[Thursday] Give your team a hug - your security could depend on it, Lennon 25th Deathday, Why men always think of sex, Christmas Fact #17

What did we say yesterday?  December is the roundup month, and continuing that tradition TheRegister has published a report from Sophos the anti-virus people detailing the security threats of 2005.  The report details that 16,000 new viruses, worms and trojans popped in 2005, but more alarmingly there seems to be a trend away from the mass-disruption type of threats to more targetted attacks.  Nobbling key individuals within companies for their passwords is high on the list.  Disgruntled employees (both present and past) still remain the biggest threat a company can do.  We therefore need to reinstate company-hug-day; management, give you team a hug and say how much you value them.

• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/07/sophos_2005_security_survey/

On this day, 25 years ago, John Lennon was shot dead in front of his New York home.  Pronounced dead 30 minutes later, the world lost another great singer/songwriter but under way different circumstances than the cliche car/plane crash.

• http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/ThursdayTicket/2005/12/08/1343546-sun.html

Thank goodness for that - scientists have finally come up with a reason why men continually think of sex. New Scientist journal has published an article detailing the results from a study of bats, which apparently is a good comparison.  The amount of metabolic energy to produce and maintain brain tissue and sperm is huge, rendering that neither can be produced optimally at the same time - you either do one or the other!  Men will smaller testicles, the study proposes, have a larger brain with the reverse also holding true.  Definitely make for an interesting interview question for prospective engineers!

• http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8429

Countdown to Christmas Fact #17:
The Christmas bell has many traditions associated with it.  A ringing bell is usually meant to signal death, but in Christianity it signals the death of the devil as the common of Jesus Christ on the 25th.
Courtesy of http://www.santas.net/bells2.htm

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