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El 22 de julio de 1968 nace Alan Cox, conocido por su trabajo como programador informático, como mantenedor del núcleo de Linux. Además, es un defensor de la libertad de software y un crítico de las patentes de software
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Former Linux kernel engineer Alan Cox weighs in on computer-data-as-evidence given the sketchy reliability of data-at-scale
Nice to see Alan sticking his oar back into the public discourse, below; I’ve been too occupied to muse on the bigger picture of the Post Office/Horizon scandal, but in a world of bitflips from cosmic-ray events (not to mention as Alan does: malware) perhaps the law needs to stop relying on data which lacks a chain of proof of integrity and correctness?
One spreadsheet cell isn’t evidence, it’s an anecdote?
Research papers from Google (Cores That Don’t Count) and Facebook (Silent Data Corruptions at Scale), as well as a perusal of published errata documents, show that we should question very hard whether assuming a computer is reliable is a fit assumption for a criminal conviction, unless backed up by other evidence such as logs, audit trails and good evidence of internal self-checking within the software.
Former Linux kernel engineer Alan Cox weighs in on computer-data-as-evidence given the sketchy reliability of data-at-scale
https://alecmuffett.com/article/108976
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Linux (ou “Linux”) para micros de 8 e 16 bits!
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Episódio 142 – Dossiê Unix – Parte B
https://retropolis.com.br/2023/06/21/episodio-142-parte-b/
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Episódio 142 – Parte A
https://retropolis.com.br/2023/06/14/episodio-142-parte-a/
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I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.... #AlanCox #citation https://openquotes.github.io/authors/alan-cox-quotes/#70687592
Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there.... #AlanCox #quotations https://openquotes.github.io/authors/alan-cox-quotes/#caf0c608
I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.... #AlanCox #quotation https://openquotes.github.io/authors/alan-cox-quotes/#70687592
All software sucks.... #AlanCox #quotation https://openquotes.github.io/authors/alan-cox-quotes/#5d572698
All software sucks.... #AlanCox #quotations https://openquotes.github.io/authors/alan-cox-quotes/#5d572698
I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.... #AlanCox #aphorisms https://openquotes.github.io/authors/alan-cox-quotes/#70687592
Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there.... #AlanCox #quotation https://openquotes.github.io/authors/alan-cox-quotes/#caf0c608
All software sucks.... #AlanCox #citations https://openquotes.github.io/authors/alan-cox-quotes/#5d572698
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