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    8/20: Drop-AM Trojan Downloads Several Files  Aug 21, 2008
    E-Security Planet Webcasts. Search EarthWeb Network. (eSecurityPlanet)

    MobileMe Problems Show Apple Needs an Infrastructure Lesson  Aug 13, 2008
    Oh and lets not forget that he has some pointers that can fix things for future outages, so please SOMEONE at Apple, print screen, take note and bring to their next meeting ASAP. I m sure this is based on his infinite knowledge of running a web page with gazillion hits that is probably just the same as what Itunes/MobileMe service delivered but multiplied by some random number. Seriously Om, the MobileMe outage was a pain for all of us with the service, but its old news and Apple has paid the... (GigaOm, CA)

    Web Doomsday Averted: Kaminsky  Aug 7, 2008
    Each DNS request is supposed to carry with it a random number transaction ID. But it turns out that the random number is only one out of 65,000 -- much more than was needed. This is what vendors have patched. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Delhi: DDA new housing scheme a hit  Aug 6, 2008
    Under the DDA Housing Scheme-2008, 5010 flats are being put up for allotment through a computerised process wherein every application after scrutiny will be allotted a random number to prevent irregularities and keep the process foolproof. The data will be fed into the computer and a draw will be carried out in the presence of judges and the media. (India Times, India)

    Va., D.C. Drivers' Social Security Numbers May Be Exposed on Web  Aug 5, 2008
    Washington began offering drivers the option of having random numbers on their driver's license instead of their Social Security numbers in 2001, a DMV spokeswoman said. Washington stopped issuing licenses with Social Security numbers on them altogether after federal regulations banned the practice in 2004. (ABC 7 News, DC)

    10 Top Ethical Destinations  Aug 3, 2008
    It also contains a chip with a random number that allows border officials to instantly retrieve your data. "When you come to the border, hold your card up to your window, and on the border patrol screen, up will pop your name, your picture, the fact that you are a U.S. citizen, and the number of your card. They'll peek in to see if you're the same person and speed you on your way," said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services Brenda Sprague. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    State Dept: Try passport cards for Canada, Mexico  Jul 29, 2008
    It also contains a chip with a random number that allows border officials to instantly retrieve your data. "When you come to the border, hold your card up to your window, and on the border patrol screen, up will pop your name, your picture, the fact that you are a U.S. citizen, and the number of your card. They'll peek in to see if you're the same person, and speed you on your way," said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services Brenda Sprague in a phone interview with The... (Yahoo News)

    Indra Book criminal complaint  Jul 26, 2008
    ic wrote on Jul 25, 2008 1:25 PM:" pro choice is not killing a living baby after delivery by starvation. Lets not make this a "is abortion right" issue! She killed that little baby. The innocent pure little person suffered and Indra listened to it and did nothing. She could have left anywhere alive, called a random number and whoever was reached would have cared for that poor little girl more than her own mother. Sad. Its a sick sick world. ". to murphy. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Best of Atlanta  Jul 14, 2008
    At the end of one week from the start of that topic, we'll pick a number using a random number generator. If the number is 87, then the 87th post wins the prize. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Internet Bug Fix Spawns Backlash From Hackers  Jul 13, 2008
    He quickly received a skeptical reaction from Matasano Security researcher Thomas Ptacek, who that Kaminsky's cache poisoning attack is merely one of many disclosures underlining the same well-known problem with DNS -- that it does not do a good enough job in creating random numbers to create unique "session ID" strings when communicating with other computers on the Internet. "The bug in DNS is that it has a 16-bit session ID," he said via an e-mail Wednesday. (PC World)

    Pet adoptions: Purebreds overshadow mutts  Jul 13, 2008
    About 300 people clustered in front of the building and drew random numbers for their chance to take home a purebred dog rescued from a June 25 puppy-mill raid in Tennessee. The dogs were saved from undersized cages and filthy living conditions and sent to pet adoption centers across the country. (Florida Times-Union)

    Guns at the airport?  Jul 3, 2008
    I ve done a statistical random number generated logarithm that calculated the odds that the last three hours of comments on this blog are from the same troll. I ve got an 89% reliability. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Automating OpenOffice: Customizing ...  Jul 2, 2008
    The macro can be as complicated or as simple as is necessary, for example, the following macro loads a random number into a selected cell in a Calc spreadsheet ... A button for the macro will now be displayed on the toolbar; and if the user now selects a cell and presses the new button then a random number will be displayed in the cell as expected. (Suite101.com)

