Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard

Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard is the story of the life and death of DES (data encryption standard)In the early 1970s, the U.S. government put out an open call for a new, stronger encryption algorithm that would be made into a federal standard, known as FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard.). Numerous solutions were submitted as the DES candidate, including one from IBM. The IBM solution, originally called Lucifer, was chosen to be used as the encryption algorithm. After that, it became known as DES....Read More

REALITY IS A SHARED HALLUCINATION

Howard Bloom 04.12.1997

HISTORY OF THE GROUP BRAIN VIII - 35,000 B.P. and Beyond.

The artificial construction of reality was to play a key role in the new form of global intelligence which would soon emerge among human beings. If the group brain's "psyche" were a beach with shifting dunes and hollows, individual perception would be that beach's grains of sand. However this image has a hidden snag - pure individual perception does not exist. read more »

UN Sabotaging US Dangerous

Eric Shawn: UN Sabotaging US Dangerous

From NewsMax.com

By Joan Swirsky

"The U.N. Exposed: How the United Nations Sabotages America's Security and Fails the World" by Eric Shawn. Penguin Press, 336 pages.

Eric Shawn's new book "The U.N. Exposed" is a blistering attack on the world body's corruption, hypocrisies, greed, ineptitude, scandals and crimes against humanity - and it delivers knockout punches on every page.

Shawn, a veteran Fox News Network anchor who has covered the United Nations for years, mourns the demise of the organization that, in his childhood and adolescence, stood for everything he stood for: "world peace, cooperation, compassion and goodness."

Al Franken, Hillary, Kennedy, Michael Moore Caught!

A new book by a top investigative journalist exposes the blatant hypocrisy of liberals who loudly espouse principles they disregard in their own personal lives.

In "Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy," Hoover Fellow Peter Schweizer reveals the glaring contradictions between the public stances and real-life behavior of prominent liberals including Michael Moore, Ted Kennedy, Al Franken, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Ralph Nader – among others.

NewsMax has a free offer for this new book – Go Here Now.

Wayne LaPierre Dreads A Hillary Presidency

He notes with disbelief that the U.N. just held a conference on the Internet that was chaired by a delegate from China.


"China has just shut down 47,000 Internet cafés," he recalls. "They just hired 4,000 more Internet security police to jail anyone in China that writes anything critical of the government on the Internet, and yet their delegate is chairing the U.N. conference on the Internet, and they held it in Tunisia, a country that is jailing journalists for free speech.


"If the U.N. gets control of the Internet, we are going to have an iron curtain around the world descend on free speech," he concludes. read more »

Oracle Database and Grids:

Oracle Database 10g runs on all industry-standard platforms and moves from a single instance to Grid Computing without changing a single line of code. As a result, you can adopt Oracle grid technology with minimal investment, zero disruption, and fast ROI. Oracle Database 10g lowers the cost of ownership through automated management while providing the highest possible quality of service, making it the ideal choice for large enterprises and small and midsize businesses alike. Learn more »

Seizures & Epilepsy

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, NC

The City of Jacksonville’s Water System (System) recently violated a drinking water standard. There is no reason for concern for the water quality . Although there is no need for alarm, our customers have a right to know what happened and what is being done to correct this situation.

Pursuant to 40 CFR §§ 141.140(a)(1)(ii)(A) and 141.40 (a)(5)(ii)(A), the System is required to collect two samples of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR) List 1 contaminants in one twelve-month period during the years of 2001-2003. The System failed to collect two samples six months apart of the UCMR List 1 contaminants during the required time frame. The System collected only one sample in June 2002, which showed no evidence of any List 1 Contaminants and was not aware of the requirement for a 2nd test within 6 months. Therefore, the System is in violation of 40 CFR §§ 141.140 (a)(1)(ii)(A) and 141.40 (a)(5)(ii)(A). There is no reason for concern for the water quality . The System will be performing the two required samples during January 2005 and June 2005.

Please direct any questions to Ray Holder at (910)938-5272 from 8:00am – 5:00pm weekdays.

Asperger syndrome

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Asperger syndrome (sometimes called Asperger's syndrome, AS, or the more common shorthand Asperger's), is characterized as one of the five pervasive developmental disorders, and is commonly referred to as a form of high-functioning autism. In very broad terms, individuals with Asperger's have normal or above average intellectual capacity, with IQ's at least 80 and atypical or poorly developed social skills, (Social IQ's lower than 75) often with emotional/social development or integration happening later than usual as a result. read more

Building the Feng Shui Way

sponsored by K Hovnanian Homes
K. Hovnanian Adds Certified Feng Shui Consultant to Resources for Homebuyers

Feng Shui - the art of building homes in harmony with the owners' surroundings and personalities - has moved from the topic of jokes to such importance that one of the nation's largest builders has added a certified Feng Shui consultant to the resources available to customers and salespeople. more »

Gates on Google - News - ZDNet:

How Microsoft will compete in the "new Web"


CNET News.com exclusive: At Microsoft MIX 06 in Las Vegas, reporter Martin LaMonica asks Bill Gates what the software maker is doing to challenge Google and IBM.

Airborne Laser

The Boeing-led Airborne Laser team exposes the Airborne Laser's conformal window during a test flight. Such an exposure is necessary for the weapon system to complete its mission of shooting down a ballistic missile during the boost phase of flight.

Beowulf (computing)

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The Borg, a 52-node Beowulf cluster used by the McGill University pulsar group to search for pulsations from binary pulsars.


The Borg, a 52-node Beowulf cluster used by the McGill University pulsar group to search for pulsations from binary pulsars.


Beowulf is a design for high-performance parallel computing clusters on inexpensive personal computer hardware. Originally developed by Donald Becker at NASA, Beowulf systems are now deployed worldwide, chiefly in support of scientific computing.


A Beowulf cluster is a group of usually identical PC computers running a FOSS Unix-like operating system, such as Linux or BSD. They are networked into a small TCP/IP LAN, and have libraries and programs installed which allow processing to be shared among them.


There is no particular piece of software that defines a cluster as a Beowulf. Commonly used parallel processing libraries include MPI (Message Passing Interface) and PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine). Both of these permit the programmer to divide a task among a group of networked computers, and recollect the results of processing.


The name comes from the legend of Beowulf.

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Gabriel and Stephanie Charron

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters...

My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously.. Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) she said only tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.

T *Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE
(Coherently) (i.e. . It is sunny out today)

R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

What if Jesus survived the crucifixion?

'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' author Michael Baigent makes shocking assertions against the conventional account of Jesus's death in his new book
Read an excerpt of Baigent's new book

CBS News Video / CBSNews.com:

Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" talks about wounded soldiers who've come back from Iraq and the hardships they encounter as they rehabilitate their bodies and their lives. read more

US-CERT: Technical users:

The Department of Homeland Security Software Assurance Program is seeking review and comment on the following documents:


* Security in the Software Lifecycle. Submit comments using this form.
(Comments due by February 21, 2006)

* Secure Software Assurance Common Body of Knowledge. Submit comments using this form.

(Comments due by February 21, 2006)
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department - 601 East Trade Street

Homeland Security


The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department provides Homeland Security through Partnerships, Prevention, and Preparedness


PARTNERSHIPS: The department is engaged in partnerships with a host of other City and County agencies; other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies; the business community; and most importantly, with the residents of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. read more

Local News | News for Charlotte, North Carolina | WCNC.com:

Police investigate possible carjacking



Officers at the North Tryon Division of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are investigating the report.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are searching to find two people who may have been kidnapped from a fast food restaurant Tuesday. An alarming 911 call from the victim even has officers on edge. read more