Although just a novella, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin A. Abbott is quite interesting. Exploring a 2D world from the perspective of one of its inhabitants and a visiting sphere who provides an outside view on the society. It has been said that Abbott was actually uses the novella as a vehicle to make commentary on Victorian society. But it any case, a very interesting concept story.
Pulling from my childhood memories...
CS Lewis was mentioned already. But obviously, the Narnia series. The Space Trilogy... but it maybe be a bit hard to follow for on a young reader.
John Christopher's Tripod Trilogy ("The White Mountains" , "The City of Gold and Lead" , "The Pool of Fire" ) - Basically what would have happened if HG Well's Invaders from "The War of the Worlds" didn't die of a cold. Told from the perspective of pre-teen boys on how the world might resist that type of subjugation.
Although those old dusty classics don't seem to have much appeal at first these days, but they are hidden treasures; especially for new readers! (ex. Robinson Crusoe)
I agree.
The reverse is also true. Just because a person clicks "No" does not necessarily mean that their PC is not infected.
Also you have to add to the group that clicks "No" hackers with malicious intent who are informed about the site and know better than to click "Yes."
Unfortunately, the study seems to be based on the fact that there will never be an informed, active mind behind the mouse... Well, OK this might regularly be the actually case but:)... and that all people visiting the site are working from acceptable motives and without any intent to breach security. It seems naive, really.
If you are have such questions then it seems that you need to ask, "Are you a complete idiot?" Yes/No...
If "Yes," then you get a rootkit installed on your PC because we assume that you are too stupid to figure out what we are doing to your computer anyway... so you won't be able to sue us.
If "No," then ask, "Are you a hacker?" Assuming if you are smart enough to always answer "No" to security questions, there shouldn't be a problem here either. And if you are a hacker, then you will be so kind as to answer honestly right? (insert sarcastic tone here)
Although, I realize I am showing my limited intelligence by saying such a thing, I can't think of a way that single Yes/No question to a user could to be used as a fundamental criteria for data security; beyond a typical legalese boilerplate agreement questions already in place on some sites. Am I wrong here?
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mTheory = isString("foo") Sorted! VBA Rules! ... Wha?
No, that's "Fight Club."
Man, And I was just about to play F1... Good save. ;)
How about metal scratchings on the case of bricked Seagate drives?
Bring back the 1200 Baud!
Although just a novella, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin A. Abbott is quite interesting. Exploring a 2D world from the perspective of one of its inhabitants and a visiting sphere who provides an outside view on the society. It has been said that Abbott was actually uses the novella as a vehicle to make commentary on Victorian society. But it any case, a very interesting concept story.
Pulling from my childhood memories... CS Lewis was mentioned already. But obviously, the Narnia series. The Space Trilogy... but it maybe be a bit hard to follow for on a young reader. John Christopher's Tripod Trilogy ("The White Mountains" , "The City of Gold and Lead" , "The Pool of Fire" ) - Basically what would have happened if HG Well's Invaders from "The War of the Worlds" didn't die of a cold. Told from the perspective of pre-teen boys on how the world might resist that type of subjugation. Although those old dusty classics don't seem to have much appeal at first these days, but they are hidden treasures; especially for new readers! (ex. Robinson Crusoe)
COBOL, of course... OK, maybe FORTRAN as well. ;)
Also you have to add to the group that clicks "No" hackers with malicious intent who are informed about the site and know better than to click "Yes."
Unfortunately, the study seems to be based on the fact that there will never be an informed, active mind behind the mouse... Well, OK this might regularly be the actually case but :) ... and that all people visiting the site are working from acceptable motives and without any intent to breach security. It seems naive, really.
If you are have such questions then it seems that you need to ask, "Are you a complete idiot?" Yes/No ...
If "Yes," then you get a rootkit installed on your PC because we assume that you are too stupid to figure out what we are doing to your computer anyway... so you won't be able to sue us.
If "No," then ask, "Are you a hacker?" Assuming if you are smart enough to always answer "No" to security questions, there shouldn't be a problem here either. And if you are a hacker, then you will be so kind as to answer honestly right? (insert sarcastic tone here)
Although, I realize I am showing my limited intelligence by saying such a thing, I can't think of a way that single Yes/No question to a user could to be used as a fundamental criteria for data security; beyond a typical legalese boilerplate agreement questions already in place on some sites. Am I wrong here?