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'People "know" this already, but they don't really know it in their gut, and we think the reason for that is that very few people actually know how to implement
by jfarmer 14y ago
'People "know" this already, but they don't really know it in their gut, and we think the reason for that is that very few people actually know how to implement the best-known attacks. So, mail us, and we'll give you a tour of them.'
As Hegel said, "The familiar is not understood precisely because it's familiar." Das Bekannte überhaupt ist darum, weil es bekannt ist, nicht erkannt.
I live this every day as a teacher. Students believe they understand, say, linked lists because they can recite all sorts of Linked List Facts™. It's not until you put them in front of a problem with a linked-list-shaped hole that they truly come to understand (erkennen).
- tonecluster 14y agoAin't that the truth. And (if you're doing it right), the older you get the more holes you spot. And, in filling those holes, keep collecting the lightbulbs from over your head when the "erkennen" mallet strikes.
- eru 14y agoWhy did you use German here? (Please pardon the off-topic comment. Just my interest as a native speaker.)
- jfarmer 14y agoHe was quoting me quoting Hegel, talking about the relationship between familiarity and understanding. Unfortunately English doesn't have the precise distinction that German does, so the translation is a little confusing. To an English speaker "familiar", "known", and "understood" are almost synonymous. Many programmers I know use the word "grok" as a stand in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
- eru 14y agoOh, thanks. I didn't have the whole thread in mind.