tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3349199673079328730..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indiana™: LA Times: One Of Hastings' Last E-Mails Discussed FBI InvestigationGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-9754585080089805072013-07-02T02:50:34.522-05:002013-07-02T02:50:34.522-05:00"McChrystal kills people. Has he ever worked ..."McChrystal kills people. Has he ever worked in the counterinsurgency environment? Not really," said Roger Carstens, a senior nonresident fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a former Special Forces officer.<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/12/AR2009051203679.html?<br /><br /><br />Was Michael Hastings' Car Hacked? Richard Clarke Says It's Possible<br />Posted: 06/24/2013 6:03 pm EDT | Updated: 06/26/2013 7:24 pm EDT<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/michael-hastings-car-hacked_n_3492339.html<br /><br /><br /><br />Researchers Show How a Car’s Electronics Can Be Taken Over Remotely<br />Published: March 9, 2011<br />https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/business/10hack.html?<br /><br /><br />Probably nothing to see here. Move along.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684931334457560038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66774621873278376752013-06-23T09:37:37.932-05:002013-06-23T09:37:37.932-05:00That car accident was right near where I live at t...That car accident was right near where I live at the corner of East and Michigan. The car took out a power line before wrapping around a small tree. I couldn't even tell what model the car was because it was so badly mangled. I later learned it was a Toyota Camry. It was miraculous that the driver walked away from it. Not even the sparks from the downed power line set off a fire. <br /><br />Mercedes Benz should be speaking out. Their cars are some of the best designed automobiles for safety purposes. The front end of Hastings' car was still intact, but the transmission was laying a hundred feet down the street from where his car supposedly impacted the tree. The palm tree his car hit showed little damage from the impact. If he hit that tree at the speed the car would have been badly mangled, and the tree would have shown more than just a little damage to its outer skin. <br /><br />I don't know if you've seen the reports on it, but the capability now exists to hack into the computer systems of most modern automobiles and control them remotely. It was originally thought you had to be inside the car and connected directly to its onboard computer systems to control its acceleration, braking, etc. That's not the case as it turns out. Technology exists to remotely access it using a device as small as an iPhone. Very scary stuff. <br /><br />I knew that such capability exists for taking control of major commercial airplanes, including all Boeing aircraft, but I didn't know you could do it on automobiles. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-58381155510143515172013-06-23T06:53:19.689-05:002013-06-23T06:53:19.689-05:00A few months ago a car was traveling 90 mph in dow...A few months ago a car was traveling 90 mph in downtown Indy, got airborn, and rammed a utility pole. The driver staggered away. The car didn't burst into flames because cars DON'T burst into flames, not from front-end collisions.<br /><br />Hastings got what somebody thought he had coming to him. One would have to be infinitely naive to believe otherwise.Unigovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532072215831286109noreply@blogger.com