Question about 'TEMPEST'
mgraffam at idsi.net
mgraffam at idsi.net
Tue Dec 22 21:28:11 PST 1998
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Tiny wrote:
> I`m sorry to ask such a stupid question. Is 'TEMPEST' an acronym, and
> if so, what
> exactly does it represent?
Some have turned it into an acronyms.
Originally it was just a code-word referring to emanations security.
See http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/tempest.html
Of interest:
"..the isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs that give
delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices.."
>From Shakespeare's "The Tempest" .. the benefits of a liberal education.
Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam at idsi.net)
"Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine."
Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience"
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