a common debate Post Source: blog.robballen.com Posted: Dec 04 2008 16:02:01
Mad Rocket Scientist emailed me last night with a link to this story regarding the Mumbai terrorist attacks . Speaking of the comments, MRS says A common debate, played out in a predictable fashion The article itself was primarily about the actual rarity of terrorist attacks (24x7 news coverage amplifies the effect, yet terrorist attacks are still rare) and the security measures that...... [Show More]
This is a nifty little device: a credit card with an onboard one-time password generator. The idea is that the user enters his PIN every time he makes an online purchase, and enters the one-time code on the screen into the webform. The article doesn’t say if the code is time-based or just sequence-based, but in either case the credit card company will be able to verify it remotely.
The...... [Show More]
This is a nifty little device: a credit card with an onboard one-time password generator. The idea is that the user enters his PIN every time he makes an online purchase, and enters the one-time code on the screen into the webform
Read the rest here:
schneier on Security: Credit Card with One-Time Password Generator...... [Show More]
( Image above by keerthi ). Today marks one week since the attacks in Mumbai that killed and injured hundreds ( BB post #1 , BB post #2 ). Skimming headlines this morning in the Times of India, the post-attack narrative has now turned to the possibility of punitive strikes on Pakistan by India , with some Indian media implying US support -- things could get a lot scarier, fast,...... [Show More]
This is the story of a woman who sent the scammers $400K:
She wiped out her husband’s retirement account, mortgaged the house and took a lien out on the family car. Both were already paid for. For more than two years, Spears sent tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Everyone she knew, including law enforcement officials, her family and bank officials, told her to stop, that it was a...... [Show More]
wednesday december 3 Post Source: americandigest.org Posted: Dec 03 2008 04:42:52
ROFL MAO! R U SERIUS? A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo used text message instructions from a colleague to perform a life-saving amputation on a boy.
2,862,581 Killed -- The Consequences of Nuclear Conflict between India and Pakistan Ten Hiroshima-size explosions over 10 major cities in India and Pakistan would kill as many as three to four times more people per bomb than in Jap...... [Show More]
After Murad Ahmed wrote Citizen journalists told to stop using Twitter to update on Bombay attacks in TimesOnline, and David Stephenson blogged a similar concern , Bruce schneier responded with Communications During Terrorist Attacks are Not Bad . Specifically,
This fear is exactly backwards. During a terrorist attack — during any crisis situation, actually — the one...... [Show More]
mumbai lessons Post Source: michaelsiegel.net Posted: Dec 02 2008 22:47:27
A great post on what we can learn from the Mumbai attacks. Money quote:
If there’s any lesson in these attacks, it’s not to focus too much on the specifics of the attacks. Of course, that’s not the way we’re programmed to think. We respond to stories, not analysis. I don’t mean to be unsympathetic; this tendency is human and these deaths are really tragic. But 18 ...... [Show More]
“The Internet is the greatest generation gap since rock and roll. We’re now witnessing one aspect of that generation gap: the younger generation chats digitally, and the older generation treats those chats as written correspondence. Until our CEOs blog, our Congressmen Twitter, and our world leaders send each other LOLcats – until we have a Presidential election where both candidates have a ...... [Show More]
In this story about luggage stealing at Los Angeles International Airport, we find this interesting paragraph:
They both say there are organized rings of thieves, who identify valuables in your checked luggage by looking at the TSA x-ray screens, then communicate with baggage handlers by text or cell phone, telling them exactly what to look for.Someone should investigate the extent to which the...... [Show More]
Unit Testing Legacy Code With C# 3.0 Language Features - Jeremy Jarrell
Re-throwing exceptions - Luis Abreu
Using ReCaptcha with Asp.Net MVC - Derik Whittaker
Screencast: Calling services asynchronously with WCF - Aaron Skonnard
Filtering You Data Using Predicates - Amit Raz
How much garbage to you still have on the managed heap? - Carlo C
Science Failure and Cubicle Brain Death ...... [Show More]
laugh now pay later Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Dec 02 2008 18:59:28
Stalder the critic (“ Analysis Without Analysis ,” Metamute, 28 Jul ’08):
Tussle over copyright? Reading Shirky, you wouldn’t know there is one. This is probably the most glaring absence. Number of entries for copyright in the index of the book? Zero! In my view, this is inexcusable because it cuts right to the core of why ‘boring technologies’ are currently so ‘socially i...... [Show More]
terrorism is rare Post Source: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com Posted: Dec 02 2008 18:26:00
Mumbai should not cause us - or India - to panic. How many Indians diedm in Mubai over those few days from traffic accidents or preventable disease? schneier elaborates : If there’s any lesson in these attacks, it’s not to focus too much on the specifics of the attacks. Of course, that’s not the way we’re programmed to think. We respond to stories, not analysis. I don&rsq...... [Show More]
morning links Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Dec 02 2008 12:19:08
Fake SWAT team gets into woman’s home, robs her.
Ohio police chief accidentally shoots himself while giving his daughter a lesson in gun safety.
The comedic genius that is Fark .
ACLU obtains documents showing Iraqi prisoner abuse was systemic.
Lawsuit alleges Roanoke, Virginia police dragged a drunk men out of his home, then arrested him for public intoxication.
Sucker.
Bruce...... [Show More]
In 1973 in Stockholm a bank robbery went wrong and resulted in a six day hostage situation when the police showed up and the would be robbers withdrew into the vault with four hostages. The police managed to enter the bank and close the vault door. The police then opened a hole in the vault roof in order to communicate with those inside (short piece on Wikipedia ). While in the vault the ...... [Show More]
“Ephemeral conversation is dying. When all our ephemeral conversations can be saved for later examination, different rules have to apply. Conversation is not the same thing as correspondence. Words uttered in haste over morning coffee, whether spoken in a coffee shop or thumbed on a Blackberry, are not official pronouncements. Discussions in a meeting, whether held in a boardroom or a chat room,...... [Show More]
links for 20081201 Post Source: blog.seanbonner.com Posted: Dec 02 2008 07:01:31
Book 'Em: Faces of Sunset Boulevard | Los Angeles Metblogs
(tags: books LA losangeles photos photography sunsetblvd )
| The Public Domain |
In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws.
&...... [Show More]
Map: Show Me the TARP Money - ProPublica - Each marker represents the headquarters of a financial institution that expects or has already received money from the Treasury Department under the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). The size of each marker represents the amount of bailout money given to each institution. Click on the markers to see the institution’s name and amount it&...... [Show More]
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