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> administratively adjusted That sounds like a terrible amount of power to give someone without a vote.

by cmdrfred 10y ago

ArneBab 10y ago
for obvious fixes, that’s not actual power: They could not do that if the correct answer weren’t obvious. If I offered a new car for 10€ — obviously it should have been 10k€, so others cannot expect me to fulfil that (ask your local police). If I had offered it for 8.5k€ and suddenly claim it should have been 10k€, it’s far from obvious that this was a mere error, so I’d likely have to stand for it. If I offered a used car for 10€, the case becomes murky.
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  This is hacker news. If this was some code rather than in meatspace and you trusted a single client to modify a turning complete config file for everyone else you'd call it a massive security vulnerability. I don't understand how having humans involved changes that. Yes, they probably have good intentions but has that assumption ever worked out in human history? If it's not used today for something nefarious, it will be used tomorrow.
  - danielweber 10y ago
    > This is hacker news Which is why people don't understand basic human institutions and are surprised when they run into issues trying to re-invent from scratch
    - cmdrfred 10y ago
      Grace Hopper said it best 'The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this way."'
quirkot 10y ago
A legislative body is a conflict resolution mechanism, and one that is basically in the business of writing the code of law (literally). For something to be considered a typo, there must be negligible conflict over that interpretation. If not, the legislative body addresses it again or it’s handled by the judiciary. The legal register who maintains the official version of the text works at the behest of the legislative body. These things are not occurring without supervision.

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> administratively adjusted That sounds like a terrible amount of power to give someone without a vote.

by cmdrfred 10y ago

> administratively adjusted That sounds like a terrible amount of power to give someone without a vote.

ArneBab 10y ago
for obvious fixes, that’s not actual power: They could not do that if the correct answer weren’t obvious. If I offered a new car for 10€ — obviously it should have been 10k€, so others cannot expect me to fulfil that (ask your local police). If I had offered it for 8.5k€ and suddenly claim it should have been 10k€, it’s far from obvious that this was a mere error, so I’d likely have to stand for it. If I offered a used car for 10€, the case becomes murky.
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  This is hacker news. If this was some code rather than in meatspace and you trusted a single client to modify a turning complete config file for everyone else you'd call it a massive security vulnerability. I don't understand how having humans involved changes that. Yes, they probably have good intentions but has that assumption ever worked out in human history? If it's not used today for something nefarious, it will be used tomorrow.
  - danielweber 10y ago
    > This is hacker news Which is why people don't understand basic human institutions and are surprised when they run into issues trying to re-invent from scratch
    - cmdrfred 10y ago
      Grace Hopper said it best 'The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this way."'
quirkot 10y ago
A legislative body is a conflict resolution mechanism, and one that is basically in the business of writing the code of law (literally). For something to be considered a typo, there must be negligible conflict over that interpretation. If not, the legislative body addresses it again or it’s handled by the judiciary. The legal register who maintains the official version of the text works at the behest of the legislative body. These things are not occurring without supervision.