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I think there's an element of truth to some of what he's said, but it's like a stopped clock telling the right time rather than a deep insight. I can't imagine
by djaychela 10y ago
I think there's an element of truth to some of what he's said, but it's like a stopped clock telling the right time rather than a deep insight. I can't imagine that having messages couriered everywhere by hand will be a practical way for the US government to function unless this is part of his plan to get people back to work?
- wfunction 10y ago> it's like a stopped clock telling the right time rather than a deep insight That's a really good analogy (I mean in general, not specifically referring to this situation)! I'm going to start using it.
- grzm 10y agoFirst time coming across it? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_stopped_clock_is_right_twice_a_day https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_stopped_clock_is_right_twic...
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- doctorshady 10y agoI wonder if fax would be a good compromise between time and security. Encrypted fax standards exist. I guess the real question is how easy it'd be to shoehorn AES into the T.30 protocol.
- dingaling 10y ago> I can't imagine that having messages couriered everywhere by hand will be a practical way... I thought the same about large organisations until last week I saw a ward-sister with a transit envelope, one of those manila pockets on which you write the next destination and send it on through internal post. Apparently they're still widely used within the UK National Health Service to send confidential paper records and other data-conveying objects.
- happynewyear 10y agoHe was communicating out of band to unknown parties that his communications are being monitored.