[beginner] What's wrong?
Dan Sommers
dan at tombstonezero.net
Sun Apr 3 14:32:26 EDT 2016
On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 09:49:03 -0700, Rustom Mody wrote:
> On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 9:41:11 PM UTC+5:30, Dan Sommers wrote:
>> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:46:59 -0700, Rustom Mody wrote:
>>
>> > On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 8:58:59 PM UTC+5:30, Dan Sommers wrote:
>> >> Yes, it's marginally annoying, and a security hole waiting to happen,
>> >> that A and A often look very much alike.
>> >
>> > "A security hole waiting to happen" = "Marginally annoying"
>> >
>> > Frankly I find this juxtaposition alarming
>>
>> Sorry about that.
>>
>> I didn't mean to equate the two. I meant to point out that the fact
>> that A and A look alike can be one, or both, of those things. Perhaps I
>> should have used "or" instead of "and."
>
> Chill! No offence.
I'm chilled. :-)
No offense taken. I am arguably overly sensitive to putting forth an
argument that isn't clear and concise (because I've also been known to
derail the proceedings until I can get my head around someone else's
argument).
> Just that when you have the above ingredients (carelessness,
> stupidity, hurry....) multiplied by a GHz clock, it makes for spicy
> security incidents(!). I just meant to say that "Just a lil security
> incident" is not a helpful attitude to foster
On this we agree. :-)
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