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Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key'

From RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key'
Date 2014-10-09 20:11 +0000
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On 2014-10-09, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
> And that's assuming that you have an IQ over 100, which, very loosely
> speaking, half the Mits don't.

Great quote from George Carlin: "Think about how stupid your average
person is.  Now remember, half the populace is stupider than that."  

I'm paraphrasing, but it's a clever quip.  The quote from Arthur C.
Clarke about any sufficiently complex science beginning to resemble
magic is also probably germane.

It's true that most modern tech is built on so many levels of complexity
no one single person can ever possibly understand it all.  Imagine, I'm
typing this on a Chromebook in a terminal written in javascript! that's
shelled into a VPS - a virtual computer running an operaing system! -
that communicates over TCP/IP with other users.  It's extraordinary.

That said, this 'universal key' business can kiss my ass.

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The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-09 01:43 +0000
  Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-09 14:16 +0000
    Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-09 16:26 +0000
      Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-10-09 16:01 -0300
        Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-09 20:11 +0000
        Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-10-11 09:52 +0000
          Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-10-11 15:31 -0300
            Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-10-11 19:48 +0100
              Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-10-12 00:01 -0300
    Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-10-09 19:34 +0100
      Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-10-09 21:24 +0100
        Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-10-10 15:43 -0700
      Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-10 00:22 +0000
  Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-10-09 17:17 +0000
    Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-10 11:51 +0000

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