Computers and the Last Days of Disco

[peristaltor]

I've got to say, I'm pretty surprised by the reaction I've gotten for my simple assertion that flaws in computer architecture have led to innocent lives being destroyed. Everyone knows there are gaps in security. When it comes to the consequences of those gaps, though, it seems no one realizes that, in a law-abiding society, for one person to be

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[sageautumn]

*totally off topic*

Do you always put "sense" instead of cents?

I ask, since I do my checks oddly also... if it's an even amount I'll write out "Fifteen even." I also start my "fifteen" right at/before the line so there's no room for anything before it, and make a big slashy/swirly after the even... both these I was taught to do in school, as the "correct" way to write a check.

[sageautumn]

(The no room at the front and the swirly after the even all the way to the end... ...not the writing out "even" that's all me.)

[peristaltor]

Sometimes I use "scents" . . . especially when paying the water/sewer bill.

[ironphoenix]

Thanks for the reminder... I was busy when you posted that first one. I've gone back to it, and after reading the comments, posted my own view in a comment. (I'm linking here because other readers may want in on that discussion