Topic: NEWS - on August 21, 2013 at 4:49:00 PM CEST
35 Jahre Haft für WikiLeaks-Informant Bradley Manning
Bradley Manning ist zu 35 Jahren Haft verurteilt worden. Das gab ein US-Militärgericht in Fort Meade bekannt. Der Soldat hatte Hunderttausende Geheimpapiere an die Enthüllungsplattform WikiLeaks gegeben.
Fort Meade - Der WikiLeaks-Informant Bradley Manning muss für 35 Jahre ins Gefängnis. Das Urteil gab eine US-Militärrichterin am Mittwoch in Fort Meade bei Washington bekannt. Zudem wurde er unehrenhaft aus der Armee entlassen.
Der 25 Jahre alte Soldat hatte Hunderttausende vertrauliche Dokumente an die Enthüllungsplattform WikiLeaks gegeben und war Ende Juli unter anderem wegen Geheimnisverrats, Spionage, Computerbetrugs und Diebstahls für schuldig erklärt worden. In dem am schwersten wiegenden Punkt "Unterstützung des Feindes" wurde er dagegen freigesprochen.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 21, 2013 at 4:48:00 PM CEST
"Guardian-Affäre": Brüssel sieht keine Handhabe für Eingreifen
"Zum EU-Vertrag gehörende Grundrechtecharta nicht berührt"
London/Brüssel - In der britischen Affäre um das Behörden-Vorgehen gegen die Tageszeitung "The Guardian" sieht die EU-Kommission keine rechtliche Handhabe für ein eigenes Eingreifen. "Wir müssen als Hüterin der EU-Verträge in unseren Grenzen bleiben, die vom Vertrag gesetzt werden", sagte ein Sprecher der EU-Kommission am Mittwoch in Brüssel. In dem Fall werde die zum EU-Vertrag gehörende Grundrechtecharta nicht berührt.
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Topic: FUN - on August 21, 2013 at 2:34:00 PM CEST
Learn Cut-Out Animation With Terry Gilliam
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on August 21, 2013 at 2:26:00 PM CEST
History of film and broadcasting search engine
Lantern is a search engine for the books, periodicals, and catalogs contained in the Media History Digital Library. If you are a fan or student of pre-1970s American film and broadcasting, this looks like a goldmine. Here are some of the periodical titles and the years available:
Variety 1905-1926 Photoplay 1914-1943 Movie Classic 1931-1937 Home Movies and Home Talkies 1932-1934 Talking Machine World 1921-1928
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Topic: LEGO - on August 21, 2013 at 2:25:00 PM CEST
10,000-Piece LEGO Mosaic Of Video Game Characters
This is a 75" x 45" LEGO mosaic made from 10,511-individual pieces that features a ton of oldschool NES and SEGA video game characters. Etsy seller Mytemporaryshop (awesome name) is currently selling the piece for $4,828.59 (strange price), with all proceeds going to help fund a friend's school project to send her class to Africa next year. Honestly, if I had $5,000 to blow I would consider it. Even more honestly, if I had $5,000 to blow I would also consider moving to Vegas. "Like, to live permanently?" Yep, UNTIL I DIE. I give myself four days, tops.
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Topic: CARS - on August 21, 2013 at 2:24:00 PM CEST
The Tesla Model S Is So Safe It Broke the Crash-Testing Gear
The Tesla Model S may be the safest vehicle ever tested by the feds. So safe, in fact, that according to the automaker, the all-electric sedan broke the testing equipment at an independent commercial facility.
Most cars get five stars in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s frontal crash protection test and four stars for side impact protection. But the Model S aced them all: front, side, pole, and rollover. And Tesla adds in its announcement that during a previous roof crush test used during validation, the machine failed while applying more than 4 G’s of pressure — the same as stacking four of the electric sedans on top of the car without the roof breaking.
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Topic: nuclear power - on August 21, 2013 at 2:21:00 PM CEST
New Radioactive Water Leak At Fukushima: 300 Tons and Growing
Radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank into the ground at Japan's Fukushima plant, its operator says.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said the leak of at least 300 tonnes of the highly radioactive water was discovered on Monday.
The plant, crippled by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, has seen a series of water leaks and power failures.
The tsunami knocked out cooling systems to the reactors, three of which melted down.
bbc.co.uk Fukushima warning: danger level at nuclear plant jumps to 'serious'
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 21, 2013 at 2:20:00 PM CEST
North Carolina State University Gets $60 Million To Help NSA Build Bigger And Better Haystacks
Who wants to work on a collaborative data project with a badly wounded intelligence agency? I'm not seeing a lot of hands... How about if I ask it with a couple of exclamation points thrown in?!?! Still nothing...
Given what we know now, it's probably safe to assume that no one wants to sign a deal with this particular devil if the NSA's abortive recruitment drive at the University of Wisconsin is any indication. The recruiters appeared to believe they could just walk in and harvest a few souls hand out a few heavily-redacted business cards while talking up Team NSA's anti-terrorism efforts.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 21, 2013 at 2:19:00 PM CEST
Endlich nachgewiesen: Die NSA überwacht sämtlichen Internet-Verkehr, der über amerikanisches Gebiet geht
Die NSA hat Zugriff auf große Teile des Internet-Verkehrs, der über ihr Staatsgebiet geht und verarbeitet diese Datenmengen in ihren eigenen Systemen. Das berichtet das Wall Street Journal unter Berufung auf eine Reihe von Beteiligten. Jede Internet-Kommunikation über amerikanische Server landet demnach höchstwahrscheinlich bei der NSA – nur ein bisschen rein amerikanische Kommunikation wird wohl rausgefiltert.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 21, 2013 at 2:16:00 PM CEST
Latest Leak: NSA Can Spy On Almost Anything, Gets To Set Its Own Filters
And, here we go again. This time, it's the WSJ journal with the scoop on NSA surveillance, and how the defenders of the NSA have been lying to us. Despite claims that the NSA was really only focused on foreign communications, the WSJ is reporting that it actually covers 75% of US internet traffic:
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 21, 2013 at 2:11:00 PM CEST
Guardian told to destroy NSA files for national security, says Clegg
Nick Clegg has endorsed the government's decision to ask the Guardian to destroy leaked secret NSA documents on the grounds that Britain would face a "serious threat to national security" if they reached the "wrong hands".
In a statement, a spokesman for the deputy prime minister gave the first official confirmation that the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, made the request to the Guardian.
theguardian.com NSA files: UK and US at odds over destruction of Guardian hard drives NSA files: why the Guardian in London destroyed hard drives of leaked files MYSTERY of Guardian mobos and graphics cards which 'held Snowden files' U.K. Ordered Guardian to Destroy Snowden Files Because Its Servers Weren’t Secure
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