    Where's the love for arts education?  Jun 21, 2008
    In the next lesson, I could take this exact same lesson and add in a programming-specific language - say, Java- and I could teach you how to build a basic program that displays a random number of circles in random locations with random colors. I ve just used a kid s basic curiousity about drawing things to teach them a concepts that most ADULTS don t know. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Allen tends to family matter  Jun 16, 2008
    "Tickets on saleThe Celtics announced a limited number of tickets for Games 6 and 7 will go on sale today at 11 a.m. There is a two-ticket limit per customer and seats start at $30.Fans can purchase the tickets by visiting , calling 1-800-4NBA-TIX, or visiting the TD Banknorth Garden Box Office or Ticketmaster. Random number distribution will begin at approximately 10 a.m. at the Garden box office for fans choosing to purchase there.It's go timeThe Celtics, who were twice pushed to seven games,... (Boston Globe)

    * World News Quick Take  Jun 12, 2008
    The Swedish Tax Agency said on Tuesday it had proposed to change the two digits that indicate the date of birth to random numbers between 01 and 31 for all new registrations. UNITED STATES. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Festival of the mind  Jun 8, 2008
    30pm and will be divided into four categories, which are the Random Words category, Random Numbers, Dates and Events, and Random Letters of the Alphabet. There will also be a Mind-Mapping competition, held from 2pm to 5pm, and a 3D Mind Drawing segment. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Friends 'by chance'  Jun 4, 2008
    In a nutshell, wrote the authors, people may become friends simply because they drew the right random number. . (India Times, India)

    A full-court press for Celtics tickets  Jun 3, 2008
    "We had signs posted outside the Garden, on our doors and box-office windows, telling everyone that random numbers would be called," he said. "It's really a policy built to the average fan. Not a lot of people can camp out for two days. It's something we highly discourage.". (Boston Globe)

    Debian Linux Suffers From 'Major Security Flaw,' Gartner Warns  May 29, 2008
    "The Debian 'fix' resulted in a serious weakness in the OpenSSL random number generator," the researchers said ... random number generator. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    * [ HARDCOVER: US ] Palahniuks porn-biz novel isnt up to Snuff  May 25, 2008
    She acts as talent wrangler/manager of the filming, complete with clipboard and stopwatch as guys are ushered in by random numbers for their encounters with the porn star lasting one minute, no more, no less, no matter what takes place on the mattress. There is Mr 72, a onetime TV star whose career as Detective Dan Banyan went deep south after discovery of his participation in a gay-porn video. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    "Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle  May 21, 2008
    The $2,500 weekly allowance Jamie Spears receives from Britney's estate for acting as her conservator isn't quite the random number it seems to be, nor is it just an estimate of how much work it takes to manage the popster's at-times-tumultuous affairs. According to court documents obtained by E. (Yahoo News -- Survivor)

    Allen is quiet on, off court  May 18, 2008
    "Take a numberIf you lined up yesterday at the Garden to buy a ticket for today's game, you may have been surprised to learn that being first to the window was not a guarantee of tickets. A random number system was used to sell 600 of the 1,200 tickets available for the game. The setup produced complaints, but the process was used to limit ticket agencies and scalpers from gathering most of the tickets, said Shawn Sullivan, senior vice president of ticket sales, marketing, and service. If the... (Boston Globe)

    Your Opinion Bush's legacy will be worst president ever (104)  May 18, 2008
    Instead of wasting your time and energy carrying on about "what about the random numbers they want to inject", instead how about "what about our men and women who are CHOOSING to give their lives for us? Maybe instaed of being selfish hippies.....try supporting our troops.!! ". Byron W. wrote on Apr 15, 2008 8:15 AM:" Having said the war was something we had to do I must also say I am not sure what we are fighting for. The right to abort innocent children? Pornography as free speech? Normalcy of... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    O'Brien's blog  May 16, 2008
    People were trying to help it get there before the new blog was up by just shouting out random numbers like 955. So then when the new blog was up, somebody was just being goofy by saying, OK, let s start overFirst. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux  May 15, 2008
    The Debian maintainers apparently created the vulnerability by deleting code that seeded the random number generation used to calculate encryption keys. The result was that the random number generator used in Debian's OpenSSL package was predictable, leading to cryptographic keys that might guessable. (iT News)

    Is Mother Nature acting out?  May 9, 2008
    He pointed out that you can use a computer to generate random numbers and plot them graphically and see patterns and clustering. Clearly though, there is no natural or scientific phenomenon behind those figures. (MSNBC -- Environment)

