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Seat Belt Usage and Compensating Behavior

2008-04-11 13:44:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...seat belt laws on driver behavior and traffic fatalities. Using a unique panel data set on seat belt usage in all U.S. jurisdictions, we analyze how such laws, by influencing seat belt use, affect the incidence of traffic fatalities. Allowing for the endogeneity of seat belt usage, we find that such usage decreases overall traffic fatalities....
 
Tags: seat belt, seat belt usage, laws, seat belt laws, fatalities, traffic fatalities, inherent risk thermostat, risk, indirect adverse effect
 
 
 
 
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More on Airplane Seat Cameras

2008-06-04 12:05:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...seat camera system that tries to detect terrorists before they leap up and do whatever they were planning on doing. Amazingly enough, the EU is " testing " this system: Each camera tracks passengers' facial expressions, with the footage then analysed by software to detect developing terrorist activity or potential air rage. Six wide-angle...
 
Tags: cameras, seat, airplane-seat camera system, system, detect, detect terrorists, people, terrorists, saves people
 
 
 
 
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A Continental nightmare

2008-06-13 03:35:05 by HASH0x8c0ef34 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...seats, aisles, etc, etc. It is not one airline worse than another, they are all pretty bad Today's travel nightmare though comes courtesy of Continental Airlines. I rarely fly Continental because in coach I find their seats are to close together and my knees get crushed. But flying home from Denver today, they were the cheapest so I booked...
 
Tags: denver airport, denver, denver houston flight, flight, lauderdale flight, continental, houston, continental airlines, luggage
 
 
 
 
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A Continental nightmare

2008-06-13 04:34:55 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...seats, aisles, etc, etc. It is not one airline worse than another, they are all pretty bad Today's travel nightmare though comes courtesy of Continental Airlines. I rarely fly Continental because in coach I find their seats are to close together and my knees get crushed. But flying home from Denver today, they were the cheapest so I booked...
 
Tags: denver airport, denver, denver houston flight, flight, lauderdale flight, continental, houston, continental airlines, luggage
 
 
 
 
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Lessig considers running for Congress

2008-02-20 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
An online movement to draft Lawrence Lessig to take up the Congressional seat of the late Tom Lantos may yet bear fruit, as the noted cyberlaw author and civil-liberties advocate announced Wednesday that he'll consider a run for the seat
 
Tags: noted cyberlaw author, draft lawrence lessig, seat, congressional seat, bear fruit, online movement, tom lantos, civil-liberties, wednesday
 
 
 
 
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On Travel and Airlines

2008-04-30 13:23:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...seat. On the opposite, the gate agent said "Mr Chuvakin, would you mind if we upgrade you?" - "No, not at all." So I got my comfy United p.s. business class seat and a good breakfast (as well as some sleep Some would say that I have "lowered my expectations", but I beg to differ: I do expect a lot. And I get it, which is, some say, a key to...
 
Tags: travel, high-travel cognocenti, fun travel stories, travel happiness, lot, airline sucks, airline, airlines, smart people follow
 
 
 
 
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Systems programmers help people

2007-02-13 13:49:52 by Liudvikas Bukys in Liudvikas Bukys
 
...seat placed me next to another intended Computer Science major I had cut my teeth in high school on some Basic programming (on a Xerox Sigma mainframe and a Wang 2200B), then self-taught myself APL and IBM/360 assembly language (paying for access at UR to an APL terminal, and editing object decks on the keypunch to save money while debugging...
 
Tags: application programs, programs, system programmers, system, assembly language programs, people, major, computer science major, ibm360 assembly language
 
 
 
 
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Passenger Says He Hacked Windows In New York Taxi Display Screen

2007-12-28 14:02:19 by Editor in Security Links
 
...seat of many Manhattan taxicabs and also used it to connect to the Internet. But no sensitive information or critical systems were compromised, according to the display systems vendor. The display is used to present short videos and ads to taxi riders, and can be used to pay the taxi fare with a credit card. A VeriFone Transportation Systems...
 
Tags: display, display systems vendor, display systems, credit card, card, sensitive information, information, display system, credit card information
 
 
 
 
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Stolen laptops affect 337,000 Davidson County voters

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2007-12-29 11:30:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...seat is Nashville Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Registered Davidson County voters Number Affected 337,000 Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers, addresses and telephone numbers Breach Description A pair of laptop computers containing sensitive personal information belonging to 337,000 registered Davidson County,...
 
Tags: voters, davidson county voters, davidson county, tennessee voters, information technology department, information, voters monitor, sensitive personal information, confidential information
 
 
 
 
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A TrustedSource for Threats Intell Data

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2007-11-27 17:56:05 by HASH0x89f3234 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...seat belt. Here's an example of such mode of thinking
 
Tags: user, user starts, instructs security devices, secure, threat intell service, internet driver, security events systems, perspective, radical perspective