Alphacoders “In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this globe, as within some magic circle it must never outstep, we shall one day travel to…
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Trojan Horses, Phishing, Smishing or Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts!
The drawing is based on an oil painting by Henri Motte. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beware_of_Greeks_bearing_gifts.jpg The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War about the false gift that the Greeks used to enter the city of…
Diversity…of thought, not skin colour
In 1951, Polish psychologist and pioneer of social psychology in the United States Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments on conformity. Groups of eight participants took part in a simple task. All but one…
Moths, Unicorns, Cockroaches, Children: Raising the Bar, Not the Floor
Moths There is a story that goes like this: A man finds a cocoon of an Emperor moth. He takes it home so he can watch the moth break out of the cocoon when the…
Horse Manure, Futures and Innovation
George Shillibeer’s first London omnibus, 1829 “In 50 years, every street in London will be buried under nine feet of manure” — The Times, 1894 The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894 In 1894, the main mode of transport…