The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
1937 World Brain: The Idea of a Permanent World Encyclopaedia H.G. Wells The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual. And what is also of very great importance in this uncertain world where destruction becomes continually more frequent and unpredictable, is this, that photography …
The fault responsible for the Jan. 12 magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti is visible in images created using NASA radar topography data acquired in 2000. This perspective view of the pre-earthquake topography of the area, created using data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission that flew aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in February 2000, clearly …
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Lovely to see a search like this. Here are the core references and then a comment and then a number of other references, but the reality is that this entire website is about creating a smart nation, and world brain, and four reforms: electoral, intelligence, governance, and national security. Afterthought: all the references from the …
Chuck Spinney is still the best “real” engineer in this town–almost everyone else is staggering after fifty years of government-specification cost-plus engineering. Also, as Chuck explores in the piece on Complexity to Avoid Accountability is Expensive we in the “requirements” business are as much to blame–Service connivance with complexity has killed acquisition from both a …
Phi Beta Iota: From an individual who trained many of the NCTC analysts, is fully familiar with the database mess as well as the management mind-sets, and wishes to see America get the best value for its $75 billion a year. We have added emphasis (bold) to the two paragraphs below. 18 January 2010 The …
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Online Maps of Current Interest Haiti Maps (PCL Map Collection) includes city street maps The Destruction in Port-Au-Prince (New York Times) Haiti Earthquake – Maps (AlertNet) Haiti Earthquake – Maps (Army Geospatial Center) Haiti Earthquake – Maps (ReliefWeb) maps from many international organizations Haiti Earthquake – Maps (SERTIT Rapid Mapping Service) …
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“Let Me Be Perfectly Not Clear” and “Make Lots of Mistakes About It” by Victor Davis Hanson Pajamas Media January 19, 2010 It’s the Lying, Stupid? “Lie” is a rather harsh word; the noun and its verb form leave little to context or extenuating circumstances. So I use it sparingly. But I know no other …
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