Is it just me, or is this concept logically inconsistent? If you do something anonymously, then the government isn't going to be able to find you to prosecute you. If you did something in such a way that the government can find you and prosecute you, then it wasn't done anonymously.
When questioned about the specifics of his study, Mr. Berners-Lee stated, "Are we off the record? For a first phase, what we're actually trying to measure is the average effect on unsuspecting volunteers when we confine them for several hours in a room with a projector displaying various web experiences." The list of "web experiences", according to MIT, is not yet finalized, but is rumored to contain hamsterdance.com, neuticles, and, of course, MySpace. "The walls of the room are well padded," Mr. Berners-Lee went on to comment, with a slight chuckle.
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I, for one, welcome our new stem-cell overlords.
Is it just me, or is this concept logically inconsistent? If you do something anonymously, then the government isn't going to be able to find you to prosecute you. If you did something in such a way that the government can find you and prosecute you, then it wasn't done anonymously.
When questioned about the specifics of his study, Mr. Berners-Lee stated, "Are we off the record? For a first phase, what we're actually trying to measure is the average effect on unsuspecting volunteers when we confine them for several hours in a room with a projector displaying various web experiences." The list of "web experiences", according to MIT, is not yet finalized, but is rumored to contain hamsterdance.com, neuticles, and, of course, MySpace. "The walls of the room are well padded," Mr. Berners-Lee went on to comment, with a slight chuckle.