This may have been already asked in the some 1300 comments prior to mine, but:
Where did you intially come up with the idea and motivation to bust common myths?
Wow I've never actually made a comment on slashdot and had so many replies.
To be entirley honest I don't know much about the document in question. When I scanned through, it struck me that they are looking into complex ways of proving it to be a hoax when it could be something more simple.
I do understand the complexities of creating a language, and I didn't really mean to make up a completely new language with new gramar etc., I was more refering to creating your own alphabet. Create your own symbols. If you wanted to make it complex you could add your own rules and extra characters such as what other languages use (i.e., a character for the "th" sound, and another for the different pronounciations of the letter "a" and so forth).
It would be very time consuming to translate something like that, but if you have nothing to do for a decade or so and are driven to try and confuse people for many years then I'm sure it could be done (although I personally doubt it).
Anyway, just a brain splurge.
I think this report is missing the fact that if someone really wanted to make a hoax book, they could simply translate any other book (even the bible) into a made up language.
If it's an obscure book the likliness that anyone would every figure it out is slim.
I believe it is the concept that is being presented here. Yes, it may not protect your personal computer from anyone with at least a little knowledge, but the exact same thing could be carried over to a project where the person wouldn't be able to easily access the wires. Such as a case built into a cabinet in a store where to tamper with the circuit would involve dismantiling the device itself since the computer is hidden.
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This may have been already asked in the some 1300 comments prior to mine, but: Where did you intially come up with the idea and motivation to bust common myths?
Tim Hortons has horrible, horrible coffee. Good coffee is Murchies, or fail that, Starbucks will suffice.
wtf is your problem. At least have the guts to post it under a username.
Wow I've never actually made a comment on slashdot and had so many replies. To be entirley honest I don't know much about the document in question. When I scanned through, it struck me that they are looking into complex ways of proving it to be a hoax when it could be something more simple. I do understand the complexities of creating a language, and I didn't really mean to make up a completely new language with new gramar etc., I was more refering to creating your own alphabet. Create your own symbols. If you wanted to make it complex you could add your own rules and extra characters such as what other languages use (i.e., a character for the "th" sound, and another for the different pronounciations of the letter "a" and so forth). It would be very time consuming to translate something like that, but if you have nothing to do for a decade or so and are driven to try and confuse people for many years then I'm sure it could be done (although I personally doubt it). Anyway, just a brain splurge.
I think this report is missing the fact that if someone really wanted to make a hoax book, they could simply translate any other book (even the bible) into a made up language. If it's an obscure book the likliness that anyone would every figure it out is slim.
I believe it is the concept that is being presented here. Yes, it may not protect your personal computer from anyone with at least a little knowledge, but the exact same thing could be carried over to a project where the person wouldn't be able to easily access the wires. Such as a case built into a cabinet in a store where to tamper with the circuit would involve dismantiling the device itself since the computer is hidden.
I would deffinatley have to say PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson. This is an incredible book.