Entries from March 2009 ↓

Incentives explain much that is perplexing about security trade-offs. Why does King County, Washington, require one form of ID to get a concealed-carry permit, but two forms of ID to pay for the permit by check? Making a mistake on a gun permit is an abstract problem, but a bad check actually costs some department money.

Bruce Schneier

Just bought a box of floppy disks. Apparently, they still exist (the box was dusty on the top, though).

(We are trying to install software on this old machine whose CD-drive isn’t working as well as it should).