Here Are The Theoretical Ranges Of North Korea's Missiles

With North Korea (DPRK) saying it has received final approval from Supreme leader Kim Jong-un for nuclear attack on the U.S., it's time to take another look at their missiles. 

This infographic from the National Post lists the types of rockets in the North Korean arsenals and their theoretically reliable ranges. The only thing missing is North Korea's most recent rocket, the recently launched Unha-2.

First of all, most analysts believe that North Korea is years from being able to strike the mainland U.S. with one of these, especially given proven capabilities and American defenses.

Second, North Korea is also believed to be years away from  being able to place a nuclear warhead on one of these.

The U.S. State Department initially responded to the North's recent strike plan by calling it more warmongering bluster, but in the last few days America has moved two guided-missile destroyers off of the Korean peninsula.

On the other hand, North Korean threats are very serious to staunch U.S. allies Japan and South Korea, which are easily within range of these weapons.

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Have More Fun On Your Business Trips In These 10 Cities

All too often, business trips are a blur of early-morning airport shuttles, followed by a whirlwind day of meetings, ending with a long night on an extremely uncomfortable hotel bed.

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Unless you have a bit of downtime in between meetings, there’s usually no time for sight-seeing or venturing outside the confines of your hotel or convention center. But what’s the point of traveling if you don’t take a little time to explore your destination?

Imagine taking a quick helicopter tour over Manhattan during your lunch break or a dumpling-making class with a local chef in Shanghai before your next client dinner. In the quest to add some inspiration and enjoyment into business travel, we have taken the top 10 US and international cities for business trips and pulled together some of the most exciting tours and activities for each.

So, instead of scheduling that ump-teenth working lunch, punch out for a little sight-seeing, or just schedule your next meeting on a boat tour around the city!

New York City

If your visits to New York are limited to the conference rooms of Midtown or Wall Street, consider putting aside a few minutes to explore what’s on the other side of that window you’re gazing out of.

If you’ve only got half-an-hour, there are a few excellent ways to see Manhattan. You could spend your lunch on a helicopter tour, taking in the city’s most iconic sites, or instead of indulging in yet another steak at Peter Luger, spend a relaxing two hours on a twilight sail of the Hudson.

Or, push your flight home an hour later, and take a behind the scenes look viewing of your favorite TV shows during an NBC studio tour.

Las Vegas

While Las Vegas is best known for attracting flocks of partiers, it’s also the second most traveled-to city in the U.S. for business travelers.

While some might take this opportunity to gamble away their hard-earned money, there are plenty of adventures off the strip. You could experience the vivid colors and towering spires of Red Rock Canyon from behind the wheel of a Lamborghini, on a supercar tour of the conservation area.

Or, you could flee the confines of the convention center and try out zip lining in Bootleg Canyon, where you’ll zoom down Red Mountain at fifty miles-per-hour. If death-defying stunts aren’t quite your thing, why not relax and sip champagne on a gondola cruise on the crystal waters of Lake Las Vegas?

Chicago

If you’re the one of the lucky ones who can avoid Chicago in the winter, there are a slew of options to explore Chicago’s incredible cultural offerings in the warmer, more enjoyable months.

Skip the workout in the hotel gym and book a walking tour of Chicago’s Gold Coast instead, where you take in the best of the city’s Gilded Age opulence. In the evening, a progressive “dine-around” of the city’s best restaurants is the perfect way to gobble up as much Chicago cuisine as possible. Instead of passing out to a Seinfeld re-run at the hotel, take in a jazz performance in one of the city’s famous blues music emporiums.

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Watch These Coders Build A Social Media Future That Doesn't Depend On Google, Twitter, Or Facebook

Earlier this month, App.net, a social service supported by donations and subscriptions instead of advertising, held a hackathon in San Francisco.

Business Insider was on the scene to see what the coders were up to.

App.net isn't actually trying to kill off Twitter or Facebook, as some early coverage suggested. But it is trying to provide an alternative that lives alongside the social giants.

Dalton Caldwell, the CEO of Mixed Media Labs, the company behind App.net, wanted to give developers like himself a place to experiment, play, and build that wasn't subject to bigger companies' sometimes capricious-seeming rules—backed by the users directly. App.net developers pay $100 a year, while users pay either $5 a month or $36 a year.

Last month, App.net unveiled a free, more limited version of the service, considerably expanding its reach; the hope is that paying customers will subsidize the free ones, while the free users make App.net more valuable.

The hackathon, App.net's second one ever, wasn't a huge startup jamboree, but the one-day event, held at the WeWork building on the border of San Francisco's SoMa and Financial District neighborhoods, drew a passionate crowd of coders, designers, and tinkerers. One developer, Jonathon Duerig, drove in from Salt Lake City.

Besides Caldwell himself, there were a few tech celebrities who showed up. One was Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz. (While Andreessen stepped down from Mixed Media Lab's board last year, Caldwell invited him to see if some of the independent developers had ideas he might want to back.) Another was Steve Streza, the lead developer of Pocket, an app for saving online articles for reading later.

The results are encouraging. As Streza subsequently noted, many of the new tools coming out of App.net look nothing like the ones we've seen built on top of Twitter's platform. The next target for the community: Providing a substitute for Google Reader, the news-reading tool that Google recently announced it planned to close in July.

That incident highlighted the need for something like App.net—a user-supported platform that won't fold up shop if it's not fitting into some big corporation's goals.

Andrew Knapp and Bryan Berg of App.net welcome the hackers.

Here's App.net creator Dalton Caldwell in the thick of things.

All the basics—where to chat and what hashtag to use.

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If You're Running A Startup And You Don't Make A Video Like These, You're Stupid (YHOO)

Two very young startups called Mailbox and Summly recently sold for millions of dollars. Storage company Dropbox acquired Orchestra, the company behind Mailbox, earlier this month for a rumored $100 million in cash and stock — merely&a few weeks after the email app launched.& Just yesterday, Yahoo acquired two-year-old mobile news startup Summly for a little under $30 million, according to AllThingsD's Kara Swisher, even though the app had generated no revenue. & But what did these early stage startups have in common that made them so attractive to the big players in the industry? Neither had very many users. Mailbox had maybe 1.5 million. Sumly had less than a million. Neither made any money. What&both had was an awesome video with high-production values to show off their products. If you're a startup and you don't make a video like these, you are dumb. Check that box! Here are the videos: