The idea that $5000 will pay for replacing a core component or system is just plain preposterous.

A flash memory chip is a flash memory chip, whether it’s part of a USB stick or soldered to a custom board. You don’t need to replace the custom board, you need to solder on a new memory chip that contains the instructions you want it to.

Well my custom browser says my age is verified, we’re all set here here. All set. Move along.

What would be the point of that? If the check was done locally it would be trivial to spoof.

Technically, this can’t work. It’s a bad idea.

My definition of change?

Yeah, that makes sense.

Also, the Internet is like a living thing, it changes constantly, that’s its nature. Essentially every day is the end of the Internet as we know it, it’s always something else the next day.

So you’re saying which empires/systems exactly then?

Spain perhaps? The Holy Roman empire?

Yeah… Fighter jets don’t really get bricked.

A brick is when you’ve messed something up to the point where the hardware doesn’t boot and the only possible solution would be to pull out a rom chip and replace it with one with factory settings, but that’s too hard and not worth doing.

But that’s the thing, with the F-35, it’ll never be not worth doing. It could be a $5000 setback… But whatever.

It appears, Texans.