Archive for December, 2011

Valentine Day Poem

BEFORE I KNEW YOU, I HAD ALWAYS LOVED YOU
Before I knew you, I had always loved you,
Even as I dreamed of whom I’d love.
My inner picture was a portrait of you
Years before your heart my heart would move.
Vistas of enchantment are but rarely
As we find them in reality.
Love with you is what I dreamed, but really,
Eden as no dream could ever be.
Nor is this the magic of the moment,
The proper costume for the holiday.
In words like these one finds the winnowed ferment,
Not of the desire, but of the way,
Else lost amid the longings of the day.

Skygrabber Software Tool Suspected Iraq Insurgents

Skygrabber, a satellite information downloading program, has enjoyed a spike in popularity due to recent news that it has been used to access information from U.S. military planes in Iraq.

Skygrabber is a low-priced computer program used to gain free data from satellite signals without using an Internet connection. There has been a recent concern that the military opposition in Iraq may have used this technology to monitor information from U.S. Predator drones.

The Iraqi opposition has allegedly found a way to access live video feed from the drones used to fly the plane with Skygrabber.

The U.S. Predator drones have had a positive response in combat with their most unique feature being remote control operation. With no direct threat to pilots’s lives in battle, and the use of remote signals to dictate their coordinates from afar, the drones have been used frequently in Iraq. The Iraqi opposition has allegedly found a way to access live video feed from the drones used to fly the plane with Skygrabber.