In a decade, this will be merely commercial grade, and corporations will use it to track their employees. Some people will actually like giving up their anonymity in exchange for a modicum of security. Eventually, everyone will be tracked all the time. Of course, there will be HUGE abuses, as usual. The abuses will not stop it from happening; you know that even as much as you hate to know it.
Today, how many people prefer watching television, browsing the web, or listening to their iPod over talking to their spouse or their kids? Now, image that the television, Internet, or iPod were REALLY personal and engaging and understood the viewer and responded thoughtfully and never hassled. If there is money to be made, then it will happen eventually. Now, that is cynical.
They will be better than humans. They will know more, speak many languages, understand a huge range of contextual references, always be current, never act in a way that makes them seem rude, and even be charming. Most real humans will greatly prefer talking to them than to other humans. I'm not sure when, but some of us will live long enough to see it.
This will get swept under the rug. The lawyers will say that a box of paper records is nothing compared to this -- Sutter Health laptop stolen with unencrypted records of 4 million patients. The defense of saying "but I didn't do nearly as badly as the other idiot" actually works (just ask Stalin about his Hitler excuse). Seriously, the medical industry has worked for decades to make it immune from legal liability, and their efforts have been very effective.
Sony did a great job of winning the battle between blueray and HD-DVD, but lost the war. With the mandatory DRM, high cost of media (especially rewritable), and "wait till we cover our costs" business model for the next generation, the polycarbonate disc has now lost out to flash memory and streaming media the same way that iLink (a.k.a. Firewire or IEEE1394) lost to USB, HDMI, and Ethernet. DVD still dominates because of those blueray constraints, but DVD's limited capacity is starting to squeeze it out just as it happened for the floppy disc.
P.S. I know it is not spelled 'blueray' but didn't want to get a trademark notice from Sony for using it in this post.
Then tie it to your pit bull
Wire it to your Tasser
Plant an IED in it
Take off the muffler
Wrap it in 30' of 13/16" continuous length XIP IWRC wire rope and 18-pound Kryptonite lock
Leave it parked in the most public place, climb a nearby tower with a sniper rifle, and pick off the first five people who try to take it.
Those who can, do. It has always been true with technology. As we get older and see more of the effects, we are more aware, more affected. Privacy has been shrinking along with the open terrain since the Garden of Eden (metaphorically speaking). In 100 years, the privacy issues will extend into our subconscious minds. This seems inevitable as much as it seems disturbing. I guess that is why we grow old and die.
. . . it is the execution. If I had a nickel for every idea ever conceived, I could pay off the federal debt, buy China, and still have enough money left to bail out Europe. The problem is implementing the idea. It has always been hard, but the government (a.k.a. we the people) has created an environment where productivity is taxed to a point, then unregulated. For example, if you are smarter and work harder than me, and then you make twice as much money as me, you will pay OVER twice as much tax as me. If you manage to make enough money, you may become wealthy enough not to need to work at all. Then you can hire a tax attorney and a financial analyst to move your money to a place where you pay LESS tax than I pay, maybe no tax. Of course, most hard working, smart, and honest people never reach this level of wealth. The point -- the barriers to implementing good ideas are not just talent and effort. The country has become more of a hindrance. If we just taxed passive income (and not active income), then more ideas would be realized. There would be fewer billionaires, too
This is one from the Osama bin Laden book of terrorism -- make every kill a spectacle. They probably know that people will find anonymous ways to replace Rascatripas. You can kill a person, but not an alias. In the mean time, they will try to scare everyone, a tactic of desperation.
They're cutting the deadwood. It will get ugly, but that's where the execs earn their lavish compensation. Anyone worth their stock will not be touched. This is the most depressed economy since the 1920s. I expect tactics like this to be the norm for at least a decade. What are 25 million unemployed going to do, strike?
The best things in life are free, and that is why people don't buy the best. It is better to live on the edge of life and run Windows. Those who cannot bear such excitement use MacOS, which has its roots in BSD. I, on the other hand, run OS/VS2 and submitted this comment using JES job. Browsing the web is so much more exciting using a deck of Hollerith cards and a TTY terminal.
