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Dropbox sued for June 19 Authentication Bug

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Re: Dropbox sued for June 19 Authentication Bug

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Same logic: Sure that doctor gave you the wrong medicine, but you're responsible for your own well-being. How hard is it to Google the name of the medicine and see that it has nothing to do with your condition? How hard is it to remember that the medicine that the doctor told you he was writing a prescription for and the one that he actually wrote on the paper aren't the same? Stop wasting the court's time. Zero doll…

Not the same logic at all. Being given the wrong medicine is entirely different due to the relationship between patient and doctor. That is a relationship defined by the position of trust the doctor has. It is a privileged relationship. And a Doctor is known to have years of training and experience behind his belt. The relationship between a customer and a minimum-wage worker employee is entirely different. You don't…

A better analogy:

You step into someone's hot tub and the water was (actually) boiling. Now you have second degree burns from the waist down. But you should have known better. It's called a hot tub, right? You knew there was a risk that you would be burned by the water. You're just an idiot for assuming that you could just jump in. Stop waisting the court's time. Zero dollars.

(There is no 'position of trust' with a 'hot tub operator,' nor do you require years of training to own/operate a hot tub).

Re: Dropbox sued for June 19 Authentication Bug

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> "hot coffee may be hot"

"hot liquid" and "liquid so hot that it will burn my skin" are not necessarily the same thing. Unless you think that people should feel afraid of a hot bath or a hot tub (or even going to a hot spring). In more precise terms, 'boiling' is a subset of 'hot.'

Wow, you all are really discussing this? If "hot" may mean "hot" or just "hot" and if the fact that hot coffee is hot is common knowledge?

Thanks, now I understand why it is so important to write obvious things on products in the USA. Maybe it actually is necessary...

Re: Dropbox sued for June 19 Authentication Bug

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How do you heat liquid water to more than 100°C? Coffee is supposed to be just below 100°C when you brew it, or it is not good. Goes for home made or McD coffee. Whatever, maybe in some parts of the world, the laws of physics don't apply and liquid water does not lose energy though evaporation... Back on topic: Dropbox is telling everybody that they are "encrypting" stuff on their drives. How do they decrypt without…

If you increase the atmospheric pressure, you can raise the boiling point of water well beyond 100°C. Of course, that has little to do with brewing coffee. So you bring the water to a boil, and then let it sit for a minute, then pour it over the grounds. Then as the coffee steeps, the liquid further cools down. It is just below 100 when you brew it.... not when you drink it. It is much cooler when you drink it, (65 t…

When you buy it, it is usually around 90°C. Same when you take it from a coffee maker. Ever noticed the small heating plate below the coffee can?

Who cares. Just be careful with hot stuff. And if you fail to do so, sue somebody to avoid blaming yourself. I guess.

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