tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072986020953209374.post6943015431205501642..comments2023-10-04T15:13:32.116+01:00Comments on Writing in a Twist: Voyage Into the UnknownTales from the Birch Wood.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427603252937311851noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072986020953209374.post-69948607113435493462008-09-19T10:32:00.000+01:002008-09-19T10:32:00.000+01:00Thank you.I'm afraid we have moved into "too much ...Thank you.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid we have moved into "too much information territory" here.<BR/><BR/>I had three uncles, through marriage, who had survived the Second World War and I still think that many people are traumatised by it all.<BR/><BR/>I got a lift years ago from an intellectual travelling through Ireland who showed me the numbers tattooed on his wrist.<BR/><BR/>I bring the house down with laughter when I wonder vaguely why warlike people can't find some useful hobby...Tales from the Birch Wood.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15427603252937311851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9072986020953209374.post-67105407622496059742008-09-18T12:02:00.000+01:002008-09-18T12:02:00.000+01:00Ahh, the problem is that they don't know that thei...Ahh, the problem is that they don't <I>know</I> that their code could be misused, because most programmers aren't taught to think like that. So, they go on collecting data, not understanding that their data will be used to fuel the concentration-camp fires (IBM punch-cards ran the whole thing; the numbers tattooed on forearms were punch-card numbers; they did the censuses, so the knew the bits of information needed by the Nazis). Read <A HREF="http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/" REL="nofollow">IBM And the Holocaust</A> if you're up for some massive depression.David T. Macknethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074123750929335716noreply@blogger.com