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MacKay and McCulloch calculated an upper bound of 2,900 bits per second.
Grace Lindsay • Models of the Mind
MacKay and McCulloch calculated an upper bound of 2,900 bits per second.
Grace Lindsay • Models of the Mind
author. I recall thinking that this paper would be the least interesting paper that I will ever be on.” Adleman could not have been more wrong. The system, dubbed RSA (Rivest, Shamir, Adleman) as opposed to ARS, went on to become the most influential cipher in modern cryptography.
Simon Singh • The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
clever people sought to measure, in data bits, the amount of information produced in
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Often several copies and
David Uhlman • Hacking Healthcare: A Guide to Standards, Workflows, and Meaningful Use
The technology of the Information Age makes it possible to create assets that are outside the reach of many forms of coercion. This new asymmetry between protection and extortion rests upon a fundamental truth of mathematics. It is easier to multiply than to divide.
James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
However, Dawes observed that the complex statistical algorithm adds little or no value.