Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944

“… these men came here – British and our Allies, and Americans – to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions that America had for conquest, but just to preserve freedom. . . . Many thousands of men have died for such ideals as these. . . but these young boys. . . were cut off in their prime. . . I devoutly hope that we will never again have to see such scenes as these. I think and hope, and pray, that humanity will have learned. . . we must find some way . . . to gain an eternal peace for this world.” – via Carlo D’Este - Eisenhower: A Soldier’s Life (ISBN-10: 0805056874)

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The Allies That Landed On The Normandy Beaches On D-Day, In Defense of Freedom: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Free France, Greece, Netherlands.

D-Day, Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944 →

“… these men came here – British and our Allies, and Americans – to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions that America had for conquest, but just to preserve freedom. . . . Many thousands of men have died for such ideals as these. . . but these young boys. . . were cut off in their prime. . . I devoutly hope that we will never again have to see such scenes as these. I think and hope, and pray, that humanity will have learned. . . we must find some way . . . to gain an eternal peace for this world.” – via Carlo D’Este - Eisenhower: A Soldier’s Life (ISBN-10: 0805056874)

The Allies That Landed On The Normandy Beaches That Day In Defense of Freedom: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Free France, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Poland.

The End of Humanity, AI Style: Or How I Learned to Admire RAND →

Edward Geist, Andrew J. Lohn, writing at the RAND Corporation, have crafted a fascinating report targeting the potential for Artifical Intelligence to increase the already signifcant possibily of thermonuclear warfare (otherwise known as into-the-frying-pan-with-no-oil)... Today's Toasty MustRead!

Simple.Concise.On-Target

What more do you want (or need, for that matter), in an astute and equally important - truthful - examination of what makes those pesky Rooskies tick. In this case, personified by that old KGB spymaster Putin. Today's Must Read.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Do Not Forget.

DARPA Opens Up SDR Hackfest →

Outstanding news via DARPA's Outreach Coordinator, detailing the upcoming DARPA SDR Hackfest. The key acronym here is SDR, which represents Software Defined Radio. DARPA has published a Special Notice (DARPA-SN-17-40) on FBO.gov with information about the workshop/hackfest along with registration information. Enjoy

"Throughout May — as a buildup to a final event in November, the DARPA Bay Area Hackfest — Rondeau will continue his roadshow, which will include hyperlocal visits to small hacker and maker spaces as well as high-profile keynote addresses to the SDR community. On May 9, 10, 11, and 12, respectively, he will visit maker and hacker spaces in Niwot, Colorado; Vista, California; Austin, Texas; and Santa Clara, California." - via DARPA

Algorithm of War

In superbly crafted reportage published at The New York Times, Pam Belluck tells us of the efforts of a physicist at the University of Miami's Center for Computational Science, if you wil - Neil Jophnson, Ph.D., to predict - with algorithmical efficiency - the next move by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Read the study, and marvel at the power of mathematics.