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1994's MOST BIZARRE SUICIDE At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Science, AAFS President Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story. "On 23 March 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound of the head. The decedent had jumped from the top of a ten- story building intending to commit suicide (he left a note indicating his despondency). As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast through a window, which killed him instantly. "When one intends to kill subject A but kills subject B in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject B. "The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun approximately six weeks prior to the fatal incident. There was an exquisite twist. "The medical examiner closed the case as a suicide."
Meet Comex, The 19-Year-Old iPhone Uber-Hacker Who Keeps Outsmarting Apple
Nicholas Allegra lives with his parents in Chappaqua, New York. The tall, shaggy-haired and bespectacled 19-year old has been on leave from Brown University since last winter, looking for an internship. And in the meantime, he's been spending his days on a hobby that periodically sends shockwaves through the computer security world: seeking out cracks in the source code of Apple’s iPhone, a device with more software restrictions than practically any computer on the market, and exploiting them to utterly obliterate its defenses against hackers. "It feels like editing an English paper," Allegra says simply, his voice croaking as if he just woke up, though we're speaking at 9:30 pm. To the public, Allegra has been known only by the hacker handle Comex, and keeps a low profile. The tool isn’t intended for theft or vandalism: It merely lets users install any application they want on their devices. Apple didn’t respond to requests for comment, but it’s not thrilled about Allegra’s work.
The Lesson of the Monkeys
I was first told of this experiment* by a former work colleague, and later discovered this illustration of it. It’s both illuminating and disturbing. There is a clunky word that describes this phenomenon: filiopietism, or the reverence of forebears or tradition carried to excess. The lesson is as obvious as it is important: question everything. * Stephenson, G.
Flight | Action Games
Flight is currently not available on Armor Games. We are using Ruffle to emulate Flash content, but it doesn't currently work for all games.Over time, we expect more and more Flash games to be playable again.Thank you so much for all of your years of support and enjoyment! In the meantime, please enjoy the below selection of HTML-based games and Ruffle-emulated Flash games that also will rock your socks. Please see our news post for more information: The Future of Flash on Armor Games. Flight is currently not available on Armor Games. We are using Ruffle to emulate Flash content, but it doesn't currently work for all games.Over time, we expect more and more Flash games to be playable again.Thank you so much for all of your years of support and enjoyment! In the meantime, please enjoy the below selection of HTML-based games and Ruffle-emulated Flash games that also will rock your socks. Please see our news post for more information: The Future of Flash on Armor Games.
Star jelly
“Star jelly” (also called astromyxin, astral jelly, pwdr sêr, star rot, or star shot) is a gelatinous substance sometimes found on grass or even on branches of trees.[1] According to folklore, it is deposited on the earth during meteor showers. Star jelly is described as a translucent or grayish-white gelatin that tends to evaporate shortly after having “fallen.” Explanations have ranged from the material's being the remains of frogs, toads, or worms, to the byproducts of cyanobacteria, to the paranormal.[2][3][4][5] Reports of the substance date back to the 14th century and have continued to the present day.[5][6] History[edit] The Oxford English Dictionary lists a large number of other names for the substance, with references dating back to the circa-1440 English-Latin dictionary entry mentioned above: star-fallen, star-falling, star-jelly, star-shot, star-slime, star-slough, star-slubber, and star-slutch.[11] Scientific analysis and theories[edit] Fructification of a slime mold.
Quit Complaining About Your Job
ThreatTrack was established in 1994 as Sunbelt Software Inc. to provide best-of-breed security solutions to the rapidly growing Windows user base. For the next decade, the company created a broad array of security solutions for consumers, businesses and large enterprises, including its popular CounterSpy anti-spyware software, iHateSpam email security product and the CWSandbox (now ThreatAnalyzer) automated malware analysis sandbox. In 2008, the company launched its VIPRE antivirus product line. Sunbelt Software was acquired by GFI Software Inc., in 2010, becoming the GFI Software Security Business Unit. GFI Software announced plans to spin off its Security Business Unit in 2013, when ThreatTrack began operations as an independent company. In 2014, ThreatTrack Security launched its ground-breaking ThreatSecure real-time advanced threat detection and remediation platform, changing how organizations defend themselves from APTs.
Freud's Psychosexual Stages of Development: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
A newborn baby, according to Freud, is bubbling with energy (libido; psychic energy). However, this energy is without focus or direction, which would not allow for survival. How, then, does the child develop the ability to control and direct his/her energy? Psychic energy is an important concept in Freudian psychology. The structure of the mind and development all revolve around how the individual attempts to deal with psychic energy. Raw libinal impulses provide the basic fuel that the mind runs on. In order to understand development (and neuroses), then, we should follow the energy and see where it goes. So, where does the infants, then the childs, the adolescent's, and adult's energy get focused? The focal objects for the developing child's energy serves to define five main stages of psychological development: oral (0-18 months) anal (18 months - 3 1/2 years) phallic (3 1/2 years - 6 years) latency (6 years - puberty) genital (puberty - adulthood) Physical focus: penis.
Western Philosophy
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Dancing Plague of 1518
Engraving of Hendrik Hondius portrays three women affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Peter Brueghel, who supposedly witnessed a subsequent outbreak in 1564 in Flanders The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and, over the period of about one month, some of those affected died of heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion. Events[edit] The outbreak began in July 1518, when a woman, Frau Troffea, began to dance fervently in a street in Strasbourg.[1] This lasted somewhere between four to six days. Historical documents, including "physician notes, cathedral sermons, local and regional chronicles, and even notes issued by the Strasbourg city council" are clear that the victims danced.[1] It is not known why these people danced, some even to their deaths. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
