Article: Report: NSA Knew About Heartbleed Bug for 2 Years and Said Nothing

Report: NSA Knew About Heartbleed Bug for 2 Years and Said Nothing

http://mashable.com/2014/04/11/nsa-heartbleed-report/

Not sure what to think about this one. On one hand I’m not surprised.  On the other …

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Article: Open source software is more secure, right? So what happened with OpenSSL?

Open source software is more secure, right? So what happened with OpenSSL?

https://gigaom.com/2014/04/11/open-source-software-is-more-secure-right-so-what-happened-with-openssl/

Thoughts on open source initiative.

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The CDC Debunks Hollywood Myths About Pandemics

http://io9.com/the-cdc-debunks-hollywood-myths-about-pandemics-1560897979?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Apropos considering I just wrapped up watching the first 13 episodes of the first season of Syfy’s Helix.

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Comcast files to start the TWC merger process. Here’s how regulators should view the deal. — Tech News and Analysis

http://gigaom.com/2014/04/08/comcast-files-to-start-the-twc-merger-process-heres-how-regulators-should-view-the-deal/

Regulators should ask Comcast why cost savings won’t be passed along to consumers and what role the data caps have in keeping the average revenue per subscriber at a set rate. Compared with broadband rates in other parts of the world, it’s bizarre that U.S. wireline communications bills just keep rising.

My Internet provider is TWC. Twice in the last year my rates have increased but service remains lackluster at best.

I keep hoping Google Fibre will move west a few more miles so I can cut the cord to Comcast/TWC.

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5 Privacy Laws I Would Put on the Books Right Now – Popular Mechanics

http://www.popularmechanics.com/_mobile/technology/how-to/computer-security/5-privacy-laws-i-would-put-on-the-books-right-now-16658215

All of these suggestions make sense … good common sense.  Wonder if Thomas Paine would agree.

Oh and I treat my email like I would a post card. Just saying.

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Why “Critical Density” Could Determine the Fate of the Universe

http://io9.com/why-critical-density-could-determine-the-fate-of-the-1550168923?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

I don’t remember seeing Esther (the author of the above article) at last Saturday evening’s ASKC meeting and Dr. Feldman’s lecture on Dark Matter and Dark Energy … but I’ve seen that graph very recently.

Hmmm…

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Dr. Feldman and the Definition of Cosmology

Professor Hume A. Feldman, Ph.D.