Patrick, Apropros to your statement last night that users are used to computer failure, Bruce Schneier had an interesting comment about computer failures just last week:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/12/more_about_the.html#c3262720 Bill Bogstad Bruce Schneier • January 1, 2014 3:09 PM<https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/12/more_about_the.html#c3262720> "When the first Snowden revelations were made public I wrote some very critical comments. Within one week my Dell computer simply would not start anymore. Push button = nothing. Repair shop said I needed new motherboard = $400. "Coincidence? Probably. But, the next computer I bought bricked in 7 days flat, too. Coincidence? Probably. "The third one broke twice in four months but I managed to fix it, once by replacing a failing hard drive. Coincidence? Probably." I blame our industry. Computing is such a lousy experience that you can't distinguish normal operation from enemy action.
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