Sounds like Euless, Texas on the days after 9/11 when air traffic (DFW) was shut down. With no airtraffic and next to no vehicles on the roads it was very quite and very disturbing.
WASHINGTON - In January 1982, President Reagan approved a CIA plan to sabotage the economy of the Soviet Union through covert transfers of technology that contained hidden malfunctions, including software that later triggered a huge explosion in a Siberian natural-gas pipeline, according to a new memoir by a Reagan White House official.
Thomas Reed, a former Air Force secretary who was serving in the National Security Council at the time, describes the episode in ``At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War,'' to be published next month by Ballantine Books. Reed writes that the pipeline explosion was just one example of ``cold-eyed economic warfare'' against the Soviet Union that the CIA carried out under Director William Casey during the final years of the Cold War.
KGB insider's tip
At the time, the United States was attempting to block Western Europe from importing Soviet natural gas. There also were signs that the Soviets were trying to steal a wide variety of Western technology. Then, a KGB insider revealed the specific shopping list and the CIA slipped the flawed software to the Soviets in a way they would not detect it.
``In order to disrupt the Soviet gas supply, its hard currency earnings from the West, and the internal Russian economy, the pipeline software that was to run the pumps, turbines, and valves was programmed to go haywire, after a decent interval, to reset pump speeds and valve settings to produce pressures far beyond those acceptable to pipeline joints and welds,'' Reed writes.
``The result was the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space,'' he said, adding that U.S. satellites picked up the explosion. Reed said in an interview that the blast occurred in the summer of 1982.
``While there were no physical casualties from the pipeline explosion, there was significant damage to the Soviet economy,'' he writes. ``Its ultimate bankruptcy, not a bloody battle or nuclear exchange, is what brought the Cold War to an end. In time, the Soviets came to understand that they had been stealing bogus technology, but now what were they to do? By implication, every cell of the Soviet leviathan might be infected. They had no way of knowing which equipment was sound, which was bogus.
``All was suspect, which was the intended endgame for the entire operation.''
`Farewell Dossier'
Reed said he obtained CIA approval to publish details about the operation. The CIA learned of the full extent of the KGB's pursuit of Western technology in an intelligence operation known as the Farewell Dossier. Portions of the operation have been disclosed earlier, including in a 1996 paper in Studies in Intelligence, a CIA journal.
The paper was written by Gus Weiss, an expert on technology and intelligence who was instrumental in devising the plan to send the flawed materials and served with Reed on the National Security Council. Weiss died Nov. 25 at age 72.
The sabotage of the gas pipeline has not been previously disclosed, and at the time was a closely guarded secret. When the pipeline exploded, Reed writes, the first reports caused concern in the U.S. military and at the White House. ``NORAD feared a missile liftoff from a place where no rockets were known to be based,'' he said, referring to North American Air Defense Command. ``Or perhaps it was the detonation of a small nuclear device.''
``Before these conflicting indicators could turn into an international crisis,'' he said, ``Gus Weiss came down the hall to tell his fellow NSC staffers not to worry.''
WASHINGTON - In January 1982, President Reagan approved a CIA plan to sabotage the economy of the Soviet Union through covert transfers of technology that contained hidden malfunctions, including software that later triggered a huge explosion in a Siberian natural-gas pipeline, according to a new memoir by a Reagan White House official.
Thomas Reed, a former Air Force secretary who was serving in the National Security Council at the time, describes the episode in ``At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War,'' to be published next month by Ballantine Books. Reed writes that the pipeline explosion was just one example of ``cold-eyed economic warfare'' against the Soviet Union that the CIA carried out under Director William Casey during the final years of the Cold War.
KGB insider's tip
At the time, the United States was attempting to block Western Europe from importing Soviet natural gas. There also were signs that the Soviets were trying to steal a wide variety of Western technology. Then, a KGB insider revealed the specific shopping list and the CIA slipped the flawed software to the Soviets in a way they would not detect it.
``In order to disrupt the Soviet gas supply, its hard currency earnings from the West, and the internal Russian economy, the pipeline software that was to run the pumps, turbines, and valves was programmed to go haywire, after a decent interval, to reset pump speeds and valve settings to produce pressures far beyond those acceptable to pipeline joints and welds,'' Reed writes.
``The result was the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space,'' he said, adding that U.S. satellites picked up the explosion. Reed said in an interview that the blast occurred in the summer of 1982.
``While there were no physical casualties from the pipeline explosion, there was significant damage to the Soviet economy,'' he writes. ``Its ultimate bankruptcy, not a bloody battle or nuclear exchange, is what brought the Cold War to an end. In time, the Soviets came to understand that they had been stealing bogus technology, but now what were they to do? By implication, every cell of the Soviet leviathan might be infected. They had no way of knowing which equipment was sound, which was bogus.
``All was suspect, which was the intended endgame for the entire operation.''
`Farewell Dossier'
Reed said he obtained CIA approval to publish details about the operation. The CIA learned of the full extent of the KGB's pursuit of Western technology in an intelligence operation known as the Farewell Dossier. Portions of the operation have been disclosed earlier, including in a 1996 paper in Studies in Intelligence, a CIA journal.
