200995
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Spamicles writes:
A House Homeland Security subcommittee is holding a hearing today into security breaches, hacking and IT security failure at the Department of Homeland Security. Senior officials acknowledged that there have been a total of more than 800 security incidents in the past two years. The Department of Homeland Security is supposed to be the lead US agency for fighting cyber threats.
200945
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ChelleChelle writes:
Opening with the line "Avoid these common security risks like the devil," this article means business. Bob Toxen of Horizon Network Security presents his list of the seven deadly sins of Linux Security compiled from his own research and experience as well as forensics analysis and discussions with systems administrators. While perfect security may never be a possibility, Toxen's seven rules provide a large step in the right direction.
199809
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SolFire writes:
The BBC is running a story titled Vertical Farming in the Big Apple http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6752795.stm, a concept that promises to reduce the environmental impact of farming and increase the efficiency of food production by building multi-story farm complexes in urban areas. The vertical farm is envisioned as a self sustaining complex of greenhouses stacked on top of each other. The project site can be found here http://www.verticalfarm.com/
199805
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BBrown writes:
Saper Law Offices, the same Chicago law firm that has been mentioned here twice before for their successes against the RIAA, has posted a blog article on the legal issues surrounding software development. The article, titled "Five Things Every Software Developer Should Know", gives a concise but informative legal tutorial on patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Definitely a must-read for anybody involved in a small or personal business doing software development.
194967
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CowboyRaver writes:
Mars, the rugged Red Planet, may have once been blue according to new research that suggests massive ancient oceans once covered a third of its surface.
The discovery was made by a joint Canada-U.S. research team that says it has uncovered evidence of the shorelines of ancient seas.
The team's findings are set to be released in the journal Nature on June 14.
194965
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jpolachak writes:
I have been playing games for quite some time. I have even played some professionally. So I play World of Warcraft quite possibly the most dynamic and arguably the best game ever written. However I have had a severe problem with Blizzard(The makers of World of Warcraft for those of you who go outside). I woke up one morning and decided to check the auction house on WoW and see if my netherweave cloth had sold. Then I found out that my login did not work. I then decided to check my email and calm down. I then saw an email from Blizzard. It stated that your account was banned for using 3rd party software. I thought to myself are you kidding me. It also stated that if I wanted to dispute this the only way to accomplish anything was via email. So I then emailed account administration. I wrote a whole long article stating that I have never used 3rd party software. Hell I can't stand the people who use hacks in FPS games that I play. Well I then received an email in about 10 minutes stating that my account is being reviewed. Finally, after about 5 days I got a reply stating more or less we have looked at your account and our ruling stands. There was no information as to why I was banned. I then went through the whole process again hoping to get a different result. Hoping someone out there would believe me. Well in about a week after that I received more of the same email. However, none of the email ever told me what I did wrong. I have one question you need to ask yourself. Is it ok for Blizzard to never respond to people with the specifics or something as to why they were banned. I mean if you bought something at Sears you would expect that if you took it back and someone told you no. You would expect some kind of response as to why.
So my dilemma is this. I have started playing again. Not because I think Blizzard is doing things ethically but however because they quite possibly make the greatest game ever and I can help myself. So now how do I keep from getting banned again. Since I know that I did nothing wrong in the past?
Thank You,
Grotesk
Gorefiend
formerly Nekavon
Burning Blade
