Tag: technology

Omnivore 21/09/09

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Panther’s Claw Troops Back in UK, BBC News

Roboboat? C.J. Chivers, At War

McChrystal Calls For More Troops to Avoid Afghan Failure, Eric Schmitt and Tom Shanker, New York Times

Afghanistan Statebuilding, Jon Western, Duck of Minerva

Assess the Debate For Yourself, Bernard Finel, BernardFinel.com

They Will Mobilize If We Leave… And If  We Stay, Patrick Porter, Kings of War

Terror Suspect Had Bomb Guide, David Johnston and William K. Rashbaum,  New York Times

Third Night of Trouble in Armagh, BBC News

Police Clamp Down Amid Fears of Major Terror Attack, Henry MacDonald, The Guardian

Omnivore 20/09/09

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Investigating An E. Coli Outbreak, Palantirtech, Analysis Blog

Where Government Web Sites Go To Die, Jeff Carlton, Tech News World

Belatedly, Egypt Spots Flaw in Wiping Out Pigs, Michael Slackman, New York Times

In Praise of the Sci-Fi Corridor, Martin Anderson, Den of Geek

My Business Card (Is Crap), Ron Hogan, Subtle Bluntness

Images of Everest Expedition To Go On Display, Richard Brooks, The Times

BBC To Lose Heroes, Other American Imports?, Michael Hinman, Airlock Alpha

SciFriday: No Sci-Fi For Fall 2009?, Alan Stanley Blair, Airlock Alpha

Stargate Universe Embraces Its Destiny, Ken Denmead, Geek Dad

The Dowsing Rod That Finds Wi-Fi, Katie Scott, Wired Blog

Winston the Carrier Pigeon

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Low-tech. Faster than broadband in South Africa, apparently:

A company is to start using a carrier pigeon to transfer data between its offices – because bosses believe it will be quicker than broadband.

IT experts at a firm in South Africa said it takes up to six hours to transfer four gigabytes of encrypted data between two of its offices which lie 50 miles apart.

Today staff at the financial services company will save valuable time by instead having the information transported by a homing pigeon named Winston.

Read the rest here. H/t Evgeny Morozov