‘I love the fact you can create something from nothing’

"I love you from the bottom of my heart".

An Exploratory Study on the Use of 'I Love You' in the American Context

This study explores the use of the English locution I love you in the American context. The data were collected through a focus discussion group and a survey questionnaire. 120 college undergraduate students from a large public American university participated in the study with 28 attending the focus discussion group and 92 completing the survey questionnaire. The findings indicated th...

Can "Something You Know" Be Saved?

“Something you know,” in the form of passwords, has been the cornerstone of authentication for some time; however the inability to survive replay attack threatens this state of affairs. While “something you know” may always be used in addition to “something you have” we examine whether it can be salvaged as the solo factor for authentication. A recent surge of interest in Challenge Response aut...

From Something to Nothing (and back)

This paper addresses the experience that I have had in making the transition from technician (UNIX systems administrator variety) to management. It discusses some of the issues that I have had to cope with in this unfamiliar territory. If this paper has any management-speak in it, it is only because I have included it by accident, as my background is as a technician. I won’t say that nothing, b...

Something for nothing?

Official statistics are an important component of the mass of publicly available data. Although well used by policy makers, planners and academic researchers, engagement with businesses is not fully developed. Both corporate and citizen users can benefit more from using these free resources. Considerable efforts are being made to engage with users, for example via the recently launched www.stat...