They used a machine to mash together a bunch of existing designs into one that performs much worse than any of the originals.

Did they just find the Godelian loop of QED?

Today I learned that someone running their own code on a machine they bought is considered an "attacker".

Temple is a non-specific word for a place of worship and can apply to synagogues, mosques and churches alike.

My phone is rooted. Good luck with that.

They should just use lasers to keep birds away from things like this.

Can you defend that argument?

Thats because as insane as the Republicans are, they are completely sincere and really do believe the insane shit they say. Democrats on the other hand will say anything to grabs votes, and then do whatever benefits them the most once in office.

Arthur C Clark has a great write up on the subject.

So all they need to do is ship all the phones with a preprogrammed private key, this way its decryptable when its sold. Then give the user the option to generate a new key during the setup process. Still secure and does not violate the text of the "law".

Mod errant pup!

If the universe is capable of assembling a brain, then the universe is capable of consciousness.

Isn't spirit just another word for "breath" or "rhythm"? Here I think it would be metaphorical, like when physicists say a particle "feels" a force.

Back when we "hackers" could still just use the ping of death. No one could stop us!

If I can sudo rm -rf / then I'm not really free.