Monday, October 27, 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Originally shared by Stefani Banerian
Originally shared by Stefani Banerian
http://www.newsweek.com/assange-google-not-what-it-seems-279447
http://www.newsweek.com/assange-google-not-what-it-seems-279447
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Originally shared by John Poteet
Originally shared by John Poteet
Positives: This happens nearly every morning in California. The sun rises and 4 gigawatts of industrial solar power comes online. There's another 2.7 gigawatts of residential rooftop solar that doesn't show on this graph. So what we have here are six nuclear power plants worth of power that are producing minimal carbon emissions and no radioactive waste.
Of course, this is a fraction of the solar power Germany produces on a clear day so California can do better. It's still a very good thing.
image: screencapped from....
http://www.caiso.com/Pages/TodaysOutlook.aspx#Renewables
#solarenergy #california #climatechange
On the comet...
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/10/comet_on_18_october_navcam/14986047-1-eng-GB/Comet_on_18_October_NavCam.jpg
At first glance it looks like a moonlit mountain scene, but on closer examination several strange things become apparent.
First, gravity is wrong for a mountainscape. There are many loose boulders sprinkled around in places where they would slide away, if this was a view of earth.
Second, in the sandy (sand??) area in the lower right there appear to be dune-like ripples, which normally form from wind, which would imply some kind of atmosphere. But of course, this comet is floating in outer space, and has an extremely weak gravity.
But third, there appears to be some kind of haze in the photo. Perhaps dust, perhaps gas coming from the comets interior. Does this have any relation to the dune-like features?
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/10/comet_on_18_october_navcam/14986047-1-eng-GB/Comet_on_18_October_NavCam.jpg
At first glance it looks like a moonlit mountain scene, but on closer examination several strange things become apparent.
First, gravity is wrong for a mountainscape. There are many loose boulders sprinkled around in places where they would slide away, if this was a view of earth.
Second, in the sandy (sand??) area in the lower right there appear to be dune-like ripples, which normally form from wind, which would imply some kind of atmosphere. But of course, this comet is floating in outer space, and has an extremely weak gravity.
But third, there appears to be some kind of haze in the photo. Perhaps dust, perhaps gas coming from the comets interior. Does this have any relation to the dune-like features?
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2014/10/comet_on_18_october_navcam/14986047-1-eng-GB/Comet_on_18_October_NavCam.jpg
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Bob Culbertson jamming with his muse...
Bob Culbertson jamming with his muse...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFvHBv4sjU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFvHBv4sjU
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Originally shared by Sophie Wrobel
Originally shared by Sophie Wrobel
anonabox: Surfing anonymously just got easier
This is a very interesting kickstarter project - because it solves one of the things that many geeks forget about: making secure and anonymous internet access accessible to your average idiot.
The anonabox is an open-hardware, open-source box that contains, more or less, a pre-configured Tor access point. That means, connect the anonabox between your router and your computer, (or for wireless users, connect to the anonabox wireless network and turn off your router's wireless network) and you be surfing the internet over a secure, encrypted connection being sent over Tor.
Previously, using Tor involved installing and configuring some rather nerdy software, and blindly trusting that you didn't forget some configuration option along the way. For an average internet user, that's a world of difference in usability. Kudos to the anonabox team for solving their installation hurdle! Now, let's see how much market entry will cost, and whether this will help to promote smarter, more secure internet usage.
/via Danial Hallock
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router?ref=discovery
anonabox: Surfing anonymously just got easier
This is a very interesting kickstarter project - because it solves one of the things that many geeks forget about: making secure and anonymous internet access accessible to your average idiot.
The anonabox is an open-hardware, open-source box that contains, more or less, a pre-configured Tor access point. That means, connect the anonabox between your router and your computer, (or for wireless users, connect to the anonabox wireless network and turn off your router's wireless network) and you be surfing the internet over a secure, encrypted connection being sent over Tor.
Previously, using Tor involved installing and configuring some rather nerdy software, and blindly trusting that you didn't forget some configuration option along the way. For an average internet user, that's a world of difference in usability. Kudos to the anonabox team for solving their installation hurdle! Now, let's see how much market entry will cost, and whether this will help to promote smarter, more secure internet usage.
/via Danial Hallock
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/augustgermar/anonabox-a-tor-hardware-router?ref=discovery
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