Comment Don't kill Hitler! (Score 1) 1270
Don't kill Hitler. It *never* helps.
"Everybody kills Hitler their first time."
Comment Re:Maybe I am just lucky.... (Score 1) 688
I've had two well-known software companies decide, half way through the interview process, that they were instituting hiring freezes. These were interviews for summer internships (I am a sophomore Computer Science major)
For 3 Years, Scammers Ran Truckless Trucking Company 244
mikesd81 writes "Wired reports Nicholas Lakes and Viachelav Berkovich are charged with computer fraud [PDF] for a man-in-the-middle attack that allegedly let them run a profitable trucking company without the hassle of driving a truck. For over three years the Russian immigrants hacked a Department of Transportation website called Safersys.org, which maintains a list of licensed interstate trucking companies and brokers. They then went on forums where brokers advertise cargo in need of transportation and negotiate a deal, for example, to transport cargo from American Canyon, California, to Jessup, Maryland, for $3,500. But instead of transporting the load, they would outsource the job to another trucking company posing as the legitimate company whose identity they'd hijacked. They would then invoice the company and take the money. When the company that owned the actual truck tried to contact the company that needed the goods delivered, they found they knew nothing about it. Over all they made nearly $500,000."
Comment Re:This article would be more relevant if (Score 5, Informative) 368
I was under the impression that the rules allowed them to do that:
http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/watch/html/c. 8.html
"13. At any time during play, IBM may replace any or all of the computer hardware and/or software being used to play the games"
But it's still kind of dirty..
