Some of the greatest breakthroughs were made possible by war. As devastating as it is, I can’t help but think that it’s easily possible for war to be a good thing. Without it, people are lazy. And with it, research projects get funding. Only four years after World War II had ended in Europe, a…Continue Reading…
I had a dream and it went something like this.. Imagine the world’s top ten hackers, crackers, and programmers gathered together to work as one team for one purpose: the creation of the world’s deadliest computer virus. The International Virus Project Convention is an event that is doing just that. With all of the world’s…Continue Reading…
On my way walking back from the USC Robotics meeting, I noticed tons of stuff going on behind Doheny Library here on the USC campus. Turns out they’re filming a new TV (television) show, scheduled to air March 2006. The rest is classified.
USC, through software.usc.edu, provides firewall and antivirus software to students for free. There are other applications available, too, including an FTP/SFTP client. My Norton AntiVirus 2003 free subscription expired, so I uninstalled it and installed the USC-provided version instead (Corporate Edition). The updates required were: Avenge 1.5 MicroDefs2 Corp 9 Symantec Client Firewall IDS Signatures…Continue Reading…
Last Saturday, I think it was about 10pm when I went out to play football with Mike and Kipp. Since I have little-to-no football experience, Kipp gave me a ‘5 minute tutorial.’ It helped immensely. I was able to throw, run, catch. It was amazing! If you know me, you know I’m not a sports…Continue Reading…