Daily Archives: 22. November 2013


22.11.2013 - 20:17 [ Science Magazin ]

Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector

These 28 events, which include the highest energy neutrinos ever observed, have flavors, directions, and energies inconsistent with those expected from the atmospheric muon and neutrino backgrounds. These properties are, however, consistent with generic predictions for an additional component of extraterrestrial origin.

22.11.2013 - 19:37 [ Europäische Organisation für Kernforschung CERN ]

Probe of the Solar Magnetic Field Using the “Cosmic-Ray Shadow” of the Sun

The Sun with an optical diameter of about 0.5 ◦ viewed from Earth blocks cosmic rays coming from the direction of the Sun and casts a shadow in the cosmic-ray intensity, which is possibly influenced by the solar magnetic field. The Tibet air shower (AS) experiment has been successfully observing the Sun’s shadow at TeV energies and has confirmed, for the first time, the effect of the solar magnetic field on the shadow.

22.11.2013 - 18:00 [ International Business Times ]

The Man In The Middle Is Spying On You: How The NSA And Hackers Hijack Your Internet

While partnerships with companies like Verizon have been documented, the NSA and the UK’s equivalent GCHQ are even using MITM attacks against huge companies like Google, “the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and SWIFT, a financial cooperative that connects thousands of banks and is supposed to help ‘securely’ facilitate banking transactions made between more than 200 countries,” according to Renesys.

22.11.2013 - 17:25 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

Greeks get more and more frustrated and aggressive

Things are worse in winter when days are shorter, temperatures colder and skies cloudier. Frustration in all shades of grey, anger in all shades of red. Our nerves are blank and we cannot express our anger directly those those who brought us in this situation. So we hurt each other: with words, with fists, with kicks, with resentment. Sometimes, some Greeks also hurt themselves. When bitterness, frustration and anger are roaring in a desperate sense of own defeat with no way out. It is mostly in two-three sentences news that this man killed himself due to debts or this woman attempted suicide due to unemployment. That’s also violence against the own self.

22.11.2013 - 17:10 [ The Telegraph ]

Democracy under threat from government surveillance, says web founder

Launching his second annual Web Index today, Sir Tim Berners Lee will say that “a growing tide of surveillance and censorship now threatens the future of democracy. Bold steps are needed now to protect our fundamental rights to privacy and freedom of opinion and association online“ … However even the most developed web countries face threats from increasing state surveillance, Sir Tim claims.

22.11.2013 - 17:06 [ BBC ]

Prisons privatisation cancelled amid Serco probe

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the prison service would remain in charge at Hatfield, Lindholme and Moorland, all in South Yorkshire.

Serco was named as the leading bidder in July but the company has been accused of over-charging the government for electronically tagging criminals.

22.11.2013 - 16:59 [ Ars Technica ]

Repeated attacks hijack huge chunks of Internet traffic, researchers warn

Huge chunks of Internet traffic belonging to financial institutions, government agencies, and network service providers have repeatedly been diverted to distant locations under unexplained circumstances that are stoking suspicions the traffic may be surreptitiously monitored or modified before being passed along to its final destination.

22.11.2013 - 16:12 [ Deutsche Wirtschafts-Nachrichten ]

Große Koalition hebelt Grundgesetz aus: Super-Ausschuss statt Regierung

Noch nie hat die Bildung einer Regierung in der Bundesrepublik so lange gedauert. SPD und Union verweigern die Einrichtung der regulären Ausschüsse des Bundestags. Statt dessen ersetzen sie die verfassungsmäßigen Gremien durch einen so genannten Super-Ausschuss. Dieses Vorgehen ist im Grundgesetz nicht vorgesehen.

22.11.2013 - 16:12 [ Keine-Gentechnik.de ]

Investoren sollen Schimpansen-Patente stoppen

Drei Unternehmen aus den USA und Australien verfügen in Europa über Patente auf Menschenaffen. In einem Brief appellieren mehrere Organisationen, darunter der Deutsche Tierschutzbund, nun an deren Investoren. Diese sollen bewirken, dass gentechnisch veränderte Schimpansen und andere Tiere nicht mehr als „Erfindung“ beansprucht werden.

22.11.2013 - 16:11 [ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ]

NASA Sees ‚Watershed‘ Cosmic Blast in Unique Detail

On April 27, a blast of light from a dying star in a distant galaxy became the focus of astronomers around the world. The explosion, known as a gamma-ray burst and designated GRB 130427A, tops the charts as one of the brightest ever seen.

A trio of NASA satellites, working in concert with ground-based robotic telescopes, captured never-before-seen details that challenge current theoretical understandings of how gamma-ray bursts work.

22.11.2013 - 16:11 [ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ]

NASA‘s Fermi, Swift See ‚Shockingly Bright‘ Burst

(03.05.2013) A record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy has wowed astronomers around the world. The eruption, which is classified as a gamma-ray burst, or GRB, and designated GRB 130427A, produced the highest-energy light ever detected from such an event.

22.11.2013 - 14:48 [ bandcamp ]

Za! – Wanananai

ZA! es un grupo formado por dos personas y más de dos instrumentos. Suenan a varias cosas, todas a la vez: bajos gruesos y distorsiones pesadas, ritmos ancestrales, free-jazz, noise, psicodelia, cantos de los pastores de Tuva, Monty Python, post-rock de capas y capas, drones, electrónica analógica y todo lo que lo traiga calentito.

22.11.2013 - 14:37 [ bandcamp ]

Espaldamaceta – Baile Masái

José Juan González Nieto es un músico de Tarragona que se forma en Improbables, banda que llevaba una larga trayectoria versionado grupos “sixties” y que lo incorpora a la voz y pandereta (instrumento que le produce morados en los muslos), allí aprendí de todo porqué no sabía nada.

22.11.2013 - 14:32 [ Washington Post ]

Researchers say U.S. Internet traffic was re-routed through Belarus. That’s a problem.

Experts say that the Internet‘s fundamental routing protocol, called the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), is surprisingly reliant on trust among the administrators of the many networks that comprise the Internet. BGP is „essentially the glue that holds the disparate parts of the Internet together,“ says Jennifer Rexford, a computer science professor at Princeton University.

22.11.2013 - 14:26 [ computer ]

Internet traffic ‚hijacked‘ and routed through Belarus and Iceland – Renesys

„These redirections took place on an almost daily basis throughout February, with the set of victim networks changing daily. Victims whose traffic was diverted varied by day, and included major financial institutions, governments, and network service providers. Affected countries included the US, South Korea, Germany, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Libya, and Iran,“ claimed Renesys.

22.11.2013 - 14:24 [ Techdirt ]

With Repeated Reports Of Long-Term NSA Abuses, Does Anyone Actually Believe NSA Is Following The Law Today?

Throughout this process of discussing the NSA‘s surveillance efforts, thanks to Ed Snowden and his whistleblowing, defenders have continued to insist (1) that the NSA isn‘t abusing its powers and (2) that there‘s tremendous oversight of the NSA‘s activities, mainly by FISC. Yet, with this week‘s declassification of a second FISC ruling in which a judge detailed major, long-term abuses by the NSA, with no consequences, does anyone actually believe the NSA has stopped abusing its powers to violate everyone‘s privacy?

22.11.2013 - 13:53 [ Duckhome ]

Simulierte Bürgerbeteiligung

Wer schon immer mal ganz konkret wissen wollte, wie die Mittelschichten ihre Idylle auf Kosten der weniger Begüterten realisieren wollen, sollte diesen Artikel lesen: „Gaga in Moabit“

22.11.2013 - 13:40 [ Andrej Hunko, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages ]

Keine Kriegsschiffe der EU-Mitgliedstaaten gegen Flüchtlinge vor Lampedusa!

„Der Einsatz von Marine und Luftwaffe zur Migrationsbekämpfung wäre eine unfassbare Militarisierung der EU-Flüchtlingspolitik. Die Bundesregierung muss sofort dafür sorgen, dass dieser Vorschlag niemals in die Tat umgesetzt wird“, kritisiert der Bundestagsabgeordnete Andrej Hunko eine entsprechende Mitteilung des Europäischen Auswärtigen Dienstes (EAD) vom 19. November.

22.11.2013 - 13:38 [ Spanienleben ]

Spanien-Reformen nötig um „besser zu bestrafen“- Im Sinne von 600.000€?

„Wenn wir jetzt nicht handeln und Reformen machen, bleibt das Strafgesetzbuch im juristischen Schwebezustand „, erklärte der Minister.Es gibt viele umstrittene Verfassungsrechtsprechungen und es geht hier nicht um „mehr zu bestrafen“, sondern, um
„besser zu bestrafen“ und das mit mehr Rechtssicherheit im hochsensiblen Bereich der öffentlichen Sicherheit.

22.11.2013 - 13:35 [ Griechenland-Blog ]

Gläubiger rauben Griechenland aus

Die Weise, auf die Zinswucherer ihre Geschäfte auf dem Markt regeln, ist bekannt: Sie “helfen” mit Krediten aus, die unmöglich fristgerecht und verzinst zurückgezahlt werden können. Den Krediten vorhergegangen sind Voreintragungen (Memoranden – Kreditverträge), deren Einhaltung … durchtrainierte Geldeintreiber übernehmen. So viel zum “Milieu” … .

Bei den internationalen Beziehungen sind die Dinge – wie inzwischen die gesamte griechische Gesellschaft feststellt – noch schlimmer: Die Gläubiger Griechenlands haben den Zinswucher auf ein solches Niveau entwickelt, das Chicagos Mafiosi wie Sonntagsschüler aussehen lässt.