@mattblaze@federate.social To quote one of my instructors, we’re image makers, not image takers.
Steve Bellovin
I’m a computer science professor and affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of “Thinking Security”. Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I’m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me.
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Steve Bellovin@infosec.exchangetoPhotography@fedia.io•AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower, Mt. Umunhum, Los Gatos, CA, 2024.1·4 months ago@mattblaze@federate.social @CStamp@mastodon.social @60sRefugee@spacey.space @nyrath@spacey.space @simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org Have you ever read “Wizards of Armageddon”? The “logic" behind some of the decisions was seriously insane and often driven by quite narrow interests. For example: initially, the (US) Navy’s submarine-launched missiles were inaccurate, so they advocated a city-destroying strategy, since that was all they could hit. The Air Force denounced that as immoral, not because they felt that way but because they could come close to military targets. Later, the Navy had more accurate missiles, so they preferred a counterforce strategy. But then the targets, e.g., missile silos, were hardened and warheads were very plentiful, so attacking cities with multiple missiles or bombers was preferred by the Air Force.
Steve Bellovin@infosec.exchangetoPhotography@fedia.io•Battersea Power Station, London, 2024.1·5 months ago@mattblaze@federate.social Almost looks like an IR image.
@mattblaze@federate.social Interesting compositional choice, to include the fence. I’d probably have omitted it.