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intertribalI have a hilariously auto-biographical story up at Postcards From... mine is the "futuristic horror fantasy", I think, lol. I like how that manages to incorporate every genre of speculative fiction available.
I walked back from handing back my Nationalism paper ("Born Free: Failed Integration in the Post-Colonial Context", which sounds a lot better than the paper is) with the Hillary Chick in my class. She was, of course, wearing a Hillary t-shirt. Everyone knows who she is because she's often nearly late, has a sort of elephant-in-china-shop manner of going about the class, is very blonde and blue-eyed and Barbie-doll-ish, and is constantly wearing Hillary gear. She works for a Hillary phone bank, and is always busy campaigning. We were both wearing red coats today. There was much awkwardness. She has Hillary's voice. I would believe that she is Hillary's younger form.
The NYTimes has an article on the City Room blog called "Three baby hawks believed dead". I thought, because it's the Washington blog, that it was some kind of very darkly cynical comment about war hawks in Congress who were not going to run for re-election for various reasons. No, turns out it's actually about birds.
I have another reason I dislike Paolini: he named his "village hamlet" Carvahall. Does that sound like a village hamlet name to anyone? Well, I guess I don't know much about village hamlets, but what it really sounds like to me is the magical woods of Carterhaugh, and seriously, just don't steal from Tam Lin. I mean, come on, yo.
I walked back from handing back my Nationalism paper ("Born Free: Failed Integration in the Post-Colonial Context", which sounds a lot better than the paper is) with the Hillary Chick in my class. She was, of course, wearing a Hillary t-shirt. Everyone knows who she is because she's often nearly late, has a sort of elephant-in-china-shop manner of going about the class, is very blonde and blue-eyed and Barbie-doll-ish, and is constantly wearing Hillary gear. She works for a Hillary phone bank, and is always busy campaigning. We were both wearing red coats today. There was much awkwardness. She has Hillary's voice. I would believe that she is Hillary's younger form.
The NYTimes has an article on the City Room blog called "Three baby hawks believed dead". I thought, because it's the Washington blog, that it was some kind of very darkly cynical comment about war hawks in Congress who were not going to run for re-election for various reasons. No, turns out it's actually about birds.
I have another reason I dislike Paolini: he named his "village hamlet" Carvahall. Does that sound like a village hamlet name to anyone? Well, I guess I don't know much about village hamlets, but what it really sounds like to me is the magical woods of Carterhaugh, and seriously, just don't steal from Tam Lin. I mean, come on, yo.
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Date: 2008-05-14 01:07 am (UTC)* Basic Access Control (BAC): the chip has to be unlocked using the Machine Readable Zone printed into the passport (prevents skimming). This protection also brings a medium level of encryption to the communication channel between the chip and the reader.
* Random identification number (along with BAC): the passport number provided by the chip is random until the BAC is unlocked.
* Active Authentication: the chip contains a private key that cannot be read or copied, but its existence can easily be proven (prevents cloning).
* Extended Access Control (EAC): the chip reader must authenticate using a strong encryption certificate to access sensitive biometric information (fingerprints, iris...). This protection also brings strong encryption to the communication channel. This protection level is the most secure, but is still rare today.