Thank you apple. A gutsy step in the right direction.
Hooray for open source. All of the linux geeks should be proud that they've gotten IBM -and- Apple both onboard.
Hooray for the guy who said 'some people just love to bitch about the paint job when Apple is out hanging wallpaper' (above this somewhere). Apple just admitted open source is the right way to go. Sure, they haven't decided to go out of business, give away everything for free, and live on the beach. Sure they covered their asses with a termination clause. But they aren't done here.
This is a first step people. Please don't be bitching, moaning lamers. You won. Apple did the right thing. Cheer them on. Encourage them to make it -even better- next time.
You've been begging Alicia Silverstone for a date for years. She finally said yes! Don't cancel because she won't go to the 'right' restaurant.
I've long believed that privacy is a failing concept and that if we were going to successfully move forward, we'd need to relax about the whole thing.
First off, let's look at our terms: There's a difference between the legal conecpt of privacy and the popular notion of it. The legal definition implies doing what you want without other people interfering in it. If you want to drink too much tonite, then it's nobody else's business. The popular notion involves not allowing 'them' to know what's going on beyond the curtain and what you're doing in bed but ashamed of.
The popular notion of privacy is untenable. 'Set information free' is necessary for us to evolve into a more automated world. It's too easy to collect information on people, because that information is so useful. This type of privacy will continue to disintigrate, either grudgingly or with cheers for what we'll be able to do. One way or another, it's going away.
The result of this is that we need to alter our conception of the legal concept of privacy. It's no longer enough to allow people security through ambiguity. 'They' will find out what you are doing one way or another. We need to start seriously evaluating methods of preventing eachother from interfering with our choices even though they know what we are doing. You should be free to eat a big mac, or drink a beer, or buy a copy of Big'uns without fear of reprisal...not because nobody knows, but because people aren't allowed to care.
If we start looking at these kinds of solutions, people will stop worrying about the strawman argument of 'privacy' and start welcoming the change that comes with freedom of information. People without fear aren't afraid to share about themselves. Some even welcome it (ever see JenniCam?
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Thank you apple. A gutsy step in the right direction.
Hooray for open source. All of the linux geeks should be proud that they've gotten IBM -and- Apple both onboard.
Hooray for the guy who said 'some people just love to bitch about the paint job when Apple is out hanging wallpaper' (above this somewhere). Apple just admitted open source is the right way to go.
Sure, they haven't decided to go out of business, give away everything for free, and live on the beach. Sure they covered their asses with a termination clause. But they aren't done here.
This is a first step people. Please don't be bitching, moaning lamers. You won. Apple did the right thing. Cheer them on. Encourage them to make it -even better- next time.
You've been begging Alicia Silverstone for a date for years. She finally said yes! Don't cancel because she won't go to the 'right' restaurant.
I've long believed that privacy is a failing concept and that if we were going to successfully move forward, we'd need to relax about the whole thing.
First off, let's look at our terms: There's a difference between the legal conecpt of privacy and the popular notion of it. The legal definition implies doing what you want without other people interfering in it. If you want to drink too much tonite, then it's nobody else's business. The popular notion involves not allowing 'them' to know what's going on beyond the curtain and what you're doing in bed but ashamed of.
The popular notion of privacy is untenable. 'Set information free' is necessary for us to evolve into a more automated world. It's too easy to collect information on people, because that information is so useful. This type of privacy will continue to disintigrate, either grudgingly or with cheers for what we'll be able to do. One way or another, it's going away.
The result of this is that we need to alter our conception of the legal concept of privacy. It's no longer enough to allow people security through ambiguity. 'They' will find out what you are doing one way or another. We need to start seriously evaluating methods of preventing eachother from interfering with our choices even though they know what we are doing. You should be free to eat a big mac, or drink a beer, or buy a copy of Big'uns without fear of reprisal...not because nobody knows, but because people aren't allowed to care.
If we start looking at these kinds of solutions, people will stop worrying about the strawman argument of 'privacy' and start welcoming the change that comes with freedom of information. People without fear aren't afraid to share about themselves. Some even welcome it (ever see JenniCam?
Privacy is dead. Long live privacy.
Liam Neeson returning is a minor spoiler.
*His Character Dying* is a *MAJOR* spoiler. I love seeing StarWars news here, but please mark the spoilers better.
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My ISP
The second link will only be live for a day or so....just doing my part to offset the slashdot effect. Cheers.