Taxes are doomed. The Internet has given the rich and powerful a way to work in unison to stay ahead of any government regulations. The loose affiliations are becoming more sophisticated and will soon act as a union of common interests to evade any nation's taxes. The only way to overcome this would be for governments to unite in their revenue generation and think strategically. Ha ha!
On the other hand, poverty is increasing, and the poor never had the organizational abilities. Expect to see a revival of criminal debt and debtors' prisons, a.k.a. criminal indenture. Once the poor are disenfranchised, they no longer have representation. That will lead to career criminals who are, in effect, slaves. Of course, everyone believes this will never happen, and that denial is essential to its genesis.
If the earth starts to warm, for any reason, to the point that it threatens the civilized world, countries will rise up and nuke each other out of frustration, which will cause a nuclear winter. Did I mention that billions will die, too? Problem solved. I'm not kidding.
. . . it's what's on it. Get Skype or Google Hangout or MSN Messenger or whatever gets her family's faces in front of her, and visa versa. She'd much rather see you than Bob Barker.
It was seventy year ago that Roosevelt sign an executive order to begin nuclear development. Now, the two largest uses of fission energy are boiling water and fueling bombs that never explode (thank goodness). Is that progress?
Picture one of these coming down to Earth, crashing onto a playground at the largest kindergarten in the world, deep frying ten thousand little tykes in a hellacious ball of fire. Sure, it will never happen -- cause it will never be built. Actually, it WILL be built, right after the government fixes the economy.
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In a decade, this will be merely commercial grade, and corporations will use it to track their employees. Some people will actually like giving up their anonymity in exchange for a modicum of security. Eventually, everyone will be tracked all the time. Of course, there will be HUGE abuses, as usual. The abuses will not stop it from happening; you know that even as much as you hate to know it.
Senator Joe Lieberman is not running for re-election.
Today, how many people prefer watching television, browsing the web, or listening to their iPod over talking to their spouse or their kids? Now, image that the television, Internet, or iPod were REALLY personal and engaging and understood the viewer and responded thoughtfully and never hassled. If there is money to be made, then it will happen eventually. Now, that is cynical.
They will be better than humans. They will know more, speak many languages, understand a huge range of contextual references, always be current, never act in a way that makes them seem rude, and even be charming. Most real humans will greatly prefer talking to them than to other humans. I'm not sure when, but some of us will live long enough to see it.
Why should they dumb down? Machines taking over the world have to start somewhere; why not in your pocket?
Just crack their admissions system and approve your application. While you're at it, give yourself a scholarship.
This will get swept under the rug. The lawyers will say that a box of paper records is nothing compared to this -- Sutter Health laptop stolen with unencrypted records of 4 million patients. The defense of saying "but I didn't do nearly as badly as the other idiot" actually works (just ask Stalin about his Hitler excuse). Seriously, the medical industry has worked for decades to make it immune from legal liability, and their efforts have been very effective.
Sony did a great job of winning the battle between blueray and HD-DVD, but lost the war. With the mandatory DRM, high cost of media (especially rewritable), and "wait till we cover our costs" business model for the next generation, the polycarbonate disc has now lost out to flash memory and streaming media the same way that iLink (a.k.a. Firewire or IEEE1394) lost to USB, HDMI, and Ethernet. DVD still dominates because of those blueray constraints, but DVD's limited capacity is starting to squeeze it out just as it happened for the floppy disc.
P.S. I know it is not spelled 'blueray' but didn't want to get a trademark notice from Sony for using it in this post.
Then tie it to your pit bull
Wire it to your Tasser
Plant an IED in it
Take off the muffler
Wrap it in 30' of 13/16" continuous length XIP IWRC wire rope and 18-pound Kryptonite lock
Leave it parked in the most public place, climb a nearby tower with a sniper rifle, and pick off the first five people who try to take it.
