Hackszine reader nathaN writes:
i have mind performance hacks here on my lap, and i found hack 56. you included transformational grammar, surface/deep structure, you have to be aware of this other book on my desk, next to my lap. The book describes a method of using transformational grammar to analyze statements and gather incredible amounts of information, the technique is called the Meta Model, i had to write this post after i found #56 in your book. it’s out of print, i think, but it’s not too hard to find used if you make a few calls. it cost ME $35, but its probably online as well, torrents or whatever =(
its the single most useful “hack” i’ve ever found, ive been using it for about an year and it gives me more options than i know how to take advantage of.
The Structure of Magic I, by Richard Bandler and John Grinder
Introduction by Virginia Satir and Gregory Bateson.
Science and Behavior Books, Inc
copyright 1975
Unfortunately, the Google Books entry for The Structure of Magic I wasn’t a full scanned version. There is, however, a wealth of information about the Meta-model and other Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) tools on Wikipedia:
The meta-model in neuro-linguistic programming (or meta-model of therapy) is a heuristic set of questions designed to specify information, challenge and expand the limits to a person’s model of the world. It responds to the distortions, generalizations, and deletions in the speaker’s language.
In the process of communicating, the mind is forced to translate a person’s experiences and their internal understanding of the world into words, making language a highly optimized and compressed representation of a complex internal mental state. This translation occurs a second time, as the listener parses language and interprets that communication based on their own mental world model and past experiences.
The meta-model provides tools for quickly parsing the structure of a communication, determining implied meaning, and locating potential points of misunderstanding. When you can recognize the linguistic translation artifacts that are common patterns in the communication process, you can respond to them. On the receiving end, this helps you better understand the experiences that underlie the speaker’s language. On the sending end, it helps you to better communicate without misunderstanding. Internally, it helps you to analyze and debug your own model of the world.
Meta-model (Neuro-linguistic Programming) – Link
Mind Performance Hacks @ the Maker Store – Link
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Would shorting/grounding some pins immediately wipe the data?
Also, Government agencies know already and are instructing their people to remain with their issued laptops 5-10min after shutting down.
Thinking ahead, it would be logical for Microsoft to use this research as ammunition to tout its Trusted Computing Initiative…
Another thought: If computer makers begin to use some form of encryption on their RAM to circumvent this attack, what are the DMCA issues that arise? Following a strict interpretation of the DMCA, there are scenarios where the legal owner/user of the computer might be accessing their own RAM “illegally.” For example, using a memory decryption program during a computer recovery process could break the anti-circumvention clause, as the RAM is encrypted, and would additionally make the memory decryption program contraband since it would be considered a circumvention device.
By the way, this is why we see so many silly and inadequate security schemes being included in products. It doesn’t matter how well the encryption scheme works, nearly any scheme will put a device under protection of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention laws. Then, when the device inevitably gets hacked, the company can go after hackers and users alike legally with the DMCA, instead of designing useful security in the first place.