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Notes For Stupid Browser Tricks Day 1

Various Built-in JavaScript Functions We Covered alert(“Help Me!!! I’m trapped in an alert box!”); Alert rings the bell and pops up a window of information prompt(“What’s Your Sign?”, “Neon”); Prompt asks a question (“What’s your sign?”), and then adds a prompt (“Neon”) as a possible answer or hint as to how to enter the box [...]

LOST: Sundown

this week’s episode of LOST, titled “Sundown” is about the time given for the folks in the temple to surrender. Up until now, most genres have been played out in this wonderful show: the mystery, action, romance, horror, sci-fi, and now…the western. It seems the idea might be taken from the ’57 film, Decision at Sundown; either that or other similar westerns (High Noon, etc.)

LOST: The Substitute

As we rush headlong into the finale for the best television show of all time (and I will gladly defend the honor of LOST to anyone), let’s pause and cherish the last few episodes. Let’s not be in such a hurry to get answers that we fail to enjoy the mystery.  Let’s not forget to [...]

Chinese Hacking into our Power Grids!

Some US intelligence agents think the Chinese were able to influence the blackouts in the Northeast back in 2003. There has never been an official U.S. government assertion of Chinese involvement in the outage, but intelligence and other government officials contacted for this story did not explicitly rule out a Chinese role. One security analyst [...]