I was just sent an email with a paper attached and this introductory blurb:
There is a whole new layer of security available that blocks web threats without adding any strain to your network. Too good to be true? Believe it.
Ok, I believe it is too good to be true. Do I still have to read the whitepaper?
A Senior VP of UPS tells CNN that left turns on commercial roads are less safe, take longer and cost the company more (to the tune of $20 million). It sounds like he also assumes low or no pedestrian traffic (on the right).
A couple years ago I wrote about skirts and driving in Uganda. Women were banned from dressing a certain way because they were said to be distracting drivers. Apparently the Czech Republic did not get the same results from their study.
The Huffington Post has posted pictures (of course) in a story called Cardboard Police In Miniskirts Slow Traffic
Authorities say that life-sized cardboards of female police officers in miniskirts placed alongside roads have managed to slow down speeding drivers in several central Czech towns.
There is snow on the ground and she is wearing a miniskirt? Obviously a decoy. Ah, but there I go thinking again. I forgot for a minute what the Ugandan ethics and integrity minister said about risk.
“What’s wrong with a miniskirt? You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally,” he said.
The Czech might say that is exactly what is right with a miniskirt. Uganda just should have required a police vest and hat be worn with a miniskirt; they then would have been able to use attention from the drivers to prompt them to use caution.
The Lebanese Army, after a tip from Hezbullah militants, believes a spy device found near Beirut is Israeli
The Lebanese Army said Wednesday it had uncovered two Israeli spy installations in mountainous areas near Beirut and the Bekaa Valley — one on Sannine mountain and another on Barouk mountain.
How did they know it was from Israel?
The photos released Thursday show a device bearing the words “mini cloud” in Hebrew, along with the name of the manufacturer – “Beam Systems Israel Ltd.” – in English.
Oh, did it also have a business card taped on the outside? Seriously, though, if someone were to take the trouble of making a covert network listening device with extended range and battery life, why would they leave obvious signs of origin? It would be one thing to catch Israel in the act of spying, by altering the device and monitoring its outbound or uplink connections. Pointing to a label on a rock in the desert seems incredibly low-tech and offers little more than a clue.