Kevin Mitnick

Somebody could send you an office document or a PDF file, and as soon as you open it, it's a booby trap and the hacker has complete control of your computer. Another major problem is password management. People use the same password on multiple sites, so when the hacker compromises one site, they have your password for everywhere else.

American Businessman

Yusef Komunyakaa

Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set booby traps for people we have never spoken a word to. That kind of impersonal violence mystifies me.

American Poet

Tim O'Brien

Who do you call a civilian in a guerilla war? I mean, it might be a farmer by day or a merchant, a housewife, and by night the housewife may be helping to make landmines and booby traps and who knows.

American Author

Connie Britton

I'm booby and kind of curvy, so I definitely need to wear things that work with that. I can't just put on a muumuu, because it looks crazy on me.

American Actress

The term 'booby' refers to specific seabirds, mostly found in tropical oceans.

Bird Species

'Booby' birds have distinctive features like colorful feet and pronounced bills.

Unique Features

Boobies are known for their diving skills, plunging into the ocean for fish.

Behavioral Traits

Calling someone a 'booby' in a playful way can still be considered rude.

Slightly Insulting

Avoid using 'booby' to describe people in formal or unfamiliar settings.

Not for Formal Use

Use 'booby' informally with friends who understand it's not meant to be harsh.

Colloquial Context

The term 'booby trap' often refers to hiding explosive devices in warfare.

War Association

A booby trap is specifically designed to surprise or harm the unwary.

Unexpected Danger

Learn to recognize potential booby traps for personal safety precautions.

Safety Precautions

 And you never know when you're going to come across one of these booby traps. My favorite example is a pair of psychologists who did research on left-handers, and published some data showing that left-handers are, on average, more susceptible to disease, more prone to accidents and have a shorter lifespan.

Steven Pinker: Human...

 inside the neo nurture incubator was this kid during a Time magazine photo shoot so you know recognition is fantastic we want design to get out you know for people to see it at won lots of awards but it felt like a booby prize I mean I we wanted to make beautiful

Design for people, not...

 hot and dry finches would love to eat their favorite foods seeds but the drought conditions just don't produce enough so what happens as you can see here is that sharp beaked ground finches like these pounce on the tail of a seabird usually a booby like this one

"Vampires" and Boobies PIPE...

 well we've got the one of the cocaine base labs food and clothing suggests the traffickers left this place in a hurry and are likely watching them from the surrounding jungle just as dangerous or any booby traps they left in our wake don't get too close

Cocaine Lab PIPE National...

 damage it can do to the booby without getting tossed off the key is to cause just enough damage to keep the blood flowing without creating so much pain the booby gets fed up and gives the finches the permanent heave-ho this

 So recognition is fantastic. We want design to get out for people to see it. It won lots of awards. But it felt like a booby prize. We wanted to make beautiful things that are going to make the world a better place,

Timothy Prestero: Design...

 oh look it ate a booby bird in its fury the tigers spit up its lunch there's a big baby bird nesting area here and there's little chicks and small ones falling in they're getting eaten by these tigers as well

A Fighting Tiger PIPE Shark...

 this harsh volcanic landscape still shows signs of its fiery birth yet with hundreds of blue footed booby birds around you there are few finer places for us to admire a sunset

Iguana vs Snakes 360° PIPE...

 than a fraternity hazing the Iguana finds its way out which I guess in this case you could say is the out booby prize yeah sorry

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