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...Palin's security questions, it turns out, were some of the most commonly used online. "You could argue that she was dumb for picking these questions and providing her correct information," says Markus Jakobsson, a principal scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center, a subsidiary of Xerox. "But we shouldn't judge her on her ability to make security-related decisions ... This is not about Yahoo! This is about industry failure." (Jakobsson is currently developing a security system that prompts users to answer a battery of preference questions when they establish an account. If they forget their password, users must...
...spot that the youngster's eyes lit up, practically dancing with visions of white-coated scientists crumpling to the floor like unstrung marionettes. "So, this thing could just kill us all," he said. "So, it's a death ray!" The father murmured, "Well, I'm not sure that's correct-" Too late. The son said, "Cool...
...crunch over a year ago. In that way, the $700 billion bailout works just like any social security or welfare scheme, by passing costs on to the shoulders of every American taxpayer. This bailout adds roughly $2,000 to the U.S. national debt per capita, rather than letting markets correct household prices and take down more flagship American investment banks. So today is just like...
...Godoy's initial assertion is correct, the bombing would mark a worrying escalation in the wave of drug related violence that has ravaged Mexico this year. Heavily armed cartels have carried out thousands of brutal killings, including mass beheadings and machine gun massacres of their rivals. They have also assassinated hundreds of police, soldiers and mayors. But they have never before staged mass-casualty bomb attacks targeting civilians in public spaces. "This is open terrorism against the civil population," said Ricardo Aleman, columnist for Mexico's El Universal newspaper. "It claims lives with the objective of sowing terror and sending...
...cause. "There's a legitimate conversation to be had about how best to translate the teachings of the Catholic faith into public policy," he says. "But as far as the Church is concerned, doctrine is off-limits. When public officials make those comments, of course the bishops need to correct that error...