Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Posting site discussing code
clipped from http://www.nosle.com/loc/gth/nsl_rss.jsp?href=null&a2=1211985269&title=substring+method+of+java+String+classint start = 1;
int end = 5;
String val = "howareyou";
String substr = val.substring(start,end);
canadian steps
clipped from http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080523/Cybercrime_canada_080523/20080524?hub=Canada
Police boards call for more action on cyber crime
Updated Sat. May. 24 2008 7:56 AM ET
Saira Peesker, CTV.ca News
From online child pornography to identity theft, the number of Canadian crimes committed through the Internet increases exponentially each year -- and according to the organization that governs Canadian police boards, most police departments can't keep up.
On Wednesday, the Canadian Association of Police Boards -- a group comprised of civilian police oversight boards from across the country -- issued a report listing "cyber crime" as the second most pervasive crime in the nation, after drug trafficking.
cyber crime
clipped from http://www.crime-research.org/news/28.05.2008/3393/Plan to close child porn loophole
Drawings and computer-generated images of child sex abuse would be made illegal under proposals announced by Justice Minister Maria Eagle.
Owners of such images would face up to three years in prison under the plans.
Under the Obscene Publications Act it is illegal to possess photos of child abuse but it is legal to own drawings and computer-generated images.
phishing and spamming
Cybercrime is in a state of flux
The technique was first recognised in March 2007 by security companies monitoring criminal botnets like Storm and Nugache. By January, it had become a standard weapon of choice for phishers and spammers. Robert McCardle, from security firm Trend Micro, says: "Fast flux is one of the biggest tools being used by criminal botnets today. They are definitely on the rise, and make it even more difficult for web users to be protected."
personal crime
clipped from http://www.govtech.com/gt/324860?topic=117671New York AG Stops Internet Company from Illegally Selling Personal Information
Found in: Security
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo Tuesday announced his office has stopped a leading Internet company dealing in personal information from illegally selling the private credit bureau data of thousands of consumers across the nation.
Under the terms of the settlement, online data broker USSearch.com has also paid $250,000 in penalties and costs for violating federal laws designed to prohibit such abuses.
mayor behind bars
Former San Carlos mayor sentenced for intent to defraud
King, 66, stood quietly in a navy blue suit while Judge Barbara Mallach sentenced him to 3 years of supervised probation and 45 days in jail, which can be served through the Sheriff's Work Program if he is accepted. King could have faced up to three years in prison. The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office and probation department recommended that King serve 90 days in jail during the 2006 court proceedings.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
smoking revisited
clipped from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/31864.phpIQ lowered with long-term smoking
The association between long-term smoking and diminished mental proficiency in 172 alcoholic and non-alcoholic men was a surprising finding from a study that set out to examine alcoholism's long-term effect on the brain and thinking skills.
Coffee is good
Coffee, tea 'safe beverages'
27/05/2008 13:10 - (SA)
New York - Results from a decades-long study may enable women to drink coffee or tea without worry that doing so will increase their risk for breast cancer, study findings suggest.
"In this large cohort of women, with 22 years of follow-up, we observed no association between coffee (caffeinated or decaffeinated) and tea consumption and the risk of breast cancer," Dr Davaasambuu Ganmaa told Reuters Health.
"Coffee and tea are remarkably safe beverages when used in moderation," said Ganmaa, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.
Allopathy v homeopathy - one system kills another
clipped from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166947,00.htmlStudy: Homeopathy Drugs Don't Work
The widely touted benefits of homeopathic drugs are merely placebo effects, a new study suggests.
Clinical trials almost always show that patients given inactive sugar pills — placebos — do better than untreated patients. It's called the placebo effect.
Clinical trials of homeopathic remedies sometimes show that these treatments work better than placebos. But a new analysis — comparing published studies of homeopathic drugs to matched, randomly selected studies of medical drugs — suggests that these apparent homeopathic drug effects are merely placebo effects.
Love in Japan
Love hotel employees see it all
"About six months ago," the front desk clerk at a suburban Kanto love hotel tells Shukan Taishu (June 2), "the desk phone rings, and a man, obviously very upset, gasps, 'Come quick, there's trouble.' 'What's wrong?' I asked. No answer. I ran to the room and saw a woman lying unconscious on the bed. I had no idea what to do. I got my cell phone out and called my supervisor."
As he was talking, the woman regained consciousness. "She looked around and mumbled, 'Eh? Where am I?' Suddenly she seemed to realize—and let out a piercing scream."
The oddest things happen in love hotels, and who has a better view than the men and women who staff them? Shukan Taishu presents some eye-witness reports.
"I figured it was because she saw a strange man in the room," the clerk continues. "I don't know who was more surprised, her or me."
