Some things to think about...
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- 10 Things Most Americans Don't Know About America, by Mark Manson, Der Bananenplanet, July 17, 2012
- Copblock.org, Badges don't give you extra rights.
- Politely refusing to talk to DHS checkpoints, Cory Doctorow, Boingboing.net, March 6, 2013
- Gun Crime Statistics by State in the United States, The Guardian
- 7 Great Principles for Dealing with Haters, by Tim Ferriss, Mashable.com, April 29, 2010
- Stop changing your oil every 3,000 miles!, Edmunds.com
- For those who venture into the backcountry to ski/board, you might want to read this impressive multi-media story about the avalanche at Stevens Pass in 2012 that killed three people: Snow Fall The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek, by John Branch, New York Times
- Charity Navigator [Find a charity you can trust.]
- WATCH Series - So what if I take over a botnet to do my research?
- Spherical Cows
- What will computer
criminals look like in the future? (from the perspective of the
1980s - what a hoot!)
- Why does this video remind me of trying to solve computer security problems?
- #442 They are legion, etc (Anonymous), Best of the Left Podcast, January 6, 2010
- So you think the Google car is a safe? Here is an image showing Google maps drawing a line directing me to turn into the wrong lane, into on-coming traffic! (You can even see a car in the picture pointing straight at the direction arrow.)
- If you do this in email, I hate you!, the Oatmeal
- De-emphasize Age, Then Refocus on Play, by Ryan Waliany, August 29, 2010
- The Secret Powers of Time, Philip Zimbardo, RSAnimate
- The Empathic Society, Jeremy Rifkin, RSAnimate [Reminds me of the Gnostic quote of Jesus from the Gospel of Thomas, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."]
- Which Presidents are really responsible for the national debt? Not the one's you might think. Compare that with upper income tax rates.
- Interesting TED talks
- Physical fitness, Video Library of The New York Times
- Oh no, you can't name your baby THAT!, by David K. Israel, Mental Floss
- Lobbying firms, SourceWatch.com
- Still no sign of land..., by Spaff, August 29, 2009
- PolitiFact.com Statements on Health (How many healthcare claims are pure B.S.?)
- Synaptic Cleft (who said science can't be PHUN!!)
- Dirty Little Secrets of the Security Industry, Bruce Potter, DC15
- Uncommon Sense and Innovation, lecture by Dr. William Brody at the Albert A. Moss Lectureship in Imaging Sciences series, University of Washington Radiology Department, 7/9/2008
- The Untold Story of the World's Biggets Diamond Heist, by Joshua Davis, Wired Magazine: 17.04, March 12, 2009
- Personal Safety Nets, by Judy Piggot and Dr. John Gibson [How to prepare for life's financial challenges.]
- How to shake down the banks, by Matt Miller, The Daily Beast blog, March 6, 2009
- Post-Soviet Lessons for a Post-American Century, by Dmitry Orlov, June 2005
- Didgeridoo playing [25 minutes per day, 5 times a week] could improve sleep apnoea (There is even a You Tube video about it.)
- Interview with an Adware Author, by sherri, January 12th, 2009
- Red states, blue states... Its not so black and white
- Source List and Detailed Death Tolls for the Twentieth Century Hemoclysm (How many people died in hostilities in the 20th Century?)
- Finally, a VC Firm With The Balls To Tell It Like It Is, by Peter Kafka, Silicon Alley Insider, October 15, 2008
- One Being the Right Size
- Seeds of Compassion
- GenesisCovenant.org - Save the planet, whatever your faith
- Awareness test (Share the road with bicyclists.)
- Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business, by Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine 16.03, February 25, 2008
- Airport Security ftw?, uploaded to Flickr by sirbrett84 on July 8, 2007
- Overcoming Bias: The Affect Heuristic, November 27, 2007
- One Million Ways to Die, by Wired Magazine, 9/11/2006 (Think Terrorism is your biggest threat? Turn off the fear and think again!
- Shift Happens
- Report an Earthquake
- Brian Eno's "77 Million Paintings (cool "visual music")
- George Lakoff, of the Rockridge Institute (and author of "Don't Think of An Elephant.")
- Military Matters: Brave new war, by William S. Lind, UPI, May 11, 2007 (Review of John Robb's new book, "Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization.)
- Serious flaw in Google Desktop Prompts Patch, by Brian Krebs, Washington Post, February 21, 2007 (Watch the video! ...and people always thought I was paranoid when I didn't use added features -- including JavaScript -- in browsers, and why I never even wanted to installed Google Desktop. A colleague at the UW distributes this document explaining how to safely use the Internet Explorer browser.)
