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Blizzard Authenticators May Become Mandatory 248

An anonymous reader writes "WoW.com is reporting that a trusted source has informed them that Blizzard is giving serious consideration to making authenticators mandatory on all World of Warcraft accounts. The authenticators function the same as ones provided by most banks — in order to log in, you must generate a number on the external device. Blizzard already provides a free iPhone app that functions as an authenticator. The source stated, 'it is a virtually forgone conclusion that it will happen.' This comes after large spates of compromised accounts left Bizzard game masters severely backlogged by restoration requests."

Comment Started my Sfi-Fantasy course in Junior High (Score 1) 1021

It began with the Lucky Starr series, juveniles written by Isaac Assimov. At 12 I read Heinlien's "Stranger In a Strange Land" (hot off the book club press) and Huxley's "Brave New World". During High School ('62-'66) I picked up Analog and got a subscription. How do you try to package all that in a class? For instance, what do you consider the main themes of Science Fiction? Is the Lensmen series by EE Doc Smith a Space Opera? How about Dune? Is Dune about the technology or the characters. Is it about Christianity vs. the Muslim religions? In my junior year of high school I essentially took January and February off to read the LOTR trilogy. Didn't get much homework done. I think I was 14 when I read Assimov's Foundation. Good luck shaping this course and I hope you reply to the thread with your reading list. hmmm. Philip K Dick, Andre Norton, Al Bester, Zelazny, Poul Anderson, etc. etc.

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