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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by cam-o-man on Saturday March 30, 2024 @05:26PM (#39878834)
No, and there is a (piloted) drone attack in the first book -- Paul is attacked by a hunter-seeker.

The reason nobody tries to use the lasgun-shield interaction as a weapon is because the resulting explosion is indistinguishable from a nuclear weapon, and the Great Convention prohibits the use of nukes on human targets.

Just the perception of having used a nuclear device would result in the House which did so becoming public enemy #1 and being eradicated by the Landsraad and Sardaukar combined.

Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by archi42 on Saturday March 30, 2024 @08:54PM (#39880291)
Nope. That's all I'm going to spoiler;-)

@Potro: If you liked the movie, read the books. I don't read a lot anymore, but during sick leave I started with the first book. Didn't stop until I finished the main story, including the sequels by Frank Herbert's son about a month later. That's like... uh... nine books?