Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Incirlik Air Base: Post-Coup Power Cut Remains at U.S. Site, 2,700 Personnel Confined
July 20th, 2016Via: NBC: A Turkish air base widely believed to house U.S. nuclear weapons continued to rely on backup generators Wednesday, five days after a failed coup plunged the country into crisis. Commercial power was cut to Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey and the airspace above it closed within hours of Friday’s attempted military takeover […]
Photographer Sneaks Into Fukushima Exclusion Zone
July 13th, 2016Via: Daily Mail: More than five years after the devastating tsunami and the 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck north-eastern Japan, causing the explosion of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the Japanese town remains abandoned. Since April 22, 2011, an area within 20km (12.4miles) radius of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant has been cordoned off from the […]
How the Internet Works
June 19th, 2016Via: Ars Technica: Have you ever thought about how that cat picture actually gets from a server in Oregon to your PC in London? We’re not simply talking about the wonders of TCP/IP or pervasive Wi-Fi hotspots, though those are vitally important as well. No, we’re talking about the big infrastructure: the huge submarine cables, […]
Switzerland: Gotthard Base Tunnel Ritual
June 16th, 2016Wow! You might want to bookmark this one. Via: Independent: Switzerland has opened up the world’s biggest railway tunnel, 17 years and £8bn after it committed to break the record. It held a celebration for the completion of the 35-mile Gotthard Base Tunnel, which runs through the Alps. Crowds gathered to celebrate the tunnel’s record-breaking […]
DDOS on Cryptogon Underway
June 14th, 2016Update: Latest Attack Last night’s antics. — Update: Some of the Attacking Machines People are saying that other alternative news sites have recently been attacked. Here are some of the IPs that attacked Cryptogon, if any other admins was to see if they were hit by the same IPs. This isn’t a complete list at […]
China Lake: Military Test Will Disrupt GPS Signals Above 5,000 Feet
June 7th, 2016Via: Gizmodo: Starting today, it appears the US military will be testing a device or devices that will potentially jam GPS signals for six hours each day. We say “appears” because officially the tests were announced by the FAA but are centered near the US Navy’s largest installation in the Mojave Desert. And the Navy […]
Lake Mead Declines to Lowest Level in History
May 20th, 2016Via: Desert Sun: The nation’s largest reservoir has broken a record, declining to the lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s. Lake Mead reached the new all-time low on Wednesday night, slipping below a previous record set in June 2015.
German Nuclear Plant Infected with Computer Viruses, Operator Says
April 27th, 2016Via: Reuters: A nuclear power plant in Germany has been found to be infected with computer viruses, but they appear not to have posed a threat to the facility’s operations because it is isolated from the Internet, the station’s operator said on Tuesday. The Gundremmingen plant, located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Munich, […]
Tesla Will Install More Energy Storage with Solarcity in 2016 Than U.S. Installed in 2015
April 26th, 2016Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Via: electrek: It looks like Tesla is about to change the battery game – this time by installing more energy storage capacity in 2016 with SolarCity alone than all of the USA installed in 2015. In a recent filing with the SEC, it was found […]
Deaths of People Related to Flint Water Crisis
April 25th, 2016Flint Water Plant Continues to Reel with Sudden Death of Foreman Via: Mlive: Already reeling from the news of criminal charges against one of its workers in the wake of the Flint water crisis, city workers are now dealing with the sudden death of a foreman at the plant. Water Treatment Plant Foreman Matthew McFarland, […]
