| Rev. LeRoy D. Cressy on 5 Oct 2018 04:48:30 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] The Big Hack: How China used a tiny chip to generate ridiculous replies |
Hi Jeff, You and I along with many others on the plug list have been around for quite a while to remember companies like Heathkit and others where you would get a package of parts and you would build your own stereo or TV. Many kiddies don't even know what a cathode, plate, or a grid is or what a vacuum tube even is. Why do you think that Trump is attempting to bring back manufacturing to the USA? Most of the electronic components are used by various agencies of the government. How many people do you know can configure and compile their own kernel? If you build a firewall, you do not really want modules, but many are lazy and don't put in the effort to do their own compiles. Many Linux distributions seem to have become like M$ where ease of use rather than security is paramount. The use of cheap foreign markets to manufacture the chips and integral parts of computers and other end user items like our cars. I have always thought that having a computer control your car could be extremely dangerous. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, October 5, 2018 12:09 AM, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote: > who do they think they are - the NSA? Intolerable. Did the equipment > stop at a warehouse on the way to its destinations? > > I hate to say I told you so.. no, wait, I'm perfectly alright with it. > If we still used tubes, this wouldn't be a problem. We'd manufacture > them here, along with the few other components we'd need. No Chinese > inserts - even if they tried, it's hard to get a cathode to phone home. > And each piece of equipment would sound wonderful, even if it wasn't > built for audio. Clock speeds might be a little slower... > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug