Quantum mechanics: Put three pigeons in two holes and none of them will be in the same hole.

We show that quantum mechanics violates one of the fundamental principles of nature: If you put three particles in two boxes, necessarily two particles will end up in the same box. We find instances when three quantum particles are put in two boxes, yet no two particles are in the same box, a seemingly impossible Read more about Quantum mechanics: Put three pigeons in two holes and none of them will be in the same hole.[…]

Oxford Prof calulates how long it would take for large-scale conspiracies to reveal themselves

Dr Grimes initially created an equation to express the probability of a conspiracy being either deliberately uncovered by a whistle-blower or inadvertently revealed by a bungler. This factors in the number of conspirators, the length of time, and even the effects of conspirators dying, whether of old age or more nefarious means, for those conspiracies Read more about Oxford Prof calulates how long it would take for large-scale conspiracies to reveal themselves[…]

Microsoft struggles against self-inflicted Office 365 IMAP outage. 7 days and counting.

Microsoft engineers are struggling to fix a seven-day-old, self-inflicted Office 365 IMAP outage. IMAP access to Office 365 tanked on January 18, meaning customers could not access emails using Exchange Online via IMAP or connect third-party mail clients via IMAP. Microsoft told disgruntled Office 365 customers that the problem affected a limited number of licensees Read more about Microsoft struggles against self-inflicted Office 365 IMAP outage. 7 days and counting.[…]

Terrible infections, bad practices, unclean kit – welcome to hospital IT

Medicine is world’s worst industry for data security, it seems Source: Terrible infections, bad practices, unclean kit – welcome to hospital IT Hospitals running unpatched XP and 95, hardware vendors that ship 36 trojans with their patches, people running around pressing keyboard keys to make sure none of the PCs ever logs out, pacemakers with Read more about Terrible infections, bad practices, unclean kit – welcome to hospital IT[…]