Archive for January, 2008
New Power Meters in California Can Ration, or Cut Off Electricity by Remote Control
January 8th, 2008The Nanny State, for-the-children, technocratic control grid thermostat story doesn’t seem so bad, compared to the story below about the “new” new power meters that are being rolled out in California. The state is actually making asymmetric warfare much easier for those who will eventually try to fight. There will be a window of opportunity […]
France: First All Electric Light Aircraft Flight
January 8th, 2008“As far as I can tell, there is no viable propulsion system on the horizon for aircraft outside of liquid fuels… You won’t see a plug-in Boeing 747 anytime soon.” —Sandia’s Sunshine to Petrol Project Seeks Fuel from Thin Air Nope. You won’t see a plug-in Boeing 747 anytime soon. But this reminds me of […]
Germany: Chaos Computer Club Seeks Injunction on Use of Electronic Voting Machines
January 8th, 2008Via: Heise Online: Chaos Computer Club (CCC) seeks a decision by the Hesse State Court to have voting computers prohibited for the state election on January 27, as reported by Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper today. A voter had asked for a temporary injunction, which the newspaper claims to have a copy of, for the CCC last […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
January 8th, 2008Thanks to the owner of Fizzy for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $65 as a result.
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January 8th, 2008Wow! Happy New Years to you guys too! Thank you all very much. Ktulu $20 ID $25 DW $50 ES $50 AS $50 DT $20 Eileen $50 SS $20
Paralyzed Woman Put in Jail for Missing Court Hearing
January 7th, 2008Due process, what’s that? Via: Sun Sentinel: In the nearly 20 years since Victoria Sando was paralyzed by a suicidal ex-boss who shot her five times in a parking lot, the 55-year-old Dania Beach woman has had days when she thought life could not get any tougher. But that was before she was rousted from […]
Sibel Edmonds Spills a Bit More
January 7th, 2008It’s tough to know where to even shake the stick on this one. My guess is that there’s two piñatas dangling before us. Covert operations, on the one hand, and plain, old treason on the other. Via: Sunday Times: Edmonds described how foreign intelligence agents had enlisted the support of US officials to acquire a […]
Iran: OPEC Can’t Raise Output
January 6th, 2008Via: Reuters: Many OPEC states are now producing as much oil as they can, limiting the ability of the cartel to raise output even if such a decision was made to help cool crude prices, an Iranian oil official was quoted on Saturday as saying. Mohammad Ali Khatibi, deputy director of international affairs at the […]
California to Set Thermostats via Remote Control
January 6th, 2008What could possibly go wrong? For example, hackers will never figure out how to take control of these systems. Oh no. That won’t happen. * chuckle * Via: American Thinker: In the proposed revisions to Title 24 is the requirement for what is called a “programmable communicating thermostat” or PCT. Every new home and every […]
Brown: 2008 “Difficult and Dangerous Situation for the World Economy”
January 6th, 2008Via: Guardian: Gordon Brown today issues a powerful declaration that 2008 will decide the fate of his premiership as he pledges to push through a series of controversial decisions that will shape Britain for decades to come. In his first major interview of the year, the Prime Minister serves notice on his opponents that he […]
