Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Saudi Regime Delays Revolution with Payouts
June 9th, 2011Via: New York Times: As one nation after another has battled uprisings across the Arab world, the one major country spared is also its richest — Saudi Arabia, where a fresh infusion of money has so far bought order. The kingdom is spending $130 billion to pump up salaries, build housing and finance religious organizations, […]
Los Angeles Abandons Red Light Cameras; Most Citations Unpaid
June 8th, 2011Via: CBS: The civilian board that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department has put the brakes on the city’s red-light traffic camera program. The Police Commission agreed Tuesday to reject a proposal from police officials to award a new contract to the company that has been operating the cameras. An audit last year questioned the […]
China: Teenager Sells Kidney for iPad, Laptop Computer
June 3rd, 2011Via: BBC: A teenager in China has sold one of his kidneys in order to buy an iPad 2, Chinese media report. The 17-year-old, identified only as Little Zheng, told a local TV station he had arranged the sale of the kidney over the internet.
Pledge of Allegiance
May 30th, 2011Research Credit: gatorcountry
Presidential Signature for Patriot Act Extension Carried Out by Robot
May 28th, 2011I couldn’t make it up if I tried.
China: Prisoners Forced to Play Video Games to Earn Credits That Prison Bosses Exchange for Real Money
May 26th, 2011Except for the forced physical labor part, this sounds strangely similar to the lives of many IT workers I used to know. They would sell digital game shit on eBay to make extra money, but these men and women (yes, women) really just lived to play video games. Gaming was a sort of digital drug […]
France Attempts to “Civilize” the Internet; Internet Fights Back
May 25th, 2011Via: Ars Technica: For some time, French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy has talked about his dream of a “civilized” Internet, but this dream has long been a nightmare for those who worry that “civilization” is really a code for “regulations favorable to big business and the national security state.” To make his vision a reality, Sarkozy […]
Facebook Is Coming for Your Children
May 23rd, 2011Via: Today: Wearing the mantle of education reform, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told attendees at a recent summit on innovation in education that, “My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age.” A really, really good way to do that, Zuckerberg said, is to let kids […]
Disney Ride Now Includes “Security Check Area, Similar to a TSA Checkpoint”
May 23rd, 2011Absolutely breathtaking. Via: Mouse Planet: The second room of the queue is now a security check area, similar to a TSA checkpoint. The two G-series droids are still there, G2-9T scanning luggage and G2-4T scanning passengers… While we won’t tell you why, you’ll enjoy paying a lot of attention to what the scans of the […]
U.S. Centers for Disease Control Advises: Prepare for Zombie Apocalypse
May 19th, 2011Has the site been hacked, or did they actually post this? Via: CDC: There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe […]
