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Saturday, May 15, 2004
Proof today that everyone still has lots of common sense because they certainly are not using any of it up ... read on! [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]
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>I strongly suspect this is still an urban legend. And if it did happen, the ignition source was not a celphone. In fact... Oh my god, the Fire chief allows women wearing spark inducing nylon stockings to pump gas! And there are no warnings against this? Where is a lawyer when you really need one? Oh I know, off suing airplane pilots who did not purchase the sky over rich people. By the way, that there happened to be thunderstorm activity in the area probably had absolutely nothing to do with a possible source of static electricity conditions in the area? Nah, of course not. ABC did a better report but why is no one asking about the obvious likelihood of a static discharge? [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 7:35:00 AM
>John Dvorak writes another great column: Hoax Nation. Kind of goes with this story too. [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 7:34:40 AM
>Critical 802.11 wireless flaw identified. A serious wireless network technology flaw that could lead to the breakdown of some critical infrastructures in just five seconds has been identified by Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) Information ... [Wireless news] "In effect the flaw allows for the disruption of the standard 802.11b radio frequency developed by the IEEE to transmit data." This is so dumb! You can take down an 802.11 network by turning on a spread spectrum cordless phone, a wireless video link, or two microwave ovens. Or, if you are a 2.4 Ghz license holder (yes, unlicensed users like 802.11 share with licensed users), you can easily shut down 802.11. So what is the big deal with this newly found "flaw"? Nothing at all. Is this what we call "peer reviewed" research now a days? [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 7:34:28 AM
>What happens when very rich people have no real problems and claim they own the airspace over their residential compounds. Says that aircraft pilots should be required to own the land they fly over. Stupidity of the rich and famous, I guess. Man, to think that NASA flies a space shuttle over these people! Sue 'em too! And while they are at it, why not prohibit radio waves from going through their property too? [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 7:34:14 AM
>Microsoft plans to fight spyware by making Internet Explorer harder to use, basically. It seems that ActiveX controls were an unsafe idea - which proponents of Java pointed out long ago. [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 7:33:39 AM
>FCC proposes to allow unused broadcast TV spectrum for unlicensed devices (MS Word document format). I suspect this is really part of the Broadband over Power Lines initiative - if BPL can splatter over about 80 Mhz of spectrum, why not just legitimize the idea across all frequencies! Let everyone broadcast anything, anywhere. Who needs clean spectrum anyway? [Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology] comments < 7:33:09 AM
>Interesting survey. Tonight I was researching some topics in the tech sector when I ran across this survey of corporate CFOs. According to the survey, "The primary reason that jobs are sent overseas is to
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>WP. Instability in Venezuela is contributing to the current high energy prices: Venezuela used to send four to five shipments of refined gasoline to the United States a week, with up to 500,000 barrels in each, Verleger said. That extra supply met a critical demand spike during the summer driving months. Now, those shipments are down to one a week. [John Robb's Weblog] comments < 7:32:14 AM
>WSJ. Liquified natural gas (LNG) shipments from the Middle East is the future of the gas industry. However, NTIMBY (no terrorism in my backyard) efforts are halting the development local termainals for direct regional delivery. The result will likely result in a continuation of the current centralized delivery system: shipments will be delivered to LA and AL terminals and use existing pipelines to ship it to the rest of the US. This shifts local risk (explosion of a regional terminal due to terrorism) to national economic risk (disruption of long-haul pipelines due to global guerrilla action). [John Robb's Weblog] comments < 7:31:43 AM
>Question of the day: Do you think we have already hit peak oil or not? [John Robb's Weblog] comments < 7:31:29 AM
>Dann is thinking about WiFi jamming techniques. [John Robb's Weblog] comments < 7:30:58 AM
>Two interesting items from Reuters today. First, the Iraqi general the US put in charge of Fallujah is proving difficult:
Second, Bremer sets the conditions for a US pull-out (this is big): [John Robb's Weblog] comments < 7:30:46 AM
>New Post to Global Guerrillas. TARGET: GHAWAR. If you don't know what Ghawar is, you should. A global guerrilla attack on Ghawar could send the world's economy into a tailspin. [John Robb's Weblog] comments < 7:30:26 AM
>The US is playing with fire as it moves into Najaf. There is an assumption among many in the conservative ranks that any respect for Islamic holy sites is a sign of weakness, given that guerrillas are basing their operations out of those sites. This is not only wrong, it is dangerous. The British were smart enough (based on hard won experience) to send only Egyptian troops to support the Arab revolt in the Hejaz (during WW1). Anything else would have turned the entire Islamic world against them. We should be smart enough to develop an innovative solution to the problem too. Are we following a "one step forward - ten steps back" policy? [John Robb's Weblog] comments < 7:30:03 AM
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