The cat will be out of the bag soon.

Soon enough private companies are going to find out what NASA did. We are trapped here on this planet. No one can go into deep space because of the radiation out there. All we can do is go into near earth orbit.

An article at Space.com forecasts an important year for private space companies in 2013. SpaceX is working on a new version of its Dragon capsule that is quite different from the current model. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the first iteration looked similar to other space capsules because the SpaceX team was learning as they went. Now, they're drawing on the expertise they've gained to tailor the new capsule to their needs. "Musk described Dragon version 2 as having 'legs that pop out' and added that it uses parachutes and its eight SuperDraco thrusters for a 'propulsive landing.'" The capsule will hold up to seven people, and they hope to win a crew transportation contract for getting NASA astronauts up to the ISS. The bidding for that contract starts in the second half of 2013. Commercial space planes are also set to reach new heights in 2013. XCOR Aerospace will be building its Lynx I rocket plane, and a spokesman said, "we’ll be doing test fights throughout the year from early 2013 and then go into commercial flights." Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo will also undergo its first rocket-powered flight this year.

One very valid reason to never shop on~line or divulge personal information on~line.

Let this be the year that we back away from our computers and do more brick and mortar purchasing.

The anti-virus program that you have should have browser protection. If it doesn’t you should probably change to one that does have browser protection...

I   recommend http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_us/home, 
but even that may not help much...also try Malwarebytes
as additional protection. Overlapping protection is a good idea.

I use Spyware Blaster  
When installing it choose "manual updating" and it will be free to you.

I slso use Spybot-search and destroy, another great free program.

I use the free Avast antivirus
also.

"Nicole Perlroth reports in the NY Times that the antivirus industry has a dirty little secret: antivirus products are not very good at stopping new viruses. Researchers collected and analyzed 82 new computer viruses and put them up against more than 40 antivirus products, made by top companies like Microsoft, Symantec, McAfee and Kaspersky Lab and found that the initial detection rate was less than 5 percent (PDF). 'The bad guys are always trying to be a step ahead,' says Matthew D. Howard, who previously set up the security strategy at Cisco Systems. 'And it doesn't take a lot to be a step ahead.' Part of the problem is that antivirus products are inherently reactive. Just as medical researchers have to study a virus before they can create a vaccine, antivirus makers must capture a computer virus, take it apart and identify its 'signature' — unique signs in its code — before they can write a program that removes it. That process can take as little as a few hours or as long as several years. In May, researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered Flame, a complex piece of malware that had been stealing data from computers for an estimated five years. 'The traditional signature-based method of detecting malware is not keeping up,' says Phil Hochmuth. Now the thinking goes that if it is no longer possible to block everything that is bad, then the security companies of the future will be the ones whose software can spot unusual behavior and clean up systems once they have been breached. 'The bad guys are getting worse,' says Howard. 'Antivirus helps filter down the problem, but the next big security company will be the one that offers a comprehensive solution.'"

Something To Watch In 2013

While driving to Pasadena the last couple of weeks I noticed these strange towers being erected along the freeways. They look strangely like sniper towers from a repressive regime to me. Ladders to climb up into them and roofing to shield from the sun.

Anyone know what they are? Has anyone else seen these going up on the freeways of America? With the FEMA death camps and fusion centers and prisoner rail cars etc, one reflects upon their true purpose.

Last time we all went out to the desert places we noticed strong thick pipe fencing with gates had been installed there. Some hunters among us mentioned they had seen the same fencing going up in the hunting grounds of Oregon.

The towers may be for surveyors building bridges, but just the same watch for them on your commutes.

On a lighter note.

New Year's Quench

My wife and I like to save a couple of legal fireworks from our 4th of July celebration for New Years Eve. We keep them in anticipation of that wonderful moment when we get to bring in the New year. As the months go by we delight in the knowledge that we had prepared for our celebration. Why I even brag about it with my coffee drinking buddies. I see the envy on their faces...LOL.

