Cyber Crimes

August 31st, 2008

CYBER CRIMES

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION: 

 

With the day to day evolution of human mind , the modes of committing crime are also drastically changing . Criminals are getting smarter day by day and are applying there minds in this context to commit crime and escape without getting caught. With the advent of computers no one thought that it will become a mode or source of committing crime . Charles Babbage who is well known as the father of computer would not have dreamt that the machine he is giving the world may become a source of crime and would ever influence the society in a negative way.

 

Whenever we talk about cyber crime we can make out that its something related to a wrong  done were a computer system is involved .

The term ‘cyber crime’ is a wrongly applied name. This term has nowhere been defined in any statute /Act passed or enacted by the Indian Parliament. The concept of cyber crime is not radically different from the concept of conventional crime. Both include conduct whether act or omission, which cause breach of rules of law and counterbalanced by the sanction of the state. Though cyber crimes is a new breed of crimes which came into being just after the advent of the computers and the scenario has become more worse with the influence of internet in our day to day life.

 

 

 CONVENTIONAL CRIME-

 

 Crime is a social and economic phenomenon and is as old as the human society. Crime is a legal concept and has the sanction of the law. Crime is defined as “a legal wrong that can be followed by criminal proceedings which may result into punishment.”.  A crime may be said to be any conduct accompanied by act or omission prohibited by law and consequential breach of which is visited by penal consequences.

 

 

 CYBER CRIME:

 

 Cyber crime is the latest and perhaps the most complicated problem in the cyber world. “Cyber crime may be said to be those species, of which, genus is the conventional crime, and where either the computer is an object or subject of the conduct constituting crime. In general cyber crime may be defined as “ unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or target or both”.

 

The computer may be used as a tool in the following kinds of activity- financial crimes, sale of illegal articles, pornography, online gambling, intellectual property crime, e-mail spoofing, forgery, cyber defamation, cyber stalking. The computer may however be a  target for unlawful acts in the following cases- unauthorized access to computer/ computer system/ computer networks, theft of information contained in the ,electronic form,

 e-mail bombing,  salami attacks, logic bombs, Trojan attacks, internet time thefts, web jacking, theft of computer system, physically damaging the computer system.

 

 

DISTINCTION BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND CYBER CRIME-

 

 There is apparently no distinction between cyber and conventional crime as both the crimes results into some sort of loss to one of the parties. However on a deep introspection we may say that there exists a fine line of demarcation between the conventional and cyber crime, which is appreciable. The demarcation lies in the involvement of the medium in cases of cyber crime.

 

 

MODE AND MANNER OF COMMITING CYBER CRIME:

 

 

1.      HACKING:

   

 This kind of offence is normally referred as hacking in the generic sense. However the framers of the information technology Act 2000 have no where used this term so to avoid any confusion we would not interchangeably use the word hacking for ‘unauthorized access’ as the latter has wide connotation.

 

2. THEFT OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ELECTRONIC FORM:

This includes information stored in computer hard disks, removable storage media etc.  Theft may be either by appropriating the data physically or by tampering them through the virtual medium.

3.  EMAIL BOMBARDING:

This kind of activity refers to sending large numbers of mail to the victim, which may be an individual or a company or even mail servers there by ultimately resulting into crashing of the entire system.

4.  DATA DIDDLING:

This kind of an attack involves altering raw data just before a computer processes it and then changing it back after the processing is completed.

5. SALAMI ATTACKS:

This kind of crime is normally prevalent in the financial institutions or for the purpose of committing financial crimes. An important feature of this type of offence is that the alteration is so small that it would normally go unnoticed.

6. DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK:

The computer of the victim is flooded with more requests than it can handle which cause it to crash. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is also a type of denial of service attack, in which the offenders are wide in number and widespread.

