The Truth Shall Make You Free-Max Igan

From The Crowhouse:

Note:  Max Igan's videos etc... are fascinating - this talk is one I found particularly so.

Hacked companies fight hacking by hacking

"Known in the cyber security industry as "active defense" or "strike-back" technology, the reprisals range from modest steps to distract and delay a hacker to more controversial measures. Security experts say they even know of some cases where companies have taken action that could violate laws in the United States or other countries, such as hiring contractors to hack the assailant's own systems."

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Mystery disc-like object stumps Baltic Sea divers

"In the release, Peter Lindberg, one of the founders of the Ocean Explorer team, called the finding "the strangest thing I have ever experienced as a professional diver." Lindberg had said in a previous interview his initial thought when he encountered the object was that the team had discovered a sunken UFO."

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and here pics

update jun 28 12

Facebook paid $10M to settle “oops, we used your face” ads

"VentureBeat covered this story before, and the lawsuit is not new. However, the settlement amount was not released previously. It was released this weekend in court documents that were finally made public."

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China's first female astronaut shows how 'women hold up half the sky'

"On Saturday a Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasted off from its Gobi desert launch site carrying the first Chinese woman into space.

"I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honoured to fly into space on behalf of hundreds of millions of female Chinese citizens," Liu told reporters before take-off."

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The Mind Has No Firewall TIMOTHY L. THOMAS

"Solntsev also examined the problem of "information noise," which creates a dense shield between a person and external reality. This noise may manifest itself in the form of signals, messages, images, or other items of information. The main target of this noise would be the consciousness of a person or a group of people. Behavior modification could be one objective of information noise; another could be to upset an individual's mental capacity to such an extent as to prevent reaction to any stimulus. Solntsev concludes that all levels of a person's psyche (subconscious, conscious, and "superconscious") are potential targets for destabilization."

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Let's Pizza: Pizza Vending Machine

I'm assuming that the "Applications Specialist" featured in vid not included with unit...

Pizza Machine Vid

7,000 miles for the USS Liberty

http://galvestondailynews.com/photo/251810

"Larry Toenjes, of Clear Lake Shores, is sailing in the Mediterranean Sea, heading to the spot where 45 years ago the USS Liberty was attacked, killing 34 and injuring 174.


Members of Congress never miss an opportunity to say to a U.S. service man or woman, “We thank you for your service!”
But their service is not praised if doing so would embarrass the state of Israel, the pro-Israel lobby or diminish campaign contributions."
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