The Okinawa missiles of October | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
‘By Bordne’s account, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Air Force crews on Okinawa were ordered to launch 32 missiles, each carrying a large nuclear warhead. Only caution and the common sense and decisive action of the line personnel receiving those orders prevented the launches—and averted the nuclear war that most likely would have ensued.’
(tags: okinawa nukes launch-codes pal cold-war cuban-missile-crisis history accidents ui security horror via:mattblaze)
Amazon ECS CLI Tutorial – Amazon EC2 Container Service
super-basic ECS tutorial, using a docker-compose.yml to create a new ECS-managed service fleet
Net neutrality: EU votes in favour of Internet fast lanes and slow lanes | Ars Technica UK
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In the end, sheer political fatigue may have played a major part in undermining net neutrality in the EU. However, the battle is not quite over. As Anne Jellema, CEO of the Web Foundation, which was established by Berners-Lee in 2009, notes in her response to today’s EU vote: “The European Parliament is essentially tossing a hot potato to the Body of European Regulators, national regulators and the courts, who will have to decide how these spectacularly unclear rules will be implemented. The onus is now on these groups to heed the call of hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens and prevent a two-speed Internet.”