Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The idea for this article on encryption came to me whilst reading Joe Haldeman’s The Hemingway Hoax (see the disclaimer at the end of this article) – written in 1990 it was slightly ahead of the computer revolution. In the book, three people are involved in a fraud to produce …
This is a follow-up to an article Martin wrote about a computer he found whilst helping a client move offices. It is surprising what you can find in the back of cupboards. Whilst helping him find out more details about his portable computer I came across this video by The …
“I average out the spring and fall changes and just set my clocks 39 minutes ahead year-round.” xkcd – Randall Munroe Having ridden in someone’s car this week, who told me rather than change the car clock she just leaves it on British Summer Time and adjusts as neccessary – …
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I have two things for you this week for Because It’s Friday. Something quick from Randal Munro’s over on xkcd .com that I just found funny: Fossil – xkcd.com I cannot see either Dr. Alan Grant or Dr. Ellie Sattler doing this. The second is a high-tech cheese article I …
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Here is a thought provoking essay from the public-interest technologist Bruce Schneier: AI and Microdirectives – Schneier on Security Something to read with the morning coffee this weekend. It is actually “further listening – The BBC Reith Lectures, by Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and founder of the Center …
