotional t-shirt thrown in as sweeteners. They even give away small bottles of unholy spa water, suitably branded of course."
D: "Earls Court. Has the venue been blessed?"
Me: "Only with free wi-fi."
Meanwhile, also courtesy of D, here's an interesting Canadian take on Google Street View, the surveillance society, and why God's forgiveness has been made irrelevant by technology:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Google+watching/1535329/story.html
D: "People put their faith in security products every day. InfoSec must be like a multi-faith marketplace."
Me: "It's the eternal struggle of Good vs Evil, but with fierce competition, profit margins, and the offer of a free massage or a promotional t-shirt thrown in as sweeteners. They even give away small bottles of unholy spa water, suitably branded of course."
D: "Earls Court. Has the venue been blessed?"
Me: "Only with free wi-fi."
Meanwhile, also courtesy of D, here's an interesting Canadian take on Google Street View, the surveillance society, and why God's forgiveness has been made irrelevant by technology:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Google+watching/1535329/story.html