Why Lovelace Must Die

Dismantling Face Validity - Why the Concept Must Live On, But the Term Must Finally Die

<input Type="password"> Must Die!

We propose that the HTML password input widget is harmful to user security, as it draws attention away from relevant security indicators, exposes a password’s keystrokes to hidden client-side code, and generally conditions users to supply sensitive information in insensitive places. In this paper we advocate private password entry: a mandatory, common authentication user experience that allows ...

Why let people die?

This paper concerns those patients whose brain is irreversibly damaged to the point where they will never recover significant mental life. I examine the reasons which justify the decision to withhold or discontinue active medical intervention in these patients. They involve the identity, quality of life and agency of those beings whom we value as persons.

Why do old flies die?

we get older we become more likely to get sick and, eventually, die. Although the underlying pathologies and major causes of death in elderly humans have been well documented, much less is known about the events leading to age-related death in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster-one of the premier model systems in aging research. What is the underlying pathology that limits the lifespan of a ...

Why the Quantum Must Yield to Gravity

After providing an extensive overview of the conceptual elements – such as Einstein’s ‘hole argument’ – that underpin Penrose’s proposal for gravitationally induced quantum state reduction, the proposal is constructively criticised. Penrose has suggested a mechanism for objective reduction of quantum states with postulated collapse time τ = h̄/∆E , where ∆E is an ill-definedness in the gravitati...