Ok, I actually work with Ron and Don, so let me see if I can clear up some questions to the best of my understanding. Re: wglb and wmf "How can they not know h

Ok, I actually work with Ron and Don, so let me see if I can clear up some questions to the best of my understanding. Re: wglb and wmf "How can they not know how botnets work"--everyone knows that botnets "work" by collecting hundreds or thousands of other people's computers and controlling them remotely to do your 3V1L bidding. We also know that the human brain works by moving electrical impulses through neurons, but that doesn't help you predict what somebody is thinking. This simulated bodnet basically means they have a botnet in a bottle, and a big one at that. That should allow them to look into interactions among computers as the botnet does stuff and allow them to test possible countermeasures at will. As for "when in doubt use brute force", brute force would have been buying 1,000,000 Dells and stacking them in a warehouse. Re: grinich The machine room is really just a standard sort of thing, big air conditioners, raised flooring, and whatever the modern equivalent of Halon is. And white lights. The reason it looks so crazy is that the photographer came in with a bunch of colored lights and set things up that way. That desk isn't in there normally, because it's far too noisy (and cold) to work in there when you don't have to. Also, that's not Thunderbird in the background; Thunderbird isn't even in that room. It's just an exciting picture to keep the press happy.