7. VIRUS OR WORM ATTACKS:

 Viruses are programs that attach themselves to a computer or a file and then circulate themselves to other files and to other computers on a network. They usually affect the data on a computer, either by altering or deleting it. Worms, unlike viruses do not need the host to attach themselves to. They merely make functional copies of themselves and do this repeatedly till they eat up all the available space on a computer’s memory. E.g. love bug virus, which affected at least 5 % of the computers of the globe. The losses were accounted to be $ 10 million. The world’s most famous worm was the Internet worm let loose on the Internet by Robert Morris sometime in 1988.  Almost brought development of Internet to a complete halt.

8. LOGIC BOMBS:

 These are event dependent programs. This implies that these programs are created to do something only when a certain event (known as a trigger event) occurs. E.g. even some viruses may be termed logic bombs because they lie dormant all through the year and become active only on a particular date (like the Chernobyl virus).

9. TROJAN ATTACKS:

 This term has its origin in the word ‘Trojan horse’. In software field this means an unauthorized programme, which passively gains control over another’s system by representing itself as an authorised programme. The most common form of installing a Trojan is through e-mail. E.g. a Trojan was installed in the computer of a lady film director in the U.S. while chatting. The cyber criminal through the web cam installed in the computer obtained her nude photographs. He further harassed this lady.

10. INTERNET TIME THEFT:

Normally in these kinds of thefts the Internet surfing hours of the victim are used up by another person. This is done by gaining access to the login ID and the password. E.g. Colonel Bajwa’s case- the Internet hours were used up by any other person. This was perhaps one of the first reported cases related to cyber crime in India. However this case made the police infamous as to their lack of understanding of the nature of cyber crime.

11. WEB JACKING:

  This term is derived from the term hi jacking. In these kinds of offences the hacker gains access and control over the web site of another. He may even mutilate or change the information on the site. This may be done for fulfilling political objectives or for money. E.g. recently the site of MIT (Ministry of Information Technology) was hacked by the Pakistani hackers and some obscene matter was placed therein. Further the site of Bombay crime branch was also web jacked. Another case of web jacking is that of the ‘gold fish’ case. In this case the site was hacked and the information pertaining to gold fish was changed. Further a ransom of US $ 1 million was demanded as ransom. Thus web jacking is a process where by control over the site of another is made backed by some consideration for it.

CLASSIFICATION OF CYBER CRIMES:

The subject of cyber crime may be broadly classified under the following three groups. They are-

1. Against Individuals :

a. against person
b. their property of an individual
 

2. Against Organization :

a. Government
c. Firm, Company, Group of Individuals.

3. Against Society at large 


Against Individuals: –

They can be:
i.   Harassment via e-mails.
ii. Cyber-stalking.
iii. Dissemination of obscene material.
iv. Defamation.
v.  Unauthorized control/access over computer system.
vi. Fraud and cheating

Against Individual Property: - 

i. Computer vandalism.
ii. Transmitting virus.
iii. Netrespass
iv. Unauthorized control/access over computer system.
v. Intellectual Property crimes
vi. Internet time thefts

Against Organization: -

i. Unauthorized control/access over computer system
ii. Possession of unauthorized information.
iii. Cyber terrorism against the government organization.
iv. Distribution of pirated software etc.

Against Society at large: -

i.     Pornography (basically child pornography).
ii.    Polluting the youth through indecent exposure.
iii.   Trafficking
iv.   Financial crimes
v.    Sale of illegal articles
vi.   Online gambling
vii.  Forgery

 Some of the above mentioned offences may discussed in brief as follows:

 

 1.       Harassment via e-mails- 

              Harassment through e-mails is not a new concept. It is very similar to harassing through letters.  

2.        Cyber-stalking-

The Oxford dictionary defines stalking as “pursuing stealthily”. Cyber stalking   involves following a person’s movements across the Internet by posting messages (sometimes threatening) on the bulletin boards frequented by the victim, entering the chat-rooms frequented by the victim, constantly bombarding the victim with emails etc.

