The honesty test

[Chong Yu Meng]

On Sun, 2007-03-11 at 14:44 +0800, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
> >> That would take a lot of effort. Easier way?
> > If you want something done right, you need to do it yourself.  If you
> > don't trust open source, go with a proprietary solution.  Eventually,
> > you need to trust someone, or your life is an unhappy, small thing.
> 
> If one was serious about this honesty thing, one would have to start
> from the chips first. What if the chips had cheating logic? :)
> 

Well, the problem is that anything can be subverted and it is just not
practical to check everything. The way I see it, you can and should
trust, but try to have a backup plan in case things don't go as planned.
At the risk of sounding new-agey, people like certitude, but I think
that's just not possible here. 

Regards,
pascal chong