Welcome to SF everyone! As the RSA Conference week begins, which really is a cluster of hundreds of security conferences running simultaneously for over 40,000 people converging from around the world, I sometimes get asked for local curiosities. As a historian I feel the pull towards the past, and this year is no exception. Here … Continue reading RSA Conference 2018: Fun Telco History in SF
Although it still is early in the news cycle, so far we know from Tempe police reports that an Uber robot has murdered a women. The Uber vehicle was reportedly headed northbound when a woman walking outside of the crosswalk was struck. The woman was taken to the hospital where she died from her injuries. … Continue reading Self-Driving Uber Murders Pedestrian
Scientific American has a nice write-up of the theoretical physicist who discovered nuclear fission and was denied credit, yet assigned blame: While the celebrity Meitner deserved was blatantly denied her, an undeserved association with the atomic bomb was bestowed. Meitner was outright opposed to nuclear weapons: “I will have nothing to do with a bomb!” … Continue reading Meitnerium
Just 10 hours after the Pearl Harbor bombing of 7 December 1941, Japanese invaded the Philippines and ran into Captain Nieves Fernandez. …she used her long knife to silently kill Japanese soldiers during the occupation of Leyte Island…. She commanded 110 native who killed more than 200 Japanese with knifes and shotguns made from sections … Continue reading The Real-life Wonder Woman: Miss Nieves Fernandez