3.                 Dissemination of obscene material-

  Pornography on the net may take various forms. It may include the hosting of web site containing these prohibited materials. Use of computers for producing these obscene materials. Downloading through the Internet, obscene materials. These obscene matters may cause harm to the mind of the adolescent and tend to deprave or corrupt their mind. Two known cases of pornography are the Delhi Bal Bharati case and the Bombay case wherein two Swiss couple used to force the slum children for obscene photographs. The Mumbai police later arrested them.

 4.       Defamation

It is an act of imputing any person with intent to lower the person in the estimation of the right-thinking members of society generally or to cause him to be shunned or avoided or to expose him to hatred, contempt or ridicule. Cyber defamation is not different from conventional defamation except the involvement of a virtual medium. E.g. the mail account of Rohit was hacked and some mails were sent from his account to some of his batch mates regarding his affair with a girl with intent to defame him.

 5.      Unauthorized control/access over computer system-

 This activity is commonly referred to as hacking. The Indian law has however given a different connotation to the term hacking, so we will not use the term “unauthorized access” interchangeably with the term “hacking” to prevent confusion as the term used in the Act of 2000 is much wider than hacking.

 

 

 6.         Computer vandalism-

  Vandalism means deliberately destroying or damaging property of another. Thus computer vandalism may include within its purview any kind of physical harm done to the computer of any person. These acts may take the form of the theft of a computer, some part of a computer or a peripheral attached to the computer or by physically damaging a computer or its peripherals.

 

  8.      Intellectual Property crimes / Distribution of pirated software-

 Intellectual property consists of a bundle of rights. Any unlawful act by which the owner is deprived completely or partially of his rights is an offence. The common form of IPR violation may be said to be software piracy, copyright infringement, trademark and service mark violation, theft of computer source code, etc.

 

   9.       Cyber terrorism against the government organization

  At this juncture a necessity may be felt that what is the need to distinguish between cyber terrorism and cyber crime. Both are criminal acts. However there is a compelling need to distinguish between both these crimes. A cyber crime is generally a domestic issue, which may have international consequences, however cyber terrorism is a global concern, which has domestic as well as international consequences.

  The common form of these terrorist attacks on the Internet is by distributed denial of service attacks, hate websites and hate emails, attacks on sensitive computer networks, etc.  Cyber terrorism may be defined to be “ the premeditated use of disruptive activities, or the threat thereof, in cyber space, with the intention to further social, ideological, religious, political or similar objectives, or to intimidate any person in furtherance of such objectives”

  Another definition may be attempted to cover within its ambit every act of cyber terrorism.

A terrorist means a person who indulges in wanton killing of persons or in violence or in disruption of services or means of communications essential to the community or in damaging property with the view to –

(1) putting the public or any section of the public in fear; or

(2) affecting adversely the harmony between different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities; or

(3) coercing or overawing the government established by law; or

(4) endangering the sovereignty and integrity of the nation

and a cyber terrorist is the person who uses the computer system as a means or ends to achieve the above objectives. Every act done in pursuance thereof is an act of cyber terrorism.

    10.     Trafficking

   Trafficking may assume different forms. It may be trafficking in drugs, human beings, arms weapons etc. These forms of trafficking are going unchecked because they are carried on under pseudonyms. A racket was busted in Chennai where drugs were being sold under the pseudonym of honey.  

 

11.                           Fraud & Cheating

 Online fraud and cheating is one of the most lucrative businesses that are growing today in the cyber space. It may assume different forms. Some of the cases of online fraud and cheating that have come to light are those pertaining to credit card crimes, contractual crimes, offering jobs, etc.

 

STATUTORY PROVISIONS:

The Indian parliament considered it necessary to give effect to the resolution by which the General Assembly adopted Model Law on Electronic Commerce adopted by the United Nations Commission on Trade Law. As a consequence of which the Information Technology Act 2000 was passed and enforced on 17th May 2000.the preamble of this Act states its objective to legalise e-commerce and further amend the Indian Penal Code 1860, the Indian Evidence Act 1872, the Banker’s Book Evidence Act1891 and   the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934.  The basic purpose to incorporate the changes in these Acts is to make them compatible with the Act of 2000. So that they may regulate and control the affairs of the cyber world in an effective manner.            

