Because You’re Supposed To

Defining Privacy Is Supposed to Be Easy

Formally specifying privacy goals is not trivial. The most widely used approach in formal methods is based on the static equivalence of frames in the applied pi-calculus, basically asking whether or not the intruder is able to distinguish two given worlds. A subtle question is how we can be sure that we have specified all pairs of worlds to properly reflect our intuitive privacy goal. To addres...

The Supposed Pre - pupa in Cyclorrhaphous Diptera

Supposed Dhatura Poisoning : A Personal Experience

The following is a condensed narrative of Hospital Assistant K. M. Melita's personal sufferings. On the evening of the 30th May, 1902, he dined with some friends. There were live people present, three adult males, a lad aged 13 years, and his hostess. The repast consisted of wheaten chappaties,dal and rice, vegetables, and a highlyspiced curry. Fifteen minutes after food he felt giddy and thirs...

On the Supposed Evidence for Libertarian Paternalism

Can the general public learn to deal with risk and uncertainty, or do authorities need to steer people's choices in the right direction? Libertarian paternalists argue that results from psychological research show that our reasoning is systematically flawed and that we are hardly educable because our cognitive biases resemble stable visual illusions. For that reason, they maintain, authorities ...

The Supposed Dimorphism of Lithospermum longiflorum