Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Sim City Baghdad
February 4th, 2010Via: On The Media: The U.S. Army has long used video games to train troops in conventional warfare. But the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are anything but conventional. US troops fighting insurgencies need a unique skill set, one they’re learning from a simulator that resembles the popular game SimCity. Kim LeMasters, creative director of […]
Britain: Significant Percentage of Teenagers Think Oats Grow on Trees, Bacon Comes from Sheep
February 2nd, 2010Via: Telegraph: Teenage schoolchildren think oats grow on trees and bacon comes from sheep, a survey showed today. Many children and young adults also believe eggs were a key ingredient in bread, the researchers said. The survey showed 26% of children thought bacon came from sheep, 29% thought oats grow on trees, while 17% of […]
Four Charged in Phone Scheme at Senator Landrieu’s Office
January 27th, 2010Via: USA Today: The four men accused of trying to tamper with Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office phones share a common experience as young ideologues writing for conservative publications. Federal authorities said two of the men posed as telephone workers wearing hard hats, tool belts and flourescent vests when they walked into the senator’s office […]
Americans Sign Petition to Repeal the First Amendment
January 26th, 2010I need a Zombies category.
If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online
January 21st, 2010The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future by Mark Bauerlein Via: New York Times: The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from […]
Italy to Require Anyone Who Uploads Video to the Internet to Obtain Government Authorization
January 17th, 2010Via: The Industry Standard: New rules to be introduced by government decree will require people who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorization from the Communications Ministry similar to that required by television broadcasters, drastically reducing freedom to communicate over the Web, opposition lawmakers have warned. The decree is ostensibly an enactment of a […]
The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s
January 13th, 2010After recoiling in horror as I read the New York Times piece below, I started to wonder… Is the command line interface the solution to this… phenomenon? And things like BASIC, LOGO and Zork? If using the machines from the command line doesn’t make the kids want to go run around outside a little more, […]
Stimulus to Bring Body Scanners to Airports
January 7th, 2010Mission accomplished. Via: CNN: The U.S. government is using $25 million in stimulus money to buy and install full body scanners in airports this year, in an effort to ramp up security and create jobs. The Transportation Security Administration is using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase 150 of the full […]
Parents Arrested for Failing to Register Home-Schooled Kids
January 6th, 2010Via: CBS6: A Montgomery County couple has been arrested on child endangerment charges for failing to register their children with the school district as they were home-schooled, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Richard Cressy, 47, and Margie Cressy, 41, both of the town of Glen, never registered their four children or their home-schooling […]
What’s New in the British Police State?
January 6th, 2010The relentless crapification of Britain continues. Click through for lots of links. Via: Josh Fulton: We last checked in with the British police state about two months ago. Let’s see what’s new.
