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This tip will help you understand how to apply the mod function and use it to obtain even and odd records from columns in Oracle.

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Oh my. This just boggles the mind. The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), which recently exposed thousands of people’s personal information, including mine, has just been named a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, “a designation that places it among the top computer security institutions in the country” (quoting from the press release on UAF’s Web site). The designation comes from the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

This is totally astounding. Keep in mind that UAF’s exposure of my personal information wasn’t just a passive loss where a laptop was stolen from someone’s home, and no one knows if any of it was used. Instead, the information was sitting on a server in Bethel that wasn’t adequately secured, demonstrating that UAF doesn’t know how to secure its own network. The UAF incident was the result of hacks over eleven months before anyone noticed. I still haven’t a clue about why my personal information was on a server in Bethel, since I’ve only attended classes in Fairbanks and Barrow.

Now the university that has exposed me to identity theft through gross negligence has been designated a top security institution in the country, one of only 67 such schools in the country.

To be fair, the designation is based on meeting rigorous standards for training security professionals, not the security or lack thereof of its own computer systems. From the press release: “UAF is being recognized for its cutting-edge efforts to make computers and networks across the world more safe and secure.” Maybe they know how to teach it, but they have proven they don’t know how to do it.

I guess this once again validates the old adage, “those who can’t do, teach.” To grant UAF this designation is an insult to me and my fellow students whose information was exposed. Even worse, it bodes poorly for the future of computer security. To come from the NSA and Homeland Security confirms in my mind that we are not getting the security our massive federal dollars are paying for.

References: National Information Assurance Training and Education Center Web site Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) on NSA Web site

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There’s a lot of speculation about the information that Google has about domain names. What does Google know about your domain name and what do they not know?

If internet gamblers claim they cannot stop, there should at least be information that can limit their losses. This short article outlines some practical advice that can be given to those who gamble on the Internet. Much of it is common sense but could be an additional resource to other harm-minimization approaches. In short, internet gamblers should follow the guidelines provided in this document.

The National Research Council (NRC) suggests that not only do most adolescents gamble, but also that they have gambled recently. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), it is easy for kids to access online gambling sites, especially if they have access to credit or debit cards. This short note presents some of the risks associated with kids gambling online.

Commercial gambling in the United States is a mammoth industry. Perhaps the most frightening aspect of Internet gambling is the rampaging growth of the young industry. The Internet gambling explosion poses serious concerns to society. This note asserts that Internet gambling must be curbed to lessen its negative impact on the American economy. This note provides a general overview of Internet gambling and discusses the history of gambling, the statutory landscape of Internet gambling, and relevant cases on Internet gambling.

Poker is largely a game of social and psychological information. However, online card room interfaces do not support the subtle communication between players that is integral to the psychological aspect of the game, making the games less authentic and less enjoyable than they could be. The paper explores how card room interfaces can better support the psychological aspects of the game by analyzing the dominant methods of visualizing players: with generic avatars, and with text-only handles.

This article explains how several federal laws related to internet gambling in the U.S. could affect the I-Gaming industry. The article states that no traditional gaming company will dive into the domestic market for fear of violating state or federal laws. Even more important is the need to comply with the laws of every state where the customers of the gambling site are located.

Until June 2004, it was illegal to operate online gaming in Canada. There are many online gaming enterprises, which operate outside Canada, but accept bets from Canadians, but with no element of its operations emerging from Canadian soil. If such an enterprise does more than passively accept bets from Canadians, and actively solicits their gaming, this report investigates the legal position of Canadian marketing firms employed by the foreign enterprise, or Canadian media outlets that carry its advertisements.

The state of California has always been a leader in adopting new legislation to keep up with an ever-changing populace. However, unlike its sister state Nevada and despite the fact that gaming has existed in California since the year 1850, it has been slow to adopt a credible regulatory process. The article says that California is focusing on how more state of California can be monetarily compensated from the gaming revenues generated by the tribal casinos, rather than on the real issue, which is the strength of the regulatory process and ongoing maintenance of this system.