Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Asymmetric Warfare: Causing Incredible Economic Damage by Simply Smashing Machines
September 4th, 2007In 1996, when I suggested to a crusty, old professor of mine that crude, physical attacks on electricity and communications infrastructures could cause economic damage on par with conventional military attacks, but at a fraction of the cost, both in terms of money and manpower required, he chuckled. I wrote the term paper anyway. The […]
Wells Fargo: WTF?
August 22nd, 2007I’d really like to know more about the nature of what actually happened with this Wells Fargo disaster. Redundancy is one of the main characteristics of mission critical systems. Wipe one box off the face of the earth, and there could be one, ten or dozens more, in different locations, waiting to take up the […]
WELLS FARGO CRIPPLED BY SYSTEM FAILURES
August 20th, 2007Via: CNN: Service problems disabled ATMs and online accounts at Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) for at least 24 hours starting Sunday afternoon, leaving some customers of the nation’s fifth-largest bank unable to get cash or use debit cards to pay for goods. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo wouldn’t say how many customers or machines were […]
See Who’s Editing Wikipedia – Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign
August 15th, 2007Anyone with the sophistication of a computer literate 12-year-old could render this IP tracking tool for Wikipedia edits worthless. So, either: 1) The CIA, Diebold, et al don’t know what a computer literate 12-year-old knows; or 2) Someone 0wNs machines that trace back to CIA, Diebold, et al and wanted to make them look like […]
And Now: The Air Yacht
August 14th, 2007I don’t see anything about resistance to small arms fire. Via: GizMag: The trend towards radical new aircraft designs aimed at achieving new levels of efficiency and operational capability beyond anything currently gracing our skies is on the rise. Recently Gizmag examined Boeing’s Blended-Wing Body (BWB) and now Aeros have announced the new Aeroscraft ML866 […]
Hitachi Releases Hard Drive with One Terabyte of Storage Capacity
August 13th, 2007In 2000, the company I worked for budgeted $15,000 for me to build a storage array with an initial capacity of one terabyte. I set about planning to build the thing. Rack density. Thermal dissipation. Power. Networking. Redundancy. Scalability… These were the factors I was considering as I devised my plan to build that system. […]
Remember Real ID? Same Shit, Different Card
August 12th, 2007Via: The Times and Democrat: U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday he will introduce legislation to replace all paper Social Security cards with plastic biometric cards that can’t be duplicated, so employers can be certain of the legal status of their workers. The South Carolina Republican said Congress must address the out-of-control illegal immigration problem, […]
In China, a High-Tech Plan to Track People
August 12th, 2007I thought the British fascists would have implemented this by now, but it looks like the Chinese fascists are going to try to take the lead. Also note the collusion between the Chinese and American firms. Via: New York Times: At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China […]
Electric Fields Kill Tumors
August 8th, 2007For those of you who know that this news is about 75 years old, don’t hold your breath waiting to read the word Rife anywhere in this article. Since there is so much snake oil being pushed as Rife technology, I suppose it’s a good thing that this company is finally forcing the medical establishment […]
Barf Light Weapon
August 6th, 2007Via: Fox News: It looks like a big flashlight — but it’s really a nonlethal weapon designed to make you sick. Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., of Torrance, Calif., has been granted a contract by the Department of Homeland Security to develop what it calls the “LED Incapacitator,” according to a DHS online newsletter. The handheld […]