    Talking PhormThe boss of the ad-serving system talks about how it works  May 3, 2008
    The tracking software sites on hardware installed at your ISP, which allocates a web users PC a random number ... If it finds them, that category is associated with the random number a person was allocated. (BBC News -- Technology)

    Yreka parents, school officials discuss student drug testing ... TerraMai: \'Giving new life to old wood\' ... Superior court judge candidates speak out ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Friday, May 02, 2008 Photo by David SmithPanel members for the Yreka High School Drug Forum were, from left: Gary Longmore of Onarheim Services, Amy Conroy of the Community Services Council, Lauri Hunner of Siskiyou County Behavioral Health, Ross Martin of the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office and Michael Noda of Human Services. Yreka parents, school officials discuss student drug testing  May 2, 2008
    He explained that confidentiality, one of the concerns raised, is kept by using a random number generator which picks numbers associated with students at the school, and the the testers don't know who is who they only know numbers. After Longmore talked about the testing procedures, many of the parents in attendance gave their opinions on the matter, and much was said regarding drug testing, school policy and various other unrelated topics. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)

    There actually are laws north of the Klamath  Apr 20, 2008
    Since I still didn't know my zone, I pushed a random number. The recording told me to look at my burn permit to find my zone. (Daily Triplicate)

    Brace Yourself for a Miserable Retirement  Apr 17, 2008
    We know we must save something, even if it's a guess and we have our eye set on putting aside $250,000 or whatever random number we've plucked out of the air. But we're not even meeting those goals. (MSNBC -- Business)

    Final warning: You have reached the wrong number  Apr 14, 2008
    Not long after I decided to get a phone in this area code, I started getting calls from random numbers throughout the country, mostly without voice mail messages. My school of thought is that if someone calls from a number I don t have in my cell phone and doesn t leave a message, it s a wrong number. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)

    District prepares for pope's visit  Apr 14, 2008
    "I used a random number generator," Giovanoni said. "I'm an astrophysicist. Staff and leaders (at Newman Center) automatically got tickets.". (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)

    Microsoft Refreshes Visual C++, Ends VB 6 Support  Apr 12, 2008
    "Our implementation of TR1 contains a number of important features such as smart pointers, regular expression parsing, containers and sophisticated random number generators," he added. Also this week, however, Microsoft as planned cut off extended support for the Visual Basic 6 IDE but will not completely leave users high and dry, according to another blog. (CIO Information Network)

    Microsoft makes C++, Visual Basic 6.0 moves  Apr 10, 2008
    Microsoft's implementation of TR1 contains such features as regular expression parsing and sophisticated random number generators. Also included in the feature pack are a component for the Office 2007 Ribbon Bar, Visual Studio docking, auto hide windows, and Windows Vista theme support. (InfoWorld)

    Small key fobs have a big job  Apr 8, 2008
    The transmitter in your fob sends a different random number every time you push the button ... But if your fob sends a different random number every time you push the button, how does your car know it is the correct number ... The fob and the car are both using the same random number generator. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    Day of reckoning looms for electronic bingo  Mar 27, 2008
    But the game played in 1976 used paper cards with random numbers scattered under each of the letters that spell bingo. Questions about the legality of electronic versions of the game soon followed. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Firm tracks every Web move in Britain  Mar 21, 2008
    Phorm says its technology protects users' privacy by creating a random number that is associated with a person's Web surfing patterns, rather than using a person's name or other information. Phorm puts a cookie, a small file containing text, on a person's computer to tie his or her Web surfing to the random number and then saves only that number in advertising categories like types of cars or clothing. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    Words Key To New Security Tool  Mar 21, 2008
    SAN DIEGO -- A new set of locks is hitting the market and the secret to their security isn't keys or random numbers, but words. The locks were on display at the recent Travel Show in San Diego. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)

    New room draw system faces first true test  Mar 21, 2008
    The new 4/2 system will instead assign juniors and seniors a random number and an equal opportunity to all campus housing, regardless of commons affiliation. Some upperclassmen, like Aaron Krivitzky '09. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)

    Can disposable digits prevent credit card fraud?  Mar 20, 2008
    This hash which would resemble a long random number would be stored by the merchant instead of the usual credit card details. Neither the merchant nor any malicious eavesdropper or hacker would be able to read it, but the credit card company could read it, since it knows the customer's code number. (MSNBC -- Crime)