Word will get around.
Is sounds like an insecticide they use on cockroaches that prevents them from reaching puberty and, therefore, unable to breed.
Those who can, do. It has always been true with technology. As we get older and see more of the effects, we are more aware, more affected. Privacy has been shrinking along with the open terrain since the Garden of Eden (metaphorically speaking). In 100 years, the privacy issues will extend into our subconscious minds. This seems inevitable as much as it seems disturbing. I guess that is why we grow old and die.
Spent? Certainly! But used? Never!
. . . it will be sold. There is no morality on the bottom line.
. . . it is the execution. If I had a nickel for every idea ever conceived, I could pay off the federal debt, buy China, and still have enough money left to bail out Europe. The problem is implementing the idea. It has always been hard, but the government (a.k.a. we the people) has created an environment where productivity is taxed to a point, then unregulated. For example, if you are smarter and work harder than me, and then you make twice as much money as me, you will pay OVER twice as much tax as me. If you manage to make enough money, you may become wealthy enough not to need to work at all. Then you can hire a tax attorney and a financial analyst to move your money to a place where you pay LESS tax than I pay, maybe no tax. Of course, most hard working, smart, and honest people never reach this level of wealth. The point -- the barriers to implementing good ideas are not just talent and effort. The country has become more of a hindrance. If we just taxed passive income (and not active income), then more ideas would be realized. There would be fewer billionaires, too
This is one from the Osama bin Laden book of terrorism -- make every kill a spectacle. They probably know that people will find anonymous ways to replace Rascatripas. You can kill a person, but not an alias. In the mean time, they will try to scare everyone, a tactic of desperation.
They're cutting the deadwood. It will get ugly, but that's where the execs earn their lavish compensation. Anyone worth their stock will not be touched. This is the most depressed economy since the 1920s. I expect tactics like this to be the norm for at least a decade. What are 25 million unemployed going to do, strike?
. . . to buy RIM this quarter.
The best things in life are free, and that is why people don't buy the best. It is better to live on the edge of life and run Windows. Those who cannot bear such excitement use MacOS, which has its roots in BSD. I, on the other hand, run OS/VS2 and submitted this comment using JES job. Browsing the web is so much more exciting using a deck of Hollerith cards and a TTY terminal.
Taxes are doomed. The Internet has given the rich and powerful a way to work in unison to stay ahead of any government regulations. The loose affiliations are becoming more sophisticated and will soon act as a union of common interests to evade any nation's taxes. The only way to overcome this would be for governments to unite in their revenue generation and think strategically. Ha ha!
On the other hand, poverty is increasing, and the poor never had the organizational abilities. Expect to see a revival of criminal debt and debtors' prisons, a.k.a. criminal indenture. Once the poor are disenfranchised, they no longer have representation. That will lead to career criminals who are, in effect, slaves. Of course, everyone believes this will never happen, and that denial is essential to its genesis.
If the earth starts to warm, for any reason, to the point that it threatens the civilized world, countries will rise up and nuke each other out of frustration, which will cause a nuclear winter. Did I mention that billions will die, too? Problem solved. I'm not kidding.
. . . with a way to organize 'fans'. This will probably tie into Google Analytics.
. . . it's what's on it. Get Skype or Google Hangout or MSN Messenger or whatever gets her family's faces in front of her, and visa versa. She'd much rather see you than Bob Barker.
It was seventy year ago that Roosevelt sign an executive order to begin nuclear development. Now, the two largest uses of fission energy are boiling water and fueling bombs that never explode (thank goodness). Is that progress?
Picture one of these coming down to Earth, crashing onto a playground at the largest kindergarten in the world, deep frying ten thousand little tykes in a hellacious ball of fire. Sure, it will never happen -- cause it will never be built. Actually, it WILL be built, right after the government fixes the economy.
The Department of Labor has turned this over to Facebook - http://www.myskillsmyfuture.org/
See http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/facebook-labor-department-job-seekers.html for the details.
I think this site has no future.