The paper was written by Gus Weiss, an expert on technology and intelligence who was instrumental in devising the plan to send the flawed materials and served with Reed on the National Security Council. Weiss died Nov. 25 at age 72.
The sabotage of the gas pipeline has not been previously disclosed, and at the time was a closely guarded secret. When the pipeline exploded, Reed writes, the first reports caused concern in the U.S. military and at the White House. ``NORAD feared a missile liftoff from a place where no rockets were known to be based,'' he said, referring to North American Air Defense Command. ``Or perhaps it was the detonation of a small nuclear device.''
``Before these conflicting indicators could turn into an international crisis,'' he said, ``Gus Weiss came down the hall to tell his fellow NSC staffers not to worry.''
Hyper-Trade aka fucking over the USA's middle class may lead to depressions...
Next to nothing China does is freetrade. From their goverment ownership of most shipping to their refusal to float their currency in world markes China is all about using the rest of the world till they no longer need them. And CEO's in America are doing all they can to help them because it makes the CEO's richer.
You know all those people who have lost jobs because of foreign trade? They vote. If enought people get pissed off enough they will vote for those that will help them and those people they voted into office will help them, even if they have to raise your taxes to pay for it...
What companies have cut their prices due to moving work offshore? Can you list any?
No. Apt is just like [python,ruby,ipod,mac]. It includes tech that requires one to post how good it is in every last discussion forum on the internet.:->
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Could be either side. They both use goverment regs to help what they like and punish what they don't.
I never said it was not a decent amount of money, I just said it wasnt a HUGE amount of money as was being implied.
Damn, do you look for things to get pissed off about?
Sounds like Euless, Texas on the days after 9/11 when air traffic (DFW) was shut down. With no airtraffic and next to no vehicles on the roads it was very quite and very disturbing.
It isn't. It is less than 1/2 the median rent in the United States. That makes it less than a bundle.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item =2789658017&category=4610
Law firms don't take positions, they take clients. And, in most cases, as look as it doesn't get them disbared they will do as the client wishes.
Doesn't your NDA prohibit you from talking about the product you are testing?
And their quality control has fallen to Dell like levels. That isn't good.
Who paid for the resources that you used to compile that list?
WTF do you do to them to make them die?
This might shock you but every post that says something negative about Apple HW and/or SW is not a troll.
Some of the posters/mods in this section appear to worship Apple as a god...
FLAW WAS PLANTED TO SABOTAGE SOVIETS
By David E. Hoffman
Washington Post
WASHINGTON - In January 1982, President Reagan approved a CIA plan to sabotage the economy of the Soviet Union through covert transfers of technology that contained hidden malfunctions, including software that later triggered a huge explosion in a Siberian natural-gas pipeline, according to a new memoir by a Reagan White House official.
Thomas Reed, a former Air Force secretary who was serving in the National Security Council at the time, describes the episode in ``At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War,'' to be published next month by Ballantine Books. Reed writes that the pipeline explosion was just one example of ``cold-eyed economic warfare'' against the Soviet Union that the CIA carried out under Director William Casey during the final years of the Cold War.
KGB insider's tip
At the time, the United States was attempting to block Western Europe from importing Soviet natural gas. There also were signs that the Soviets were trying to steal a wide variety of Western technology. Then, a KGB insider revealed the specific shopping list and the CIA slipped the flawed software to the Soviets in a way they would not detect it.
``In order to disrupt the Soviet gas supply, its hard currency earnings from the West, and the internal Russian economy, the pipeline software that was to run the pumps, turbines, and valves was programmed to go haywire, after a decent interval, to reset pump speeds and valve settings to produce pressures far beyond those acceptable to pipeline joints and welds,'' Reed writes.
``The result was the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space,'' he said, adding that U.S. satellites picked up the explosion. Reed said in an interview that the blast occurred in the summer of 1982.
``While there were no physical casualties from the pipeline explosion, there was significant damage to the Soviet economy,'' he writes. ``Its ultimate bankruptcy, not a bloody battle or nuclear exchange, is what brought the Cold War to an end. In time, the Soviets came to understand that they had been stealing bogus technology, but now what were they to do? By implication, every cell of the Soviet leviathan might be infected. They had no way of knowing which equipment was sound, which was bogus.
``All was suspect, which was the intended endgame for the entire operation.''
`Farewell Dossier'
Reed said he obtained CIA approval to publish details about the operation. The CIA learned of the full extent of the KGB's pursuit of Western technology in an intelligence operation known as the Farewell Dossier. Portions of the operation have been disclosed earlier, including in a 1996 paper in Studies in Intelligence, a CIA journal.
The paper was written by Gus Weiss, an expert on technology and intelligence who was instrumental in devising the plan to send the flawed materials and served with Reed on the National Security Council. Weiss died Nov. 25 at age 72.
