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This is an emerging possibility. Below is the original but newly revised link on the Open Source Agency. Central to the revision is the growing understanding within NATO, SOCOM, and AFRICOM that “traditional” C2 (proprietary) and “traditional” intelligence (secret) are Dead on Arrival (DOA). The new meme within official circles is Alternative C2 and Alternative ISR. Both are open. At least one OSD principal is starting to wrap their mind around this, and NDU may be the surprise catalyst for change.

2013 Open Source Agency: Executive Access Point 2.0

Here is the memorandum version of the new beginning of the above link, suitable for staffing:

DOC (6 Pages): 2013 Open Source Agency 2.0

Here is the memorandum prepared for circulation within NATO, and published by NATO Watch:

PDF (2 Pages): NATO WATCH Challenges and Solutions 4.0

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2013/08/022013/08/02

Sepp Hasslberger: Sun Splits Water to Produce Hydrogen — the Holy Grail of Energy + Water Energy RECAP

05 Energy, 12 Water

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Slowly getting there … when the universities get in on the act, we just might end up with a clean energy economy!

Have we found the ‘holy grail' in cutting emissions? Power plant claims to produce hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight

2013/08/02

Howard Rheingold: Evernote + Hootsuite = Infotension Boost

IO Tools

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As I note (perhaps too often), infotention involves practicing attentional self-training in conjunction with learning appropriate information tools. Dashboards such as Netvibes (RSS) and Hootsuite (social media) can help you coordinate the internal and external components. I use both Evernote and Hootsuite, so was pleased to see this short (under 5 minute) video about how to combine them productively.

Evernote + Hootsuite = a Sweet Collaboration

Click to consider short video.

2013/08/022013/08/02

Jan Lievens: 3D Printing an Aston Martin

Design, Innovation, Manufacturing, Software

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3D Printing an Aston Martin

We recently heard about a Solidoodler in Auckland, New Zealand, named Ivan Sentch, who’s building an entire car from scratch with the help of his Solidoodle, 2nd Gen 3D printer. When we saw photos of his project in progress, it was a bit hard to believe that this was his first time using 3D printing or that anyone would undertake something so massive with a desktop 3D printer. Leave it to one of our users to baffle our minds. We’re not sure if it’s insane, brilliant or both, but it’s certainly impressive.

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2013/08/02

Stephen E. Arnold: Big Data’s Big Problems

IO Impotency

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Big Data and Its Less-Than-Gentle Lessons

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 06:35 AM PDT

I read “9 Big Data Lessons Learned.” The write up is interesting because it explores the buzzword that every azure chip consultant has used in their marketing pitches over the last year. Some true believers have the words Big Data tattooed on their arms like those mixed martial arts fighters sporting the names of casinos. Very attractive I say.

Because “big data” has sucked up search, content processing, and analytics, the term is usually not defined. The “problems” of Big Data are ignored. Since not much works when it comes to search and content processing, use of another undefined term is not particularly surprising. What caught my attention is that Datamation reports about some “lessons” its real journalists have tracked down and verified.

Please, read the entire original write up to get the full nine lessons. I want to highlight three of them:

First, Datamation points out that getting data from Point A to Point B can be tricky. I think that once the data has arrived at Point B, the next task is to get the data into a “Big Data” system. Datamation does not provide any cost information in its statement “Don’t underestimate the data integration challenges.” I would point out that the migration task can be expensive. Real expensive.

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2013/08/022013/08/02

John Maguire: YouTube (1:49:40) John Searl, Flying Discs, and Anomalous Energy

05 Energy, YouTube

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This documentary, filmed in 2007, is an overview of the life and work of British Engineer John Searl: A man who in the 1960s made national headlines in England after constructing and publicly demonstrating flying saucers (aka Levity Disc Generators). Not only did Searl's devices defy gravity, but due to their superconductive properties and anomalous magnetic effects (aka Searl Effect) they were reported to produce anomalous energy outputs. Take the time to watch/inquire, and you can decide for yourself what to believe.

John Searl's Website

2013/08/022013/08/02

Berto Jongman: XKEYSCORE is NSA’s Google Function

Advanced Cyber/IO, Government, Military

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Xkeyscore Isn't Watching You, It's the NSA's Google for Intercepted Data

Phi Beta Iota: Clicking the link leads to an article in Security Watch that contains a classified NSA slide on the NSA Query hierarchy, with substantive commentary. We are balancing our respect for contributing editor selections, with a commitment to not directly represent anything classified within this website.