Category Archives for Thinking
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Nepal: Power Shortages Cripple Life
RadioAustralia: And in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, political protests in the south have caused fuel shortages in the capital, Kathmandu. Nepal’s supply of petrol, diesel and kerosene is usually imported from neighbouring India, but the roads are being blocked … Continue reading
Spam + Language Skills
SFGate: These hacker help-wanted ads are appearing on underground Internet channels as malicious code designers increasingly want programmers with foreign-language skills to help launch country-specific attacks, security vendor McAfee Inc. said in a report released today. Hackers want to craft … Continue reading
Cost to Hack GSM: $1,000 – $100,000
InformationWeek: The 64-bit encryption method used by GSM, known as A5/1, was first cracked in theory about 10 years ago, and researchers David Hulton and Steve, who declined to give his last name, said today that expensive equipment to help … Continue reading
Military Marriages
Abu Muqawama has the latest reason to upgrade our 19’th century military structure. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Forecasting + Uncertainty
Nassim Taleb discusses his next book a bit in this presentation (MP3) at the Long Now Foundation. Him and Saffo are juxtaposed. Still working through the latter. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.