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		derleth on Oct 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A little game to demonstrate timing attacks. I've always preferred "Computing is no more about computers than thermodynamics is about engines."

kevinalexbrown on Oct 26, 2011 [–]

I like both. I think yours conveys a sense that computing is not driven by the particular application of computers.

The quotation I provided conveys instead the idea that computing is not only about a particular tool of computers.

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