It's worth saying, as hackers we're familiar with the quotes about, if some old expert says something is impossible, be much more skeptical than when a young pe

It's worth saying, as hackers we're familiar with the quotes about, if some old expert says something is impossible, be much more skeptical than when a young person says it is possible. Things like: "It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." - Robert Goddard Are perfect quotes for hackers. Maybe we should ease up on mocking people for believing the whistling nukes thing. The reasons it couldn't have happened involve details more specific than "sounds on phones can't do things on computers", notably because that wasn't true at the time. And experts probably told him that people only have to be clever enough to find a single flaw in a security system to compromise it, and having one insight the creators of the system didn't could lead to compromising it. So the judge hears some seasoned professional say it's impossible... and the same person says when you hear some old professional say something is impossible you should be extremely skeptical. When faced with Armageddon? Let's cut the people involved a little slack.