3 ms·
That's a feature, IMNSHO. "I'm in the general vicinity of Wherever, Midsommer, UK, my code is horse.battery.staple" checks out, whereas "battery.horse.staple" i
by Piskvorrr 7y ago
That's a feature, IMNSHO. "I'm in the general vicinity of Wherever, Midsommer, UK, my code is horse.battery.staple" checks out, whereas "battery.horse.staple" is supposed to be halfway around the world, and thus unlikely to get confused.
- vinay427 7y agoI suppose it depends on the specific application. If I were talking to emergency responders and they happened to mishear part of the message, I'd much prefer the chance that they have an idea of my vicinity than having a likely infeasible number of possible word combinations, a few of which might provide reasonable locations if it were possible to check them all. In other words, your example would hold true if they heard and remembered the three words correctly in the wrong order, but that's not a gamble I'd want to take particularly if the API to check codes is restricted.
- Piskvorrr 7y agoSure, there are other concerns here.; the "unhash impossible" being the largest.
- vinay427 7y agoYep, and I didn't make this clear in my previous reply but I think your example would actually prove very useful for specific applications. Just not for the uses I was imagining in my head, I guess... :)