How Secure are We?
ANSWER : NOT VERY
The U.S. Government in their fight to keep the nation safe, spent some time on the internet recently checking how easy it might be for potential enemies to obtain "sensetive military items". explains New Scientist magazine.
After a superficial search they were horrified to find that it was, in fact, extremely easy to obtain such items using well known online trading sites. Also purchasing the items was remarkably easy. Amongst the items for sale were: pieces of US military body armour, nuclear-biological chemical protective suits, jet fighter parts and other sensetive items. Several of the traders involved now face criminal prosecution.
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Monday 7 December 2009
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Just Interesting Stories - Children also get their Identities Stolen.
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Children's Identity Theft
In a world where not much is safe any more, it is an interesting fact that even the identity of children is more and more coming under threat.
This crime often has devastating consequences for the future credit rating and relationships of the children involved. Sometimes these crimes go undetected for decades. Why? Well until the child in question applies for their first job, a driving licence, a student loan or mortgage it does not become apparent that someone else is fraudulently using their identity.
How is this type of crime escalating and who is responsible? The answer is that it is very often due to a family member, a relative who has easy access to the information. This may not always be the case, as children now using social networking sites often reveal a great deal of information regarding their personal details to others. Also, information stored on computer discs which have been lost or stolen pose a threat to the personal details of children.
The "moral" of this story then, seems to be - treat your children's details with as much care as you would your own and be aware of how they use social networking sites.
WELL, NOT EVERYONE GETS AWAY WITH CRIME!!
Children's Identity Theft
In a world where not much is safe any more, it is an interesting fact that even the identity of children is more and more coming under threat.
This crime often has devastating consequences for the future credit rating and relationships of the children involved. Sometimes these crimes go undetected for decades. Why? Well until the child in question applies for their first job, a driving licence, a student loan or mortgage it does not become apparent that someone else is fraudulently using their identity.
How is this type of crime escalating and who is responsible? The answer is that it is very often due to a family member, a relative who has easy access to the information. This may not always be the case, as children now using social networking sites often reveal a great deal of information regarding their personal details to others. Also, information stored on computer discs which have been lost or stolen pose a threat to the personal details of children.
The "moral" of this story then, seems to be - treat your children's details with as much care as you would your own and be aware of how they use social networking sites.
WELL, NOT EVERYONE GETS AWAY WITH CRIME!!
Thursday 26 November 2009
Just Interesting Stories - New Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Just Interesting Stories - New Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest.
There are vast areas of the Southern Amazon which are now thought to have hosted extremely large human communities.
In the area of Mato Groso in Brazil, anthropologists discovered a network of towns and villages surrounded by walls. These areas, which are now overgrown with tropical rain forest, cover an area of approximately 30,000 square killometres. Some towns occupied areas covering 60 hectares. The settlements date from 1250 to 1650 before European colonists arrived, most probably bringing with them diseases that the native people could not fight off.
There are vast areas of the Southern Amazon which are now thought to have hosted extremely large human communities.
In the area of Mato Groso in Brazil, anthropologists discovered a network of towns and villages surrounded by walls. These areas, which are now overgrown with tropical rain forest, cover an area of approximately 30,000 square killometres. Some towns occupied areas covering 60 hectares. The settlements date from 1250 to 1650 before European colonists arrived, most probably bringing with them diseases that the native people could not fight off.
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Just Intresting Stories - Sandkat. Stray Baggage!!
Ever lost your luggage on-route?
Loss of luggage during air travel is definately not infrequent. It has been estimated that around 42 million bags go missing annually, this figure increases by approximately 25% per year as air travel increases. Most bags are delivered back to their owners within 48 hours but 1 in every 2000 customers (or 3%) will never see their baggage again!
Lost baggage costs the airlines around 4 billion dollars per year. Amongst some of the causes that airlines quote are : congestion due to increasing numbers of passengers, tight turnaround times, mishandling of baggage and tagging errors.
Loss of luggage during air travel is definately not infrequent. It has been estimated that around 42 million bags go missing annually, this figure increases by approximately 25% per year as air travel increases. Most bags are delivered back to their owners within 48 hours but 1 in every 2000 customers (or 3%) will never see their baggage again!
Lost baggage costs the airlines around 4 billion dollars per year. Amongst some of the causes that airlines quote are : congestion due to increasing numbers of passengers, tight turnaround times, mishandling of baggage and tagging errors.
Wednesday 11 November 2009
Just Interesting Stories
Fishermen accidentally caught a Colossal Squid in 2007 just off the coast of Antarctica. This sea monster weighed in at 500 kilograms and was ten metres in length.
Another Squid known as a "Giant Squid" for obvious reasons, has eyes which can be as large as a man's head. Its beak is strong enough to break through a steel cable. This Squid is powerful enough to catapult itself out of the water and can swim at up to 30 kilometres an hour.
These creatures are so elusive they have never been studied in the wild.
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