Yes we are programmed, but not like they did in the Brave New World. We are programmed by our parents, and our community, not by an organization, or a government.
In our world some of us are programmed that to succeed we need money, wealth, and everything in our way will not stop us. Some are programmed by the slums, that to get anywhere you have to sell drugs. I was programmed to treat my elders with respect, no matter who they are, no matter what they say, because they have been around a few more years than I. I was also programmed to try my best at everything, to attend college, and to value my privacy, of which our economy needs to succeed as we see and use it today.
Now anonymous coward, dont let your main idea(ie 1st sentence) be longer than the highest number you can count to, and read more than just conservationist propaganda bullshit.
I am a Computer Science major, and just to get my degree, I will be forced to take all Java programming classes and many others would these look favorable for a resume?;
4 English (2 Composition and 2 literature);
2 Physics;
2 Chemistry (its that Geology(im not going to play with rocks) or biology(im not going to disect things again));
Calculus up to Calc 3, and i will take a Number theory class as an elective;
4 Foreign Languages (i will try to avoid these at all costs);
2 Social Science(Will not be history for me);
Now the CS classes:
Discrete Structures for CSC;
Introduction to CSC;
Data Structures and Programing Techniques Honors;
Practical Professional Issues in CSC;
Foundations of CSC;
Design of Algorithms;
Computer Logic and Sequences;
Advanced Programming;
Assembly Programming;
Systems Program Lab;
Software Analysis and Design;
Operating Systems;
Computer Architechture;
Analysis of Algorithms;
Software Engineering;
Advanced System Development;
Computer Synthesis;
Those are all the classes on my list to take, anything i dont really need?
I helped develop a small symmetric encryption program that would handle, well lets just say we never found the top of what it would handle. We commonly used it to encrypted small messages back and forth at 16384, we never built it into any PIM's it was only a linux program, we did have a perl GUI interface on it at one time, but the program has fallen to shambles, and freshmeat wouldnt post it.
I wish things were that simple. If everyone was trustworthy our society would be better, but there is always a few rotten apples that want to spoil everyone's fun.
Have you ever read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World? In that world they would not have a need for encryption, of any kind, because everyone is programmed, and they would just have to program the idea of "if you see something with the words do not read at the top, do not read it", but we do not program our children, to not read something that should be kept secret. Yes america might be a better place if money was not exchanged as it was now, but would you be willing to give up your computer, your lifestyle, and throw all money in a fire?
Our economy has thrived due to money and the ability to trade it for goods and services, we are one of the quickest growing nations in the world, and we turn out more new technology because the way our country was founded, and why our country was founded.
For society to change would be a bad thing for a few more centuries, but there will always be a means of exchanging goods and services, and money satisfies this for me.
1st) I doubt you could find one that handles much bigger than 4096.
2nd) 4096 is excellent cryptography for todays computers, that would take decades with todays technology to break.
3rd) It would be immpossible for todays computers to generate a set of keys that large, and even if you did, decoding something and encoding something would take months.
When you purchase something online, chances are when you enter your credit card number, it will be sent encrypted. When people want privacy of their online sessions, encryption is necessary. In the age of being able to get anyone's phone number across the nations, to send someone a document in under 15 seconds; that is sitting in Europe. Where some child sitting in front of a $400 computer can cause millions in damage; can keep himself anonymous, and out of trouble; increased security in our world is essential.
We as humanity are losing trustworthiness, which in return makes cryptography an everyday necessity. Humanity is evolving, we are growing more and more controlled by wealth and money, instead of human life. We now need cryptography and we have not scratched the surface of what it will become.
When we as a culture use money, as we do in today's world; we need a way to keep our numbers secure, to keep our money out of unwelcome hands. Encryption is a need we must have now, and before new technology comes out we need to guarantee the security of current encryption, and we must welcome the changes to it when the need arises.
Quantum Cryptography will shatter our current methods, so we must develop better methods, today, for tomorrow.
