Not feeling confident in Cybercommand

Especially when the head guy says dumb things like this:

“The four-star general suggested bolstering Internet security by using “cloud” technology, which uses remote computer servers for applications and data storage. Other new technologies that permit greater visibility of cyberthreats on networks also can be used to improve security, he said.”

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Papers Please

Remember the TSA saying if you didn’t want to get groped, don’t fly?

Not so much.

Just another click on the police state ratchet.

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OMFG COOL: Quantum Locking

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QOTD: Harry Reid’s Jobs Delusion

“It’s very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it’s the public-sector jobs where we’ve lost huge numbers, and that’s what this legislation is all about,” – Harry Reid

That leakage from the alternate universe is getting bad.

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Relativity Safe After All

And the missing 60 nanoseconds reinforce relativity instead of disproving it.

It turns out the GPS satellites are in a separate reference frame from the experiment and once you account for the effects of relativity between the frames, the difference is about 60 nanoseconds.

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8 Days

With no new post.

It’s starting to feel like Google + around here.

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1936 Assembly Line

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Insanely Great

Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs. 1955-2011

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Kilted to Kick Cancer Wrap Up

Kelly has the info and I’m not spoiling his reveal of the winners so go there and see.

Over $8000 raised!

Thanks to everyone that donated.

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Privacy is dead, get over it.

ZOMG! The cell phone companies are tracking me!

Yeah, and so is everyone else.

I’m gonna keep beating this like a dead horse.

There is no such thing as privacy. There never was.

The bank always knew about your finances, the doctor’s office always knew about your health and your friends and co-workers knew about everything else.

That horse is out of the barn, down the road and in another county.

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