Category: Illumination

Social engineering (security) is a term used to describe ways people manipulate others into divulging security information they would otherwise not share. It can be used to trick into changing passwords or banks giving out account numbers etc. One method is to create a story that make the person you are trying to get information from believe your are in desperate straights and they need to bend the rules.
Learn about this technique here in Wikipedia.

Steve Lafleur writes in "Elysium” Got the Future of Humanity All Wrong, "… technology isn't something simply the wealthy enjoy. As American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie once put it, "capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities." If you're scoffing at this quote, remember: you are reading this for free through a magical box that cost a few hundred dollars.

A $2.3 million wind turbine was built in 2009 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St Cloud, Minnesota as part of the federal stimulus project to promote green energy. It now stands unused and nonfunctional, showing that government stimulus is not an efficient way to promote economic growth, productivity or innovation.

Coast Guard budget Cuts of 25% are making it harder to patrol and regulate over 95,000 miles of coast, making it easier for drug cartels to smuggle drugs via sea routes and causing a shift from land to see transportation.

The American Medical Association, which previously supported the Affordable Patient Care Act, now warns that one of its provisions could hurt doctors. This provision prevents patients from losing insurance coverage for 90 days after not paying premiums, but insurers are only responsible to pay medical fees for the first 30 days, leaving providers responsible for paying for care provided the last 60 days.

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