Re:GCHQ Boiling Frogs
by thaumasiotes on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @08:10AM
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> So why the title "Boiling Frogs?" The story goes that if a frog is placed in a sau[ce]pan of cold water, which is slowly heated, the frog adapts its body temperature to the changing heat of the water and gradually goes to sleep. The frog goes to sleep at 40 ˚C, unaware that at 100 ˚C it will boil! However, if the frog is placed in already boiling water it immediately jumps out to safety.
I wish people would come up with analogies that didn't involve assuming exactly the opposite of what actually happens in the "analogical" situation.
Re:GCHQ Boiling Frogs
by justinclift on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @09:25AM
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As titles go... "An Ode to Change" would probably be as appropriate.
Reading through it, the impression given is of an extremely long blog post... output to PDF.
It's main thrust seem to be highlighting the continually increasing rate of change in the IT sector, follow-on effects from that, and the requirement of adaptation to change.
The overall impression given (to me) is kind of like it was phoned in though... the message in it isn't new, and could be considered widely known.
Writing wise it kind of feels a bit er... "not that tight"?
Well it was not worth it. Except for GCHQ calling facebook 'FBHQ'. That was sufficiently creepy.
I wish people would come up with analogies that didn't involve assuming exactly the opposite of what actually happens in the "analogical" situation.
Reading through it, the impression given is of an extremely long blog post... output to PDF.
It's main thrust seem to be highlighting the continually increasing rate of change in the IT sector, follow-on effects from that, and the requirement of adaptation to change.
The overall impression given (to me) is kind of like it was phoned in though... the message in it isn't new, and could be considered widely known.
Writing wise it kind of feels a bit er... "not that tight"?