If you want to discuss theoretical, you couldn't name something that's *not* an attack vector. Perhaps a VGA video port, but display port is a valid attack vector, as well as RAM expansion, or any card you put in it. So in general terms, unless you get silly (the paint on the keys isn't an attack vector for anything but anthrax), assume everything has a valid attack. Does that answer the question?

I left the US as well. I make more money, pay less tax, and get more services in a country with less corruption, less crime, better air, and other benefits too long to list (schools, public transport, etc.).

That's not true. My wife caught Strep throat on the way to Europe, and we went to the airport clinic in Amsterdam, and walked out with a $100 charge for seeing a doctor.

Doctors in the EU who treat foreigners charge for it, at rates that are roughly the same as a private consult in the US.

It was a quick check, yes, she has a fever, visible swelling, and white nodules. Prescribe anti-biotics and send her on her way. 5 minutes (plus 20 minutes waiting) and $100.

You either don't know what a window is, or are ignoring all basic knowledge to attack. Either way, you have given up trying to discuss, but are so personally offended that it's all worthless anti-technical spew.I didn't get a single sentence in, without finding such a blatant error, so I'm not bothering to read the rest of the "I'm right, you're wrong (even though all the facts are on your side and I'm a bumbling idiot)" post.

But I appreciate the effort. Well, not really, but I'm trying to make you feel better, for having made such a fool of yourself in public.

The private health care system before was worse. Get sick? You get payout caps and denied any expensive treatment. Switch providers? Sorry, all claims denied for a previous condition. And you didn't get to pick your doctor.

ACA sucks, but is *better* that what came before. Only the rich (top 10%) who had health care provided by work (and cash to buy what they got denied or fight it in court) lost anything with ACA. But they convince others that what's good for the 1% is good for the 99%. It's always been a lie, but it's been a nice one, like winning the lottery.

"Work in a law firm" isn't very specific. And given that there wasn't a mention of in what capacity, I'm not sure your experience would be relevant. You didn't mention working as a lawyer or paralegal, which are the two positions that would be more relevant, though less so for a paralegal, who generally stick to the books, while the lawyers deal with the clients and outcomes. For all we know based on your comment, you are a janitor, or other office support with no legal training or experience. In which case, my pre-law classes back in college would put me in a good position, comparing experiences.

Massive fail. It's a (the most?) common boot loader for network gear with config loaded at boot, most commonly used these days for IP telephones, though can be used for larger and more complex networking gear, but the people that work on networks trust them least for such things.

TFTP is newer than FTP, and you used that in your own example. So if old disqualifies something, FTP should be disqualified about 10 years before TFTP. I do more networking than server work, so I use TFTP more than FTP, so again by rarity of use, your example is worse than mine, despite your ill-informed protestations.

When some doucehbag tries to lecture others and is obviously (and easily) provably wrong, yes. I'll go douche in response to douchebaggery. You know enough to be dangerous, but I'd never hire you.

You'd not have any artifacts. You'd get no more drop with TCP than UDP. Latency, no. The latency would be identical. TCP takes no longer to travel than UDP. Jitter? Maybe, so long as you set poor window sizes.

You ignored my correct reasons, and tried to correct me with more worthless shit designed to attack and distract. You are an uninformed idiot who thinks himself an expert, but knows barely enough to poke fun at others, and not enough to actually do anything.

You are 100% wrong. I'm 100% right. I give facts. You give insults only. I gave insults this time because you apparently require them to communicate, and I'm trying to speak ape to you, as that's all you speak. You think it's a troll because you are never wrong, and anyone who disagrees with you must be a troll. I spoke clear English with facts and you ignored it. TCP is superior for all configurations where the jitter buffer exceeds RTT. Whether you have to set your jitter buffer to 2s for that doesn't matter to the statement of fact. I never said TCP was superior in any real world application. You are just moving the goalposts because you realize you are 100% wrong.

So, move them again, insult me. You can't prove me wrong, or convince anyone reading this that you are right. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.

Americans complain and trash them, while supporting them 100%. It's very confusing.

Because, as the topic is about, a server admin who is good at maintaining the programs, but has no knowledge of basic networking will want to ensure that the server doesn't run at "half" speed, so will set the server manually to 1000/full, when the networking guy set the switch to auto/auto.

Then, after the server guy screws up basic config, he complains to everyone in the IT department (and every other department that doesn't kick him out) about the poor network, making his server run slow.

I've seen it many times.

Rationing by a government with no profit motive is bad, but rationing by a corporation with profit motive is seen as a good thing. Making a moral choice between people is immoral. Making a profit-based choice about someone's life is the ideal of capitalism. Or something like that. I never can follow the rationale of the irrational.

I have, but don't currently. Why?

When all the private companies collude to matching contract terms, they are the same thing. You can't opt out anymore than you can opt out of the government edict.

He lied for personal gain. That's the definition of fraud. Sexual fraud in Sweden translates as "rape" according to the US media. Sex, or anything around it, was never "illegal". It was the lies around it that generated a fraud. Informed consent was never given due to this fraud.

Whether you agree or disagree with that law is irrelevant, it seems to be quite clear (based on what I read in the media). Whether he lied is a separate discussion. As is why Sweden refuses to follow its own protocols for interviewing absentee "suspects". But Assange isn't in hiding. His location is well known. If that's hiding ,he sucks at it.

AI seems more intelligent in the presence of natural stupidity.

Yes, to anyone but those who would ask such a question. One could presume they'd reject any and all answers that could be given here.