Blog entries tagged USA

Malema versus Domestic Workers

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:15:52 +0100

First, commiserations for 2011. Here’s to 21 December 2012. May we all live to see its passage and debunking; unless of course, it all comes true and this commentary would have been worthless!?

Recently I was taken in by a news report that received extremely little airplay on the mauling of a two year old Cape Town girl by a Rottweiler. A leash-less dog, that was left to its own devices by its owner, who in the end was only fined for tRead More...

US Government under attack?

Tue, 17 May 2011 19:47:26 +0100

So as the title poses the question is the USA under attack? Well they are under attack at all times but it seems that attackers have managed to leak through on several fronts.

First came the Pentagon, NSA, and DoD all came under attack and were compromised. A hacker by the name of sl1nk has claimed responsibility for the break-ins into those government agencies. Some of his claims are this:

SSH access to a Network of 140 machine's layer 1 to 3 in the Pentagon
Access to APACRead More...

The land of the free

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:59:18 +0100

Okay, so my family & I were on holiday in the USA last year & I promised to relate my experiences on myDL. This is the first of a series on our escapades in the States. This blog will focus on our first day in NY. Here goes!

Day 1 - New York, New York

We left Joburg on 20 November flying Virgin Atlantic (excellent airline) vRead More...

Robot Liars

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:13:34 +0100

Some Mad American Scientists have developed algorithms that allow a robot to decide whether it should tell someone the truth or not. They plan to use these in military operations, ie "Robot leaves a false trail and hides itself" and so on. The US military's technology has had huge impacts on the world. They did invent the internet, after all. So, it's just a matter of time before these robotic liars become commonplace, scurrying around, lying to people.

So heRead More...