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Hello everyone, this is my own little guide to downloading movies from torrents. As some know, I am a little of a movie buff and I try to watch almost all that I can catch (even if I certainly have my own preferences). One thing that has always bothered me is that many people seem to be afraid of torrents or are unsure about what you can find there and, most importantly, how tell good things from crap. For additional information, here’s a short torrent FAQ. If you have other questions, you can always post comments or use the contact form. continue reading…

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“The Mentor” aka Lloyd Blakenship was a fairly famous hacker who distinguished himself as a leader of the LOD (Legion of Doom) hacker group during the Hacker War of 1990-1991. He gained more notoriety as the creator of a role-playing system, the GURPS Cyberpunk, whose materials were confiscated by the US Secret Service who though they were hacking manuals (one of the most embarrassing moments in the SS history).
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Another one got caught today, it’s all over the papers. “Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal”, “Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering”… Damn kids. They’re all alike. continue reading…

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Modern Heroes

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Someone once told me that people seek refuge within the Marvel or DC universes because the world around us doesn’t have heroes. The comics heroes in those worlds are cool, superhuman, embodying everything we would like to be able to do in order to make the world a better place. Fight crime, protect those who can’t protect themselves, be ready for the unexpected, do everything that the moral compass installed within us by Mother Nature directs us to do. continue reading…

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In our world today, more and more of the daily activity is concentrated on the Internet. While this makes many things easier and to go faster, it also means that more and more information that can be considered confidential are passed through the information superhighway. Of course, this has drawn interest from shady parties that are trying to take advantage of this and capture those private information for their own purpose. continue reading…

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One of the most annoying things in this world is the incorrect usage of word’s meanings or when two words are used interchangeably. Why? Because language was created to help pass information from one human entity to the other in an understandable form and when the same word is artificially used with a forced wrong meaning, communication tends to break down. continue reading…

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The concept of Internet Banking (or Home Banking as some call it) has become a rather omnipresent thing in the offers of many banks and while in Romania it is still marketed as a novelty, in the more civilized world (even in the Middle East, to some people’s surprise) it is something normal to provide.

For those who aren’t familiar with the concept, Internet Banking (hereinafter abbreviated as IB) refers to the ability to conduct daily tasks with your banking account through the use of either a web browser or a specialized application from the comfort of your home, as long as you have access to Internet. continue reading…

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Prima tentativa a folosirii unui sistem electoral democratic a esuat in Romania. Cum s-a intamplat acest lucru? In primul rand cu concursul mass-media si apoi cu concursul partidelor care s-au simtit perdante in aelegerile parlamentare ce au avut loc duminica trecuta. continue reading…

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