This is similar to the old "What came first, viruses or antivirus software?"
Laurie
On 6 January 2018 at 09:38, AndyHC andy@hawthorncottage.com wrote:
On 06-Jan-2018 1:50 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:
On Jan 5, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Ed Leafe ed@leafe.com wrote: ....And, of course, the required xkcd take on things:
-- Ed Leafe
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Well ... if you *need* to believe that software can patch hardware design faults.... and you also believe that these clever patches have either (a) been written in 48 hours or (b) been written well in advance *and* that's not sinister....
- -now I know I've got a Sinclair Scientific calculator and a abacus
around here somewhere.....
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