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Sort of off-topic, but does it bug anyone else that the militaries and governments of the world continue to refer to 'cyberspace' as if 'cyber-' was current Int
by nezumi 13y ago
Sort of off-topic, but does it bug anyone else that the militaries and governments of the world continue to refer to 'cyberspace' as if 'cyber-' was current Internet jargon? (Whereas in reality I only see it used for that other thing we are supposed to be making instead of war...)
- DanBC 13y agoWhat other word would you use? Cyber is pretty clearly defined among the people who use it. Other words are not.
- forktheif 13y agoGot to admit though, "cyber" sounds very 90s. Now excuse me as I continue surfing the information super highway!
- DanBC 13y agoWilliam Gibson's books are early 80s!!! (Burning Chrome, 1982)
- rpc_was_taken 13y agoOr very 40s when Norbert Wiener published "Cybernetics, or Communication and Control in the Animal and the Machine".
- alexwright 13y ago> Cyber is pretty clearly defined among the people who use it. Other words are not. Maybe the people using these terms (ie, people creating a "defence force" for the UK) should be more in touch with... more current lingo? Sure would give them at least a vague sense of credibility if they called this something more like an internet/network orientated security... force. On the otherhand, maybe these people having the massive tell of proclaiming "but this is CYBER." is a good thing? We know to dismiss what ever they're suggesting as uninformed and generally a terrible idea.
- DanBC 13y ago> should be more in touch with... more current lingo? What is "more current lingo"? > an internet/network orientated security... force. It isn't Internet specific. It isn't just about networking.
- walshemj 13y agoWell at one point one minster referred to recruiting "cyber Jedis" personaly I would stick to a short barreled M4 (piston variant) and a Glock plus a hold out derringer and a kukri as my bladed weapon choice. the names Howard bob Howard :-)
- bostik 13y ago> What other word would you use? Maybe not a single word, but "technology and information warfare"?
- walshemj 13y agoGoing back to the ur source I woudl suggest "hardcore" for DA and "softcore" for recce and sigint type work :-) its a William Gibson reference for you youngsters
- cmdkeen 13y agoBecause information warfare is an entirely different, and existing, branch of the military. Think hearts and minds operations. They need a new term.
- 7952 13y agoNon-geographic and abstract spaces defence force.
- lttlrck 13y agoNot really it's very well established and unambiguous.
- ihsw 13y agoCyberspace is distinctly separate from meatspace.
- benologist 13y agoIf only there was a way to hack their vocabulary and disrupt the way they say things!