Ukraine to probe suspected Russian cyber attack on grid
A power company in western Ukraine said on Dec. 23 that a swath of the area it serves had been left without energy, including the regional capital Ivano-Frankivsk, due to "interference" in the work of the system. It might be a cyber attack, it might be a bad infrastructure, it might be a human error... It is much easier to hack the grid, than to proove that a blackout resulted from a computer attack. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-malware-idUSKBN0UE0ZZ201512
Imagine what would happen if Roosevelt would target only leaders...
Among 66 million Germans in 1945 17M were mobilized for Wehrmacht Service 8.5M were members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party and definitely many of them did not supported Nazi ideology and joined the party for career reason 1M served in SS 30,000 served in Gestapo Imagine, how World War II would end if Roosevelt would target not Germans (the majority of them were innocent), not the members of Nazi party and not SS officers, but only the leaders of Gestapo …
Stocks or Bonds? Depends on how old you are, how healthy you are etc.
Why to buy bonds if stocks are performing better (just take an average for 10 years, 20 years, 30 years ...)??The answer is simple: with the age you become more and more susceptible to volatility. Peaceful retirement is more important than a capital gain. In more precise formulation: in a pure capitalistic society one's objective is to maximize his Lifespan, which is the minimum of two random variables: BioLifespan and FinLifespan, that isLifespan = min(BioLifespan,FinLifespa
Georgia: Prisoner released after singing on TV
Teona Kolbaia was jailed for armed robbery in 2012, but this year she was allowed to sing in the Voice of Georgia, whose studios she visited under guard. In the show aired live by Imedi TV, Ms Kolbaia was defeated by another contestant, and thus failed to make it to the quarterfinals. But after the judge announced his decision, Prisons Minister Kakha Kakhishvili took to the stage to declare that she was freed on parole. Watch https://youtu.be/RKwmS-zvNJ8
In search of energy source: stellarator vs tokamak
Politicians can decided to reduce burning oil and coal, but they do not offer a real alternative. It is much easier to decide what not to do, than what to do. Thermonuclear energy as of today looks as the only alternative.It is true that scientists are working on this idea for 60 years and still have no commercial prototype. Still it looks like the only solution for clean energy What is more promising: stellator or tokamak ?Watch https://youtu.be/vqmoFzbZYEM After 20 years o
IT Security breaches in 2015
The top three locations by volume where companysensitive data is stored and must be protected are: databases (49%), file servers (39%), and the rapid growth area for cloud service environments (36%). Databases, file servers, and the cloud hold the vast bulk of sensitive data assets, but for many (38%) mobile is perceived as a high-risk area of concern Why people are concerned with mobile and cloud security? It is the same as was just 15 years ago... People afraid to provide t
Russia: catching a spy
Russia catching a spy Not new, but what is new that in a past they were american and british spies. Now they are : ukranian spy, polish spy, georgian spy - suddenly enemies are around Use google translate to read http://lenta.ru/news/2015/12/25/gosizmena/
Two ways to fly
You can go fly Rayani Air. Malaysia's first Sharia-compliant airline launched flights on Sunday, following the tenets of Islamic law that ban alcohol, allow only halal foodstuffs, and require women to cover their hair. http://www.traveller.com.au/new-budget-sharia-airline-rayani-air-malaysia-launches-first-sharia-airline-glsz0g You can fly WIndspeed. Windspeed identifies business and VIP aircraft as their primary market, where amenities like the SkyDeck make sense because ai
Business: computer security
Newly discovered hack has U.S. fearing foreign infiltration A major breach at computer network company Juniper Networks. One U.S. official described it as akin to "stealing a master key to get into any government building."
There will be always “backdoors”. Without smart monitoring of behavior INSIDE of your enterprise you will be lost http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/politics/juniper-networks-us-government-security-hack/index.html
Business
Porsche plans to offer an all-electric performance car by the end of the decade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDSV64QyHo The carbon emissions of grid powered electric cars in countries with coal based generation are no different to average petrol vehicles Read more at http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/electric-car-emissions#kz1dA6c0iOQch7Dd.99
