Black Box
I’m a lawyer defending amajor record company, andI’m talkin’ about Chewbacca.Does that make sense? Ladiesand gentlemen, I am notmaking any sense. None ofthis makes sense. And so youhave to remember, whenyou’re in that jury roomdeliberatin’ and conjugatin’the “EmancipationProclamation,” does it makesense? No.Ladies andgentlemen of this supposedjury, it does not make sense.If Chewbacca lives on Endor,you must acquit!The defense rests.1
In science and engineering, a black box is a device, system, or object that can be viewed solely in terms of its input, output, and transfer characteristics without any knowledge of its internal workings; that is, its implementation is “opaque”—hence the “black” part.2
David Swensen, one of the so-called ...
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