The BBC says a senior Israeli army officer is calling a war with Gaza ‘a question of when, not if’. The rearmament of Hamas is held up as evidence of new and greater concerns. The Israeli-developed active protection system (APS) known as Trophy is designed to destroy missiles like the Russian-made AT-14 Kornet, one of … Continue reading Gazans Fire Anti-Tank Missles, Israelis Prepare for War
SSLstrip is a very easy tool to use that sits in between a victim and a legitimate website and switches their traffic from HTTPS to HTTP. If they continue to use the website in HTTP, the tool steals their passwords. The author presented an example data set in 2009 that showed in 24 hours he … Continue reading SSLstrip counter-measures
A Senior VP of UPS tells CNN that left turns on commercial roads are less safe, take longer and cost the company more (to the tune of $20 million). It sounds like he also assumes low or no pedestrian traffic (on the right).
A couple years ago I wrote about skirts and driving in Uganda. Women were banned from dressing a certain way because they were said to be distracting drivers. Apparently the Czech Republic did not get the same results from their study. The Huffington Post has posted pictures (of course) in a story called Cardboard Police … Continue reading Drivers Slow for Decoy Police Women (in Skirts)