CONCLUSION:

  Capacity of human mind is unfathomable. It is not possible to eliminate cyber crime from the cyber space. It is quite possible to check them. History is the witness that no legislation has succeeded in totally eliminating crime from the globe. The only possible step is to make people aware of their rights and duties (to report crime as a collective duty towards the society) and further making the application of the laws more stringent to check crime. Undoubtedly the Act is a historical step in the cyber world. Further I all together do not deny that there is a need to bring changes in the Information Technology Act to make it more effective to combat cyber crime. I would conclude with a word of caution for the pro-legislation school that it should be kept in mind that the provisions of the cyber law are not made so stringent that it may retard the growth of the industry and prove to be counter-productive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cyber-Bullying Goes Federal & MySpace Fakery Could Be a Crime

August 30th, 2008

In a highly unusual use of a federal law in which legal experts describe as “creative” and “aggressive,” a St. Louis, Missouri woman has been indicted in what may be the country’s first case of cyber-bullying. Federal prosecutors say Lori Drew, 49, and others created an account on the social networking site MySpace pretending to be a 16-year-old boy to fool her neighbor, 13-year-old Megan Meier.

According to prosecutors, Drew used the MySpace account to establish a relationship with Meier, acting for weeks to be a boy interested in forming a romantic relationship her. A short time later, Drew suddenly ended the relationship, taunting Meier and telling her the world would be better off without her. Consequently, a distraught Meier committed suicide by hanging herself.

Drew is Arrested and Charged with a Crime

The federal indictment, which was delivered in Los Angeles after state prosecutors in Missouri declined to bring charges, is unprecedented, and legal commentators believe it may seriously stretch the federal statute on which it was based. The indictment charged that in violation of MySpace terms of service, “Drew and co-conspirators knowingly and agreed with each other to intentionally access a computer … to further a tortious act, namely, intentional infliction of emotion distress.” According to the prosecution, Drew violated MySpace’s terms by using a fictitious name, among other things, and thus had no authority to access the MySpace service.

“This adult woman allegedly used the Internet to target a young teenage girl, with horrendous ramifications,” said United States Attorney Thomas O’Brien. “Any adult who uses the Internet or a social-gathering website to harass or bully another person, particularly a young girl, must realize their actions can have serious consequences.”

The Unprecedented Charges may Create a New Realm of Cases

The case presents a new wrinkle in the interpretation of federal law. Legal experts warned that such an interpretation could criminalize routine behavior on the internet. After all, people regularly create accounts or post information under aliases for many legitimate reasons, including avoiding spam and a desire to maintain their privacy online.

This new interpretation also gives a business contract the force of a law: violations of a web site’s terms of service could now lead to criminal sanctions, instead of just civil lawsuits or ejection from a site.

“I think the danger of applying a statute in this way is that it could have unintended consequences,” said John Palfrey, a Harvard law professor. “An application of a general statute like this might result in chilling a great deal of online speech and other freedom.” Drew is scheduled to be arraigned in St. Louis but the trial will be held in Los Angeles were MySpace is headquartered. If convicted of the charges, Drew faces up to 20 years in prison.

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Web 2.0 Making People More Comfortable With Their Legal Issues

August 29th, 2008

Almost everyone at some point in our lives would require the services of a lawyer. For some, the requirement might be as basic as having someone to give legal advice before transferring or buying a property, creating a will or getting a legal opinion before commencing with a business deal. For some unfortunate ones, the requirements are more complex like getting a divorce lawyer, a criminal lawyer or getting the best possible lawyer before proceeding to take legal action against a company or an individual.

 

Whatever may be the requirement, one thing that almost all of us would unanimously agree is that searching for the right lawyer can be a real pain. In fact for most people just the thought of soliciting the services of a lawyer is enough to give them sleepless nights and most just don’t know where to begin or how to go about contacting various lawyers and choosing the best one for their requirements or unique situation.

