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Claude Shannon, PhD, 1916 - 2001

Greg Ross' 'A Modest Proposal'

October 30, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Stuff of Genius

via Greg Ross, writing at his superb blog Futility Closet, comes this anecdote detailing an interesting proposal offered in 1978 to solve a vexing problem wrangled with adroit virtuosity by Claude Shannon, PhD. Cetainly Today's Must Read.

October 30, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Stuff of Genius

My Thoughts, Exactly

October 29, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Stuff of Genius, Information Security, Identity

via the superb research efforts by Wenyao Xu, PhD , Feng Lin PhD and Zhanpeng Jin PhD - all Professors of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, comes a story of both exacting scientific method and incredible rigor, in which, the future of passwords may very well be revealed. Read it and weep for our advesaries.

October 29, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Stuff of Genius, Information Security, Identity

Originally Published on Reddit

Hawking, Oliver, Schooled →

March 18, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Requiescat in Pacem, Sarcasm, Brilliant, Stuff of Genius, Humor
March 18, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Requiescat in Pacem, Sarcasm, Brilliant, Stuff of Genius, Humor

The Phenom →

September 29, 2016 by Marc Handelman in Stuff of Genius

Ladies and Gentlemen, Girls and Boys, behold the genius of Evan Booth, the Jittery MacGyver. Absolutely astonishing.

September 29, 2016 /Marc Handelman
Stuff of Genius

I'm Not A Visionary... I'm An Engineer →

April 11, 2016 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Operating Systems, Stuff of Genius, Unix-like OS
April 11, 2016 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Operating Systems, Stuff of Genius, Unix-like OS

Requiescat in Pace: John and Alicia Nash

June 01, 2015 by Marc Handelman in Requiescat in Pace, Mathematics, Science, Stuff of Genius

Requiescat in Pace: John Forbes Nash, Jr., (1928 - 2015) and Alicia (nee Lopez-Harrison de Lardé) Nash (1933 - 2015).

June 01, 2015 /Marc Handelman
Requiescat in Pace, Mathematics, Science, Stuff of Genius

DARPA's CyberOps Visualized Revolution →

April 27, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Economics, Cyberwar, DARPA, Information Security, United States of America, Stuff of Genius, Security Architecture, National Security

via Sara Sorcher, writing at the Christian Science Monitor, for the Monitor's new Passcode department, comes the story of Plan X, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) push into proper management of the cyberwar battlespace.

April 27, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Economics, Cyberwar, DARPA, Information Security, United States of America, Stuff of Genius, Security Architecture, National Security

Verne, Cryptologist →

March 03, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Cryptography, Encryption, Ciphers, Stuff of Genius

In which, we are enthralled by Le Bon Professeur Jules Verne. Via a typically superb post - crafted by Nick Pelling at his Tremendous Cipher Mysteries site; further, by way of a fascinating article in the United States Army Signal Corps Bulletin of April to June 1940 detailing Monsieur Verne's prediliction for both transpositional and Vigenère ciphers. Outstanding.

March 03, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Cryptography, Encryption, Ciphers, Stuff of Genius

Mathematical Fungi

February 09, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Stuff of Genius, Science
February 09, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Stuff of Genius, Science

Turing's Bletchley Notes Discovered

February 09, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Computation, Cryptography, Espionage, Encryption, United Kingdom, Stuff of Genius

In an astonishing turn of luck, Alan Turing's Banbury Notes have turned up as roof insulation, at Beltchley Park's Hut 6. Reportedly, the notes were discovered during the renovation of the Hut in 2013.

February 09, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Computation, Cryptography, Espionage, Encryption, United Kingdom, Stuff of Genius

Wozniak, the Disruptor →

December 09, 2014 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Computation, Computer Science, Mathematics, Stuff of Genius, Engineers, Electrical Engineering
December 09, 2014 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Computation, Computer Science, Mathematics, Stuff of Genius, Engineers, Electrical Engineering