a 3-page infographic description of the issues involved in the world-wide distribution of Christmas presents, derived from conversations with business process consultants, surveillance experts, shipping pros, & a former Navy SEAL. in the typical Wired style of writing, this operation "makes Google look like Pong".
"Heavy Equipment/Light Package Emergent Response (Helper) units deliver the toys. These special-ops agents are trained for home ingress/egress. Team leaders get naughty/nice lists downloaded to their PDAs at 2300 hours, C-Day minus one. About 80,000 mobile command centers—each staffed by four agents—use jamming systems to knock out cellular communication in their target neighborhoods and temporarily cut phone and Internet lines."
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