 

If you are one of those individuals as well who just don’t know what to do in order to search for the best lawyers, then welcome to the world of web 2.0. The internet has already changed a lot of things in our lives like the way we communicate, the way we shop, the way we research about a particular subject etc. But now the next wave of internet websites, popularly known as web 2.0, are changing things even further and one of those is how we look at law, understand legal situations and best of all, how we solicit the services of a lawyer.

 

Legal networking sites have made the general public much more comfortable with all aspect of the law and made them realize the law is there to help them and is nothing to be scared of. One of the great features of these sites is normal users can register for free and post their problems or grievances and not only can they get advice from fellow users, they can get accurate legal advice from real lawyers who are registered users of these websites. You can even have lawyers who specialize in the field in which you have a problem contacting you and offering their services.

 

You can find lawyers of absolutely any specialization in these sites from personal injury lawyers to divorce lawyers, criminal lawyers, business lawyers, lawyers specializing in real estate, insurance, immigration, employment etc. The list is absolutely endless and you can not only have lawyers contact you, but the websites actually list the lawyer’s entire details like their specialization, distance from your postal code to their office and their exact location. Apart from this, any user can access the lawyer’s entire profile which has detailed information on their practice, experience and traditional resume.

 

Never before has interacting with a lawyer of your choice been so easy. Even those who have never interacted with a lawyer before are finding it really simple to now get expert legal advice and judging by the growth of these legal networking sites, it can be clearly seen how comfortable everyone has become with legal issues using web 2.0.

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Critical Analysis of Cyber Law

August 28th, 2008

Critical Analysis of Information Technology Act, 2000

 

Till year 2000, India did not have any legislation governing cyber space or Information Technology Law.  To give consideration to the Model Law on Electronic Commerce adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and to give legal recognition to electronic commerce the Information Technology Act, 2000 was enacted. Though this is comparatively a new legislation as far as others areas of law are concerned, still 8 years have passed since this act was enacted and in these 8 years Technology has changed at a much faster pace. Though law cannot possibly be expected to keep pace with changes in technology, still there are few areas in the current cyber laws which need some attention.

  

Spamming

 

Spam may be defined as Unsolicited Bulk E-mail. Initially it was viewed as a mere nuisance but now it is posing major economic problems. I think almost all of us receive many unwanted mails daily. Though there are some technical methods to deal with spam, they are not very effective and adequate in dealing with this menace. In the absence of any adequate technical protection, stringent legislation is required to deal with the problem of spam. The Information Technology Act does not discuss the issue of spamming at all. USA and the European Union have enacted anti spam legislation. In fact Australia has very stringent spam laws under which the spammers may be fined up to 1.1 million dollars per day.

 

Pornography

 

Though the Information Technology Act talks about publishing of information which is “obscene” in nature, it doesn’t specifically define what is obscene and what may be classified as pornography. Even the punishment for pornography is not sufficient in India. In China the punishment for maintaining pornographic website is life imprisonment but by the proposed amendment in IT Act the imprisonment is being reduced to two years from the present five year imprisonment. Also the intermediaries are exempted from any liability. Though legislations worldwide contain severe provisions for child pornography there is no mention of child pornography in the Indian Act. It is interesting to note down that the Information Technology Act prohibits publishing of pornography but viewing of pornography is not an offence under the act.

Phishing

 

According to Wikipedia, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail and often directs users to enter personal and financial details at a website. Phishing is an example of social engineering technique used to fool users. There is no law against phishing in the Information Technology Act though the Indian Penal Code talks about cheating, it is not sufficient to check the activity of phishing. Recently a phishing attack was noticed on the customers of State Bank of India in which a clone of the SBI website was used. What is worse is that even SBI has not alerted its customers. So the need of the hour is a legislation which prohibits the activity of phishing in India.

