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  1. It is not democracy they are interested Jim on Domains Blocked By US Treasury 'Blacklist' · · Score: 2, Informative
    The embargoes are part of the repressive regimes.

    They turn a country, a nation into a military camp. What liberties, what democratic process can be in a military camp?

    For example they put the embargo for Zimbabwe and then cry bitterly over the hunger there. They criticize the lack of new democratic ideas in Cuba and at the same time restrict travel of people who could bring and exchange these ideas.

    Why they still do it? Look into a history for an answer. 1953. The leader of Iran, Mossadek, dared to demand from British Petroleum part of the oil revenue - 50%. Looks like a fair deal. But he was chased out for this and replaced by a puppet shah. By the way that is the real reason of the Islamic fundamentalism of today.

    It is not a democracy they are interested in Cuba. They want somehow to overthrow the government and get hold of its country resources, to receive them for free.

    They use for these the systematic approach. Institutions, agencies, think tanks of thousands and thousands specialists in political technologies are busy day and night, analyzing situation, studying local politicians, suggesting actions which could be taken to destabilize the situation, to prevent any improvements in the target country, to prevent the democratic process.

    There are departments for every country which has got any resources worth taking: Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, Iran, Iraq, etc. They just use the words "democracy", "freedom" to disguise the real targets - getting an unrestricted access to resources. This tactic was invented by Napoleon who used the ideals of French revolution as a propaganda disguise to conquer the world.

  2. Pilferage and a smart suitcases on Strict Order Boarding Would Get Planes in the Sky Faster · · Score: 1
    The reason why the boarding is slow is the bulky hand luggage. People tend to take a lot of things into the hand luggage because of the pilferage and a fear that baggage will be mishandled, i.e. delayed, sent to another destination, damaged, etc.

    The majority of suitcases sold on the market are junk. Samsonite and Delcy are just a bit better. The problem could be solved by an unbreakable smart suitcases.

    Why bomb could be made smart and suitcases not? Why the body armor can be made from Kelvar but not a suitcase? An RFID tag or a GSM module can immediately report where the suitcase is. So the risk of a loss could be minimal.

    If the standards that bottles larger than 100 ml are banned can be introduced in EU. Why not a standard for the suitcases?

    What is going on with the checked-in baggage in IATA is the real mess, apocalypses. This costs the industry billions. Slow boarding is just a tip of the iceberg. And the reason of it is the stupid medieval baggage.

  3. Another word for censorship on Former FBI Agent Calls for a Second Internet · · Score: 2, Interesting
    "a second, more secure Internet" is nothing but another expression for a "censorship". A military censorship.

    Why America needs a military censorship? America entered the period of deep difficulties. The image of secure haven was destroyed on 9/11. It is not cool anymore to live or to invest in the USA.

    To remain a superpower the USA needs Siberia. Madeleine Albright declared that the resources of Siberia belong to the "whole humanity" (read the West). America and its European satellites prepare for the Great Crusade. Iraq and Iran are just a springboard.

    The leaders of the USA realize that the financial and economical crisis are just the first signs of the decline. At the same time the BRIC countries experience 8 - 9 % growth, and the general opinion among economists is that it's just a beginning.

    Why Siberia? The territory of Russia alone is almost 5 times larger that of the whole EU. Almost all resources of the world, energy, metals, etc. are in Siberia. Who controls Siberia - controls the world economy.

    The USA occupied shortly the Siberia in 1918 and 1919 but was fought out by the bolshevics. They want to replay it. America prepares for the war. The radars, the record military budget, the 700 military bases, the expansion of NATO are parts of this historical process.

    The price of the gas in the USA exceeded 3 USD, soon it will be 4+. Those who were in the USA and know how it is built realize that Amrica simply will not be able to function with the expensive petrol.

    When Vladimir Putin was asked of his opinion on this Madeleine Albright's ideas he answered that it showed that the course on the strengthening of the defense was correct. So the world is nearing the new great war. That is why the military censorship, the second Internet for the "democracies", is needed.

  4. Re:Worm? on Military Grounds Stealth Bomber Fleet · · Score: 1
    My life does depend on the computers. With different OSs. If computers fail I am out of work. And it is never a drill. It is always a real life.

