regmcfly wrote:Edinburgh finally taking on London this festival
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/inside-edinburgh-shop-crisps-cost-18945492
Yossarian wrote:Interesting long read on the evolution of language:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/15/why-its-time-to-stop-worrying-about-the-decline-of-the-english-language
nick_md wrote:He's onto The Gambler now.
I doubt they're twiddling their thumbs at GCHQ. There's a reason they try to recruit all the best mathematicians, coders and cryptographers.davyK wrote:Read about Stuxnet a while ago. A brilliant piece of work. I ranted elsewhere here (think in the British politics thread) about how the UK should be realigning its defence to 21C - a key part of which should be a cyber force - instead of building enormous aircraft carriers. Here is an example of the sort of thing our military should be doing instead of playing World Police in expensive big boys' toys.
djchump wrote:I doubt they're twiddling their thumbs at GCHQ. There's a reason they try to recruit all the best mathematicians, coders and cryptographers.davyK wrote:Read about Stuxnet a while ago. A brilliant piece of work. I ranted elsewhere here (think in the British politics thread) about how the UK should be realigning its defence to 21C - a key part of which should be a cyber force - instead of building enormous aircraft carriers. Here is an example of the sort of thing our military should be doing instead of playing World Police in expensive big boys' toys.
acemuzzy wrote:Someone explain this to me...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/aug/18/british-man-sets-new-cycling-speed-record-of-more-than-174mph
Surely it's not "under his own power" if he's been dragged along by a Porsche to build his speed up?!?
davyK wrote:djchump wrote:I doubt they're twiddling their thumbs at GCHQ. There's a reason they try to recruit all the best mathematicians, coders and cryptographers.davyK wrote:Read about Stuxnet a while ago. A brilliant piece of work. I ranted elsewhere here (think in the British politics thread) about how the UK should be realigning its defence to 21C - a key part of which should be a cyber force - instead of building enormous aircraft carriers. Here is an example of the sort of thing our military should be doing instead of playing World Police in expensive big boys' toys.
I know - but how much more of this sort of thing could be funded from the fraction of the cost of that leaky white elephant?
It is certainly more awesome than the £2500 rough quote he gave me for a new boiler.Diluted Dante wrote:Thats awesome.
Yossarian wrote:The top answer on this is superb:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-sophisticated-piece-of-software-ever-written-1
djchump wrote:The Wired article about how Stuxnet was discovered and dissected is a much better read: https://www.wired.com/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet/
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