    3.14 and the rest  Mar 15, 2008
    My old maths teacher used to hold the world record for reciting pi, and once spent a lesson reciting the first thousand for "Children in Need" whilst we all checked a huge list of random numbers to spot if he made any errors. Well, it was better than a real maths lesson. (BBC News -- UK)

    Question timeOnline ad firm Phorm answer your queries about its technology  Mar 8, 2008
    A: Most people have a separate login if they are sharing a computer and they will therefore have a separate random number ... The data capture system only stores one item of information on your computer -- a random number ... The random number is the only thing that distinguishes your browser from the millions of others on the internet. (BBC News -- Technology)

    Funky Functions: Useful gems in Excel's Analysis Pack  Mar 7, 2008
    RAND() is a standard function and calculates a random number between 0 and 1. If you want a larger random number then you have to mess around multiplying the result of RAND() ... However, RANDBETWEEN() lets you set an upper and lower limit, with the random number being calculated between those limits. (Accounting Web, UK)

    Pair scoop premium bond millions  Mar 1, 2008
    There have now been 206 millionaires picked by the Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment - known as Ernie. The bonds, established over 50 years ago, have created a total of 10 millionaires across the UK.. (BBC News -- UK)

    http://www.419eater.com/... more  Mar 1, 2008
    Make your password 32 digits with various random numbers and in at least 3 different languages. Change the password every 10 hours to something equally comnplex. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    $1 million lottery prize a heady win  Feb 29, 2008
    When filling out his slip for Wednesday night's drawing, Basden played random numbers. "Just what came to me on the top of my head," he said. (News & Observer)

    Probability Sampling Techniques  Feb 27, 2008
    An easier way to draw the sample for the pizza survey is to utilize a random number table to choose students. Administrators could use the last two digits of the students social security number to identify the table column and the first two digits to identify the row. (Suite101.com)

    Torre Pleased With First Look at Kemp  Feb 26, 2008
    You can get that call, a random number and that could be it. I don't know who calls you, I've never been traded. (Los Angeles, TheInsiders.com)

    Stop criminalising the victims  Feb 25, 2008
    9% of transactions involving sex are violence free, see I can pluck a random number from the air as well as anyone, difference is its likely to be true. Offensive. (The Observer)

    Bringing something extra to card games  Feb 22, 2008
    Each turn, you roll a random number; if you land on an empty square you can park a monster on it. If you land on an opponent's square, you have to either pay rent or fight with the occupying creature. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)

    Attack on computer memory reveals vulnerability of widely-used security systems  Feb 22, 2008
    Disk encryption technologies rely on the use of secret keys -- essentially large random numbers -- to encode and protect information. Computers need these keys to access files stored on their own hard disks or other storage systems. (EurekAlert!)

    More Tax Breaks Sought From FISD In New Petition  Feb 21, 2008
    The 60,000 figure was a random number, Sultemeier said in an interview yesterday, somewhere between 100,000 and where we were. The reduction is justified, he said, on the basis on inflation since the existing exemptions were determined in 1972. (Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post, TX)

    Lottery system to determine distribution of debate tickets  Feb 16, 2008
    The tickets will be distributed using a fair method - like a random number generator, Steinberg said. Steinberg said the goal is to maximize student participation and get as many tickets in the hands of UT students. (The Daily Texan, TX)

    Failed Simulation on Creation  Feb 15, 2008
    But there is no reason to doubt that this so-called "supernatural" effect is completely random, you can simulate it using a random number generator. So I completely re-wrote my simulator, I used an random number generator with a user-supplied probability distribution to simula 00004000 te this randomness, and computed the required probability distributions by solving the Schrodinger equations with my own partial differential equation solver ... I decided the model was still missing a force or... (Human Events Online)

    Under the radar  Feb 14, 2008
    I always preferred it, though - far more strategic and less subject to the whims of a random number generator. I'm hanging out for PataPon, too. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Toshiba tips random-number generator IC  Feb 8, 2008
    The device generates random numbers at a data rate of 2 ... The new RNG technology adopts a compact analog-to-digital converter (ADC), which amplifies analog noise signals and converts them to digital random numbers. (EETimes)

    Expat Democrats cast their votes in overseas primary  Feb 7, 2008
    "Each participant who is on our database is given a random number with which they can access this third-party site and then they have to sign in with the particular information that they would know, so I feel it's quite secure.". Because of unreliable mail service in certain countries, many Democrats were excited about using the Internet to be sure their vote would be counted, said Christine Schon Marques, the international chair of Democrats Abroad. (International Herald Tribune)