    I would dismiss this issue myself if I did not look into this issue closely recently. These worms are the creatures from H*ll. The best of the best thinkers in the computer industry cannot solve the problem. Millions of computers are infected.

    I am not talking of the regular update or having an anti virus soft. These things do not always help. I am still unconvinced that somewhere there are people who did solve the problem and have their networks clean.

    It is and it always be a running battle. The only difference is that in the case of military - taking over the computer systems may mean - getting the fleet worth of billions under unauthorized operational command.

  5. Gutenberg on Pakistan YouTube Block Breaks the World · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Once the Islam world already did the same error. In 15th century when Gutenberg invented the printing press the Islam countries were a way ahead in science.

    But mullahs forbade printing for 200 years, while in Europe it exploded. Mostly it was silly: religious stuff, cartoons, sex, but it was also maps, mathematics, etc.

    Internet is about the same as an invention of printing was then. And again they are making the same mistake, again due to a fear of mullahs to lose their power.

    Like 500 years ago it will just slow the development of their civilization.

  6. Re:Worm? on Military Grounds Stealth Bomber Fleet · · Score: 1
    If something is classified it does not automatically means that it is unavailable. Seeing how bad the situation is in the world with the computer worms, I do not see why it cannot be as bad in the military computing world.

    However, the problem in the military sphere could be much worse. The worm-bots network of millions computers are the grim reality of today. Imagine if the whole fleet of the US guided missiles (100 000) is taken over by the worm-hackers. Or the B2 fleet. Or both.

    Give me a good reason why it cannot happen. It happens in the computing world every day. I was nearly put on my knees by the Amvo worm. Each time I insert a flash memory or back up hard drive I feel uneasy being through the running battle with this worm. I am still not sure if I won. Because sometimes this thing appear from nowhere, and it hides itself. the AI - Artificial Intelligence was archived in these worms. They are intelligent living creatures. Why a military guy should be in a better position than me?

  7. Re:Worm? on Military Grounds Stealth Bomber Fleet · · Score: 1
    Seeing how difficult it was to detect and to get rid of the Amvo worm on my XP (and I have 20 years experience with computers), I think it could be quite the reason.

    I am sure there is the OS in the smart bombs and missiles. The TV picture is broadcasted from those missiles.

    Would you write drivers, invent new USB connections, just to have it different from the civilians' computers?

    On the contrary, the inventions come from military to civilians. JPG type images were in 80s the top secret. Now they are ubiquitous.

    Given that the smart bombs and missiles run OS, say, Windows OS (why not?), one connects a smart bomb for an patrol or drill. Worm jumps. I could not believe it when I saw as a worm jumps.

    For all I saw, the whole 100 000 of the smart guided missiles could be infected. So "good" are those worms. All B2 fleet, not just one aircraft.

  8. Re:The end of the Afghan war on White House Says Phone Wiretaps Will Resume For Now · · Score: 1
    First of all it was not only twin towers. You are still in the denial phase. The damage to the New York City was enormous. Both physical and moral. In fact, it was the technological weapons of mass destruction.

    Many buildings around got the structural damage, cracks. The city was polluted by the toxic ashes and dust. If earlier the NYC was the major tourist attraction it turned into no-go zone.

    The characteristic Manhattan skyline had been an object of fascination and inspiration for people around the world. Now it looks like a dangerous contraption where people do not even want to rent.

    People in the USA are rightfully angry about it.It is the mood in millions of the US households that the US should "kick the ass" or be considered a sissy. Politicians feel these mood on their antennas, besides they are themselves part of the society.

    As we know the denial phases is followed by the anger phase, then the depression phase, and only then by the acceptance. The same way as the radicalism in Germany reached its peak 15 - 20 years after the humiliating defeat of 1918, the same way we will see the consequences of the 9/11 still many years with possibly unpredictable tragic consequences for the whole world.

    The New York City was the pinnacle of the civilization. Possibly its destruction signified the end of the civilization itself. Like those skyscrapers folded after some time, the whole world may fold the same way.

  9. Worm? on Military Grounds Stealth Bomber Fleet · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I recently had a terrible problem with the Amvo worm on my XP.

    This worm jumps from flash memory on the hard disk, from hard disk to a back up disk. Back and forth.

    If they use smart bombs and smart rockets, they should be connecting these weapons via USB. Or aircraft to some base station.

