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bemildred

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14. As any good software engineer knows, communication requires a protocol.

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #12)

Fri May 6, 2016, 12:31 PM

May 2016

And then everybody has to follow it, or communication fails. One of the favorite things of hackers is finding flaws in the protocols and exploiting them with carefully tailored lies. Our political system at times seems to consist almost entirely of hackers, so it is no wonder it doesn't work.

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+1. bemildred May 2016 #9

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And that is the root of the problem, right there. bemildred May 2016 #11

Yep, credibility becomes undermined in two ways... malthaussen May 2016 #12

As any good software engineer knows, communication requires a protocol. bemildred May 2016 #14

"A lawyer is someone expert at circumventing the law." n/t malthaussen May 2016 #15

Indeed. nt bemildred May 2016 #16

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