- Spies, Lies & KPMG: An inside look at how the accounting giant was infiltrated by private intelligence firm Diligence, Business Week Online, February 26, 2007
- SEC Files Emergency Action Against Foreign Traders to Stop an Online Account Intrusion Scheme: Defendants Hijacked Innocent Online Brokerage Accounts to Conduct High-Tech "Pump and Dump" Scheme, Securities and Exchange Commission, December 19, 2006
- Perspective: Learning the lessons of 9/11 for real -- CNET News.com's Charles Cooper writes that the government's diffident approach to cybersecurity is a ticking time bomb. -- by Charles Cooper, September 1, 2006
- Privacy Rights Clearing House [Pay attention to the Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident.]
- So you think you can trust that others (including government) will keep your information private? Think again...
- Florida county posts residents' sensitive data on public Web site, by Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld, April 10, 2006
- A sample of stolen personal identifying information, showing over 2.4 million records stolen from universities in just over a year
- Some colleges falling short in computer security, by Tom Zeller Jr., The New York Times, April 4, 2005 (3 schools, 180,000 records)
- FBI investigating high-tech attack by hacker on UNLV server, KRNV TV, Reno, NV, March 22, 2005 (5,000 records)
- Boston College reveals alumni data breach, By Matt Hines, CNET News.com, March 17, 2005 (100,000 records)
- BC warns its alumni of possible ID theft after computer is hacked, by Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe, March 17, 2005 (100,000 records)
- Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university, by Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, January 10, 2005 (over 35,000 records)
- Data thieves strike Georgia Tech, by Robert Lemos, CNET News.com, March 31, 2003 (57,000 records)
- Online attack puts 1.4 million records at risk, by Robert Lemos, CNET News.com, October 20, 2004 (1.4 million records)
- UCLA laptop theft exposes ID info, by David Becker, CNET News.com, June 10, 2004 (145,000 records)
- UC San Diego Notifies Campus Community and Others of Computer Systems Security Breach, by Dolores Davies, USCD, May 6, 2004 (380,000 records)
- Hackers breach university server: Personal student information may have been compromised, CNN.com, January 30, 2004 (31,000 records)
- Data thieves nab 55,000 student records, by Robert Lemos, CNET News.com, March 6, 2003 (55,200 records)
- The Debacle of Corporate Bankrupcy, by Barry Adler and Lawrence Weiss
- The Beloit College "Mindset List" provided to faculty to help them understand the minds of incoming freshmen
- Intel VT vs. AMD Pacifica: The two chipmakers are building virtualization support right into the CPU. Will it virtualize Microsoft's monopoly?, by Andy Dornan, November 01, 2005
- GAO Reports Testimonies Related to Disaster Preparedness, Response and Reconstruction (Post-Katrina, what the government knew and how long it knew it. You'll have to ask executives why they didn't do anything about it.)
- FIPR-Bulletin: G8 Interior Ministers call for rollback of data protection laws & blanket traffic data retention, Foundation for Information Policy Research bulletin, May 16, 2002
- Why Hackers Escape: Organized, well financed criminals stay a step ahead of the law, by Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com, May 14, 2002
- In the year 2014, the New York Times has gone offline. The Fourth Estate's fortunes have waned. What happened to the news? And what is EPIC?
- Should you commit a technologically impared relative to an Assisted Computing Facility?
- How to Stop Telemarketers
- Snopes Urban Legends Reference Pages
- BiddingForTravel.com
- Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy's Secrecy and Security News articles
- An illegal prime number? (VERY clever!)
- Privacy compromised (everything about you that others can know...)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Caffeine
- Tiny keyboard snooping device tracks passwords, by Will Knight, ZDNet/UK, March 27, 2000
- Cyberterrorism hype, Johan J Ingles-le Nobel, Jane's Intelligence Review
- You lose! -- Cars and toasters are expected to work. But bad software is a norm, and the industry wants to keep it that way (Boston Globe 06/20/99)
- Vipers In the Sandbox -- Used to Be, the Internet Was a Safe Place to Play
- Remembering the Net crash of '88 - Cornell student KO'd fledgling Internet with replicating 'worm' (MSNBC)
- Designing the Future, by Richard Thieme, Forbes Digital article
- Imaginary Gardens and Islands in the Clickstream
- Phone number lookups
- How stupid is this?
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Source: Time Magazine Pictures of the Year 2007
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Source: Naval Safety Center Picture of the Week section
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Source: Naval Safety Center Picture of the Week section
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Source: Naval Safety Center Picture of the Week section
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