Erm, the existence of the NSA has been KNOWN for a long time. not merely suspected. Well I hope that the Cyberchinks put out something cool or useful as a show of good faith, like the NSA did with SELinux
Hackers breaking into NASA, the Army, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Northrup, Raytheon, and Boeing can never be sure they will get anything at all, or that what they do get will be marketable. Its fairly difficult for your average college hacker to market the plans for an F22 or the communications system of a Predator drone.
I don't think you need more than 30 for cyberwar, I don't know what that fails to make sense to people. Instead of having funds divided between 30k people, isn't it better to focus the funds on just 30 very, very talented cyber warriors? Would make sense in any country.
Anyway, what the people in the interview wanted was precisely that: for tech to de-evolve back to the point where they were happy with it. So, it's still wrong usage.
Well, if it's done by people who read Java, and understand the problem domain well enough use it, it's ok. If they share their insight with the less fortunate individuals, even better. But generally don't expect everyone to do their homework themselves. Think about it. Nobody (as in 'most of us') questions the authority of paper money despite the fact that paper money isn't what it used to be anymore. Nobody cares to look at how exactly paper money is generated (its value that is, because, obviously, it's just paper otherwise), and nobody cares that this process is in the hands of the banks and not even the governments like it used to be. And nowadays, people don't even trust their government in all cases (have they ever?). So, any kind of monetary system will be ultimately judged not by how easy or difficult it is to defeat the system, but how practical its real-life implementation is for most people, and how much stuff you can buy with it or sell for it (I say most people, because if it's not universally used as means of exchanging value, it has not value at all).
I've used touchpads on many laptops, and I've figured out most of what you say is true if you mostly work with a mouse. But then, you really want a mouse or a pen tablet in those cases. However, for light mouse usage (for example, when I'm writing something or programming), touch pads just get the job done, and they're not causing too much strain. On Acer laptop, I had a very slick surface on the touch pad, and I never had any problem with it, provided I didn't do anything mouse-heavy.
You said that controversy about a nobel prize nominee in a country says more about that country.
What I meant is that the level of controversy that a leak creates in a country speaks more about the country than about WikiLeaks (which is merely a messenger). That's how I understood GP, and I agree if I understood correctly.:)
I see things to the contrary - there is not a country that a case like Wikileaks would not cause anger in, hence it says nothing at all about any country, since every country would react like the US. In other words, the case "US" cannot be distinguished from the case "any other country".
If it happened to any other country maybe they'd react the same way. But it happened to the US. Bad luck, that's what it is.
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I bet that conceptually, all armies act withing the bounds of their capabilities, which, for the US, might seem close to limitless.
Erm, the existence of the NSA has been KNOWN for a long time. not merely suspected. Well I hope that the Cyberchinks put out something cool or useful as a show of good faith, like the NSA did with SELinux
Yes, like the "Great Worm of China"
I beg to differ. http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending
I remember report of a kid breaking into Pentagon a long time ago. Since when do you need 30 trained people to do such things?
Must learn to post comments AFTER I've had coffee, damnit.
Hackers breaking into NASA, the Army, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Northrup, Raytheon, and Boeing can never be sure they will get anything at all, or that what they do get will be marketable. Its fairly difficult for your average college hacker to market the plans for an F22 or the communications system of a Predator drone.
I remember a long time ago. Since when do you need 30 trained people to do such things?
I don't think you need more than 30 for cyberwar, I don't know what that fails to make sense to people. Instead of having funds divided between 30k people, isn't it better to focus the funds on just 30 very, very talented cyber warriors? Would make sense in any country.
Anyway, what the people in the interview wanted was precisely that: for tech to de-evolve back to the point where they were happy with it. So, it's still wrong usage.
s/MeeGoo/MeeGo/
MeeGoo will crash though.
I remember the times when geeks were the 'most home [or elsewhere] users'... what has this world come to.
Wordlwide here, obviously, means Texas.
And redundancy was supposed to be a good thing.
Nah, CO2 emission would be too high that way, and you'd break any number of eco-laws.
And the next stop is in front of the court, no doubt. Oh wait, we've already been there... multiple times.
Why do I have to be moderated troll just because I like Microsoft products?
Yes, and welcome to slashdot. :)))
Well, if it's done by people who read Java, and understand the problem domain well enough use it, it's ok. If they share their insight with the less fortunate individuals, even better. But generally don't expect everyone to do their homework themselves. Think about it. Nobody (as in 'most of us') questions the authority of paper money despite the fact that paper money isn't what it used to be anymore. Nobody cares to look at how exactly paper money is generated (its value that is, because, obviously, it's just paper otherwise), and nobody cares that this process is in the hands of the banks and not even the governments like it used to be. And nowadays, people don't even trust their government in all cases (have they ever?). So, any kind of monetary system will be ultimately judged not by how easy or difficult it is to defeat the system, but how practical its real-life implementation is for most people, and how much stuff you can buy with it or sell for it (I say most people, because if it's not universally used as means of exchanging value, it has not value at all).
I've used touchpads on many laptops, and I've figured out most of what you say is true if you mostly work with a mouse. But then, you really want a mouse or a pen tablet in those cases. However, for light mouse usage (for example, when I'm writing something or programming), touch pads just get the job done, and they're not causing too much strain. On Acer laptop, I had a very slick surface on the touch pad, and I never had any problem with it, provided I didn't do anything mouse-heavy.
You don't understand, on slashdot if it's not what I want, it's worthless. And probably only used by elderly homosexuals, or communists, or someting.
On slashdot, everyone's a gay communist gramp.
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Does "pointing device" sound any better? In either case, you miss out on clicking, right-clicking, and gestures (in case of evoMouse).
You said that controversy about a nobel prize nominee in a country says more about that country.
What I meant is that the level of controversy that a leak creates in a country speaks more about the country than about WikiLeaks (which is merely a messenger). That's how I understood GP, and I agree if I understood correctly. :)
I don't understand your point, the vast majority of the recipients are not Americans.
I wasn't referring to recipients.
Hmm... way to set the bar so high, there ;-)
Hehe, true that.
Which leads me to think, cultures and civilization can be easily destroyed by the drop of a bomb, to rebuild that will take time.
I'd be happy with a regular pizza delivered to me by Obama. :)
I see things to the contrary - there is not a country that a case like Wikileaks would not cause anger in, hence it says nothing at all about any country, since every country would react like the US. In other words, the case "US" cannot be distinguished from the case "any other country".
If it happened to any other country maybe they'd react the same way. But it happened to the US. Bad luck, that's what it is.
That we can openly debate things?
No.