The new coin of the NSA is also the new coin of the economy
http://financialcryptography.com/mt/archives/001199.html
drawing connections between
Who's in Big Brother's Database?
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23231
and
Great expectations
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/KJ15Dj01.html
and
The Elliot Wave has arrived at stage 5, so it's all over for the dollar!
http://financialcryptography.com/mt/archives/001198.html
and
Clash of the clouds
http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14637206&subjectID=348909&fsrc=nwl
and resources for large datacenters (not just google, m'soft, apple,
etc) ... a few past posts
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006q.html#43 21st century pyramids--super datacenters
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008g.html#3 It's Too Darn Hot
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008n.html#68 VMware Chief Says the OS Is History
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008n.html#79 Google Data Centers 'The Most Efficient In The World'
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009m.html#81 A Faster Way to the Cloud
--
40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar1970
... there have been reports that mid-atlantic power distribution
infrastructure (includes beltway and maryland with lots of
gov. installations) is one of the most vulnerable (in need of lots of
work and upgrading) in the country ... misc past posts mentioning
fraying infrastructures:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007q.html#18 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007q.html#19 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007q.html#60 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007q.html#62 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007r.html#25 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007r.html#53 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007r.html#58 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007r.html#59 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007r.html#60 Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008e.html#43 fraying infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008e.html#48 fraying infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008e.html#50 fraying infrastructure
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008j.html#80 dollar coins
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#71 Cormpany sponsored insurance
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008l.html#38 dollar coins
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008n.html#87 STUDY: Lights Out In 2009?
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008r.html#41 fraying infrastructure
Map: Water-Powered Computers
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22610/
Rackforce/IBM Kelowna, BC
Sabey Yahoo Wenatchee, WA
Maicrosoft Yahoo Intuit Quincy, WA
Google Dalles, OR
Amazon Boardman, OR