Archive for July, 2011
Greg’s Cable Map
July 15th, 2011Via: cablemap.info: Greg’s Cable Map is an attempt to consolidate all the available information about the undersea communications infrastructure. The initial data was harvested from Wikipedia, and further information was gathere by simply googling and transcribing as much data as possible into a useful format, namely a rich geocoded format.
Contagion
July 15th, 2011Via: YouTube:
Recovery: Hundreds Scramble for Dallas County Rental Vouchers
July 15th, 2011Zombie Apocalypse News Presents… Via: WFAA: Research Credit: matt
SpaceX Heavy-Lift Rocket Will Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base
July 15th, 2011Via: space.com: The company Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, broke ground Wednesday (July 13) on a new launch site for its massive heavy-lift rocket. SpaceX is upgrading a site called Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara, Calif. The refurbished launch complex will host SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, […]
Cryptogon Reader Sends Contribution
July 15th, 2011Thanks to Auckland Subscriber HH for sending NZ$50.
Charges Dropped Against Oak Park Woman Over Veggie Garden; City May Now Prosecute Her for Absurd Pet Issue
July 15th, 2011Via: The Detroit News: Charges against the woman who planted a vegetable garden in her front yard have been dropped, her attorney said Thursday. But other charges against Julie Bass have been resurrected for not having licenses for her two dogs — even though she took care of that issue, lawyer Solomon Radner said. “This […]
Fukushima Cleanup Recruits ‘Nuclear Gypsies’ from Across Japan
July 14th, 2011Nuclear Ginza (1995) Part 1 Part 2 Via: Guardian: Four months on from the start of the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, this hot-spring resort in north-east Japan has been transformed into a dormitory for 2,000 men who have travelled from across the country to take part in the clean-up effort 30 miles away […]
Fallout Tainted Beef Hits Japanese Market
July 14th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Japan grappled with a fresh radiation scare Tuesday, as authorities found that beef contaminated with radioactive cesium had been shipped to shops and restaurants throughout the country. The beef, from six cattle raised on a farm near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, registered radioactive-cesium levels up to seven times that […]
Moody’s Puts U.S. AAA Bond Rating On Review for Possible Downgrade
July 14th, 2011I could definitely be wrong, but I continue to hold the opinion that there is hardly any chance that, through legislative inaction, the U.S. will default. Via: USA Today: As President Obama and congressional leaders haggled over the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling this afternoon, they got a stark reminder of the financial stakes. Moody’s […]
Ron Paul to Ben Bernanke: Is Gold Money?
July 14th, 2011Via: CSPAN Clip on YouTube:
