August 26, 2010
Yes, I mean that movie with Will Smith and Gene Hackman. Sure, anyone who has lived in the real world this past decade knows that we’ve long since developed the technology to do all the fancy things shown in the film. What you may not know, though, is that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals [...]
Filed under: Gripes and Complaints - News - Politics - Technology
Tags: « 9th Circuit Court of Appeals • GPS • jammer • police • slippery slope • tracking »
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August 25, 2010
For anyone wondering why the US Armed Forces went ape shit over removable media last year, the secret is out: apparently, some jackass thought that Chinese official handing out free thumb drives in Afghanistan was legit. The Washington Post: Now it is official: The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a [...]
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Tags: « China • dumbass • flash drive • Middle East »
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August 24, 2010
Ever wonder what happened to that mainstay of cheesy Saturday morning adventure shows? So did Daniel Engber over at Slate… The fourth-graders were unanimous: Quicksand doesn’t scare them, not one bit. If you’re a 9- or 10-year-old at the P.S. 29 elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., you’ve got more pressing concerns: Dragons. Monsters. Big waves [...]
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Tags: « adventure • nostalgia • quicksand »
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