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"I can tune my instruments so that no other instrument that is not similarly tuned can tap my messages," Marconi boasted to London's St James Gazette in Februar
by couchand 11y ago
"I can tune my instruments so that no other instrument that is not similarly tuned can tap my messages," Marconi boasted to London's St James Gazette in February 1903.
Yet another reminder that it's no challenge to create a cryptosystem that the inventor themselves cannot break.
- dec0dedab0de 11y agoI was just about to post the same quote, and say that making bold claims that something can't be done will always been seen as a challenge. Reminded me of when my computer teacher in high school said there was a game on the computers, but it was impossible for us to play because he had it 'locked down'... I had to sit at a special desk in the front of the class for a week.
- knodi123 11y agoHaha, that's awesome. Our teacher told us each school had a different game, and ours was some lame math puzzle. I found out how to get on the district-wide network (back in DOS days) and access the moonbase sim game at a neighboring school. Eventually he instituted a policy of "no games unless you write them yourselves", which likewise prompted me to code up pong, light cycles, and breakout, all in turbo pascal. Good memories! I don't know if he was intentionally trying to inspire me to a career in programming, but that's what happened.