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United States Begins Flying Stealth Bombers Over South Korea 567

skade88 writes "The New York Times is reporting that the United States has started flying B-2 stealth bomber runs over South Korea as a show of force to North Korea. The bombers flew 6,500 miles to bomb a South Korean island with mock explosives. Earlier this month the U.S. Military ran mock B-52 bombing runs over the same South Korean island. The U.S. military says it shows that it can execute precision bombing runs at will with little notice needed. The U.S. also reaffirmed their commitment to protecting its allies in the region. The North Koreans have been making threats to turn South Korea into a sea of fire. North Korea has also made threats claiming they will nuke the United States' mainland."

Comment Re:Attack surface (Score 1) 236

If you're using Reader, you might ask, why is there a 3D rendering engine in my PDF reader? Or maybe even do something about it.

Because in the engineering and manufacturing world a 3D model is the best, and often only, way to define the design of an object. It's just another form of data that I want to include in my document.

You may as well ask why there should be support for images or fonts in PDF. Isn't plain text good enough for everyone?

Comment Reminds me of Alice' Restaurant (Score 1) 652

"...And I, I walked over to the, to the bench there, and there is, Group W's where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army after committing your special crime, and there was all kinds of mean nasty ugly looking people on the bench there. Mother rapers. Father stabbers. Father rapers!" ...and streaming infringers.

Comment Re:pointless... (Score 1) 124

The USAF is flying is using C-17s to fly in relief supplies. They are not exactly small. Their payload is 170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo according to Wikipedia.

Given the limitations of the airport capacity, this looks like a great opportunity to show the capabilities of the V-22 Osprey. With a range of nearly 900 miles, they could fly from Florida and land in helicopter mode virtually anywhere in Haiti. With aerial refueling, they would not need to take on fuel in Haiti, which is another scarce resource.

Comment It's the format, stupid! (Score 1) 313

The useful bit about this article is the recognition that the format is the key to any hope of understanding digital data over any period of time. Specifically

if it is not being done by a standards body, it will not help us manage the data in the long run

We can save bits forever, but if we don't know what they mean, then its all a waste. Standardized, open formats provide the only real hope of a Rosetta Stone" for data.

He and his wife should do more research. There are standards for Digital data management concepts, technologies and standards, such as the OAIS Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (ISO 14721:2003). Maybe he's spending all his time looking at rocks.

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