Last night the awesome moment finally arrived. I got our first firework lit in the back yard, it went off with a lot of smoke and sputtering light. Here in CA they don't fly up into the sky, just kind of plume out a foot or two from a small cylinder setting on the ground. It starts slowly and works it's way into a great frenzy. Sparks and snapping noises combine to delight our eyes and ears as the smoke plumes around us. Wow, this is the best! I am like a kid in my joy.

As the first firework comes to an end we hear a terse female voice issuing from the darkness over in our neighbors yard saying, "Could you please not light fireworks?"

What!? I was blown away. My wife and I look at each other and remained silent in the darkness. Quench! All of our months of preparation for celebration shot down instantly. It is almost as if she were waiting in pre~anticipation to strike out at us.

As a Christian I accept my fate and we silently go back inside the house. My wife is upset, "How can she say that when all of her thoughtless, very noisy Halloween parties over the years last till 3:00 AM" she says to me. She continues to fume.

I have learned a hard lesson along my walk with God. When one gets offended one must never allow any kind of bitterness or walls to go up. Let it go immediately! Be done with it right at the point of offense, don't even let anything even get started. Windshield wiper the offense away like water off a duck's back...move on nothing here to see. Refuse the bait.

The New Year 2013 started with my first trial of the year. I hope I made it through...only time will tell...

How was your celebration?

In case you did not do Google yesterday or today.

Welcome 2013

The House of Representatives failed to vote on the "fiscal cliff" deal before midnight, technically sending the U.S. over the fiscal cliff. The White House and Senate, however, reached an agreement at the last minute to allow for some tax increases, and a House vote approving it is expected in the next day or two: "The agreement came together after negotiators cleared two final hurdles involving the estate tax and automatic spending cuts set to hit the Pentagon and other federal agencies later this week. Republicans gave ground on the spending cuts, known as the sequester, by agreeing to a two-month delay paid for in part with fresh tax revenue, a condition they had resisted. White House officials yielded to GOP wishes on how to handle estate taxes, aides said." The battle over required spending cuts has predictably been delayed for another day, making the deal far from complete

i always love a good conspiracy!
Most here know that I in no way can believe that man has ever landed on the moon because of the Van Allen radiation belt surrounding us.  The cold war 'one~up~manship' with Russia during the time of the ruse is why the lie came about (1)...here is something (2) that on the surface may not seem (3) like much but it does bring in to question Neil's truthfulness in a way. I personally believe he was a liar for NASA (Never Any Straight Answers) and the government. You see, the thing about humans is that we have a really short attention span, and really bad memories.

I believe the Van Allen Radiation Belt is something that God designed to quarantine mankind upon the earth. It is part of the Master Creator's plan of Creation. No escape to infect other planets with humans. Come on, take a long hard look at the crime and the wars and such that humans do where ever they go.

Just near earth orbit travel for humans. Consensus orthodoxy moon landing programing vs hard radiation facts? Ever wonder why X~ray areas have lead walls and why they put lead shields on you when you get x~rayed? Plastic, aluminium and fabric cannot stop radiation. The space vehicles contain no heavy lead! Deductive reasoning leads us to a logical conclusion...man can't go into deep space. The radiation of space is stronger then medical xrays and medical xrays require lead shields, therefore, you do the math...

"My God, space is radioactive!"
It is said that one of Dr. James Van Allen's colleagues uttered this phrase upon the discovery of energized particle belts surrounding the Earth.

Naturally we common place garden variety earthlings have no way of knowing if any of the above is truth or not. Therefore any discussion on the topic remains in the conspiracy realm and will always be controversial and relegated to the X~Files where FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully will be investigating.  Until then...

One thing I am totally certain about is that Mulder is a believer and Scully is a skeptic.

