The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This search is a VERY important one, and does not yield the correct answer, which is in itself an indictment of information technology. The correct answer is NEGATIVE, and Paul Strassmann, former Director of Defense Information, is the person who established this fact for the top corporations, although he likes to soft-shoe it and say …
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Are there “master keys” to the Internet? Interesting article in the New York Times – “How China meddled with the Internet,” based on a report to Congress by the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Times article talks about an incident where IDC China Telecommunication broadcast inaccurate Web traffic routes for about 18 …
Bees’ tiny brains beat computers, study finds Bees can solve complex mathematical problems which keep computers busy for days, research has shown. Bees can solve complex mathematical problems which keep computers busy for days, research has shown. The insects learn to fly the shortest route between flowers discovered in random order, effectively solving the “travelling …
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Quantum Cryptography Breached With Lasers Using lasers to blind quantum cryptography photon detectors, Norwegian computer scientists were able to obtain a copy of a secure key without leaving any trace of their presence. By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek September 8, 2010 07:00 AM Norwegian computer scientists have perfected a laser-based attack against quantum cryptography systems …
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Today’s issue of Nature contains a paper with a rather unusual author list. Read past the standard collection of academics, and the final author credited is… an online gaming community. Scientists have turned to games for a variety of reasons, having studied virtual epidemics and tracked online communities and behavior, or simply used games to …
UPDATE of 20 August 2010. Ray Kurzweil Responds to “Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain” August 20, 2010 by Ray Kurzweil While most of PZ Myers’ comments (in his blog post entitled “Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain” posted on Pharyngula on August 17, 2010) do not deserve a response, I do want …
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Author’s Two Points: NSA as Enabler of Tyranny, Channel for Israel, October 19, 2008
