Be lucky - it's an easy skill to learn - Telegraph
Those who think they're unlucky should change their outlook and discover how to generate good fortune, says Richard Wiseman
Schneier on Security: Our Newfound Fear of Risk
We're afraid of risk. It's a normal part of life, but we're increasingly unwilling to accept it at any level. So we turn to technology to protect us. The problem is that technological security measures aren't free. They cost money, of course, but they cost other things as well. They often don't prov...
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Posted on 2013-09-03T18:18:57+0000
Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly®
Probabilities in the game Monopoly including land on frequencies, expected earnings, and payback times.
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Posted on 2013-09-03T16:54:52+0000
Curses! The birth of the bleep and modern American censorship
The Enlightenment sages who wrote the First Amendment into the US Constitution in 1791 created the most secure legal foundation for a real democracy in history thus far. By refusing to grant...
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Posted on 2013-08-31T23:10:29+0000
Raise the Crime Rate
From 1980 to 2007, the number of prisoners held in the United States quadrupled to 2.3 million, with an additional 5 million on probation or parole. What Ayn Rand once called the “freest, noblest country in the history of the world” is now the most incarcerated,and the second-most incarcerated count...
Hasnain says:
"After asking around, and performing some calculations, the Justice Department came up with a new number: 216,000. That’s 216,000 victims, not instances. These victims are often assaulted multiple times over the course of the year. The Justice Department now seems to be saying that prison rape accounted for the majority of all rapes committed in the US in 2008, likely making the United States the first country in the history of the world to count more rapes for men than for women."
This is from 2012, but wow.
Posted on 2013-08-31T21:26:05+0000
Moserware: A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Jeff Moser on software development
How Two Newspaper Reporters Helped Free an Innocent Man
Daniel Taylor didn't commit murder — and the author, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, proved it in The Chicago Tribune. But it took the justice system more than a decade to catch up.
Hasnain says:
"A check showed that, in fact, Daniel had been arrested for fighting in a park that night at about 6:45 p.m., and jail records showed he was released about 10 p.m. and the murders occurred at 8:43 p.m."
But he went to jail for 20 years.
Posted on 2013-08-31T11:26:36+0000
What Colour are your bits? - Ansuz - mskala's home page
There's a classic adventure game called Paranoia which is set in an extremely repressive Utopian futuristic world run by The Computer, who is Your Friend. Looking at a recent LawMeme posting and related discussion, it occurred to me that the concept of colour-coded security clearances in Paranoia p...
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Posted on 2013-08-18T16:20:15+0000
Rejection, tragedy and billions of dollars - The story of FIFA
The biggest video game franchise in the world almost never happened. We jump back in time 20 years to unearth the true story of the first FIFA
Hasnain says:
"For this first game EA had to go without [licensing]. And so the dev team decided to put themselves in the game. Matt Webster went upfront for England. Joey Della-Savia was in the Italian squad. Assistant producer Marc Aubanel became a striker for French team."
Posted on 2013-08-18T14:14:31+0000
Inman Twins, Doris Duke Heirs: The Poorest Rich Kids in the World | Culture News | Rolling Stone
Why did the heirs to one of the largest fortunes in America grow up horribly neglected and abused?
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Posted on 2013-08-18T12:43:51+0000