Schneier on Security

Clive Robinson • March 10, 2023 6:11 PM

@ Bruce, ALL,

“An elephant uses its right-of-way privileges…”

It’s not just elephants that do this.

Anyone been to where any crearure of more than a modicum of cognative ability is either revered or protected in some way?

You see it happening with temples and monkeys.

In a well known European Holiday Destination cats were protected and the feral population effectively replaced rats in the ecology.

Oh and in Holland “cyclists” have some very strong priveledges compared to motorists.

I’ll let a Dutch national tell you the consequences of that 😉

Clive Robinson • March 11, 2023 6:42 AM

@ ResearcherZero

Re : Bribes that work…

“So how do you bribe an elephant?”

Easy, but first a short story that @JonKnowsNothing can probably comment on 😉

Some years ago now, I used to communicate with a lady in California who had two apparently unconnected occupations,

1, Owner operator of a horse ranch.
2, Successful software educator.

She however would always point out they were very much alike.

As I realy do not like horses –or many humans for that matter– I used to quip “Is that because they are half mad, untrustworthy, and no one with any sense would let then twixt their legs?”

To make her point though, she used to point out that in her experience both horses and humans were so much alike, because they were easy to bribe with food treats. She would then pause reflectively for a moment before saying “Which is just as well… because it would be so unkind to use a crop on a horse”.