‘Social engineering uses influences and persuasion to deceive people by convincing them that the social engineer is someone he or she is not by way of manipulation. As a result the social engineer is able to take advantage of people to obtain information with or without the use of technology’ – From the book ‘The Art Of Deception’ by Kevin …
Vivenus Starchild A few years ago I wrote an article for UFO Digest on a woman named Vivenus Starchild. Her story is one I am still skeptical about to this day. It would have been interesting to have a face to face conversation with her to find out what she was all about. The question was whether Vivenus was from …
Money is a great way to compromise a person. Just tell them what to do, when and how to do it or threaten to cut back or eliminate their funding. Same with Quebec when they start talking about separating from the rest of Canada. All it is a ploy to get more funding from the feds in Ottawa. Do we …
‘Everything in moderation’ is good when used in a dietary sense. But there are times when one needs to break out of their usual routine of doing things and go for the gusto. ‘A little white lie’ never hurt anyone can shown the exit door quickly. Even a little white lie erodes trust between people and who can trust a …
Expressions are a dime a dozen at best. Most are meaningless and provides useless information no one really needs to know. I’ve compiled a number of expressions with my opinion or reaction to them. I’ve attempted to do this in a logical manner mixing in my dry sense of humour with my observations. ‘It’s hot enough to fry an egg …
You Know You Are A Nerd When… You kiss your girlfriend’s home page. A VRML (virtual walk through a park) is your idea of a good date. Your bookmark takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom. Your glasses have a web site burned in on them. Your dreams are in HTML. You call going to the bathroom as …
The Rafflesia arnoldii is the world’s largest individual flower and truly a wonder of the plant kingdom. It has been called the “giant panda of the plant world” because this rare and endangered species only occurs in the rain forests of Sumatra and Borneo in the Malay Archipelago. Rafflesia Arnoldii Is In The Parasitic Family Rafflesia arnoldii is in the …
One Day In Hell, And One Day In Heaven While leaving the legislature one day, a politician is tragically hit by a falling stone and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter. “Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “But, before you settle in, there is a problem. We seldom see political officials around here, so …
Memories Are Quite Deceptive Part 1Memories Are Quite Deceptive Part 2 Every one of us remembers in a particular way but in reality it probably isn’t even close to what really happened. It can occur to an individual or it can happen in a crowd setting. Can anyone remember exactly what they saw in real life, watched on TV or …
