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Re:Introducing Qubes 1.0 ("a stable and reasonably secure de... by dj2stein9 on Monday September 03, 2012 @11:53PM (#4472999)
Okay so I mistakenly wrote his first name... I don't see how that invalidates what I've said.
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Re:Introducing Qubes 1.0 ("a stable and reasonably secure de... by mquander on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @05:28AM (#4473796)
What's there to "invalidate"? You just made an assertion, not an argument.

You say that nobody wants to use desktops and people want computers to disappear. Unlike you, I don't believe that already, so do you have some evidence for it?

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Re:Introducing Qubes 1.0 ("a stable and reasonably secure de... by kingkawn on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @11:28AM (#4474945)
The blogpost I linked pointed out that this quote is often used not to justify a particular idea or position but instead to justify not paying attention to your audience. Paying attention doesn't mean groveling or completely giving up all of your own control.
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