In the news

I think the Independent has a lot of questions to answer. Last week the world's most elite security forces had failed to capture Snowden or obtain a single byte of his data (despite downing diplomatic aircraft, threatening international trade sanctions and intercepting half the world's communications). This week a second-rate British newspaper mysteriously gains access to that data.

The difference between this week and last week? David Miranda.

Sounds like a conspiracy to me.
Total Information Awareness is what the NSA call it. Nothing is, was or will be private, if you use the DARPA created internet. Encrypting personal information is another reason to attract the attention of the NSA and even hiding your IP address may well become illegal. http://www.activistpost.com/2013/08/court-rules-accessing-public-website.html
Not that it makes much difference now though.
This is an excellent documentary on the subject.
The Net: The Unabomber, LSD and the Internet [HQ FULL] - YouTube

http://www.businessinsider.com/shooting-spree-north-florida-2013-8

Hope JB is ok...

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDgQqQIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquisitr.com%2F916423%2Fbayou-corne-sinkhole-louisiana-video%2F&ei=A1wZUtyDLYWjtAa0ioHYBg&usg=AFQjCNGWJNuX--D_cijJbaeOrXR_dVFn3Q

my little pony convention this weekend

http://www.bronycon.org/

lots of 30 year old men hanging around ...hmmmmmm

Ermaguuurd! Perners!

That's the Darwin Award sewn up for another year.

Not a nice way to go.

http://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2013/08/behind-wikipedia-wars-what-happened-when-bradley-manning-became-chelsea
interesting article on the behind-the-scenes wikipedia storm over Bradley -> Chelsea Manning redirect. the talk page reminds me of our own helmet thread (unsubscribed, ain't nobody... )

Councils told to get more people back in their cars in our towns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23837610

"Draconian" parking policies and "over-zealous traffic wardens" had driven motorists into internet retailers and out-of-town stores, and cyclists." Said Pickles

ftfy

Visitors are allowed car keys. Phones disguised as key fobs are easier to smuggle in then pass to the prisoner who can then hide it on his or her person. Imaging trying to insert an iphone up your jacksy versus a key fob. I know which I would prefer.

Chatham pocket

I reckon there's room for both.

The charger?

Miley Cyrus, Cheryl Cole's arse, Badger Cull, cruise missiles to Syria

Dark days indeed........

Oh I don't know, at least one of them is rosy...

gets coat

I misheard it as 'Badger Cool' I thought 'that's nice, they are getting some recognition at last'

A badger ate a small hole in the side of my tent once, I'm all in favour of wiping them all out.

what does badger taste like ?

badger steaks at waitrose ?

http://news.stv.tv/east-central/237455-viewing-platform-will-allow-visitors-to-climb-atop-forth-rail-bridge/

That needs to happen :)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/987798

translation?

^ everyone can see all your things (except not really at all, yet)...

oh well. "all your things" = on the internet, right? they haven't started dissolving the contents of my shoeboxes into binary yet?

Not yet.

Soon.....

There's something incredible going on in the press today re: Snowden and the NSA.

I don't know if you guys have seen this, but basically the Independent has a scoop about a secret military facility in the middle east that collects and processes people's private data. This would be interesting in itself, but it's made much more so by the Independent's claim that their intel comes from Ed Snowden's NSA files.

Something Snowden vigorously denies. He has apparently never shared his NSA data with the Independent. And why would he? He works with the Guardian, keeps his cards close to his chest and so far has managed to stay alive. He's not about to start helping the Guardian's biggest rivals, is he?

So where does the intel come from? It's interesting. There's only two groups that have ever had access to Snowden's data. His close confidants in the media like Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras and as of this week the UK Government. That is assuming that they have begun processing David Miranda's seized hardware, which they almost certainly have.

So who's feeding the Independent? We don't know at this stage but it's certainly very convenient that while they are being smashed in the ratings by the Guardian they stumble upon a 'Snowden style' exclusive. It's even more convenient that this exclusive paints Snowden as a reckless operative who for the very first time is releasing information that could pose a tangible threat to British troops on the ground.

Something ain't right.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/23/uk-government-independent-military-base

new elements

https://www.gsi.de/en/start/forschung/forschung_bei_gsi_ein_ueberblick/the_creation_of_new_elements.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23849334

i thought mankind had discovered everything except the magic behind magnets

^ The dream is to find super heavy stable elements.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability