The Morning News
THE ODYSSEY
"Polyphemus's one eye is a single point of failure; when Odysseus pokes it out, he is much less able to defend himself. Polyphemus's alarm is ignored because Odysseus said his name was Nobody, so he winds up shouting that nobody is trying to kill him (you'd think the other Cyclopes would come see what's going on, but maybe Polyphemus shouts random stupid things all the time, like an [Intrusion Detection System]). Polyphemus finally has to let the sheep out to graze - it's a mission-critical function - and Odysseus and his men then escape by masquerading as legitimate traffic (sheep)." - the September issue of Bruce Schneier's Cypto-Gram Newsletter is out
IF YOU'RE GOOD, DON'T WORRY: 12 REASONS
"The glory days of the programmer are growing dim. The days of the software engineer are just beginning" - Bill Carlson in The Joel on Software Forum on "why mid and upper level developers needn't worry long term."
BREAKFAST ENTERTAINMENT: HACKING LAS VEGAS
wired.com re-read: Hacking Las Vegas - The Inside Story of the MIT Blackjack Team's conquest of the casinos, adopted from Ben Bezrich's book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six Mit Students Who Took Vegas for Millions" to be released October 1
STUDENTENJOBS IN ALLER WELT, HEUTE: DÄNEMARK
UniSPIEGEL: "Jede ordentliche Samenbank liegt in der Nähe einer Uni"
