Schneier's Law
(en)
something coined by American cryptographer Bruce Schneier: any person can invent a security system so clever that she or he can't think of how to break it
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Remember Schneier's Law? Anyone can come up with a security system so clever that he can't see its flaws.
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7 years, 5 months ago
Remember Schneier's Law? Anyone can come up with a security system so clever that he can't see its flaws.
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7 years, 5 months ago
realpolitik
(en)
(noun) politics based on practical and material factors rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives
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the realpolitik of unauthorized use is that users are not required to secure permission for uses that the rights holder will never discover
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the realpolitik of unauthorized use is that users are not required to secure permission for uses that the rights holder will never discover
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7 years, 5 months ago
lagniappe
(en)
(noun) a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase / (noun) something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
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[Lagniappe: an unexpected bonus or extra] Think of it as a "lagniappe" — a little something extra to thank you for your patience.
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7 years, 5 months ago
[Lagniappe: an unexpected bonus or extra] Think of it as a "lagniappe" — a little something extra to thank you for your patience.
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7 years, 5 months ago
lapsarianism
(en)
the idea that humanity has fallen from a better state
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Lapsarianism — the idea of a paradise lost, a fall from grace that makes each year worse than the last — is the predominant future feeling for many people.
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7 years, 5 months ago
Lapsarianism — the idea of a paradise lost, a fall from grace that makes each year worse than the last — is the predominant future feeling for many people.
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7 years, 5 months ago
Metcalfe's Law
(en)
the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system
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Sure, networks generally follow Metcalfe's Law: "the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of users of the system."
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7 years, 5 months ago
Sure, networks generally follow Metcalfe's Law: "the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of users of the system."
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7 years, 5 months ago
inveigle
(en)
(verb) to win over by wiles; entice / (verb) to acquire by ingenuity or flattery; wangle
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The teacher inveigles her friends to clean up their profiles, and all is well again until her boss, the school principal, signs up to the service and demands to be added to her friends list.
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7 years, 5 months ago
The teacher inveigles her friends to clean up their profiles, and all is well again until her boss, the school principal, signs up to the service and demands to be added to her friends list.
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7 years, 5 months ago
forfend
(en)
(verb) forbid / (verb) to ward off; prevent / (verb) protect preserve
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Heaven forfend.
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Heaven forfend.
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panopticon
(en)
a type of building designed by English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century; allows all (pan-) inmates to be observed (-opticon) by a single watchman without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched
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The city of the future is shaping up to be a neighborly Panopticon
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7 years, 5 months ago
The city of the future is shaping up to be a neighborly Panopticon
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7 years, 5 months ago