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Submission + - 3D model of Osama Compound used for training (matei.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @10:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: Wired’s Dangerroom reports on the amazingly fast transformation of Osama’s last known lair into a recruiting and training ground for the US special forces:

Comment Re:That would be awesome (Score 1) 312

by aztec1430 on Sunday January 16, 2011 @12:07AM (#34894492) Attached to: Extinct Mammoth, Coming To a Zoo Near You

And Footfall... although they're not technically mammoths or elephants...

Comment All you zombies! (Score 1) 326

by aztec1430 on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @05:35PM (#34770000) Attached to: Doctor Marries Doctor's Daughter, TARDIS Explodes

Maybe it's time the Dr Who script writers borrowed RAH's "All you Zombies" novella, and adapted it for the screen :) I'd love to see that!

Submission + - SW:TESB added to National Film Registry

Submitted by aztec1430 on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @09:00PM

aztec1430 writes: "Airplane!," "The Empire Strikes Back," "The Exorcist," and "All the President's Men," were among the 25 films named by the Library of Congress to the National Film Registry on Tuesday for their cultural, historical or aesthetic significance.

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/airplane-empire-strikes-back-exorcist-among-25-films-named-national-historic-registry

Now which version was added? and will each new Lucas-a-fied version need to be resubmitted every year? ;)

Comment Re:EMALS + Ski Jump? (Score 1) 314

by aztec1430 on Friday December 24, 2010 @03:59AM (#34658386) Attached to: Navy Uses Railgun To Launch Fighter Jet

Why not curve it up the side of a mountain - extend it to 4 miles long... strap a shuttle to it...(accelerate at 3g the whole way) ... zoom!

Comment Re:no burner (Score 1) 314

by aztec1430 on Friday December 24, 2010 @03:55AM (#34658378) Attached to: Navy Uses Railgun To Launch Fighter Jet

Also - make a 4 mile long version - going up the side of a mountain... - strap a shuttle to it... at the end of the 4 miles it's doing Mach 6...

Comment Re:no burner (Score 1) 314

by aztec1430 on Thursday December 23, 2010 @06:39AM (#34650460) Attached to: Navy Uses Railgun To Launch Fighter Jet

When are they going to install them at fighter bases? no need for 4 mile long runways for takeoff... just launch straight from the hanger!

Submission + - Computer Memory Takes a Spin

Submitted by aztec1430 on Friday December 17, 2010 @12:13AM

aztec1430 writes: Science Daily reports that University of Utah physicists have stored information for 112 seconds in what may become the world's tiniest computer memory: magnetic "spins" in the centers or nuclei of atoms.

Then the physicists retrieved and read the data electronically — a big step toward using the new kind of memory for both faster conventional and superfast "quantum" computers.

Full article here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101216142511.htm

Comment Virgin (Australia) have no issues... (Score 1) 643

by aztec1430 on Friday January 08, 2010 @09:11PM (#30703038) Attached to: Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone

When we booked our flight with Virgin Blue (in Australia) we had to list if there were any allergies that we might've had... we ticked that our daughter was allergic to peanuts...

When we went to board the plane, they told us that they were just finishing vacuuming all the seats because of the allergy, and that NO nuts would be served on the flight...

Very nice service...

Submission + - US military drones defeated by $26 shareware? (ecnmag.com)

Submitted by tkrotchko on Thursday December 17, 2009 @07:59PM

tkrotchko writes: It is being widely reported that US Predator drones are being tapped into by Iranian backed Shiite fighters. While control of the drones is not an issue, people are asking the very relevant question as to why video feeds are not encrypted. With the information from the drones readily available to their targets, it effectively renders the Predators useless. The software is Skygrabber ( http://www.skygrabber.com/ and because of the news, the site appears to be down (Google cache: http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:4bjfpUA4p8wJ:www.skygrabber.com/+skygrabber&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us).

Nonetheless, as the military attempts to use more unmanned weapons, it raises questions why the Pentagon and the contractor ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics) never considered fixing what is an obvious hole in the security of one the new "wonderweapons".

Submission + - Iraq rebels 'hack into video feeds from US drones' (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by aztec1430 on Thursday December 17, 2009 @05:35PM

aztec1430 writes: According to the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8419147.stm , rebel insurgents in Iraq are tapping in to the live video feeds from UAVs and unmanned drones flying overhead.
You would think the US military would be on top of things when it comes to encryption of important stuff, but it appears they may have forgotten to hit 'save' here :)

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