[Info-vax] Intel junk...Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/06/2018 12:13 PM, DaveFroble wrote:
> Pabst Blue Ribbon wrote:
>> DaveFroble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> Pabst Blue Ribbon wrote:
>>>> Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>>>> Den 2018-01-06 kl. 00:01, skrev Pabst Blue Ribbon:
>>>>>
>>>>> [Why quote 100s of lines?]
>>>> My newsreader is not that great with editing.
>>>>
>>>>>> I wonder if Intel will be sued because of that.
>>>>> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/05/intel_meltdown_cpu_flaw_sued/
>>>>>
>>>>> "Here come the lawyers! Intel slapped with three Meltdown bug 
>>>>> lawsuits!"
>>>> Thank you. Just like I expected.
>>> Well, the lawyers will try anything.  Doesn't mean they have a case.  
>>> Lots of examples.
>>>
>>> Make liquor, somebody gets hurt ....
>>>
>>> Make guns, somebody gets shot ....
>>>
>>> Make cars, somebody gets hurt ....
>>
>> Make cars, cars do not perform as advertised or not as safe as expected,
>> have to do a recall.
>>
>>
> 
> Unless you are Ford with the Pinto fuel tank problem.
> 
> The person who came up with the idea that it would be cheaper to pay off 
> the law suits than to do a recall and fix the problem is most likely 
> alive and well in too many companies.  As soon as you put money ahead of 
> people, there is a problem.  We hang murderers, why not those who are 
> worse?
> 

Dave, you live in PA.  PA does not execute anyone.  They
punish them by making the taxpayers support them for the
rest of their lives to include things like TV, gym facilities,
college degrees, full medical coverage.  And many more things
the average taxpayer can't afford.

bill