bitching about computers 

is it possible that the fragility and insecurity of our computing systems are due to an overemphasis on speed and other features that result in complicated components that are hard to analyze and often poorly understood in a whole-system context?

oh, sorry, i see your eyes glazed over at "overemphasis on speed". anyway, have you tried turning it off and then back on again?

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