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Mini-golf courses are terrorist targets

Local officials said Thursday they were shocked to learn that Emerald Hills Golfland, a three-acre theme park with two miniature golf courses, had been placed on a Homeland Security watch list.

“The moment we realized it was on the list, it was taken off,” said San Jose police officer Rubens Dalaison, who handles “critical infrastructure assessment” for the department. “I myself took it off.”Funny

Mini-golf courses are terrorist targets

Local officials said Thursday they were shocked to learn that Emerald Hills Golfland, a three-acre theme park with two miniature golf courses, had been placed on a Homeland Security watch list.

“The moment we realized it was on the list, it was taken off,” said San Jose police officer Rubens Dalaison, who handles “critical infrastructure assessment” for the department. “I myself took it off.”Funny

Why do people still use IE?

Here’s another reason why:

Unpatched IE Flaw Is Worse Than Expected

By Larry Loeb

November 28, 2005

Last week was shortened by the Thanksgiving holiday, and it seemed the malware guys took it off as well. There was not much going on of recent origin, and the biggest blip on the security radar was the realization by the security community that an Internet Explorer problem first identified six months ago was a lot worse than it appeared.The realization caused Secunia to issue a rare “Extremely Critical” advisory. Once thought just to be a DoS vulnerability, it turns out that it also allows execution of arbitrary code.

Why do people still use IE?

Here’s another reason why:

Unpatched IE Flaw Is Worse Than Expected

By Larry Loeb

November 28, 2005

Last week was shortened by the Thanksgiving holiday, and it seemed the malware guys took it off as well. There was not much going on of recent origin, and the biggest blip on the security radar was the realization by the security community that an Internet Explorer problem first identified six months ago was a lot worse than it appeared.The realization caused Secunia to issue a rare “Extremely Critical” advisory. Once thought just to be a DoS vulnerability, it turns out that it also allows execution of arbitrary code.