] RISK is a classic board game of global conquest. First
] published in 1959, this war game remains a popular
] pastime - and continues to attract mathematical
] attention. Recent analyses reveal that the chances of
] winning a battle are considerably more favorable for the
] attacker than was originally suspected.
]
] "The logical recommendation is . . . for the attacker to
] be more aggressive," says statistician Jason A. Osborne
] of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, who
] presented his findings in the April Mathematics Magazine.

Math Trek : Improving the Odds in RISK, Science News Online, July 12, 2003

] Blame it on geocaching, an Internet-based hide-and-seek
] game that has, just three years after its invention, been
] played by an estimated 250,000 people around the world.
] Roughly 15,000 play in any given week, and the number has
] doubled about every six months

Geocaching getting some more notice.

'Geocaching' buccaneers pursue hidden bounty throughout Bay Area as GPS-based game catches on

] The fully-grown flies, as doctors described the
] parasites, have been emerging out of Chandan Goswami's
] genitals and flying off for more than two weeks now.

OMG!, this is a nightmare come true...

'Fly boy' continues to suffer as doctors struggle

my new productivity killer for the year. Much more fun than Bejeweled.

LEGO - Junkbot

If it didn't already exist, someone would have to create it.

Pink Steel

] Steve Carlson is probably the most famous hockey player
] to ever come out of Nashville.
]
] Never heard of him? Maybe the name Steve Hanson rings a
] bell. That was the name of the character he portrayed in
] the 1977 film Slap Shot, a movie many hockey fans
] consider cinematic genius, their Citizen Kane.
]
] Carlson played in the minors for the Nashville South
] Stars of the old Central Hockey League during the 1981-82
] season, notching 23 goals and 39 assists. But he gained
] much more notoriety as one of the rowdy, long-haired,
] goofy glasses-wearing Hanson Brothers who played for the
] fictitious Charlestown Chiefs in Slap Shot.

Slap Shot role still paying off for Carlson - Friday, 07/11/03

] The book profiles people who evolved gaming from paper to
] pixel, through 1970s Dungeons & Dragons roots, to MMORPGs
] (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) like
] EverQuest

I wonder if they'll profile Chuckles.

Secrets of Dungeons and Dreamers

] "He should turn it in to his professor, get his grade --
] and then they both should burn it," said Richard Clarke,
] who until recently was the White House cyberterrorism
] chief.

And it's your ignorance and inability to face reality that will continue to put our lives in jeopardy, you twit. If this grad student can build such a database, then obviously someone with a lot more motivation could as well. Burying our heads in the sand doesn't help.

Dissertation Could Be Security Threat

zeugma wrote:
] 1984 turned inside out

I saw this link on slashdot the other day and all I can say is "it's about time!"

RE: Government Information Awareness

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