 

Data Protection in Internet Banking

 

Data protection laws primarily aim to safeguard the interest of the individual whose data is handled and processed by others. Internet Banking involves not just the banks and their customers, but numerous third parties too. Information held by banks about their customers, their transactions etc. changes hand several times. It is impossible for the banks to retain information within their own computer networks. High risks are involved in preventing leakage or tampering of data which ask for adequate legal and technical protection. India has no law on data protection leave alone a law governing an area as specific as protection of data in electronic banking.

 

The Information Technology Act talks about unauthorized access but it does not talk about maintaining integrity of customer transactions. The act does not lay down any duty upon banks to protect the details of customers and clients. U.K has a data protection law which was enacted 10 years back that is in 1998 under which banks or any person holding sensitive information may be held liable for damages if it fails to maintain adequate security protection in respect of data. In India, a bank’s liability would arise out of contract as there is no statute on the point.

 

Privacy Protection

 

Privacy and data protection are important issues that need to be addressed today as information technology assumes greater importance in personal, professional and commercial spheres. The European Union and the United States have strict policies relating to privacy and protection of personal data when such data or information is being transferred out of their domain.

It also pertinent to note here, that the absence of a specific privacy law in India has resulted in a loss of substantial foreign investment and other business opportunities. This deficiency has also served as an obstacle to the real growth of electronic commerce. Thus, a statute addressing various issues related to privacy is of utmost importance today, if not an entire act can be brought into force, then at least specific provisions relating to privacy and data protection be incorporated into the Act.

Conclusion

 

These were some of the most important shortcomings of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Though an amendment was proposed in the Act in 2005, the bill has still not been passed and moreover the bill also fails to address these issues and shortcomings. It seems quite evident that by the time the bill is passed, it would have become obsolete and ineffective.

 

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Cyber-Bullying Goes Federal & MySpace Fakery Could Be a Crime

August 27th, 2008

In a highly unusual use of a federal law in which legal experts describe as “creative” and “aggressive,” a St. Louis, Missouri woman has been indicted in what may be the country’s first case of cyber-bullying. Federal prosecutors say Lori Drew, 49, and others created an account on the social networking site MySpace pretending to be a 16-year-old boy to fool her neighbor, 13-year-old Megan Meier.

According to prosecutors, Drew used the MySpace account to establish a relationship with Meier, acting for weeks to be a boy interested in forming a romantic relationship her. A short time later, Drew suddenly ended the relationship, taunting Meier and telling her the world would be better off without her. Consequently, a distraught Meier committed suicide by hanging herself.

Drew is Arrested and Charged with a Crime

The federal indictment, which was delivered in Los Angeles after state prosecutors in Missouri declined to bring charges, is unprecedented, and legal commentators believe it may seriously stretch the federal statute on which it was based. The indictment charged that in violation of MySpace terms of service, “Drew and co-conspirators knowingly and agreed with each other to intentionally access a computer … to further a tortious act, namely, intentional infliction of emotion distress.” According to the prosecution, Drew violated MySpace’s terms by using a fictitious name, among other things, and thus had no authority to access the MySpace service.

“This adult woman allegedly used the Internet to target a young teenage girl, with horrendous ramifications,” said United States Attorney Thomas O’Brien. “Any adult who uses the Internet or a social-gathering website to harass or bully another person, particularly a young girl, must realize their actions can have serious consequences.”

The Unprecedented Charges may Create a New Realm of Cases

The case presents a new wrinkle in the interpretation of federal law. Legal experts warned that such an interpretation could criminalize routine behavior on the internet. After all, people regularly create accounts or post information under aliases for many legitimate reasons, including avoiding spam and a desire to maintain their privacy online.

This new interpretation also gives a business contract the force of a law: violations of a web site’s terms of service could now lead to criminal sanctions, instead of just civil lawsuits or ejection from a site.

“I think the danger of applying a statute in this way is that it could have unintended consequences,” said John Palfrey, a Harvard law professor. “An application of a general statute like this might result in chilling a great deal of online speech and other freedom.” Drew is scheduled to be arraigned in St. Louis but the trial will be held in Los Angeles were MySpace is headquartered. If convicted of the charges, Drew faces up to 20 years in prison.

