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Jinn?
According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes.
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featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
2002-Nov-20 ![[this day]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/images/dailyLinkIcon.gif)
Defeat by false alarms
Here's another example: a military base protected by a fence and motion sensors. The attackers take a rabbit and throw it over the fence; then they leave. They motion sensors go off. The guards respond, find nothing, and return to their posts. The attackers do this again, and the guards respond again. After a few nights of this, the guards turn the motion sensors off. And the attackers drive a jeep right through the fence. This kind of thing was done repeatedly against the Russian military bases in Afghanistan, and in tests against several U.S. military bases. It's surprisingly successful.—Bruce Schneier, Secrets & Lies ch. 3 [via The Fishbowl]
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