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Today on Arts and Letters was an article about the Google Library Project , which has been a topic of class discussion. The article, called Google and Its Enemies: The much-hyped project to digitize 32 million books sounds like a good idea. Why are so many people taking shots at it? , gives an excellent break down/ summary of the major issues involved in the project. Behind this entry are a few of my favorite quotes…

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I found another presentation online, this time on the website of the National Defense Industrial Association . It was given by the commander of the 8th Air Force, which is one of the units most heavily involved in AF Cyber Command. The briefing can be found here. He keeps the new mantra of the Air Force: “To deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests –to fly and fight in air, space, and cyberspace.”

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Last week, I found a PowerPoint presentation given by Dr. Lani Kass, director of the AF Cyber Task Force in the Pentagon in September 2006, just after the creation of AFCYBER was announced. Unfortunately, I lost the location of the file and inexplicably was unable to find it again after some searching through my history.

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