Monthly Archives: June 2017

safe computing – weak case for weakening encryption

Posted on June 27, 2017 by DocDock

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. William J. H. Boetcker This quote has been often misattributed to Abraham Lincoln.  This is actually a very relevant thought with the respect to economics.  Indeed you cannot improve everybody’s lot … Continue reading →

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just making it – revisiting my cube

Posted on June 16, 2017 by DocDock

Some time back, I had a fair amount lot of free time.  I spent the time working with a friend Mikhail in the evenings to create my own LED cube from scratch.  It was actually quite a bit of fun, the … Continue reading →

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interrogating your code – dipping your toes into java’s reflection

Posted on June 7, 2017 by DocDock

Perhaps the coolest programming language ability that I was never allowed to use was reflection in Java. Why? Well, thats another story. What exactly is reflection? Well, reflection is a set of low level methods that can be used to … Continue reading →

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Security in homogeneous systems

Posted on June 2, 2017 by DocDock

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been quite industrious in creating a new way[1] of tracking documents that could be “borrowed” from a person, business or government against the will of of that entity. This new document protection is the … Continue reading →

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