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Power Grids Overloaded Many Places

This is the real solution: The Moon Does Not Have Water.

Outage in India Could Be a Harbinger for the Rest of the World

The growing complexity and reliance on the electric grid in both developed and fast-growing countries is making stability tougher to achieve..... "Saying the reason for India's gridwide collapse was that they had more load than generation is too simplistic." .... Mansoor suspects it is something fairly mundane, such as a failed relay or a grid operator making a mistake ..... the causes of India's blackouts have more to do with politics than technology and engineering

You might argue the same for APIs. They are so intermingled, there might be an outage or two down the line.

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VoiceGem

@paramendra Sure, the more the merrier! :)
— Arda Kara (@ArdaKara) August 3, 2012

@ardakara What would be your email?
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) August 3, 2012

@paramendra Was this on the web or the iOS app? I would refresh the page, if it was the web
— Arda Kara (@ArdaKara) August 3, 2012

@ardakara It was on the web. In a Chrome browser.
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) August 3, 2012

@paramendra Thanks for the tweet!
— VoiceGem (@VoiceGem) August 3, 2012

@voicegem My blog posts automatically show up as tweets. :-) But still, welcome. Most welcome.
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) August 3, 2012

A MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land after a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The Reaper has the ability to carry both precision-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is like the Google Maps truck peering through your window, all the time. Allowing domestic use by law enforcement will be tricky enough. Wait until civilians get their hands on the licenses. This thing is a serious invasion of privacy, potentially speaking. Paparazzi would have a field day. Too bad because so many great uses can be thought of.

Lawmakers Want to Know: What Are Those Drones Doing Up There?

issue licenses to commercial drone operators and to make it easier for law enforcement and other government agencies to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles ..... Drones are already used to monitor movement on the borders .... shooting Hollywood movies, monitoring oil spills and conducting criminal investigations ..... the possibility of ubiquitous surveillance, especially because the law currently protects the right to take pictures of anyone and anything in public. ..... a voluntary code of conduct which includes a provision to “respect the privacy of individuals.” .... The prospects of any imminent movement on Capitol Hill, though, seem to be minimal. Stubborn partisan divisions have so far doomed agreement on a bill that seeks to strengthen cybersecurity for the electrical grid, nuclear power plants and other critical infrastructure