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Scarfolk Council: Thought-Detector Vans, 1973 / “Is your mummy who she says she is?” # oh my, this is perfect; /ht @jimfinnis
Thought-Detector vans, 1973 Many will remember the TV detector vans that stalked suburban Britain in the 1970s. Scarfolk was chosen to take part in a government scheme that tested the latest technology in thought detection, particularly because of the events surrounding “The Tim Seven” in 1972 (See here and here for more details). The scheme
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Next time you see a plea for #cybersecurity spending on more #cyberwarriors …
…check some history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomber_gap The “bomber gap” was the unfounded belief in the Cold War-era United States that the Soviet Union had gained an advantage in deploying jet-powered strategic bombers. Widely accepted for several years, the gap was used as a political talking point in order to justify greatly increased defense spending. One result was a massive buildup of the United States Air Force bomber fleet, which
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America’s Raisin Regime: De minimis curat lex # Gosplan’s Sour Grapes in the USA
Repeat after me: state regulation is always a sane and desirable thing… WHETHER the obscure statute that governs America’s raisin trade is constitutional, Elena Kagan is not sure. She and her fellow Supreme Court justices are pondering that question at the moment, and will rule shortly. But she sounds reasonably confident that the Agricultural Marketing
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Appeals court upholds legality of Aereo’s “tiny antennas” scheme # Utterly Bonkers But Legally Fabulous
A federal appeals court has handed a big setback to broadcasters trying to stop Aereo, a startup that streams New York-area television content over the Internet. Broadcasters such as Fox and Univision argued that transmitting TV content without permission was copyright infringement. But Aereo countered that its service was analogous to a television and DVR
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TadaoCern – Tadas Cerniauskas # I find the Van Gogh one to be scarily believable
TadaoCern – Tadas Cerniauskas.
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Epic #mustread on DDoS, re: Spamhaus/Cyberbunker and “bringing down the Internet” with DDoS
Extract from the posting: First off I can confirm a few basic facts, namely that we really did receive a ~300 Gbps attack directed at Cloudflare, and later specifically targeted at pieces of our core infrastructure. This is definitely on the large end of the scale as far as DoS attacks go, but I wouldn’t
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A BDSM/Fetish website which apparently locks-in its user data and then deletes it #fetlife #aptbutwrong
No joke; from Feb 2013: In case you weren’t already aware, Fetlife has announced that to maintain their relationship with their credit card processor, they have to delete quite a bit of content. I hate that credit card companies get to police what we can talk about, but I can understand why the Fetlife team decided to
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Graphic Designer of the Year – Neatorama
Kasper Stromman won the coveted Graphic Designer of The Year, which he promptly celebrated by designing the best sweatshirt the world has ever seen. Naturally, Comic Sans is involved. via Graphic Designer of the Year – Neatorama.
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What will happen when 3D-printing stops being a toy? #youtube #defcad
I’m not exactly pro-guns or anything like that – am not a great fan, plus those are “American” questions from a British viewpoint – however this YouTube video really makes you think about the future of intellectual property. If the first minute puts you off, do stick with it; it’s a short video and it’s