September 2007 Archives

Some MIT students were up late again.
And they weren’t studying.

As some of you may know, MIT has a history of performing pranks (or hacks).

This morning, their latest prank was discovered. (but sadly removed by 8am)

So you want to run something on your PC. Or on your Mobile Phone, or on your PDA, or on your….. (you get the idea)

How do you know, that its not something malicious. Like a Virus, or a Worm, or a Trojan, or a Keylogger, or a … (again, you get the idea)

Well, you were expected to make this sort of decision on your own. Do you trust the source of that software to not send you anything malicious?
Its the same as asking you if you trust the food that your parents feed you, and if you trust the sweets that a stranger was offering you.
It was always your decision to make.

Now, the computing, and especially the entertainment industry are wanting to make that decision for you.

Tommorow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

I trust that after watching a few of these videos, you’ll be ready to participate.