Ari Bach's Blog, page 33
November 2, 2021
facts-i-just-made-up:
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aribach:
I ...
Not made up: I have an art book out!!! You can see my drawings at the op blog or at my dA page!I have an art book out now!!!Oddities - Artwork by Ari Bach is now on lulu.com
The regular version on lulu is $34.99, the limited edition is $74.99 and is available by contacting me directly.
Both editions are 86 pages, hardcover, with about 150 drawings/paintings.
The limited edition comes signed and numbered, limited to 66 copies, and includes an original drawing and a wraparound dust jacket:
The regular version is here
Please direct message me on aribach for info on reserving a limited copy.
November 1, 2021
aribach:
I have an art book out now!!!Oddities - Artwork ...
The regular version on lulu is $34.99, the limited edition is $74.99 and is available by contacting me directly.
Both editions are 86 pages, hardcover, with about 150 drawings/paintings.
The limited edition comes signed and numbered, limited to 66 copies, and includes an original drawing and a wraparound dust jacket:
The regular version is here
Please direct message me on aribach for info on reserving a limited copy.
October 28, 2021
omegapausestuck:It’s finished!!!!!The You Can’t Stop Me m...
It’s finished!!!!!The You Can’t Stop Me music video that I’ve been working on since MAY is actually, finally, finished. Don’t keep yourself waiting any longer. you’ve earned it
An epic accomplishment from a good friend. Please check it out!
October 16, 2021
incorrectvalhallaquotes:
“Life is pain. Anyone who says d...
“Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”— Mishka Suvorov
September 24, 2021
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athingofvikings:
Years and years ago, I read a bo...
Years and years ago, I read a book on cryptography that I picked up because it looked interesting–and it was!
But there was a side anecdote in there that stayed with me for more general purposes.
The author was describing a cryptography class that they had taken back in college where the professor was demonstrating the process of “reversibility”, which is a principle that most codes depend on. Specifically, it should be easy to encode, and very hard to decode without the key–it is hard to reverse the process.
So he had an example code that he used for his class to demonstrate this, a variation on the Book Code, where the encoded text would be a series of phone numbers.
The key to the code was that phone books are sorted alphabetically, so you could encode the text easily–picking phone numbers from the appropriate alphabetical sections to use ahead of time would be easy. But since phone books were sorted alphabetically, not numerically, it would be nearly impossible to reverse the code without exhaustively searching the phone book for each string of numbers and seeing what name it was tied to.
Nowadays, defeating this would be child’s play, given computerized databases, but back in the 80s and 90s, this would have been a good code… at least, until one of the students raised their hand and asked, “Why not just call the phone numbers and ask who lives there?”
The professor apparently was dumbfounded.
He had never considered that question. As a result, his cipher, which seemed to be nearly unbreakable to him, had such an obvious flaw, because he was the sort of person who could never coldcall someone to ask that sort of thing!
In the crypto book, the author went on to use this story as an example of why security systems should not be tested by the designer (because of course the security system is ready for everything they thought of, by definition), but for me, as a writer, it stuck with me for a different reason.
It’s worth talking out your story plot with other people just to see if there’s a “Why not just call the phone numbers?” obvious plot hole that you’ve missed, because of your singular perspective as a person. Especially if you’re writing the sort of plot where you have people trying to outsmart each other.
August 25, 2021
facts-i-just-made-up:
Not a made up fact: If you live in ...
Not a made up fact: If you live in Colorado Springs and want your portrait drawn please message me. You can see my previous portraits here:
https://www.deviantart.com/aribach/gallery/74836627/portraits
AriBach User Profile | DeviantArt
August 9, 2021
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“We went to the planetarium toda...
“We went to the planetarium today and when the voiceover said ‘this is the earth’, Hati booed.”— Wulfgar Kray
July 10, 2021
incorrectvalhallaquotes:
Balder: I am at a loss for words...
Balder: I am at a loss for words!
Veikko, to Vibeke later: Despite being lost for words, Balder yelled at me for the next 45 minutes.
incorrectvalhallaquotes:Balder: I am at a loss for words!Veikko, to Vibeke later: Despite being lost...
Balder: I am at a loss for words!
Veikko, to Vibeke later: Despite being lost for words, Balder yelled at me for the next 45 minutes.
July 9, 2021
incorrectvalhallaquotes:
“How do people not swear? Like, ...
“How do people not swear? Like, where does their anger go?? How do they show their enthusiasm?! What if they stub their toe? Like, saying ‘golly gosh’ isn’t really going to cut it!”— Violet MacRae
