Alex_rcpilot
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Hey all. Just out of curiousity, how many times have you guys NOT seen in a movie that someone neutralizes a bomb by cutting a red or blue wire? I can list a few good movies with sophisticated detonating devices like Executive Decision(1996), but stuff like this are rarely seen.
Audiences are smart enough for something more difficult, and they do get bored with repeatedly seen things made out of a same template. It's hard to understand why someone stupid enough to offer 50-50 chance of survival by leaving two wires to be cut can make a living as a "bomber". It might have looked dramatic 20 years ago, but now this pattern is way out of date and bombs in movies need an innovation.
Okay, at least I can choose not to watch such poor pieces of work. Let's leave the idiot directors alone. And talk about something practical. (Given the fact that this's a ****-chat board, please feel free if anyone is interested in talking about movies.)
How does a real detonating device work? Putting aside the appearances, there's always a protective logic inside. A logic that keeps the device from interruptions. Sometimes we need such a logic in our products in order to protect our intellectual properties. For such needs, companies like Atmel have developed devices such as Secure AVR with security features. Of course we can choose such devices to protect our own rights, but not all our products are worth the extra money. So can we discuss ways of achieving as high level of security as we can with the most common components we can get? It doesn't have to be application specific, a practical concept is good enough to apply to a whole bunch of things. Have your say, please.
Audiences are smart enough for something more difficult, and they do get bored with repeatedly seen things made out of a same template. It's hard to understand why someone stupid enough to offer 50-50 chance of survival by leaving two wires to be cut can make a living as a "bomber". It might have looked dramatic 20 years ago, but now this pattern is way out of date and bombs in movies need an innovation.
Okay, at least I can choose not to watch such poor pieces of work. Let's leave the idiot directors alone. And talk about something practical. (Given the fact that this's a ****-chat board, please feel free if anyone is interested in talking about movies.)
How does a real detonating device work? Putting aside the appearances, there's always a protective logic inside. A logic that keeps the device from interruptions. Sometimes we need such a logic in our products in order to protect our intellectual properties. For such needs, companies like Atmel have developed devices such as Secure AVR with security features. Of course we can choose such devices to protect our own rights, but not all our products are worth the extra money. So can we discuss ways of achieving as high level of security as we can with the most common components we can get? It doesn't have to be application specific, a practical concept is good enough to apply to a whole bunch of things. Have your say, please.