Posted on 09/26/2015 5:23:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
“If you look at all the code in this car,” Dr. Patel said, “it’s easily as much as a smartphone if not more.”
New high-end cars are among the most sophisticated machines on the planet, containing 100 million or more lines of code. Compare that with about 60 million lines of code in all of Facebook or 50 million in the Large Hadron Collider.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Why not give one billion Chinese hackers a head start? THat said, I'm typing this on a Linux workstation; anybody, anywhere can have the source code.
LOL. this is why I distrust computerized slot machines.
I figure the government is smart enough to detect tampering with a mechanical machine. I have zero confidence they can detect tampering with a complex computerized system.
“I’m sorry. I can’t do that” as you give directions to go somewhere, the vehicle speeds up with car doors being locked down...
“At 6:32 am on September 25, 2015 you were observed posting anti-Islamic messages on www.freerepublic which is only one of 49 others dentified this year. Termination mode activated”.
/s
That says it all. Wake me when a REAL incident occurs, not some contrived media event.
Who’da thought we’d be living in times as crazy as this. I hope we get a special reserved, “I survived Obama” and “Christian Freedom Fighter against the Anti-Christ” patch on our robes when we go to heaven...: ^ )
Linux creator explains why a truly secure computing platform will never exist
http://bgr.com/2015/09/25/linus-torvalds-quotes-interview-linux-security/
“” automakers say they know of no malicious hacking incidents so far”
That says it all. Wake me when a REAL incident occurs, not some contrived media event.”
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
And how much confidence do you have that if there WERE a real incident, that we would be told that it was?
The guy with the 'dentist drill' finger and his pal with a fine wire finger?
Out of work with the computerized slots!
THe little guy,and the small businessmen are screwed, again!
Please define 'termination'?
I have 30+ years in the software industry. I've worked on/in/around everything from 8 bit microcontrollers to IBM big iron. Given a system as complex as cars have become ... yeah, it would be all too easy to hide significant chunks of code in there. I have zero confidence some fed flunky or lowest bidder contractor could effectively ensure anything about them.
"Michael Hastings" termination mode.
“Linux is just an enabler – core infrastructure,” he said. “It’s a solid base, but like all good, solid bases, it really is something that should be almost entirely hidden and out of peoples’ minds.”
Nice find!
Thanx
“I’m sorry I can’t do that.” Open the pod bay doors Hal.
The 0bamacare websites and the underlying software, show just how good a government agency can oversee a project.
Not low bidders,first year costs exceeded total costs for the top 10 US sites!
100 million lines of code for cars may just be sloppy programming.
Elegant, timely,cheap.
Pick two.
The shareholders would like to see a return and production is waiting.
Now get to work!!!
That can hurt!
A keeper quote!
Star Trek seems to have had a monopoly on the best writers.
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