Monday, February 22, 2010

why computers are unreliable, as toyota is learning to its chagrin, and why electronic voting machines are suspect

feb 22nd, 2010

computers and software are inherently a) prone to random errors because the pathological corner cases have not been tested, b) much easier to tamper with and mess with if you have malice aforethought.

do not trust computers! and i say this as someone who worked on operating system internals, the heart of security. there is no such thing as a foolproof operating system, especially if it is an embedded system as in cars or voting machines. 

2 comments:

Ghost Writer said...

As an accountant, I will defer to your expertise on embedded systems; however, the problems at Toyota are not software. In fact there is no actual problem at Toyota - this is a canard spread by the union thugs at UAW - with the Manchurian candiate president without balls to stand up to them. Terence Corcoran at the Post has it right. Read

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tat_tvam_asi said...

Different topic:
Notion Ink Adam -- Indians' tablet makes iPad look ordinary. Do check the video.

If only they can strike a deal with Newscorp or some other giant.