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Ad Aged: The OODA Loop.

Friedman sums up the essential of the OODA Loop this way: "The idea is that if your OODA Loop is faster and more accurate than the other pilot's, you'll shoot his plane out of the sky." It occurred to me that it would be …

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OODA Loop – Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison

“In a criminal case sure to make programmers nervous, a software maker who licenses a program used by online casinos and bookmakers overseas is being charged with promoting gambling in New York because authorities …

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Boyd's Really Real OODA Loop | Slightly East of New

Minor revisions to Boyds Real OODA Loop, dated 13 April 2012 – reflecting some comments and my recent editing of Destruction and Creation. One way to look at things: D&C describes a cyclical process for creating a system …

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New version of “Boyd's Real OODA Loop.” « Fast Transients

Some significant revisions to the second half of the paper, pointing out that what we often call “decisions” are actually actions, and like any actions, we need to develop Fingerspitzengefühl for them. Download from the Articles …

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IMPLEMENTATION (OODA LOOP OR BOYD'S CYCLE) by Sid Heal …

A useful tool for understanding the importance of this concept is the OODA Loop. The OODA Loop, often called Boyd's Cycle, is a creation of Col. John Boyd, USAF (Ret.). Col. Boyd was a student of tactical operations and …

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What is a Supervolcano? – Mental Floss

In Yellowstone, the rim of a supervolcano caldera is visible in the distance. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service. In 2012, director Roland Emmerich's love letter to the Mayan apocalypse (oh hey, wasn't that supposed …

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Arizona Hiking: The super volcano in our backyard

Here, the earth-borne violence was on the scale of what geologists call "super volcanoes"—incomprehensibly massive eruptive forces that spewed ash over thousands of miles. As the firestorms wound down, the volcanoes …

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2012 Blog » Things Built On SuperVolcanoes

Up until today, as far as I am aware, I have been the only person to suggest a dark comet as the 2012 culprit. So to my surprise and delight I read this at the Daily Mail today: Astrophysicist Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who …

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Super Volcanoes « Cadell Last

Super Volcanoes Super Volcanoes are rare events that are 1000x more powerful than a regular volcano. They may be the most formidable natural phenomenon our species could encounter. Is one likely to go off soon?