Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Screen Time Linked to Psychological Problems in Children
October 12th, 2010Via: University of Bristol: Children who spend longer than two hours in front of a computer or television screen are more likely to suffer psychological difficulties, regardless of how physically active they are. The PEACH project, a study of over a 1,000 children aged between ten and 11, measured the time children spent in front […]
Increasing Use of RFID Tracking for Students
October 12th, 2010Can we get these kids some breakfast sticks? Via: Houston Chronicle: Radio frequency identification — the same technology used to monitor cattle — is tracking students in the Spring and Santa Fe school districts. Identification badges for some students in both school districts now include tracking devices that allow campus administrators to keep tabs on […]
Britain: Another Primary School Presents Students with UFO Scenario
October 11th, 2010Others: September 2008: Police Investigate School’s Alien Invasion February 2009: They Came from the Outer Reaches of the National Curriculum July 2009: Children Traumatised by ‘War of Worlds’ Abduction of Teacher April 2010: Alien Field Trip Via: Weston Mercury: Sandford Primary School pupils were amazed to discover that aliens had landed last Wednesday, and set […]
Airport Body Scanners
October 11th, 2010Via: Lew Rockwell: I understand now why the scanners aren’t mandatory. There doesn’t seem to be a need for the authoritarians to officially force everyone through. Everyone around me went through of their own volition. Research Credit: Pookie
James Corbett: The Truth About Terrorism
October 5th, 2010Research Credit: mja
EU’s Technolife Project: Social Engineering for the Coming Technofascist World
October 3rd, 2010Via: Technofascism Blog: In yet another attempt to gain public acceptance for the coming technological tyranny, the EU has recently funded the University of Bergen in Norway to create a website that collects people’s opinions on three emerging techno-fascist technologies: biometric id, human augmentation, and global tracking systems. … The TechnoLife project will present the […]
Has There Ever Been This Much “Alien” Entertainment at Once?
October 1st, 2010Update: Falling Skies Trailer —End Update— Update: More Falling Skies Super 8 —End Update— The Event is on NBC now. V starts up on ABC again in November. That’s two prime time series on different networks about human looking aliens that infiltrate society. Skyline will be released in November. Battle: Los Angeles will be released […]
The U.S. Government has Deployed Mobile X-Ray Technology to Scan Cars and Trucks at Internal Checkpoints
October 1st, 2010Via: Christian Science Monitor: As an antiterror measure, the US government has deployed mobile X-ray technology to randomly scan cars and trucks. But the measure is riling privacy proponents. For many living in a terror-spooked country, it might seem like a great government innovation: Use vans equipped with mobile X-ray units to scan vehicles at […]
1010: No Pressure
October 1st, 2010Update: They Tried to Take It Down How’s that working out for you, 1010global? Mirror 1 Mirror 2 —End Update— Via: 1010Global: Whippersnapping climate campaign 10:10 teams up with legendary comic screenwriter Richard Curtis – you know, Blackadder, Four Weddings, Notting Hill, co-founded Comic Relief – and Age of Stupid director Franny Armstrong to proudly […]
And Now… United Nations to Appoint Earth Contact for Aliens
September 27th, 2010Update: Hoax? Via: Guardian: The Royal Society knew nothing about it. The United Nations referred all queries to the switchboard of Unoosa in Vienna. Its switchboard number wasn’t much help. “The person at extension 4951 is unavailable, please leave your message after the tone,” it said. Those messages might make for some interesting listening today. […]