    A worm could just jump to the aircraft computer system. Antivirus software does not detect it. And it is never destroyed completely even if it does. It just writes itself into DLLs.

    If it was a worm, it could mean the beginning of the end of the smart bombs and guided missiles.

  10. The end of the Afghan war on White House Says Phone Wiretaps Will Resume For Now · · Score: 2, Interesting
    To understand what is going on in the USA and in the world one has to realize what a traumatizing event was the destruction of Mew York City and the US military headquarters in September of 2001.

    The war in the Afghanistan ended not by the withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The true end of the war was on 9/11. It was the logical final of supporting and financing the religious fanatics around the world.

    At the same time it was a wrongful attack on the civilian targets which forever changed the social and political climate in the USA. Like the defeat of Germany in 1918 brought radicalism and extremism decades later, the same way 9/11 will bring the certain political realities for years to come.

    What happens in Iraq, Kosovo, the USA itself is the message which hurt American people send to the world and to themselves: "We can be as cruel, ruthless, nasty just about the same as the outside world was to us. Even more so. Much much more."

    There is nothing new in this phenomena. Sometimes people are surprised why the leadership of the USSR did not want accept some good economics ideas from the West. But they forget that Leonid Brezhnev was a general during the WW2. He was part of the battle for Crimea. He was among few survivors of the most ferocious artillery barrage during human history at Malays Zemlya.

    It is difficult to expect a senseful decisions from traumatized people. The crime that was committed against the great nation on 9/11 will be felt by the generations to come.

    The New York City was not only the achievement of the USA. It was the part of the humankind heritage. That is why its destruction changed the humankind. Inevitably to the worse.

  11. Re:Nothing will change... on Fidel Castro Resigns · · Score: 1
    OK. I understand.

    Still I wish your country heals well after this trauma.

  12. Re:Nothing will change... on Fidel Castro Resigns · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I have pity of you. You are a nation which was traumatized by the destruction of you pride, New York City. "I built the towers to the sky."

    You are passed the denial, and entered the anger phase.

    We understand it. But, please, understand too that we do not believe you anymore when you talk about "democracy", "change", etc. In our eyes you are not a carrier of democratic ideas anymore. You are just an angry traumatized country.

  13. Re:Nothing will change... on Fidel Castro Resigns · · Score: 1

    Meaningful changes? Like Iraq style "democracy" on the American bayonets?

  14. New way of recruting soldiers on Air Force Seeking Geeks For 'Cyber Command' · · Score: 1

    These men will be sent later in Iraq, I guess. Say, to protect the digital infrastructure of the Empire (guard a shack with a PC, in a desert, from which fellow-soldiers talk via Skype).

  15. What about undocumented people? on EU Plans to Require Biometrics for Visitors · · Score: 1
    In Europe and in the USA there are millions and millions of undocumented people, who beg to be given any document. They march for it.

    It will be one more scene from a Security Theater. Harassing business travelers.

    The main problem, 99,99%, at the Ukraine-Shengen border is caused by the fact that in EU the pack of cigarettes costs 2 EUR, but in Ukraine 0.3 EUR. So they bring cigarettes in EU by all means, even by catapults, and air baloons.

    Biometrics will not solve this problem. Economics will.

  16. Spam is the government? on Mega-D Botnet Overtakes Storm, Accounts for 32% of Spam · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I remember a scandal, when British PM Tony Blair bought 2 apartments for times lower price than the market price.

    The deal was handled by his associate, the convicted crook, who was the mastermind behind the Herbalife spam. It made me think...

    Spam is responsible for the largest part of the Internet traffic. It should make the spammers most influential people.

    They are rich, they have an access to all private information on our computers, they can bring down an infrastructure of any country, they can promote any idea.

    Could it be that spammers are taking over the world? That they are behind the nowadays PMs and presidents? Can put and take them off at will?

    This theory explains it all. The volume of spam, the spread of bot-nets, the Tony Blair case, the constant growths of spam.

  17. Re:Headline *very* misleading! on DoS Attacks on Estonia Were Launched by Student · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ah yes. National-socialism. A son of an immigrant is not a true citizen. Only particular ethnicity is honored in the National State.

  18. Re:Telecommuting should be the norm... on More Federal Workers are Telecommuting · · Score: 1
    It can suddenly change if one has to depart. For example to visit a sick parent sever thousand kilometers away.

