http://www.thummy.com/roodee My Wrong Opinions.. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:58:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After hearing of the Supreme Court's decision regarding detainee's rights at Guantanamo Naval Station I decided it was time to read their opinion. No, I have not read the entire 125 page document. I just finished reading the eight page syllabus. For those that are living under a rock, the ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/06/13/writ-and-liberty/ Whether you perform "threat modeling", conduct "design reviews" or engage in "risk assessments" for the purpose of identifying and hopefully correcting design flaws in an application's design there is always a lingering question of completeness and accuracy. I'll try not to derail the conversation and talk about what you do ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/05/27/code-coverage-and-design-flaws/ I had a very interesting discussion with my carpool buddy about those atheism versus theism debates that are all the rage these days. He had some very astute observations despite his self-proclaimed lack of knowledge (he's agnostic and I'm kidding). He noticed how the various camps typically claim that their ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/05/05/debates-are-good-for-something/ Over the past couple of years I've documented my thoughts (in unpublished form) about the ultimate aim of education. Topics regarding virtue, utility, benefits to the state and socialization can be found all throughout my meandering thoughts. I stumbled across an excellent summary and thought I'd share. For a true education ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/05/04/the-goal-of-education/ For those that weren't aware I'm the Latin and Science teacher for our daughter. This was our first year of Latin and I used Prima Latina to introduce our daughter to Latin pronunciation, vocabulary and syntax. The set of books and cds allow us to use visual, aural and read/write ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/05/02/latin-progress/ I'm on my latest book in our '08 reading bonanza. I've tried to read a variety of historical, philosophical and religious texts thus far (you can review the current list here). Since it *is* a race and I don't yet have the desire to tackle the Barthian corpus, I selected Dogmatics in ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/04/13/barths-transcendence/ The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual belief of his age or his nation, and from the convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason. To ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/04/04/the-reflection-of-prison/ On the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures website there is a terminology page that presents two definitions; one for vulnerability and another for exposure. Having recently discussed and pondered the implications of broadly defining vulnerability, it was nice to see some precision. I'm surprised I hadn't come across this before. The challenge ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/03/13/vulnerabilities-and-exposures/ Starting in 2008 my wife and I will be competing in a bare-knuckles, knock-down, drag-out battle royale. The stakes are extremely high. Some would say the fate of the universe hangs in the balance. Over the course of the year we will engage in a reading grudge match. The person ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2008/01/23/165/ Within the wide arena of everyday life we see evil in all of its ugly dimensions. We see it expressed in tragic lust and inordinate selfishness. We see it in high places where men are willing to sacrifice truth on the altars of their self-interest. We see it in imperialistic ... http://www.thummy.com/roodee/2007/11/09/evils-checkpoint/