From IEEE Spectrum: New Alternative to Bitcoin Uses Negligible Energy 15 Oct 2019 | 15:00 GMT New Alternative to Bitcoin Uses Negligible Energy Novel algorithms are secure like blockchains, but simpler, faster, and more energy-efficient By Charles Q. Choi A nearly zero-energy alternative to Bitcoin and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies that promises as much security but … [Read more…]
From the Guardian, Sept 9th, 2019: “The only option will be to drain it into the sea and dilute it,” Yoshiaki Harada told a news briefing in Tokyo on Tuesday. “The whole of the government will discuss this, but I would like to offer my simple opinion.” … Six years ago during the city’s bid … [Read more…]
24 May 2019 – IEEE Spectrum TELCOM By Lucas Laursen “Rural Cooperatives Deliver High-Speed Internet for Less,” tired of waiting, some rural residents are funding their own Wi-Fi networks to bring broadband to their homes.
(From Wikipedia) Qian Xuesen, (11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009), was a prominent Chinese aerodynamicist, cyberneticist and politician who contributed to rocket science and established engineering cybernetics. Recruited from MIT, he joined Theodore von Karman’s group at Caltech.[1] Later, he returned to China and made important contributions to China’s missile and space program. During … [Read more…]
In the September 14, 2017 New Yorker, Adrian Chen wrote an essay on fake news. They use the byline ” Old fights about radio have lessons for new fights about the Internet”. Naturally, this containing some radio history, I was interested in the points made. “The greatest organizers of mass hysterias and the mass delusions … [Read more…]
Back in the early 1990’s there was an internet provider called CompuServe. At Autodesk, we had a forum on CompuServe and provided this disk to our interested users and partners so they could participate in the forum: I was a sysop for the Autodesk forum at that time, but it was so long ago I … [Read more…]
If you put this into a search engine “Today’s data centers are massive facilities that consume an estimated two percent of the global electrical power worldwide and emit as much CO2 as the airline industry. “, not only will you get more than a million hits, you’ll be contributing to the problem.
U.S. sues Lockheed Martin over alleged kickback scheme at nuclear cleanup site – From the Washington Post, 02/10/19. Oh, what fun we have at Hanford!
Lest we forget our legacy in failed IT systems, Robert N. Charette takes us for a survey of some special governmental IT failures. It is in the current IEEE Spectrum (02/07/19) and here
IEEE Spectrum, in its ongoing reporting on the Hanford cleanup project, gives us an update on the vitrification process and some questions concerning the classification of hazardous waste. Read the article here: Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Makes Progress, But Questions Loom