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Hitachi began selling 1-terabyte hard drives to consumers in 2007.
A one terabyte drive can hold:
> 472 hours of broadcast quality video.
> 150 hours of hi-definition recording.
> Enough words that it would take every adult in America speaking at the same time five minutes to say them all.
According to futurist Raymond Kurzwell is "The Singularity is Near," the capacity of a human being's functional memory is estimated to be 1.25 terabytes.
The Israeli government has become a victim of cyber-warfare attacks since Operation Pillar of Defense began four days ago. On Saturday, hacktivist group Anonymous launched a massive attack on over 700 Israeli websites.
The country’s finance minister has acknowledged the recent wave of attacks, saying the government is now waging a war on a “second front.”
Over the past four days, Israel has [color=limegreen]“deflected 44 million cyber-attacks on government websites,” Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told AP.
Steinitz said the government has come up with a backup for “essential websites,' should they be taken down by hackers.
He did not say who was responsible for the hacking attempts. He also declined to disclose which countries the attacks were coming from.
His comments come just one day after hacktivist group Anonymous launched a massive attack on almost 700 Israeli websites, calling the campaign #OpIsrael.
The group took down the Israeli president’s official website and the blog of the country's Defense Force, www.idfblog.com. The collective posted the news on Twitter using their infamous #TANGO DOWN hashtag. The blog is still down.
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'If any other country in the world other than Israel did what they're doing in Gaza today, it would be called war crimes,' said a protester in Fort Lauderdale, Anas Amireh, adding, 'When you take it to the United Nations, the whole world stands with you and it's vetoed by the United States.'
On Saturday, Fort Lauderdale’s daily newspaper Sun Sentinel reported a crowd of 150 individuals protesting across the Federal Courthouse and expressing their fear for Israeli invasion of Gaza.
'[Israelis] claim self-defense. You can't really claim self-defense when you're occupying the country to begin with,' said activist Nadine Aly...
...NBC also reported hundreds of protesters marching and chanting "Free, Free Palestine," in Chicago on Thursday, which ended outside President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign headquarters. The activists also protested at the Obama Administration's continued support of Israel.
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According to Britain’s Sunday Times, Israeli special forces are already on the ground in Gaza seeking out rockets and weapons for targeting. The Times is also reporting that Hamas may place chemical weapons on its long-range missiles. “Hamas might go for a desperate attempt to launch rockets with chemical warheads if the worst came to the worst,” one unnamed source reported.
On a giant television screen at air force headquarters in Tel Aviv, Amir Eshel, its commander, supervised the operation. He gave the order: ‘Kill the bastard.’ At 3.55pm the drone operators hit the kill button. The Kia burst into flames as two missiles hit the car. Jabari and a son who was with him died on the spot.
Hezbollah may be the militant organization in the region that could most effectively utilize Syrian chemical munitions. The group possesses a large inventory of artillery rockets, which could be used to deliver the type of barrage attack required for a successful chemical weapon attack.
Rumors have been swirling around the region for many months that Libyan rebels sold some chemical munitions to Hezbollah and Hamas.
While we have seen confirmed reports that man-portable air-defense systems and other Libyan weapons are being smuggled into Sinai en route to Gaza, there has been no confirmation that chemical rounds are being smuggled out of Libya. Hezbollah may be the militant organization in the region that could most effectively utilize Syrian chemical munitions.
The group possesses a large inventory of artillery rockets, which could be used to deliver the type of barrage attack required for a successful chemical weapon attack. Rumors have been swirling around the region for many months that Libyan rebels sold some chemical munitions to Hezbollah and Hamas...source
The crew of RT’s Arabic-language sister channel Rusiya Al-Yaum barely escaped death as Israeli rockets targeted the media center in Gaza and destroy the building where they work.
An Israeli airstrike on a media compound in Gaza city injured at least six journalists, one of whom lost his leg, Palestinian medical officials say.
RT Arabic correspondent Saed Suerki said four missiles hit their office building. One of them came through the roof, reached the 10th floor, destroying everything in its path – including the equipment of al-Quds TV, a channel Israel accuses of spreading Hamas propaganda.
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Published on Nov 18, 2012 by RussiaToday
An Israeli airstrike on a media compound has injured at least six journalists, Palestinian medical authorities say. Among the outlets damaged are local, Italian, German, Lebanese and Kuwaiti channels. RT's office in Gaza was affected too. READ MORE: on.rt.com...
On Nov. 18, 2012, the Israel Air Force targeted an underground rocket launching site near a mosque in Gaza. The strike was precise, and the mosque was unharmed. While Hamas intentionally places its rockets in residential areas, the IDF does everything it can to minimize harm to civilians and private property.edit on 18/11/2012 by thorfourwinds because: update
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Current Internet, telecommunication and death toll situation/status in #Gaza | #OpIsrael
Live Updating via tmblr.co...
