Osborne’s National Spider Plan – Replacing “cyber” with “spider” in a gov speech
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And it makes just as much sense."
No it doesn't. That's crazy. "Spiderspace"? The term "cyberspace" may be prone to abuse but it does mean something. "Cyber security" means something real. "Cyber-age" means something real. I'd prefer "computer" for the latter two, but it doesn't change the fact that "computer/cyber security" is a real problem. Nobody's going to hack into a spider and break all your grid electrical generators by over-revving them.
This is clearly just "I don't like X therefore all negative claims about X must be true". The claim that this speech makes just as much sense is so transparently ludicrous I can't imagine where else it comes from.
Cyber is a trendy cliche but its a useful shorthand to the problem area.
What does it mean exactly? It's not a real place. It's a term from pre-mass-internet science fiction. It's not a term of art. It's not how people in the business talk about it. Talking about "cyber-" is nearly always a giveaway that somone doesn't know what they're talking about.
Computer security, yes. Or information security.
Part of the problem is that the UK government is trying to pass a law to enable their own use of "targeted equipment interference", i.e. state sponsored hacking. This prevents us having an honest conversation about who is defending against whom and how.
We could really do with a "cyber" Geneva convention globally prohibiting the use or secret development of hacking tools by governments against civilians, including their own civilians.
"Then you shall respond in kind."
I know the type, met some of them British telecom when they tried to kibosh the internet as just some fad the "girls " in marketing where keen on.
Or Would you rather put Talk Talk in charge as they have done so well.
Soo... German Samsung, Boeing, Iranian power plants, Gemalto?
I'm sure there's an appropriate time and place for spidersex, as long as it doesn't impact our cold war...
In the deep places, as the atmosphere snows down in the cold above.
She turned away from the window and ran to the side wall—and then up the rack of audio tapes. The girls were seven years old, much too big for acrobatics. Oops. The rack was freestanding. It swayed out from the wall, tapes and assorted junk sliding to the edge of each shelf. Gokna reached the top before anyone but Viki realized what was happening. And from there she leaped out, grabbing the top molding of the soundstage window.
The rest of her body swung down against the glass with a solid splat sound. For an instant, she was a perfect Ten splayed out across the window. On the far side of the glass, Pedure stared in stupefied shock. The two girls shrieked with laughter. It wasn't often you could give such a perfect Ten, flaring your underwear in the target's face.
Guess it helps if your parents are the alien equivalents of say a "Tesla" (quirky scientist/inventor) and (a big black widow version of) a "Doolittle" (general promoting modern warfare tactics).
But this also makes me want to name some cyber security app "Shelob".