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Hacking for defense? Is that like how the Department of Defense is now more like the Department of War? Will "preemptive hacking" happen a lot, too? EDIT: Also, this sounds a lot like propaganda to me: "Don't worry - just because we hack into other nations, doesn't mean we are the bad guys. We're the good guys hacking for our preemptive defense!" The US gov has had a hard time trying to lure talent for the NSA and su…
This is something we desperately need in the western world in order to combat Chinese hacking/spying offensive.
Still to be charged at the full rate to the student, of course. This is just to get them started. I have to say, out of all the things the DoD pays for with its massive budget, things like paying the NFL to fly F16s over stadiums, or TV ads, or sponsoring college courses are what really grinds my gears.
What's the relevance of watered down SEAL training to H4D?
Hacking for defense? Is that like how the Department of Defense is now more like the Department of War? Will "preemptive hacking" happen a lot, too? EDIT: Also, this sounds a lot like propaganda to me: "Don't worry - just because we hack into other nations, doesn't mean we are the bad guys. We're the good guys hacking for our preemptive defense!" The US gov has had a hard time trying to lure talent for the NSA and su…
To be clear, "hacking" in this context doesn't mean breaking into other people's computer systems. It means solving a problem using technology in a quick, iterative manner.
Still to be charged at the full rate to the student, of course. This is just to get them started. I have to say, out of all the things the DoD pays for with its massive budget, things like paying the NFL to fly F16s over stadiums, or TV ads, or sponsoring college courses are what really grinds my gears.
Could you elaborate?
Steve's dedication to direct public service is impressive, and sets a high bar for other Silicon Valley leaders to reach.
Still to be charged at the full rate to the student, of course. This is just to get them started. I have to say, out of all the things the DoD pays for with its massive budget, things like paying the NFL to fly F16s over stadiums, or TV ads, or sponsoring college courses are what really grinds my gears.
Actually those are training flights that pilots volunteer to move to coincide with the event. The net cost to the tax payer is zero as those flights would of simply happened on another day. If you have an event you can request a fly over yourself.
http://www.airshows.pa.hq.af.mil/PublicSite/Index.cfm?fwa=ho...
Those are my classmates! I took the Hacking for Defense class with them this past Spring at Stanford. I found that fundamentally the class trains students to apply the iterative, quick-moving, need-based approach to product development often found in startups to military problems that have traditionally had lots of bureaucratic overhead. We were exposed to a ton of different people through our interviews and were con…