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The OPM hack was, if not the master key, then at least the lock schematics for US government computer systems. Independent of any security measures (no matter how dated or bad in the OPM's case), the weakest link is always user error. The most productive use of that data is not in the old...

Makes me wonder about all those recently acquired amphibious assets the PLAN's been acquiring. North Korea's arable land is concentrated on their western coast. Putting it in the hands of a friendly faction would let them starve out the uncooperative factions... but the it could also be a...

I prefer the sports analogy, US activity in the area isn't just an away game, it's an exhibition game, possibly even in a different league. For China (or Vietnam, or whoever's claim it is depending on which island we're talking about), these are home games and it's the playoffs. The US might...

The problem with the idea of the US confronting China over those maritime happenings is that the US has no stake in the matter. The fish will still be caught and the oil pumped whether the trawlers pay their taxes to Beijing, Tokyo, Taipei, Manila, or Hanoi, and those resources will still be...

The RD-93s look very similar to the Hornet's F404 in size, weight, and thrust. The biggest difference seems to be a larger diameter and higher bypass ratio, maybe to improve fuel economy. I'm not sure how much stock to put into any plane before it actually hits production - at this stage, the...

I disagree that Putin's hammer is force - as a career KGB man, I think his preferred tool is intimidation - much like it is for organized crime. The periodic aggression serves as a reminder to other neighbours to pay their protection fees and to weaken neighbours that start to get uppity and a...

Hmm, I didn't realize the SK Coast Guard flew Kamovs

Seems to me the Wired writer answered his own question regarding what exactly the PLA listening posts plan to be listening in on. Also, when did the Chinese start using Walther P1/P38 pistols?  ???

Maybe following up on their equivalent of an OSHA complaint  ;D

To illustrate the point... My brother is on track to apply to the School of Optometry at the University of Waterloo. It is also the only optometry school in English Canada (there is one francophone school in Montreal). The Waterloo School of Optometry website proudly proclaims that it has 2262...

At least targets for live ASM testing are now cheaper than ever?

Well, miracles could happen  ;)  I have a soft spot for the old 486's, being the first PC I put a lot of use on, and we have an original Pentium still being used at work.  Interestingly, as older hardware (the 386's, 486's, and original Pentiums) dies out, remaining examples seem to be...

Are you sure it's a 486?  486s were marginal on Windows 95, and most came with 8 megabytes of RAM. MS DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1. No consumer hardware marketed, certainly combined the 486 CPU with the ability to take 1 GB of RAM - an amount which would be considered a good amount until just a few...

Mark Steyn seems to miss another possible alternative - working for life - retirement is a recent, and possibly temporary phenomenon. Population aging was also very recently the subject for an Economist special report:  http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13888045...

Do you already have a list of the 15 remaining G35 countries as well?  I also wonder at what criteria determines that the UK stays while France goes.  Population, GDP, demographics, both countries are within spitting distance of each other from what I can see.  Additionally, I imagine France...

An older article from 2005 (subscription required) http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_PGRJNGV I guess there could be room for two Spartas?  Or perhaps the big markets for Activision Blizzard's MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) division. IIRC...

If you hit the link, it's not a full article, but a correspondent's diary; those are also only on their website; I've never seen it in an actual print copy before.

Doesn't that go for all sub drivers?  ;D

1 year is pretty short as far as conscription goes, isn't it?  I think South Korea is two years, as is Singapore.

Czech surplus 7.62 x 39 is still in stock at Frontier Taxidermy and Marstar both.  I remember one of the importers mentioning that the Czechs were raising prices, but I can't remember by how much.