I read this article a few days ago and did some research on these techniques. When he talks about being able to convert 0 - 999,999,999 into a unique image, he means that he can remember any arbitrary number in that range by encoding it into some more memorable form. This allows him to instantly memorize any phone number by converting the phone number unto a single image. Later, when he needs to retrieve it, he only has to remember what the image is. Then he can "decode" the image and see what he number is.

This idea results in even great inaccuracy. The concept of requiring double the no votes for a 2/3 majority will only work if the number of no votes is an exact value of 1/3 of the total votes. In this case 70 is not an exact value of 1/3 of the total votes. The exact value of 1/3 of the total votes is 68 plus 2/3. 70 is 1 plus 1/3 greater than than the actual 1/3 value. This means that since 2/3 is greater than 1/3 by a factor of two, the error also increases by a factor of 2. Your error is now 2 plus 2/3 ([1+1/3] * 2) in value if you try to rely on the concept of doubling the no votes for a 2/3 majority in this particular case. This can easily be demonstrated. 140 - (2 + 2/3) = 137 + 1/3 Amazingly, (137 + 1/3) is exactly two thirds of the total votes because 2/3 * 206 = 137 + 1/3 So, you can't always rely on the idea that a 2/3 majority is equivalent to having twice as many yes votes as no votes.

The article failed to mention that this would only apply to computers connected to Air Force owned and operated networks. It's not any different than a company you work for blocking access to blogs on official work computers. The article made it sound like they were trying censor ALL Internet activity...

The Article: "The Air Force is tightening restrictions on which blogs its troops can read..."

The Truth: "The Air Force is tightening restrictions on which blogs its troops can read while at work..."