Really – I found XKCD really nailed it https://xkcd.com/1938/ From: wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of thinkbrown@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:14 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Spectre and Meltdown. I found the Raspberry Pi Foundation's explanation the most useful: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/why-raspberry-pi-isnt-vulnerable-to-spectre... I found some of the non-computer based metaphors a little lacking - they didn't really fit my mental model of the computer. The Raspberry Pi article explains it in a way that people familiar with basic Python (or almost any procedural language) will be familiar with. Logan On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Sweetser, Frank E <fs@wpi.edu<mailto:fs@wpi.edu>> wrote: This one is my own personal favorite out of what I've seen so far: https://ds9a.nl/articles/posts/spectre-meltdown/ Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org> <wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org>> on behalf of Tim Keller <turbofx@gmail.com<mailto:turbofx@gmail.com>> Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 12:27 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Spectre and Meltdown. There seems to be a HUGE amount of woo regarding spectre and meltdown. This *seems* to me to be the most concise explanation I've heard so far. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-heres-what-inte... Feel free to argue that it's not. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org<mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug