The Maui News

Out of the way info

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:56 EDT

On Facebook, I am bombarded with anti-GMO, anti-Monsanto rants. So far, all the claims I have seen are ridiculous, but RtO hasn't addressed this. That might happen.

Book Review 282: The Battle of the Tanks, Kursk, 1943

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:21:01 EDT

THE BATTLE OF THE TANKS, KURSK, 1943, by Lloyd Clark. 468 pages, illustrated. Atlantic Monthly, $30

When the western Allies finally opened the "real" second front in June 1944, Stalin was underwhelmed.

Book Review 281: Hitler's Final Fortress Breslau 1945

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:23:01 EDT

(Almost through with the stack of books on the Eastern Front; new topics coming soon.)

HITLER'S FINAL FORTRESS BRESLAU 1945, by Richard Hargreaves. 268 pages, illustrate.

Secrecy

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:50:36 EDT

It does seem like kind of a long while since I've been able to point to somebody stating tge obvious so I can restate it.

Thumb drive follies

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:13:27 EDT

I don't know anything really about computer security, but I've read a few books about it. One thing I learned -- or thought I'd learned -- a long time ago was that thumb drives were a big threat but easily defeated: Just epoxy the USB ports.