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    Pentagon Wants a Flying Bug: This Flapping Nano Bot is Phase One

    Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups

    8 Inflatable Military Decoys

    The Pentagon Bans USB Flash Drives: Will There Be a Floppy Disk Comeback?

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    Image of banmojo banmojo
    08/14/09

    In reply to Pentagon Wants a Flying Bug: This Flapping Nano Bot is Phase One
    We have so much more to learn from God's amazing designs found in the nature He created.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    08/14/09

    In reply to Pentagon Wants a Flying Bug: This Flapping Nano Bot is Phase One
    When is DARPA going to make reconnaissance spiders? I thought the rule was anything in Minority Report has to get made first.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/14/09

    In reply to Pentagon Wants a Flying Bug: This Flapping Nano Bot is Phase One
    As of today, the Hummingbird feeder in my back yard comes down.
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    08/14/09

    @Curves: Nah leave it. Just take out whatever you see flying around it just in case.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/14/09

    @Curves: Don't worry about the feeder...this thing feeds on human souls.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/14/09

    @tok3ninja: As a side note, have you ever seen a baby hummingtbird? They are only about the size of a bumblebee. The first time I encountered one in my yard, we just stared at each other for a long time, and I am not sure who was more amazed.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/14/09

    @Curves:
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    Image of deliciousburglar deliciousburglar
    08/14/09

    @Scotland: is that a natural nest?
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    Image of closhedbb closhedbb
    08/14/09

    @deliciousburglar: Nope, that's an obvious case of nest implants.
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    08/14/09

    @Curves: They are really that small as a baby? Ugh, Reducto would have a heart attack.
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    Image of zeco zeco
    08/14/09

    @Curves: Aww, i envy you.i used to have humming birds frolicking in my yard. Since i moved (to Canada) i haven't seen one since T.T
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/14/09

    @zeco: I am just over the lake in Cleveland, so unless you are very far north, they should still be around. Try putting out a hummingbird feeder early next summer (heavy sugar water). If they know they have a food supply, they will come back by your place every year.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/22/09

    In reply to Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups
    Oh yes, the CYBER COMMAND is going to orchestrate security between hundreds of separate companies working with DOZENS of giant military corporate groups spread across DOZENS of countries around the world.


    This sure sounds promising. America: best. military. spending. ever.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/22/09

    In reply to Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups
    I don't know. It only takes one data security person to show his hot blonde girlfriend the inner workings of the cyber security system, without knowing that she is a robot infiltrator. Then before you know it, they nuke Caprica, er... I mean Earth and we are reduced to wandering the galaxy in search of a new planet to call home. Like I tell you every week, "they have a plan".
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    04/22/09

    In reply to Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups
    Government outsourcing is good and bad at the same time. I can never tell if I love or hate it but at this point there is virtually no turning back.
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    Image of Skorpius Skorpius
    04/22/09

    In reply to Pentagon to Create Cyber Command to Hopefully Avoid More Cybersecurity Screwups
    With all the random hackers we have in the US, I could totally see something like the Lone Gunmen working for the gov.
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    04/22/09

    @Skorpius: "i'll save our internets but *sniffles and pushes up glasses* i want a date with your hott daughter first"
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    01/19/09

    In reply to 8 Inflatable Military Decoys
    Where can I buy that inflatable decoy F-16? I'd buy one for my fraternity's lawn and instantly be the best alumnus ever.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/19/09

    In reply to 8 Inflatable Military Decoys
    Still, none of these resemble a paper house so how is it newsworthy?
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    01/19/09

    In reply to 8 Inflatable Military Decoys
    I would have loved to have the inflatable scud missile launcher at my 9th birthday. That way I could have scared the shit out of Jonny Caplione, when he convinced all the cool kids to come to his party across the street.


    Not that I remember feeling completely destroyed or anything.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Pentagon Bans USB Flash Drives: Will There Be a Floppy Disk Comeback?
    I wonder what the solution is since there can't be a ban on individual storage forever.
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    Image of hiimcliff hiimcliff
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Pentagon Bans USB Flash Drives: Will There Be a Floppy Disk Comeback?
    that virus story sounds like bull. someone prolly stole some sensitive info.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/23/08

    @hiimcliff:
    Yeah. It was the traitor.exe virus.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Pentagon Bans USB Flash Drives: Will There Be a Floppy Disk Comeback?
    [blog.wired.com]
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Pentagon Bans USB Flash Drives: Will There Be a Floppy Disk Comeback?
    Can someone clarify for me what the advantage (today) of small portable drives (or using say an iPhone App to turn your iPhone into a drive) is over simply emailing a document to yourself?


    Certainly if you are moving a large number of files at one time, I get it, but other than that, I keep feeling like I'm missing something.

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    11/22/08

    @92BuickLeSabre: I carry a 4GB flash drive around for computer support tasks with a couple dozen utilities. Also I keep a copy of school assignments on a drive; much easier to manage all the assignments with a file tree structure (especially for my programming class where I have other dependent files in the same folder). Would be damn near impossible for me to do without a flash drive - certainly more time consuming and frustrating.


    If we're talking one document that needs to get from A to B, then yeah, email might work fine. With what you're saying, you want to go practically disc-less and have an iOS.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    11/22/08

    @Geisrud: Thanks, that clarifies my general impression, that essentially it fills an organizational need that I guess I rarely have.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/23/08

    @92BuickLeSabre:
    USB drives can be turned into boot-keys in case your OS gets all horked up. USB drives work even when your internet access doesn't. USB drives will plug into my camera (well, more specifically, my camera's SD cards will transform into USB drives). USB drives offer faster transfer rates than your average internet connection. USB drives can handle larger files than many e-mail services will allow. You don't have to worry about someone hacking into your USB drive. You don't have to worry about accidentally deleting the wrong version of the file, or inadvertantly forwarding it to someone who shouldn't be receiving it. And most importantly, my e-mail doesn't have a Batman logo on it. At least not that I've been able to locate...
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/22/08

    In reply to The Pentagon Bans USB Flash Drives: Will There Be a Floppy Disk Comeback?
    Hmmm, too little too late knee-jerk reaction?


    Sounds like us.

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    Image of whootowl whootowl
    11/22/08

    @strider_mt2k: DARPA has spent millions over the years trying to perfect Write-Only-Memory as a solution to just this sort of problem.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/22/08

    @whootowl: Whew! I thought you were going to say they developed a system to jerk knees automatically!
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