Thursday, October 30, 2003

CyberInsecurity
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) released document
http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf

Thursday, October 23, 2003

MS patterns site
Been searching for this ... better blogg it for later reference
http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/type/Architectures/default.asp

Tuesday, October 21, 2003

"Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?"
-Shakespeare

Friday, October 17, 2003

Good article about Obfuscation
http://www.preemptive.com/dotfuscator/DotfuscatorFAQ.html
"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
-Stephen Hawking

"To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit."
-Stephen Hawking
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
-Joshua J. Marine

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."
-Langston Hughes

"Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was."
-Richard L. Evans

"Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by."
-John Sales

"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me."
-Dudley Field Malone

"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'"
-Sydney Harris

"Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life."
-Andrew Brown

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."
-Robert Frost

Thursday, October 16, 2003

The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison (1934 - )

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
Bill Watterson (1958 - ), cartoonist, "Calvin and Hobbes"


Wednesday, October 08, 2003

IT
Computer-services firms such as IBM and Accenture are expected to post improved earnings for the latest quarter, amid signs of stabilization in the technology-consulting market
Cyber crime
Hackers stole the source code of the highly anticipated computer game "Half-Life 2" and circulated it on the Internet. It is one of the highest profile cases of cybercrime yet to hit the $10 billion videogame industry