The Thread For Greg's Stashes

[DC Tom]

1 hour ago, Foxx said:

didn't we have a "Space Force" thread?

 

https://twitter.com/BGOV/status/1208067181579309056

 

 

Not surprising.  USAF is going to lose a large chunk of their budget, just like the Army did when the USAAC was spun off into the USAF.

 

But they're going to have to learn to live with it.  This is ultimately a necessary step.

[Foxx]

Russia's "Sovereign Internet" Test Will Cut Off Entire Country From Web On Monday

On Monday a key initiative undertaken by the Russian government for over the past year to establish a 'sovereign internet' will face a major test. That's when the country and its information systems will be intentionally disconnected from the worldwide web, according to Russia's communications ministry. ...

 

just a quick note on this... when they go to turn it back on, expect that there will be a flood of information trying to update so it may not be very smooth in return. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, DC Tom said:

 

Not surprising.  USAF is going to lose a large chunk of their budget, just like the Army did when the USAAC was spun off into the USAF.

 

But they're going to have to learn to live with it.  This is ultimately a necessary step.

 

Or the impacted echelons will just re-brand themselves like the Navy's "Space and Naval War Systems Command" (SPAWAR) re-branded itself "Naval Information Warfare Systems Command" (NAVWAR) earlier this year

[B-Man]

 

 

 

BAN ALL THE THINGS! Why Do Government Officials Want to Ban Ham Radio? It’s Already Begun in California.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[DC Tom]

9 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

BAN ALL THE THINGS! Why Do Government Officials Want to Ban Ham Radio? It’s Already Begun in California.

 

 

 

What a truly idiotic web site.

[Hedge]

 

 

 

[DC Tom]

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1 minute ago, DC Tom said:

okay, thats creepy

 

[3rdnlng]

27 minutes ago, DC Tom said:

Looks like a very fairy Christmas.

[Deranged Rhino]

Paul’s Festivus thread  

https://mobile.twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1209130715650150402

[Koko78]

23 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Paul’s Festivus thread  

https://mobile.twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1209130715650150402

 

 

"Neocon Apprentice..."

 

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[Buffalo_Gal]

35 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Paul’s Festivus thread  

https://mobile.twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1209130715650150402

?
 

 

[Foxx]

just a word about the NYTimes, et al and their 'paywall's. many of these places that want you to subscribe are pretty ***** stupid. there are many ways around them with some just being so obviously easy, it isn't funny. like with say the WSJ, if you want to read one of their articles, and you go directly to their site, what usually happens is that it will allow you to view maybe the first two paragraphs before fading to nothing and attempt to get you to sign up to continue reading. with every article they post, they post two different urls, once with the paywall and one that allows you to view said article. oft times if you merely copy the first sentence and paste it into your google search engine, it will return one that you can read. they have clamped down on this in the recent past so it is not available as it used to be but the free url is still out there, you might just have to work a bit harder to find it. regarding the laughable NYT paywall, all one needs do is to stop the page from loading completely once you see text in your browser.

 

other sites offer so many free articles before they stop you from being able to read them. clear your cookies for that site and they won't stop you.

Edited December 23, 2019 by Foxx

[3rdnlng]

4 minutes ago, Foxx said:

just a word about the NYTimes, et al and their 'paywall's. many of these places that want you to subscribe are pretty ***** stupid. there are many ways around them with some just being so obviously easy, it isn't funny. like with say the WSJ, if you want to read one of their articles, and you go directly to their site, what usually happens is that it will allow you to view maybe the first two paragraphs before fading to nothing and attempt to get you to sign up to continue reading. with every article they post, they post two different urls, once with the paywall and one that allows you to view said article. oft times if you merely copy the first sentence and paste it into your google search engine, it will return one that you can read. they have clamped down on this in the recent past so it is not available as it used to be but the free url is still out there, you might just have to work a bit harder to find it. regarding the laughable NYT paywall, all one needs do is to stop the page from loading completely once you see text in your browser.

 

other sites offer so many free articles before they stop you from being able to read them. clear your cookies for that site and they won't stop you.

The question of the day: Does anyone want to go out of their way to read the NYTimes?

[Foxx]

4 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

The question of the day: Does anyone want to go out of their way to read the NYTimes?

sure. you just have to understand how to read around their narrative.

[TakeYouToTasker]

1 hour ago, Deranged Rhino said:

Paul’s Festivus thread  

https://mobile.twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1209130715650150402

This is hilarious.

[Kevbeau]

5 hours ago, TakeYouToTasker said:

This is hilarious.

Fan****ingtastic

[DC Tom]

 

I am going to miss the bizarrity of 2019.

[Hedge]

This is from 2018, but I am not sure if it's been mentioned here before.

 

 

Viziv Technologies, LLC Partners With Baylor University to Develop Potentially Revolutionary Electrical Distribution Technology

 

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WACO, Texas (August 27, 2018) – Viziv Technologies, LLC, and Baylor University announce a new research partnership aimed at commercializing an entirely new means of delivering electrical energy wirelessly over long distances. Over four decades in development, Viziv’s systems use a phenomenon known as a Zenneck surface wave to propagate electromagnetic waves along the interface of earth and air. Viziv’s ultimate goal is to provide the capability to safely, economically and efficiently deliver electrical power virtually anywhere in the world through the use of surface wave technologies. Parallel research efforts at Viziv include the use of surface waves for -more-

communication, radio navigation, and sensing.

 

How it Works

[DC Tom]

5 minutes ago, Hedge said:

This is from 2018, but I am not sure if it's been mentioned here before.

 

 

Viziv Technologies, LLC Partners With Baylor University to Develop Potentially Revolutionary Electrical Distribution Technology

 

 

How it Works

 

Scam.  It would require an infinite power source.