    Laramie police ticket 13-year-old girls for throwing french fries  Feb 6, 2008
    Lacidar wrote on Feb 5, 2008 1:23 PM:" I believe some of you are missing the point of the whole thing. The point is that these kids were told NOT to do it. Working in public education, you see this kind of thing all the time. Kids thumbing their nose at authority, and then whining when they have to suffer the consequences. Of course it's obvious where they learn that behavior. Did anyone ever stop to think that all these girls had to do was what they were asked to do? The administration had to... (Casper Star-Tribune)

    SUPER BOWL Mannings near top of brother acts, but can't match sisters  Feb 5, 2008
    SUPER BOWL / Mannings near top of brother acts, but can't match sisters. " and the category "Sports Siblings" appears on the big board. The answer to "Most Accomplished Brother Act in Sports History" very well could be: "Who are Eli and Peyton Manning. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    Big ideas from the smallest world  Feb 1, 2008
    We call this "pseudorandom." If you think of the random number generator in a computer, it does a pretty good job of emulating coin tosses, but if you run it twice using the same starting number, every single output will be identical. It is deterministic, but it will still have the appearance of being determined by coin-flipping, of being truly random. (Why Files)

    NASA's airline study fails to satisfy critics  Jan 31, 2008
    After outraged complaints from media and others, NASA backtracked and re-posted the information on its site in Excel spreadsheet documents, which seemed like good news for independent analysts, but it was still the same incomprehensible piles of seemingly random numbers. Also, all identifying information was still withheld, leaving the average lay person scratching their head in confusion. (The Citizen - online, TX)

    Missing data stacks up  Jan 23, 2008
    Only those with at least 10 characters, made up of random numbers and letters of both cases, pose a problem for computers programmed to make millions of systematic guesses. Few people use such complex passwords, because they are impossible to remember. (Manchester Evening News)

    Privacy statement for Coalfield.com  Jan 19, 2008
    This random number lets us keep track of "how many" times customers are doing specific things - like visiting our site each month - without really knowing who those customers are. We also use cookies to keep track of your shopping cart and to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. (Coalfield Progress, VA)

    Number negligence borders on insane  Jan 17, 2008
    While most states use random numbers to identify Medicaid patients, with no connection to Social Security numbers, Wisconsin remains the exception. EDS, the contractor that made the label error, is in the process of changing that. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    How to invest without a demat a/c?  Jan 15, 2008
    However, the investor puts no beneficiary account number on the form, or simply puts a random number. At the time of allotment, when the registrar spots a mismatch (or blank beneficiary account number column), the registrar is mandated to communicate the error (or omission) to the investor. (India Times)

    Texas schools give company kids' Social Security numbers  Jan 13, 2008
    In recent years, government agencies have moved away from using Social Security numbers to identify people and now use random numbers instead. Pearson Educational Measurement officials, who develop or administer standardized tests in Texas and 22 other states, say they use ID numbers to link students to their test data. (KHOU.com, TX)

    Slots fill niche, hurt table games  Jan 10, 2008
    Today's computerized slot machines generate thousands of random numbers every second, even when nobody is playing them. The number selected represented in cherries or other symbols depends on the nanosecond a gambler pushes the button. (USA Today)

    Cryptic Messages Boost Data Security  Dec 24, 2007
    The world s first commercial quantum random number generator and quantum cryptography system was developed by the Swiss company id Quantique a spin-off company of the University of Geneva so the choice of Geneva to test the system in action was only appropriate. The firm was founded in 2001 by four researchers from the University of Geneva: Nicolas Gisin, Gr;goire Ribordy, Olivier Guinnard and Hugo Zbinden. (Science Daily)

    Dec. 16 Letters to the Editor  Dec 23, 2007
    Your example of doctors writing letters to the editor are random numbers compared to all the doctors in this area. There is always a few that gripe for some reason on anything. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    $1M lottery winner TBA  Dec 21, 2007
    All the numbers will be selected by using the Lottery's random number generator. Winning numbers will be announced Dec. 31 in downtown Boise. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)