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Yes we are programmed, but not like they did in the Brave New World. We are programmed by our parents, and our community, not by an organization, or a government.
In our world some of us are programmed that to succeed we need money, wealth, and everything in our way will not stop us. Some are programmed by the slums, that to get anywhere you have to sell drugs. I was programmed to treat my elders with respect, no matter who they are, no matter what they say, because they have been around a few more years than I. I was also programmed to try my best at everything, to attend college, and to value my privacy, of which our economy needs to succeed as we see and use it today.
Now anonymous coward, dont let your main idea(ie 1st sentence) be longer than the highest number you can count to, and read more than just conservationist propaganda bullshit.
I am a Computer Science major, and just to get my degree, I will be forced to take all Java programming classes and many others would these look favorable for a resume?; 4 English (2 Composition and 2 literature); 2 Physics; 2 Chemistry (its that Geology(im not going to play with rocks) or biology(im not going to disect things again)); Calculus up to Calc 3, and i will take a Number theory class as an elective; 4 Foreign Languages (i will try to avoid these at all costs); 2 Social Science(Will not be history for me); Now the CS classes: Discrete Structures for CSC; Introduction to CSC; Data Structures and Programing Techniques Honors; Practical Professional Issues in CSC; Foundations of CSC; Design of Algorithms; Computer Logic and Sequences; Advanced Programming; Assembly Programming; Systems Program Lab; Software Analysis and Design; Operating Systems; Computer Architechture; Analysis of Algorithms; Software Engineering; Advanced System Development; Computer Synthesis; Those are all the classes on my list to take, anything i dont really need?
I helped develop a small symmetric encryption program that would handle, well lets just say we never found the top of what it would handle. We commonly used it to encrypted small messages back and forth at 16384, we never built it into any PIM's it was only a linux program, we did have a perl GUI interface on it at one time, but the program has fallen to shambles, and freshmeat wouldnt post it.
I wish things were that simple. If everyone was trustworthy our society would be better, but there is always a few rotten apples that want to spoil everyone's fun. Have you ever read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World? In that world they would not have a need for encryption, of any kind, because everyone is programmed, and they would just have to program the idea of "if you see something with the words do not read at the top, do not read it", but we do not program our children, to not read something that should be kept secret. Yes america might be a better place if money was not exchanged as it was now, but would you be willing to give up your computer, your lifestyle, and throw all money in a fire? Our economy has thrived due to money and the ability to trade it for goods and services, we are one of the quickest growing nations in the world, and we turn out more new technology because the way our country was founded, and why our country was founded. For society to change would be a bad thing for a few more centuries, but there will always be a means of exchanging goods and services, and money satisfies this for me.
1st) I doubt you could find one that handles much bigger than 4096. 2nd) 4096 is excellent cryptography for todays computers, that would take decades with todays technology to break. 3rd) It would be immpossible for todays computers to generate a set of keys that large, and even if you did, decoding something and encoding something would take months.
Cryptography is essential to our future.
When you purchase something online, chances are when you enter your credit card number, it will be sent encrypted. When people want privacy of their online sessions, encryption is necessary. In the age of being able to get anyone's phone number across the nations, to send someone a document in under 15 seconds; that is sitting in Europe. Where some child sitting in front of a $400 computer can cause millions in damage; can keep himself anonymous, and out of trouble; increased security in our world is essential.
We as humanity are losing trustworthiness, which in return makes cryptography an everyday necessity. Humanity is evolving, we are growing more and more controlled by wealth and money, instead of human life. We now need cryptography and we have not scratched the surface of what it will become.
When we as a culture use money, as we do in today's world; we need a way to keep our numbers secure, to keep our money out of unwelcome hands. Encryption is a need we must have now, and before new technology comes out we need to guarantee the security of current encryption, and we must welcome the changes to it when the need arises.
Quantum Cryptography will shatter our current methods, so we must develop better methods, today, for tomorrow.
Now are you ready for it?