Brian Benchoff

This document is a complement to the README in the Github repository. The README provides information about performance, capabilities, and tests. This document reflects more on the why and how OrthoRoute was developed. This is a project born out of necessity. Another thing I was working on needed an enormous backplane. A PCB with sixteen connectors, with 1,100 pins on each connector. That’s 17,600 individual pads, and 8,192 airwires that need to be routed. Here, just take a look: Look at that shit.

The idea that I could pull random video games out of the ether is absurd at first, but I knew this would work before I began. I can describe this in both as a philosophical / thought experiment, and as a technical inevitability. What I'm doing is not Infinite Monkey Theorem. A million monkeys will eventually produce the works of Shakespeare, that's true, but it would take longer than any time the Universe has left.

If you weren’t scared of USB cables before, you should be now. The O.MG cable (or Offensive MG kit) from [MG] hides a backdoor inside the shell of a USB connector. Plug this cable into your computer and you’ll be the victim of remote attacks over WiFi. You might be asking what’s inside this tiny USB cable to make it susceptible to such attacks.