So I was sitting in a meeting in the basement of the Pentagon thinking, “Gee, this is kinda cool. I’m in the basement of the Pentagon.”
And then the meeting began.
And before I get two slides in, the barrage of questions begin, from a variety of older dumpy looking security people:
* In what way does your software integrate with ACF2 on the mainframe. Does it use SAF or SRF?
At this point, a thin trickle of sweat has begun to form over my brow.
* So, can you integrate ACF2 with NIS+ as the authentication agent?
At this point, my stomach is starting to churn.
You get the idea… they were asking nasty gruesome nitpicky questions…
and then…
… the whopper of all phrases was uttered. This is a direct quote. “If E*Trade’s system get hacked, the worst thing that happens is that a few grandmothers starve. If our systems get hacked, we die, WE ALL DIE.” The following was said with a straight face. At this point, I was ready to tunnel my way to freedom using nothing but my ballpoint pen and my bare hands.
I love my job!
Hi gang –
Well, winter is upon us. Turkey Day has arrived.
I hate traveling home for Turkey Day and so will be in DC. Dave at Toledo, has promised a Wild Turkey special on Wednesday for us lame-o’s that are sticking around. (So if you are in DC this weekend let me know.)
A really strange thing happened Saturday night. I reaffirmed the fact that Tom Tom Club is a horrid place to go… well, that’s not that strange; we all knew it. What was odd what the Bad Season’s reenactment that occurred there. No, it wasn’t that everyone’s ex’s showed up there. What was strange was seeing a few of my friends talking to women who had the same names as their ex’s. It just seemed a bit odd to me.