Knuth's Challenge: Analyze everything your computer does in one second

Re:Knuth's Challenge: Analyze everything your computer does ... by drvdevd on Friday September 30, 2016 @04:08PM (#12614957)

Personally, I like to occasionally remember that there's not a single computing device in my life I really own. It can be either a comforting piece of knowledge or a frightening one depending on your perspective. I like to take the former perspective.

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Re:Knuth's Challenge: Analyze everything your computer does ... by 27182818284 on Friday September 30, 2016 @04:17PM (#12615030)

Ehhh. In a sense sure, but lots of people consider they've owned a loaf of bread without knowing Wonder's recipe.

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Re:Knuth's Challenge: Analyze everything your computer does ... by drvdevd on Friday September 30, 2016 @04:25PM (#12615066)

I see what you mean, but also no one ever owned a loaf of bread that could be cut, toasted and buttered remotely by a totally unknown 3rd party either...

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Re:Knuth's Challenge: Analyze everything your computer does ... by 24gttghh on Friday September 30, 2016 @04:38PM (#12615146)

Unless you go to the local diner for breakfast and don't know the line-cook...

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Re:Knuth's Challenge: Analyze everything your computer does ... by drvdevd on Friday September 30, 2016 @04:51PM (#12615215)

Good point. You walk into the diner implicitly trusting the line cook and the bread baker and so on. Very similar to the chain of trust implicit in the tech we use. Only I believe the chain of trust in the tech to be much longer and proven to have been repeatedly broken in recent decades. Also, line cooks have the luxury of tossing out loafs of bread that have moulded over.

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Re:Knuth's Challenge: Analyze everything your computer does ... by 24gttghh on Saturday October 01, 2016 @09:14AM (#12617700)

:) They can even cut off the mouldy bits, preserving the rest of the breakfast.

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