WTF PRC OMG?!? Code-hosting site GitHub is being subjected to an ongoing denial of service (DDoS) attack, the largest in its history — and the Wall Street Journal suggests the Chinese government could be to blame. via Chinese authorities behind DDoS attack on GitHub – Business Insider.
Category Archives: CurrentEvents
250-Year-Old Pretzel Unearthed by German Archaeologists – NBC News.com
Archaeologists have unearthed a 250-year-old pretzel in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria — possibly the oldest example of the knotted dough ever found in Europe. via 250-Year-Old Pretzel Unearthed by German Archaeologists – NBC News.com.
MI6 Tried to Recruit a North Korean Official
A security vulnerability in South Africa has led to a leak of intelligence data from spy agencies like Great Britain’s MI-6, Russia’s Foreign Service Bureau, and Israel’s Mossad. Best One So Far (Lots of data to cover) Britain’s MI6 sought South African help in an operation to recruit a North Korean official who had previously refusedContinue reading “MI6 Tried to Recruit a North Korean Official”
Back to the Future Was Right
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E.T. Gets A Callback
Orson Welles would be stoked. Here’s a link to the abstract. The GMRT began observing the FRB field as a ToO (proposal DDT B124) 2 d after the event at 610 MHz at 01:30 UT on May 16. The 3-h observation (including overheads and calibrators) produced an image of the field with 123 μJy rms. via A real-timeContinue reading “E.T. Gets A Callback”
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