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I think it is possible to build a better system from scratch, and there are likely space aliens that have such better systems. But ultimately a computing syste

I think it is possible to build a better system from scratch, and there are likely space aliens that have such better systems. But ultimately a computing system should do what its users want, and the market has favored backwards-compatibility for a long time. If anything, it's a little alarming how old software and hardware can quickly become useless or obsolete. For example, any web browser that doesn't support any encryption better than, say, SSLv3, is cut off from a significant fraction of the Internet.

squibbles 6y ago
> I think it is possible to build a better system from scratch, and there are likely space aliens that have such better systems. I respectfully disagree. Alien systems can be thwarted by inverting some bits. [0] I would not have believed this had I not seen it for myself. [1] After all, seeing is believing. True, the alien code seems very insecure. Perhaps aliens write their code based on the historical documents. [2] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2oi7cz/i_am_dean_devlin_writer_producer_of_independence/cmo0r1y/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2oi7cz/i_am_dean_de... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqswujkxPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqswujkxPE [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLZQz26-kms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLZQz26-kms