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zdnet-looks-back-at-mcnealy

Posted by: admin 14 years, 8 months ago

ZDNet has a video of some of Scott McNealy's jabs at Microsoft. While they don't strike me as some of his funniest, I really like that it is sponsored by Microsoft.

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do-violent-movies-increase-violent-crime

Posted by: admin 14 years, 8 months ago

Not according to a study discussed at Econbrowser where they compared weekly crime statistics to movie attendance and found that the more violent the movie, the less crime occurred that week:

The authors note that there is a large clinical literature that has arrived at the opposite (and more natural) conclusion that watching violent scenes can induce more violent behavior. But they argue that one factor left out of those clinical studies is the incapacitation effect-- as long as you're in the theater itself, you're not mugging somebody. Even after you leave the theater, a pattern for the evening may have been set that involves less alcohol consumption and less likelihood of getting into trouble. The more violent the content of the movie, the authors reason, the more likely it is to bring violent people off the streets and into movie theaters.
It would be interesting to see if the same holds true for the release of violent video games. And if the releases of the Star Wars movies resulted in a reduction in hacking. After all, if they are not at their computer...

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do-you-tear-up-unsolicited-credit-card-offers

Posted by: admin 14 years, 8 months ago
To test whether tearing up a credit card application is sufficient, this man tore one into little bits, taped it back together and mailed it in

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firewalls-and-immigration

Posted by: admin 14 years, 8 months ago

I've been a bit surprised by the lack of discussion amongst security bloggers about the immigration bills being batted about in Congress. I don't want to start any flame wars about the definition of 'amnesty' or anything, I just think that the community could help keep the country from spending an insane amount of (borrowed) money on a "security" fence along the Mexican border.

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from-the-what-goes-around-comes-around-dept

Posted by: admin 14 years, 8 months ago

The AP is reporting that a laptop in a stolen car contained personal information on alledged identity thiefs:

Many of the people whose data were compromised were being investigated for possible fraud and identity theft, said Joel Winston, associate director of the FTC's Division of Privacy and Identity Theft Protection.

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