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gerald wrote:John,
I think ( from memory ) a modem is a electronic device used to change frequencies either of electric or sound so it can be transmitted over phone lines.
It's been awhile.
Am I right or wrong?

Reality Check wrote:
Man, you are showing your age.

You're from the time when hackers were bad, programmers were...

Never mind, I am showing my ages as well.

John J Xenakis in 1986 wrote: There's one more security issue of common concern, and that's when
people are allowed to access your computer remotely, over a modem.
If you've ever accessed an online data base, or if you've used the
Source or CompuServe or an online bulletin board, then you know
how it is to use a modem on your computer to dial up another
computer and access data on it. What we're talking about now is
where you have an "answering" modem which allows other people to
dial up your computer and access data.

Such modem connections are subject to all sorts of abuse. You've
undoubtedly seen or heard about the movie War Games which, which
introduced the world to the "computer hacker" who programs
his computer to try difference phone numbers and passwords until
someone's security is broken.

To combat the hackers, vendors are coming out with security
modems, modems with special features which attempt to limit the
access of hackers. The main feature of security modems is
the "call-back" option. The idea is that you set up your modem by
providing to it a list of authorized user names and their
passwords, as well as their telephone numbers. When an authorized
user dials up your computer, your modem answers and waits for the
user to type his name and password. When he does, the modem hangs
up the phone, and calls the user back at the specified telephone
number.

To provide additional security, many of these modems use two
different telephone lines. Your user calls in on one of the
lines, and the modem calls back on a different line. The reason
for doing it that way is that you should keep the telephone number
of the second line a secret so that a sophisticated intruder can't
intercept the call back phone call.

Obviously, this method is suitable if your users are always going
to be calling from the same phones, presumably their home phones.
If that's not true, then you can still use a security modem with
user names and passwords to provide some security, but do without
the call back option.

John wrote: ...
Also, programmers aren't supposed to look particularly kempt anyway.
...
John

Higgenbotham wrote: > They are: unkempt, provocative, raw, in your face, irresponsible,
> capricious, and abusive, to name a few adjectives that come to
> mind that are also consistent with streaking.

Once again, we're watching the spectacle of feminist and left-wing political groups supporting an alleged serial rapist, Julian Assange, as he uses anti-U.S. sentiments to escape being questioned in Sweden over credible charges that he raped two women.

Evidence from a source close to the US government: the private intelligence organization Stratfor. WikiLeaks published the The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails stolen from Stratfor. Some of its employees are from the US intelligence community, share its views and biases, and gain information from it. Many of these discuss Assange.
Chris Farnham to George Friedman, 6 December 2010:

BTW, close family friend in Sweden who knows the girl that is pressing charges tells me that there is absolutely nothing behind it other than prosecutors that are looking to make a name for themselves. My friend speaks rather disparagingly about the girl who is claiming molestation. I also think the whole rape thing is incorrect for if I remember correctly rape was never the charge.

gerald wrote:SouthernGentleman:
> Your approach regarding our current global events is similar
> (according to stories) to those who dispassionately watched the
> final days of the Atlantian era.

SouthernGentleman wrote: > I admire and respect your work but I also know you realize that
> neither the red team or blue team has your best interest at
> heart. I look at politics from the outside and don't get caught in
> the trap of sides.