Monthly Archives: July 2013

New Use for Copyright…

From Ars Technica it looks like there is another use for copyright way; or at least an attempt to use it. When Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed earlier in July the station used some “confirmed” names of the flight crew as listed … Continue reading

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Silly Redundancy in TV Ad

I keep hearing this “silly” commercial on TV whereby the announcer talks about “no one else has” followed by “class exclusive”. This is just plain silly and redundant – if “no one else has” it then by definition is this … Continue reading

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Add to the "Back to the Future" File: Russia goes back to typewriters

It looks like the CIA/NSA, MI6, DGSE, BND, MSS, etc. (that is the United States, British, French, German and Chinese) intelligence services will have to break out their old intelligence methods. Or, drag back staff retired a few decades ago … Continue reading

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From the "At Least It Isn't Only Me" File…

Again from Ars Technica today… At least it isn’t just me who puts things together backwards… In the Ars article of 2013 July 9 entitles Parts installed “upside down” caused Russian rocket to explode last week on July 4 a Russian rocket, … Continue reading

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In the "Gotta Be Kidding" File….

When I read the article US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses in  Ars Technica today I couldn’t believe it… Is this April 1st – a/l/a April Fools’ Day? From the article: EDA’s CIO, fearing that the agency … Continue reading

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