Dropsafe

It’s a good read, but I especially liked #2: 2) November 24, 1961: BMEWS Communication Failure On the night of November 24, 1961, all communication links went dead between SAC HQ and NORAD. The communication loss cut off SAC HQ from the three Ballistic Missile Early Warning Sites (BMEWS) at Thule (Greenland,) Clear (Alaska,) and

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Three die in Panama terror drill – that really conjures-up a bad mental image…

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[www.csoonline.com] – I love it! Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Log file generators Passwords Authentication tool that, when properly implemented, drives growth at the help desk PKI (Public-Key Infrastructure) A system designed to transfer all of the complexities of strong authentication onto end users Link c/o Rob Diamond.

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[www.forbes.com] Bombardier’s Embrio concept–a prototype that may or may not make production–uses gyroscope technology to balance riders but adds a dash of flair absent in the Segway, which we as car nuts find slightly nerdy. […] The Embrio is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, a technology that creates power by mixing hydrogen and oxygen,

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This is either very deadpan, or very scary: [www.walken2008.com] “Our great country is in a terrible downward spiral. We’re outsourcing jobs, bankrupting social security, and losing lives at war. We need to focus on what’s important– paying attention to our children, our citizens, our future. We need to think about improving our failing educational system,

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This is the sort of thing I imagine several of my friends enjoying browsing: [www.roadsideamerica.com]

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[en.wikipedia.org] – Nice to see Sun right up there with Microsoft; needs an annotation, though.

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If someone who is bitchy is a bitch, why is someone who is tetchy not a tetch?

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The world’s longest-running TV programme with a single presenter is the BBC’s monthly Astronomy show The Sky At Night; and Sir Patrick Moore – godluvim – has been personally responsible for more people becoming interested in Astronomy than any other, worldwide. The show has been running – consistently – since 1957, and Patrick is considered

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[news.bbc.co.uk] Google has put the brakes on its programme to digitise the books in several major university libraries. In its blog, the search giant said it would temporarily stop scanning copyrighted texts until November to allay concerns about the plan. The company’s library project aims to put millions of volumes online and accessible everywhere via

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[www.embeddedarm.com] It has long been regarded that the UNIX-like OS NetBSD is portable to every type of machine except perhaps your kitchen toaster. Technologic Systems, however, has conquered this last frontier. Using one of its rugged embedded TS-7200 single-board computers housed inside the empty space of a standard 2 slice toaster, Technologic Systems has designed

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For reference by anyone who asks me in future: Up: for any point, the vector of maximal increase of gravitational potential energy per unit distance. I suppose that this could be rephrased as a differential, but I can’t be arsed since the above is actually quite comprehensible to normal people.

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