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Re:This should never happen by TillE on Thursday March 31, 2016 @12:57PM (#11398631)
And how do you verify that your checksum-verifying code hasn't been corrupted with cosmic rays?

The real world is messy. We can mitigate that, but we can never have mathematical purity.

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Re:This should never happen by nightski on Thursday March 31, 2016 @01:11PM (#11398753)
That is exactly the point, to mitigate it. Just because you can't mitigate everything doesn't mean it is less valuable. It is still extremely valuable to mitigate the things you do (or choose to) have control over.
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