Archive for 2011/04/24

“The splitting of the atom changed everything”

Posted: 2011/04/24 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnVV9sq78Yg

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says its workers detected radioactivity of 900 millisieverts per hour being emitted from a 30-by-30 centimeter concrete fragment, 5 centimeters thick, on Wednesday
Source: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_01.html

For conversion purposes, 0.9 Sieverts = 900 Millisieverts = 900,000 Microsieverts. Radiation levels of 4 sieverts per hour will cause fatality in 50% of people and at 6 sieverts per hour death is almost certain.

Obama about Bradley Manning: “If I was to release stuff, information that I’m not authorized to release, I’m breaking the law. We’re a nation of laws. We don’t individually make our own decisions about how the laws operate… He broke the law”

Posted: 2011/04/24 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

Though Manning has yet to stand trial, Mr. Obama asserted that he is guilty

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20056566-503544.html

Privacy not safe with Facebook

Posted: 2011/04/24 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

Web-surfing behavior of members and non-members can be monitored by Facebook according to internet & privacy expert Arnold Roosendaal of the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands. Roosendaal has informed the Dutch and German Data Protection Authorities.

Dutch language news article: http://www.nu.nl/internet/2499464/privacy-niet-veilig-bij-facebook.html