Last Update at 19:30 (GMT+0) - - > DEATH TOLL and INJURED
CURRENT INTERNET AND TELECOMM CONNECTIVITY IN GAZA:
Broadband: Limited, Intermittent
PBX Lines: DOWN
Mobile: UP
Ham Radio: DOWN
Satellite: Unkown
Electricity: DOWN, Current electricity by Generators
DEATH TOLL:
Total: 71
-Confirmed: 71
-Unconfirmed: 0
-Injured: 609
DETONATIONS/ATTACKS:
[Lastest updates on top with local time in #Gaza]
Today:
-Northern Gaza Strip hit by airstrikes (18:04)
- Southern Gaza Strip under attack of drones (16:08)
- Gaza-City under attack (16:07)
Last days:
- Nothern-Gaza under massive attack
- Nothern-Gaza under attack
- Eastern Gaza hit
- Gaza-City hit
- Middle-Gaza is under attack
- South Gaza gets bombed
- No detonations anymore in Nothern-West Gaza
- Big detonations in Gaza-City
- Permament detonations in Nothern-West Gaza
Information and contact:
Livestream: www.ustream.tv...
Video: youtu.be...
Arabic: www.anonpaste.me...=
Arabic v2.0: www....(nolink)/?hpnne29xvx1ceuv
Care Package: bayfiles.com...
Contact me (Crypt0nymous) via #OpIsrael on irc.voxanon.net or or irc.anonops.net. or via twitter @Crypt0nymous.
A previously-identified hi-rise full of journalists 'accidently targeted by [arguably) the best military technology in the world’?
At least questionable.
What say you?
Israel broke an informal ceasefire on Wednesday by assassinating Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari in an air strike. The Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin, who helped mediate talks between Israel and Hamas in the deal to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, has revealed Jabari was assassinated just hours after he received the draft of a permanent truce agreement with Israel, which included mechanisms for maintaining the ceasefire.
Israel was bombarded by a barrage of rockets on Sunday, as Operation Pillar of Defense entered its fifth day.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem that Israel was prepared to significantly expand its operation in the Gaza Strip.
The premier told U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he was ready to accept a comprehensive cease-fire if the rocket fire from Gaza will stop.
Jerusalem residents received their first taste of rocket warnings over the weekend as terror groups fired more missiles on the south and at Tel Aviv.
10:30 P.M. Earlier reports by the IDF Spokesman to the effect that Israel assassinated the head of Hamas' rocket-launching unit Yehiya Rabiah today in an aerial bombing in northern Gaza appear to have been inaccurate. Apparently, the IAF mistakenly bombed the home of one of his neighbors, Mohammed a-Dallo, killing 10 members of his family and two of his neighbors. Rabiah seems to have survived the attack.
9:55 P.M. IDF spokesman, speaking on TV's Channel Two, says Hamas' rocket-launching capability has declined, claims that hundreds of rockets launched from Gaza today against Israel actually fell inside the Gaza Strip.
9:50 P.M. Palestinian Authority seeking urgent Arab League summit to discuss Israeli "aggression" on Gaza (Reuters)
9:37 P.M. The death toll in the IDF attack on a house in the northern Gaza Strip rises to 12, including four children and five women, all of the same family.
9:15 P.M. Egyptian sources say negotiations among Palestinian factions on a cease-fire in Gaza are ongoing in Cairo. The sources say there are differences between the various factions, with the Egyptians pressing them to resolve their disagreements.
9:00 P.M. Some 500 Egyptian activists cross into Gaza to deliver medical supplies and show support for Palestinians facing an Israeli offensive. "We are telling the Palestinians that we are on their side," said activist Adam Mubarak. "Our visit is a message to Israel that we will not abandon the Palestinians in Gaza." (AP)
8:20 P.M. U.S. embassy in Israel suspends consular services, instructs workers to keep children home from schools in areas located south of Herzliya. Embassy employees in Be'er Sheva temporary moved north to Herzliya.
8:10 P.M. Four rockets fired from Gaza land in open areas in Western Negev.
7:51 P.M. Iron Dome intercepts rocket fired at Ofakim. Two rockets land in open areas in Eshkol Regional Council.
7:40 P.M. Senator John McCain tells CBS that the U.S. should be "as heavily influential as they can" in intervening in the Gaza crisis, adding that President Barack Obama should appoint former President Bill Clinton as Middle East envoy. J Street calls on Obama to open his second term in office with a bold move to resolve the conflict.
6:44 P.M. Rocket alert sounds in Tel Aviv. For second time today, Iron Dome intercepts rocket launched at Tel Aviv. Another rocket intercepted over Ashkelon.
6:33 P.M. Hamas' military wing claims it fired three rockets toward an Israeli ship.
6:10 P.M. Two rockets intercepted over Ashkelon.
6:00 P.M. Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) says several foreign diplomats left Gaza for Israel today and that 26 Palestinians and their relatives were allowed into Israel for medical treatment.
5:40 P.M. The IDF has attacked 50 targets today in Gaza, including rocket launchers and smuggling tunnels.
10:30 P.M. Earlier reports by the IDF Spokesman to the effect that Israel assassinated the head of Hamas' rocket-launching unit Yehiya Rabiah today in an aerial bombing in northern Gaza appear to have been inaccurate. Apparently, the IAF mistakenly bombed the home of one of his neighbors, Mohammed a-Dallo, killing 10 members of his family and two of his neighbors. Rabiah seems to have survived the attack.
Originally posted by crappiekat
Wow!!! Thanks so much for the updates. Most of us rely on MSM. This is why I love ATS.
Originally posted by kdog1982
Sweet woofie here!
Inside joke, ask thor.
Anyways, thanks new-here and thor for the updates.