    Four file for JC School Board on first day  Dec 20, 2007
    But, because people filing on the first day also draw a random number to determine the order their name will be listed on the ballot, voters will see Turner first, then Coleman, Nickelson and, finally, Schreimann. From now until filing ends Jan. 22, all other candidates will be listed in the order they file for the election. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    Dodgers Glad Kemp Made the Right Decision  Dec 17, 2007
    About being involved in trade rumors: "The trade stuff is a little crazier this year. You hear a lot of teams going after me. There's no other place I'd rather be than LA. I don't want to leave there. I'd be disappointed if I got traded. It's hard to have that hanging over your head because you think about it all the time. You can get that call, a random number and that could be it. I don't know who calls you, I've never been traded. But I'm always looking at my phone when it rings and sometimes... (Los Angeles, TheInsiders.com)

    YouSendIt: Send Huge Files Anywhere, Anytime  Dec 16, 2007
    In our trial, however, the assigned dropbox name had a string of six random numbers appended. But not to worry: We were able to remove those numbers and submit the dropbox name we preferred. (Datamation)

    Cardinal Numbers: Small Steps for the Card  Dec 9, 2007
    Stanford Cardinal Football, Basketball, and Recruiting. "Small Steps" for Harbaugh ard. (TheBootleg.com)

    Playing to modern children's tastes  Dec 8, 2007
    In 1999, Mattel debuted Uno Attack, an updated version of the classic card game that includes a battery-operated card shooter that spits out random numbers of cards during play. The new versions of old games reflect modern trends: the time-crunched family, a reliance on electronics and modern kids' preference for games with video, sound and electronics. (Scripps Howard News Wire)

    Calif. .Gov Site Hit with Malware  Dec 1, 2007
    JPEG that Eckleberry included in his , inserting random numbers into the URLs. He was then redirected to a domain registered in Russia, with a hosting provider located in the Netherlands. (eWeek)

    AG issues warning about office supply scam  Nov 29, 2007
    Some scammers are known to dial random numbers throughout a business until they find an unsuspecting employee who will "accept" the unordered merchandise. According to some reports, employees have also been persuaded to fill out sweepstakes forms without realizing that the fine print committed their company to buy unwanted, overpriced supplies. (Fort Bend Southwest Sun, TX)

    Solving the RFID Dilemma  Nov 27, 2007
    The UMass researchers, Wayne Burleson, Kevin Fu and Dan Holcomb, have found a way to use the chips' embedded memory to generate random numbers for encryption and authentication ... The research, "Initial SRAM State as a Fingerprint and Source of True Random Numbers for RFID Tags," (www ... The premise is that RFID chips are dormant until the transmission receiver activates them and the memory cells fluctuate between binary states before settling on a value ("01" or "10"), which, the researchers... (Search Security, MA)

    Passwords, PINs, Bank Accounts And Fraud!  Nov 23, 2007
    Ideally, your PIN should be an entirely random number which has nothing to connect itself to you. However, millions of people find it terribly hard to remember number sequences, so they change their PIN to something memorable. (Sky News)

    Math Error Could Compromise Cryptographic Systems  Nov 20, 2007
    But with questions surrounding the origins of a recently discovered flaw in a random number generation algorithm backed by the National Security Agency and National Institute of Standards and Technology coming from respected cryptographers like , not to mention the escalating sophistication of cyberattacks in general, such worries sound less loopy. Shamir likens this "bug attack" to a fault attack method described in 1996, which might involve, for example, using a sudden power spike to exploit... (InformationWeek)

    What's new from your Student Body President and Vice President  Nov 20, 2007
    The initiative to change ID numbers from Social Security numbers to random numbers is underway. A project leader has been chosen, and current predictions are that around 18 months from now the new system should be implemented. (The New Hampshire, NH)

    Hefty security fix for Apple Mac OS X, Safari  Nov 15, 2007
    0a5 uses a weak random number generator during the creation of DNS query IDs when answering resolver questions or sending NOTIFY messages to slave name servers ... This update addresses the issue by improving the random number generator ... 0a5 uses a weak random number generator during the creation of DNS query IDs when answering resolver questions or sending NOTIFY messages to slave name servers. (Search Security, MA)

    Cardinal Numbers: "Bend, But Don't Break"  Nov 15, 2007
    Stanford Cardinal Football, Basketball, and Recruiting. Abdullah to the house. (TheBootleg.com)

    Security Loophole Found In Windows Operating System  Nov 13, 2007
    The researchers found the security loophole in the random number generator of Windows ... For example: in correspondence with a bank or any other website that requires typing in a password, or a credit card number, the random number generator creates a random encryption key, which is used to encrypt the communication so that only the relevant website can read the correspondence ... The research team found a way to decipher how the random number generator works and thereby compute previous and... (Science Daily)

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