Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
“This is ridiculous. Why do people continue to make their data public?” – Bruce Schneier Follow the links in Bruce’s post to see just how badly people, who are supposed to be security experts, can mess it up big time. Yet Another Strava Privacy Leak – Schneier on Security Data …
Our son and the recent heatwave have chosen this week’s “Because It’s Friday“. Here is Professor Hannah Fry, for once using her PhD in a YouTube short, to show us all how to cool our cars. No maths though – fluid dynamics. I am hoping this good weather continues – …
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I have something from our son today for “Because It’s Friday” and for the occasional maths series. Although the maths is just a diagram at the end, I would call this a maths professor being a geologist. Just one this week, I am in Bradford at a conference. Have a …
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For this week’s “Because It’s Friday” I have three different views on alien life and exoplanets. Exoplanets First what is an exoplanet? Here is NASA’s extensive and excellent explanation: Exoplanets – NASA Science Oliver Swainston and Chris Carter, researchers at RAND Europe, have written an article for The Conversation, discussing …
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I have seen “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” so for this week’s “Because It’s Friday” let’s look at the star of the movie – Dippy. Why Dippy the dinosaur remains beloved, 120 years after arriving at the Natural History Museum I can remember seeing Dippy on my first school trip to the …