    Instead of losing productivity, or the job, one can just work via telecommuting for 2 weeks. With VPN it does not make any difference where you sit. Do not dismiss this great innovation, it can well come handy one day. Better learn how to use the VPN access and have your working place prepared for an emergency departure.

  19. Re:I think they should go slow on this on More Federal Workers are Telecommuting · · Score: 1
    One would have a hard time working 15 hours a week instead of 40, if a program like, say, Skype is installed on the PC.

    The supervisor can actually see the worker.

    It is also possible to view the desktop via a remote access.

    With a line of 3 MB/s anything is possible. A worker can work on a computer in the office via remote access. And a supervisor can just sit near the wall of displays watching what everyone is doing, if a discipline is a problem. Or having 20 small rectangles on his display with a possibility to zoom in on a particular PC.

    However it is better to use the right motivation and right person. So that he/she is interested in a result of the work.

  20. Re:Telecommuting sucks on More Federal Workers are Telecommuting · · Score: 1
    There are more effective and cheaper ways to spread information than physical meetings and ad-hoc conversations.

    Someone who has to work with these people telecommuting could arrange net meetings, say, via Skype, internal discussion forums, etc. It is more effective than flying or driving people around for meetings.

    But because there are backward people still in the organizations, the telecommuting sucks for such organizations. They either will have to change, or die out before long from the market. Because moving electrons around is cheaper than protons.

  21. Re:Nice idea on More Federal Workers are Telecommuting · · Score: 1
    The major "class disparity" that will be present between office workers and service workers could be reduced by the change of the technology of things, which must be serviced.

    For example, the car service could be partly done by telecommuting, if the car computer constructed in such a way that it allows a Wi-Fi connection for diagnostics.

    The construction of everything should be done with telecommuting in mind.

  22. IE8 vs. PHP & MySQL on Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes · · Score: 1
    In the world of modern computing I know the technology that actually works. It is PHP & MySQL.

    It was developed by such guys as Sanja Byelkin http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/interviews/sanja.html , Andi Gutmans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andi_Gutmans , and others.

    It just works. It was created by these obscure, modest, but incredibly talented people, with minimal resources.

    True, the MySQL was bought recently by the SUN. I have no doubt, it will become before long similar to IE8. A show run by MBAs in smart suits. A technology, which works not for you, but against you, on the side of the MBAs.

    I do not know how to do it, but the world community should learn how to empower the people like Sanja Byelkin and Andi Gutmans. People are sick and tired of the browser monopolies with their incompatibilities, bugs, noncompliances with the standards. Something should be done about it by the world community.

  23. human civilization on Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes · · Score: 0
    More and more application work on the browser platform. Microsoft and Firefox (Netscape) are irresponsible entities, which came to the world market domination via some shady tricks.

    Can the human civilization rely on these companies? The last ten years showed again and again that the answer is no.

    It is wrong that both companies, which dominate the world market, are based in one country. Especially in a country with a doubtful record in the area of privacy.

    The UN body, the International Telecommunication Union, should impose enforceable standards for a browser. The also should be an enforceable international law, which regulated the market share percentage. Say, no more than 15% for one browser, one OS, one country.

    Noncompliance with these international laws, which caused the browser incompatibility, or spread of a computer virus, should be punished by the life in prison, without a parole.

  24. Making cool design (non-Russian) on Design of Next-Gen NASA Rocket Showing Flaws · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The problem of NASA is that it always want to make it non-Russian. While Russians just make it practical and scientific. That is why the Shuttle has got its crazy shape and the crew cabin is below the towering tank. As a result junk falls down on the Shuttle crew capsule.

    With this new rocket we see the same idiotic non-scientific design. The rocket will be unstable folks. You know it, we know it. Make it look like Soyuz. Nothing will happen, but lives will be saved.

    You proved the world that you can live with non-metric non-scientific Imperial measurement system (inches, pounds, arrow flights, feet, elbows, miles, stones, etc.), that the religion is the "best" spiritual foundation of the state. But maybe it is time to say: enough is enough, put the pride on the shelf, and do it right at long last?

  25. Dean Cyril Reed on Bobby Fischer Is Dead At 64 · · Score: 1

    1986