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How could this happen, you ask? “The data links between the drone and the ground control station were never encrypted. Which meant that pretty much anyone could tap into the overhead surveillance.” And did. How could the US military be so freaking stupid as to not encrypt data sent from surveillance drones to ground control? [...] It’s a game-changer for them. No walking long distances or paying to recharge mobile phones. Kerosene lamps and their attendant fire hazards have been eliminated. Rural dwellers spend much less now on fuel, and have figured out how to power tiny TVs with the lamps too. There are probably hundreds of millions of people [...] Via The Big Picture, by Richard Ambrose Photo: Gruenenrw on Flickr Treehugger “I have the feeling of dread that we are on the Titanic and sinking fast, but we can’t launch any life boats because a member of the crew has decided that we are not sinking and that we have to have informal consultations to decide whether we are [...] Pagans (chanting): Here’s the ivy, here’s the holly. Banish all your melancholy. Don’t want data or retrieval, boy it’s fun to be medieval. It’s the life everyone wants. We don’t need no renaissance. You can have your Reformation. We prefer inebriation. Drinking, eating, fornication. You can go to Sunday School. We are pagans. We love [...] St. Louis, MO – December 15, 2009 – The Missouri Association of Accredited Energy Professionals (MAAEP), a newly formed trade group, held its inaugural organizational meeting for membership and affiliates last Thursday. Local energy professionals representing private enterprise, non-profits and government participated including Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources, Botanical Garden’s Earthways Center, Mosby Building [...] Indymedia.dk photo. Article An array of civil society, delegates and negotiating parties representing a global alliance of both north and south civil society groups, people’s Movements, indigenous representatives and even some governments have begun a dramatic protest today disrupting the inside of the Bella Center. Scores/Hundreds of representatives gathered in the central hall and [...] Many milblogs (blogs written by those serving in the US armed forces) will be silent today in protest against “an increasingly hostile environment from within the military” and in particular the “treatment of milblogger C.J. Grisham of A Soldier’s Perspective” who now needs money for his legal defense. Freedom of speech means everyone has [...] *Say WHAT? You’re Cuba, yet you don’t know what to do with your dissidents? Does Fidel have senile amnesia? Hint: you arrest them and all their friends! Their friends used to be hard to find, but now you just bust whoever follows ‘em on Twitter. Have you learned nothing from Iran? The Internal Revenue Service on Friday issued an exception to longstanding tax rules for the benefit of Citigroup and the few other companies partially owned by the government. As a result, Citigroup will be allowed to retain $38 billion in tax breaks that otherwise would decline in value when the government sells its stake to [...] |  | ||||
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