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[Simonsays]

Originally Posted by jreiter190

We could always go back to dead reckoning, which is defined as: traditional form of rough -estimate navigation used for hundreds of years by sailors, almost all of whom are dead. As practiced today the technique involves the use of three special "chart darts" which are "entered " in the appropriate region of a nautical chart from 8 feet away. The resulting holes are joined by pencil lines to form a triangle whose central point is taken as the ships' position. HACK/SPOOF THAT, AL QUIADA!!!

"if it works 50% of the time, it is only half bad" ?

[Delancey]

Agreed that Stuxnet would most accurately be described as an act of sabotage. Found an interesting video about hacking and cryptography which is available for streaming on Netflix.

NOVA | Rise of the Hackers

Interesting thing about Stuxnet is that it has apparently escaped into the "wild" which means people can find it on the internet and reprogram it for their own purposes. Sort of a Pandora's Box.

[jreiter190]

I have Pandora, I use it to listen to Dave Brubeck.

[Delancey]

Here's a turntable hardware hack for you vinyl enthusiasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A32W7NfM8ws

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Simonsays

"if it works 50% of the time, it is only half bad" ?

And if it works less than that then still: "It ain't half bad"