Lauf,
Absolutely. The intangables can be "secured" by "security by obscurity" methologies and we must keep in mind that in any situtation, by definition - ' Security is a process not a result '
- Ryan
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, lauf-s wrote:
It's probably over 25 years since I've had DEFENSIBLE SPACE in my hands, and
I never read it all the way through. It's contents may be dated at this
point, and I doubt it has anything to do with the likes of present-day
global terrorism.
The notion of "security by obscurity" is interesting. In simple terms, I
guess it's like when people use avatars in chat rooms and discussion boards,
etc. And in broad terms perhaps it's like the caves of southeastern
Afghanistan
from www.dictionary.con :
ob·scu·ri·ty
1. Deficiency or absence of light; darkness.
2a. The quality or condition of being unknown: "Even utter obscurity need
not be an obstacle to [political] success" (New Republic).
2b. One that is unknown.
3a.The quality or condition of being imperfectly known or difficult to
understand: "writings meant to be understood... by all, composed without
deliberate obscurity or hidden motives" (National Review).
3b. An instance of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand.
obscurity
n 1: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand [syn:
obscureness, abstruseness, reconditeness] [ant: clarity] 2: an obscure and
unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many
years" [ant: prominence] 3: the state of being indistinct or indefinite for
lack of adequate illumination [syn: obscureness]
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It just so happens that there are two parts to the second part THE ODDS OF
OTTOPIA:
LEAVING OBSCURITY BEHIND and
I'M A BIG FAT NOBODY: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF UNBEKANNT
(unbekannt is the German for 'unknown')
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