Security was breached, personal information was stolen, but no CC or medical information. Can they tell us what prevented the theft of medical information? How can that information be used to prevent the future theft of data with other companies? Using the same methods, could it protect things like employment info and income data? Can systems be designed to be more bullet proof?

My first guess is that the medical information was on different servers, maybe at different locations, and access to those systems was not that easy. Given the fact that systems will be broken into, how can you design these big information systems in such a way that only a limited amount of data can be stolen?

Great! So tell me then, what is the other function according to you? Btw, I don't say that nature intended eating to result in stress release, but it does function that way. It's just one of those things that evolve as a side effect of other functions.

Wait - they were written in Perl?

Isn't a habit permanent? But anyways, temporary changes won't help and probably will harm you more than do good. Think of the yoyo effect.

The problem is that eating has one major other function besides nutricion: stress release. And then another power kicks in: positive reinforcement. Eating makes us feel less bad (less stress) and thus makes us feel good or at least better. There are some very tricky mechanisms that work to keep us in this trap. Once you start to eat more to feel better, it will be very difficult to undo that habit. And it's all about habits. If you start running daily, and you feel good about it, it's positive reinforcement once again, and it may compensate. Changing your daily habits is the way to go.

Better learn them the basics in a programming language that will be around for the next 10-20 years. Python will, but Groovy? Never heard of it, or heard of it and forgot about it. I wouldn't recommend it. It will learn some people skills that are useful for simple tasks, on any platform. Some of them will move on to other languages, and for those people it doesn't matter if it's groovy or python. But for those who learn only one language - this one - it will matter.

Who cares. They can't convict them for those A-bomb tests thanks to Putin, with Guantanamo they can't complain about Camp 14 or 18, and the link to Saddam Hussein is a dead end. Now they can bring in the corporate lawyers - much more effective!

There! FTFY! You need a good spellchecker and you're done! ;-)

I use Crashplan. Couldn't they use a canary of some kind? In my online account I define a file that is just plain text or a key. I upload the text content of that file to my account while the local backup software doesn't know about this. I point to where this file is located in my backup, and it should be identical. Whenever this file is encrypted (or changed), I get an alert via mail. Then I know something is messing with my backup or with my local files.

Great and interesting, good to be aware of this possibiilty! But what if the machine that is pulling is infected? How do you know that is not happening?

People need a mouse, see it laying around, try to plug it in the USB port, it doesn't fit, they see another port, it fits, the mouse doesn't work. Will they throw it away? no probably not - they will put it back. Then: repeat scenario!

They code in spaghetti!

The US has lost its first cyberwar to North Korea, I read in the newspaper today. I think it's utter bullshit. This is not a cyberwar between two countries. Nothing of relevance has been lost. So one major companie got hacked and they lost all their data and have to pull back a movie - how important is that? I think it is quite big, but nothing compared to war between countries. If NK could shutdown the powergrid, take over some drones and use them to attack the US Navy with just online hacking, that would come close, but this does not compare.

I would like to buy a simple RFID blocking wallet. I can find a lot of them on Amazon, but none seem to have a coin compartment. I currently use a Lifeventure wallet, and I would like to get something similar. Ideally it would have the outside blocked, the inside not. So when you open it, you would be able to hold the card to an RFID scanner, without having to take it out.

All suggestions are welcome!

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