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Tips for Playing Platformers Online

August 26th, 2008
The platformer is at the heart of the online community. The video game craze was birthed from the little seed known as Super Mario Bros. The platformer may have fallen on hard times in the retail market, but it is expanding exponentially in the world of the online arcade. This isn’t too surprising considering its nature. Platform games are meant to be quick experiences in jumping on enemies and moving through levels. What better format for an arcade game? This simple nature can often hide an even tougher design than many modern games. You can’t forget the basics if you want to succeed.


Let’s start off with the jumping. Just about every game will make you move through a crazy level. You will be blocked by enemies, cruel walls, and the dreaded floating platform. You will need to experiment with the various moves so you can understand the best way to get through the challenges. There isn’t a whole lot worse in a platformer than underestimating a jump and falling into some fiery lava pit. Learning the length and range of the various jumps and attacks means that you will have less accidents and more lives left to waste on the boss.


You will also want to go ahead and make sure that your brain is functioning properly. The beauty of the platformer is that the combat is very simple. There aren’t too many types of enemies and they can usually be killed in a set number of ways. Memorize the techniques and stomp the little buggers out of existence. Making a stupid mistake in killing a baddie is one of the easiest ways to waste a life. Keep your head in the game and you should be fine.


Exploring the levels will also usually be quite rewarding. You should make this a regular habit. All paths through a level won’t be the same. Breaking different boxes will yield different results and different powerups. These can make or break your game. If you can you should try different ways through the level on a replay. You will see new things and experience new stuff and possibly find a better way through the level.


This leads into my final point. You shouldn’t take a game over as a game over. It is just a new chance to fix your mistakes and win. Then again, if things get really frustrating you should go ahead and quit. This is a game. It isn’t work. If you aren’t having fun then don’t feel bad about quiting the game. If you are having fun though, you just need to take a second and think about what you did wrong. The levels generally don’t change so you can just fix your mistake and start over. It may take a few tries but you should be able to reach the end with your extra lives intact.


The platformer is a game with a deceiving level of difficulty. It seems easy with its basic graphics and linear levels. The truth is that it can be as difficult as any game on the market. You’ll need good reflexes and patience to beat it. Keeping these ideas in your mind should make the whole journey a bit easier.

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The Various Types of Lawyers Available in Pennsylvania Help You Settle Your Legal Disputes Soon

August 25th, 2008

No matter what your dispute is you can always find many lawyers in Pennsylvania, Easton, Allentown, and Stroudsburg who specialize in various fields to carry your brief and settle matters in your favor. Whether it is family lawyers, litigation lawyers, personal injury lawyers or criminal defense lawyers you can always seek their help to bring justice to your cause.

 

Family Law Lawyers:

 

A family law attorney helps settle disputes involving relationships in the family. Disputes like, adoption, visitation rights, child custody, divorce, domestic violence, juvenile dependency and delinquency, marital property rights, paternity and support obligations.

 

Litigation Lawyers:

 

Pennsylvania litigation lawyers are of immense help to people. They not only help settle differences between businesses but also assist clients decide on how to form a business partnership. These lawyers can also help resolve property disputes or other issues dealing with real estate laws. More often than not clients hire litigation law firms for legal check ups so that no problems arise later. Litigation lawyers also specialize in environmental litigation, healthcare litigation, product liability litigation, toxic tort litigation, insurance litigation, pharmaceutical litigation and qui tam whistle blower litigation.

 

Personal Injury Lawyers:

 

Injury caused due to irresponsible actions or negligence fall within the ambit of personal injury. Apart from terrible mental trauma in most cases the victims have to bear huge medical expenses. Medical malpractice, vehicle accidents, and slip and fall are some of the examples of personal injury cases. Situations turn tragic when they get decapitated as a result of the injury. Personal injury attorneys help victims receive justice before law. They help not only to establish the fault of the offender before the law but also help wrench the exact amount of compensation to the sufferer.

