Category: Sci+Tech
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Internet Kill Switch
In the hours just before dawn on Friday, the Egyptian government told the nation’s internet service providers to pull the the plug. In just six minutes, 93% of the nation’s internet access went down. While various media outlets have discussed the practicality of such an internet shutdown in the United States, there’s not much mention…
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Hope and Change!
Still waiting… Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone. Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications — including encrypted…
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Boob of the Week
This week’s, erm, honor(?), goes to…..all the candidates inviting me to events that not only aren’t in their district, but are WAY OUTSIDE. For whatever reason this has been a bipartisan phenomenon this year. The people you need to reach to win your election, are in a specifically contained area. The district. You reach them…
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Top Kill May Have Worked
Video looks promising. BP says it will know for sure tomorrow. Oh and the spill is “several times worse” than originally thought. I don’t care who you are,the magnitude of the spill is completely incomprehensible. And yes this is, and should be, Obama’s Katrina.