http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/world/europe/russian-presence-near-undersea-cables-concerns-us.html?_r=0 Why is US /NATO so concerned about the undersea cables for internet? Because they "carry more than 95 percent of daily communications"??! How can they "carry more than 95 percent of daily communications" on the internet??!! Considering most users and most popular … [Read more...] about US Security Paranoia over Undersea Cables unexpectedly reveals extent of US surveillance
Archives for December 2015
Server Migrated
If you see this page. You have reached our new server. If you see things that appear wrong, please let me know, so I can fix them. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a shakeout period for me to see how this new server works for us. Thanks All! … [Read more...] about Server Migrated
Out of date SSL Certificates and Other Issues
Hi Everyone, If you are logging in to comment, you may notice that our SSL certificate is out of date. We are working with the host on resolving that issue and other issues. Over the last year or so, we've had several outages even though our traffic was modest. In the next couple of days, I will be periodically putting the site on read-only maintenance mode (where you … [Read more...] about Out of date SSL Certificates and Other Issues
Short Post: Returning Stolen Treasures
I saw this article earlier today in the NYT about actor Nicholas Cage agreeing to return to Mongolia a dinosaur fossil that he had legitimately bought (paying top dollars for) but that turned out to have been stolen earlier from Mongolia. Following is an excerpt of the story. I wish people and governments around the world also think about returning back to China the … [Read more...] about Short Post: Returning Stolen Treasures
China at Crossroad, a Critique from Left.
With China's stupendous achievements from the last 35 years it would seem petty to complain about problems accompanies the growth. Yet Xi and his leadership group face some structural problems in reforms necessarily to transform Capitalism to her eventual goal of Socialism. Last month Beijing University named a new building after Karl Marx, and hosted first of hopefully … [Read more...] about China at Crossroad, a Critique from Left.