 

Real Estate Lawyers:

 

Real Estate Lawyers pass the ownership of a property with a deed which consist an appropriate description of the land. In other words a real estate lawyer will assist you in meeting every day specifics of ownership transaction and other extraneous aspects. There are many different areas and aspects that lawyers handle. These include agricultural land, commercial property, buy sell a home, condemnation, construction, zoning and mortgage matters.

 

Estate Planning Lawyers:

 

Estate Planning includes a host of important aspects. Apart from drafting a will estate planning reduces the taxes and fees and arranges for a contingency plans to ensure that your health care and subsequent treatment are maintained. Good estate plans also coordinates the future of your home, your employee benefits, your life insurance, your investments, your business, and even other property in case you become disabled or in case of an untimely death. Pennsylvania Estate Planning Attorneys help you in every manner to settling your estate planning disputes.

 

You can always count upon Pennsylvania Attorneys to bail you out of trouble.

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Privacy Series - The Right and the Expectation of Privacy on the Internet

August 24th, 2008

Do you have a right to online privacy? Do you actually have online privacy? Most people who use the Internet have no idea of how little privacy they actually have. The searches you perform are not private. These are saved by the major search engines. The sites you visit are not private. Your visits are recorded in the site’s log files. The ad companies use cookies to track your interests by keeping records of your surfing habits. No privacy there. So do you actually have privacy on the Internet? If you are like most people, the statements I just made will scare you or make you angry.

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Free Bet Bringing Betting to Your Doorsteps

August 23rd, 2008
The online world has brought many new avenues to the comfort of our homes. From shopping for designer gifts, to watching movies, to playing games to being up to date on what’s happening all around the world – Internet has brought it all to our tables. The latest addition to the fun that you can have from the Internet is online betting portals. No need to go and stand at the race course or go and sit at Bingo rooms – it’s all here, right at the click of a button.


At Free Bet, you will get an amazing collection of games, sports and arcades where you can bet your money easy and win easy too. The site gives an exhaustive listing of different games that you can bet on. The list includes the casino games like bingo, lotto, poker, lottery to traditional horse racing or betting on football aka soccer or cricket. For the novice the site also gives a hands-on description of how the game is played and helps the user understand the nuances of the game before they get into betting.


There is a separate section that helps the user understand how to join and create accounts in order to play. Free Bet connects the user to a number of betting options and the best part is: it’s all for free. Once you choose a particular game listed in the Free Bet website, you will need to access that game and create your account for the same. Each game link will also have a brief description of the game to help you make up your mind. The registration page is specific to each game. You will have to furnish your address, login details and currency that you will be using. Some information is mandatory and you must complete those fields. Once the registration and verification is over, you are good to start off with your day’s play. Many games also offer coupons for free to play with once you register. So even if you want to check it out for fun, you won’t lose out and who knows you may actually make some money without investing any!


Remember before you join Free Bet, you must fulfill certain legal criteria of minimum age and/or geographic location before you start playing. Betting is illegal in many nations and states. Also betting is good as long as it is fun and earns you something extra on the side. Do not let it rule your life or your habits. Be responsible towards the money you play with and the money that you earn. That way you will also enjoy your earning and have a smile at the end of the day. Since all offers are carefully checked by Free Bets for accountability, you can be ensured that you are in good hands. So here’s wishing you luck and hoping that you enjoy your betting time at Free Bets. For more betting fun, we recommend Online Beeting. Check that out and remember to be careful with your money!

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Introduction to Promissory Letter by Find a Solicitor

August 22nd, 2008

A promissory letter is a paper which contains the signature and name by 2 parties or more, who’re in a trade and negotiations circumstances. In general, this file presents when an individual intends to get a sum of funds from the other individual, given that the individual has stated he/she will give back the whole-sum of funds to the lender, at the précised time and date, in addition to any percentage of the principal amount and further conditions assured in the agreement. All phrases wrote down in this paper ought to be agreed ahead by all the promissory letter’s members prior to signatures is being signed on the paper.

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