Archive for April, 2014
As Border Security Expands, Complaints of Abuse Rise Among Americans
April 30th, 2014Via: McClatchy: A series of lawsuits filed in recent months in federal courts along the U.S. border with Mexico highlight what advocates say is a growing list of complaints against two U.S. agencies that have expanded rapidly amid the clamor to secure the nation’s borders. In one lawsuit, centered on events in Chula Vista, Calif., […]
Hackers Can Mess With Traffic Lights to Jam Roads and Reroute Cars
April 30th, 2014Via: Wired: The hacker in the Italian Job did it spectacularly. So did the fire sale team in Live Free or Die Hard. But can hackers really hijack traffic lights to cause gridlock and redirect cars? According to one researcher, parts of the vehicle traffic control system installed at major arteries in U.S. cities and […]
Pot Effectively Treats MS Symptoms
April 30th, 2014Via: CBS: Medical marijuana is becoming mainstream: 21 states and the District of Columbia allow it. But until Monday, little was known about whether it can effectively treat neurological disorders. Sixty-nine-year-old Gloria Gates has multiple sclerosis. She can no longer walk and is often in severe pain. “One thing that is just intolerable for me […]
Firefox Classic Theme Restorer
April 29th, 2014I wish Mozilla would stop pointlessly trying to change Firefox’s user interface. Change for the sake of change is retarded. If I wanted to use Chrome, I would. *groan* Anyway, Classic Theme Restorer goes a long way toward “fixing” the new Firefox.
‘Robin Hood of the Banks’
April 29th, 2014Via: Russia Today: Enric Duran, dubbed the ‘Spanish Robin Hood of the Banks’, for swindling 39 banks out of half a million euros to redistribute them to organizations fighting against the established financial system, spoke to RT Spanish to reveal his moves and motives. In hiding for more than a year, and in serious trouble […]
Pentagon to Destroy $1 Billion Worth of Ammunition [???]
April 29th, 2014Via: USA Today: The Pentagon plans to destroy more than $1 billion worth of ammunition although some of those bullets and missiles could still be used by troops, according to the Pentagon and congressional sources. It’s impossible to know what portion of the arsenal slated for destruction — valued at $1.2 billion by the Pentagon […]
Google’s Self-Driving Car on City Streets
April 28th, 2014Via: Google:
Cody Wilson: Happiness Is a 3-D Printed Gun
April 28th, 2014About two thirds of the way through the interview, he talks about Bitcoin, and I’d really like the handful of people out there who continue to think of Bitcoin as some sort of magic, anonymous money/transaction system to pay very close attention. One more time: It isn’t. Now, do I think his Dark Wallet thing […]
Hell Hole: The Shocking Secret World Inside the Walls of Brazil’s Prisons
April 28th, 2014Via: Journeyman Pictures:
China: Ten Recycled Concrete Houses 3D-Printed in 24 Hours [???]
April 28th, 2014😯 Via: International Business Times: A Chinese construction firm based in Shanghai has succeeded in building 10 houses each measuring 200 square metres in 24 hours by using an enormous 3D printer. The houses are all eco-friendly and constructed from 3D-printed building blocks made from layers of recycled construction waste and glass fibre and mixed […]