The sabotage of the gas pipeline has not been previously disclosed, and at the time was a closely guarded secret. When the pipeline exploded, Reed writes, the first reports caused concern in the U.S. military and at the White House. ``NORAD feared a missile liftoff from a place where no rockets were known to be based,'' he said, referring to North American Air Defense Command. ``Or perhaps it was the detonation of a small nuclear device.''
``Before these conflicting indicators could turn into an international crisis,'' he said, ``Gus Weiss came down the hall to tell his fellow NSC staffers not to worry.''
Memoir reveals CIA role in blast
FLAW WAS PLANTED TO SABOTAGE SOVIETS
By David E. Hoffman
Washington Post
WASHINGTON - In January 1982, President Reagan approved a CIA plan to sabotage the economy of the Soviet Union through covert transfers of technology that contained hidden malfunctions, including software that later triggered a huge explosion in a Siberian natural-gas pipeline, according to a new memoir by a Reagan White House official.
Thomas Reed, a former Air Force secretary who was serving in the National Security Council at the time, describes the episode in ``At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War,'' to be published next month by Ballantine Books. Reed writes that the pipeline explosion was just one example of ``cold-eyed economic warfare'' against the Soviet Union that the CIA carried out under Director William Casey during the final years of the Cold War.
KGB insider's tip
At the time, the United States was attempting to block Western Europe from importing Soviet natural gas. There also were signs that the Soviets were trying to steal a wide variety of Western technology. Then, a KGB insider revealed the specific shopping list and the CIA slipped the flawed software to the Soviets in a way they would not detect it.
``In order to disrupt the Soviet gas supply, its hard currency earnings from the West, and the internal Russian economy, the pipeline software that was to run the pumps, turbines, and valves was programmed to go haywire, after a decent interval, to reset pump speeds and valve settings to produce pressures far beyond those acceptable to pipeline joints and welds,'' Reed writes.
``The result was the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space,'' he said, adding that U.S. satellites picked up the explosion. Reed said in an interview that the blast occurred in the summer of 1982.
``While there were no physical casualties from the pipeline explosion, there was significant damage to the Soviet economy,'' he writes. ``Its ultimate bankruptcy, not a bloody battle or nuclear exchange, is what brought the Cold War to an end. In time, the Soviets came to understand that they had been stealing bogus technology, but now what were they to do? By implication, every cell of the Soviet leviathan might be infected. They had no way of knowing which equipment was sound, which was bogus.
``All was suspect, which was the intended endgame for the entire operation.''
`Farewell Dossier'
Reed said he obtained CIA approval to publish details about the operation. The CIA learned of the full extent of the KGB's pursuit of Western technology in an intelligence operation known as the Farewell Dossier. Portions of the operation have been disclosed earlier, including in a 1996 paper in Studies in Intelligence, a CIA journal.
The paper was written by Gus Weiss, an expert on technology and intelligence who was instrumental in devising the plan to send the flawed materials and served with Reed on the National Security Council. Weiss died Nov. 25 at age 72.
The sabotage of the gas pipeline has not been previously disclosed, and at the time was a closely guarded secret. When the pipeline exploded, Reed writes, the first reports caused concern in the U.S. military and at the White House. ``NORAD feared a missile liftoff from a place where no rockets were known to be based,'' he said, referring to North American Air Defense Command. ``Or perhaps it was the detonation of a small nuclear device.''
``Before these conflicting indicators could turn into an international crisis,'' he said, ``Gus Weiss came down the hall to tell his fellow NSC staffers not to worry.''
When it cuts into their SS payments because the goverment doesn't have enough revenue coming in due to people making less it will get their attention.
Don't forget that most of these new service jobs,
Hyper-Trade aka fucking over the USA's middle class may lead to depressions...
Next to nothing China does is freetrade. From their goverment ownership of most shipping to their refusal to float their currency in world markes China is all about using the rest of the world till they no longer need them. And CEO's in America are doing all they can to help them because it makes the CEO's richer.
You know all those people who have lost jobs because of foreign trade? They vote. If enought people get pissed off enough they will vote for those that will help them and those people they voted into office will help them, even if they have to raise your taxes to pay for it...
What companies have cut their prices due to moving work offshore? Can you list any?
Do you have a source for your sig? A google search only turns up your posts on /.
I miss /. they was it used to be, when tech articles didn't have to be written to a 3rd grade level to get more than 20 posts.
Is your lack of reading skill shared by other best buy workers?
Where, outside of a major metro area, does McDonalds pay > 9.00 USD per hour? In my area McDonalds pays about 6.00/hour.
I can say the same thing about a chair that I bought at Office Depot in Dallas for $149.00. It even has the little holes in it.
No. Apt is just like [python,ruby,ipod,mac]. It includes tech that requires one to post how good it is in every last discussion forum on the internet. :->
But it isn't advertized much of anywhere. I only found out about it from an ad on uo.stratics.com.
It appears that they do not wish to promote their product.
And the first link you posted 404's when you try to do the download.
As I have said before it does not come with the authorization code to enable access to the new AoS areas. And Tech support is useless on this issue.