"In an upcoming BBC Documentary, Dean Armstrong, the brother of astronaut Neil Armstrong, reveals when the world famous 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' line originated. For years, people have argued over when Armstrong came up with the line, whether it was on the spot or planned years ahead. Also debated is whether Armstrong meant to include 'a' before man, making the indefinite article 'man', which alludes to mankind, into a singular, 'a man', himself. According to Dean Armstrong, the quote was shared to him over a board game, months before the mission began. He says, 'We started playing Risk and then he [Neil] slipped me a piece of paper and said 'read that'. I did. On that piece of paper there was 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'. He says 'what do you think about that?' I said 'fabulous'. He said 'I thought you might like that, but I wanted you to read it'. He then added: 'It was 'that is one small step for A man''. Armstrong had always insisted that he had said 'a', that that it was lost in communication static. This new story however conflicts with what Neil told James Hansen for his biography, stating he came up with the quote on the lunar surface. More on the historic moon landing and the life of Neil Armstrong in the new documentary Neil Armstrong- First Man on the Moon, on BBC."

The space ruse is about to ramp up it's cold head once again...
An anonymous reader sends word that the Russian Space industry will be getting a big boost over the next eight years. Prime Minister Medvedev has approved $68.71 billion in space-related funding from 2013 to 2020. That's a huge increase from the $3.3 billion spent annually in 2010 and 2011. The increased funding is one of several efforts to restoring Russia's slowly fading spaceflight capabilities. "The failure of a workhorse Proton rocket after launch in August caused the multimillion-dollar loss of an Indonesian and a Russian satellite. A similar problem caused the loss of a $265 million communications satellite last year. Medvedev criticized the state of the industry in August, saying problems were costing Russia prestige and money." Medvedev said, "The program will enable our country to effectively participate in forward-looking projects, such as the International Space Station, the study of the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies in the solar system."

Russia may 'one~up' us this time around..here is why...
"With the National Research Council report that concluded that President Obama's plan for a mission to an asteroid has no support, either inside NASA or anywhere else, the space agency faces a decision point in 2013. The NRC suggested that the administration, Congress, NASA, and other stakeholders in space exploration come to a consensus behind a new goal. But the space agency's problems run deep, caused by a lack of direction, a lack of leadership, and a lack of funding."

One of the best things that came out of the space race? 

And the other thing?

I guess they all like to surf?
 
While we are on the ruse topic...
"After a years-long legal battle, federal prosecutors in Belgium now believe their investigation is complete enough to charge the Church of Scientology and its leaders as a criminal organization on charges of extortion, fraud, privacy breaches, and the illegal practice of medicine. ... Multiple reports and the group's legal history point to one key factor here: The Belgian government won't charge Scientology for being a cult — authorities are focusing on prosecuting it as a criminal organization. Which is a new twist, as most of the group's many court battles over the years have focused on establishing its legitimacy as a religion. ... The Church of Scientology houses its European headquarters in Brussels, so a ban in Belgium could be crippling to the group — and authorities there seem to know it."

Not  exactly a ruse but I love my Windows 7 Home Premium and have no plans to go Windows 8 ever...apparently a lot of others have the same position...heck...Windows Vista is even better then Win 8...Vista is slow and cumbersome but it always gets the job done while looking great doing it. Windows 8 isn't even competing against Vista in the ratings game...

 "Windows 8 uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point after its release. Windows 8 online usage share is around 1.6% of all Windows PCs, which is less than the 2.2% share that Windows Vista commanded at the same two-month mark after release. Net Applications monitors operating system usage by recording OS version for around 40,000 sites it monitors for clients. The slowdown for Windows 8 adoption is a bad sign for Microsoft, who experienced great success with the release of Windows 7. Data was measured up to the 22nd of December, so there is still time by the end of the month for Windows 8 to claim a higher percentage of the user base."

On a Closer note to Americans, we fell off the fiscal cliff, but pulled our primary shoot and bought ourselves some temporary drift time...
 "The agreement came together after negotiators cleared two final hurdles involving the estate tax and automatic spending cuts set to hit the Pentagon and other federal agencies later this week. Republicans gave ground on the spending cuts, known as the sequester, by agreeing to a two-month delay paid for in part with fresh tax revenue, a condition they had resisted. White House officials yielded to GOP wishes on how to handle estate taxes, aides said." The battle over required spending cuts has predictably been delayed for another day, making the deal far from complete.