Not sure if true, but a very interesting thought. Wheels within wheels, sort of. I’m not sure people are that “good” at planning though.

Read up on ducks. They were /screwed/ before the FBI showed up.

This, I think, is what bothers me. I understand the reasoning but still… The pardoning, no surprise. The lying, makes me a bit sad. I understand the reasoning but it still makes me sad.

It is “corrupt” (within quotation marks because it is also legal). But it can also be understandable. Given his circumstances, I know what I’d do. The same. Without a doubt. What would you do?

Of course he can be criticised, go right ahead. I don’t care. But let’s also be honest. We are no saints. No matter what, he will never be elected to anything again ever. Just huffing and puffing is fairly pointless and makes people look blustering, not principled.

To be fair, it is only volatile because you view it from the perspective of something you feel is stable (perhaps USD). If you instead viewed other currencies from the view of, let’s say, bitcoin then the other currencies would be fluctuating wildly. It’s a bit like Alabama and time: it’s all relative.

Did a quick search. Didn’t find it. Please enlighten us. Sounds fun.

Curmudgeon. I aim to please.

I didn’t think there would be a pun in there but, man, you found it! 👍

It might well be. Thing is, no-one wants war. If the west wanted war, they wouldn’t need a broken cable for it.

I do. The exact reason this legal framework is in place

But (s)he is doing the microphone!

I’d assume the ruling would also stipulate that they don’t develop a new browser for X years. Otherwise they could be right back in a day by forking Chromium.

I’d assume they would be willing to pay even more.

But I am! Quantum computing is not conventional computing. See!

Oh, but I am. That’s why I said what I said. Even if they have one, it will be severely lacking; indicated by where public research is at.

Which one? A super computer? Its just faster than a conventional computer by a factor that doesn’t matter. A quantum computer? The public field would be way closer to that if “the government” had one that would be useful.

But this is not like the past. Quantum computers is not an step in evolution, it is a jump, as if from no computers to computers. Of course it’s possible, but there is no basis or indication for it and so no reason to assume it. Why believe the less likely thing instead of the more likely?

My sweet child. Bold of you to assume the commenter knows what p=np means. :)

What do you think they have? Alien computers? Not even super-computers make a dent in decryption.

Always thought it was a great name choice.