Not my problem sortinfosec.pubimage 0x4E4F ( @0x4E4F@infosec.pub ) Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • 5 months ago message-square34fedilinkarrow-up1423
arrow-up1423imageNot my problem sortinfosec.pub 0x4E4F ( @0x4E4F@infosec.pub ) Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • 5 months ago message-square34fedilink
minus-square Allero ( @Allero@lemmy.today ) linkfedilink17•5 months agoThe most beautiful thing about this program is that it would work. Various bit flips will once lead to all numbers being in the correct order. No guarantee the numbers will be the same, though…
minus-square Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoMight also take a very long time (or a large amount of radiation).
minus-square fallingcats ( @fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink3•5 months agoThose bitflips are probably more likely to skip the section erroneously than waiting for the array to be sorted.
minus-square Allero ( @Allero@lemmy.today ) linkfedilink2•5 months agoFair enough! But won’t they flip again to start the program?
minus-square fallingcats ( @fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink1•5 months agoThe OS would crash entirely before that happens
minus-square ProgrammingSocks ( @ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social ) linkfedilink1•5 months agoNot necessarily. I don’t have the numbers in front if me, but there is actually a probability that, past that point, something is so unlikely that you can consider it to be impossible (I.e. will never happen within the lifetime of the universe)
minus-square Dyskolos ( @Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilink1•5 months agoYet… The chance is never zero 😁
The most beautiful thing about this program is that it would work.
Various bit flips will once lead to all numbers being in the correct order. No guarantee the numbers will be the same, though…
Might also take a very long time (or a large amount of radiation).
Those bitflips are probably more likely to skip the section erroneously than waiting for the array to be sorted.
Fair enough! But won’t they flip again to start the program?
The OS would crash entirely before that happens
Not necessarily. I don’t have the numbers in front if me, but there is actually a probability that, past that point, something is so unlikely that you can consider it to be impossible (I.e. will never happen within the lifetime of the universe)
Yet… The chance is never zero 😁