The Grand Parent poster is only talking about himself. There is no such thing as a "typical Indian nature." - he's trying to project his values onto others.
I am aware that Americans strongly believe in individual privacy and are only too eager to shudder and sneer at such measures. Privacy is a valid concern, but the need for privacy is stronger in the West and lesser in the East - one f those strange cultural differences - it simply matters less to us here. And in the hierarchy of needs, the rights of basic citizenship and access to government resources matters more than an individual need for privacy.
Speak for yourself.
The risk of misuse, however, is not a sufficient argument against the very real need for introduction of such an identity system in our country.
The loss of my freedom and privacy is a sufficient argument against them. Do you think we fought and gave our lives for independence only to come under surveillance by other Indians? My privacy is so valuable to me because getting them back will be an extremely uphill task once people like you give it up easily.
In addition, I think the Supreme Court of India will agree with me. As soon as the cards are misused, someone will file a PIL that will teach the government (and people like you) that my rights are not to be screwed with.
You're kidding right? There is no way the government is tapping anything in India. One word - population.
True, there are laws that allow the government to do this - but trust me not only does no one care, the press will have a field day if anything of the sort happens. You've never lived in India have you?
Try India - too many people to monitor, a democracy, and very importantly, a Supreme Court which is fiercely independent and allows for the filing of something called a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) where you can take the government straight to the Supreme Court even if you're not directly affected by the policy in question.
If you live in the cities, you can speak all the English you want. Of course, it's less developed but the main difference is restriction in shopping choice.
Logging in at home, my kids can see my password (if I had them). My wife could see it. NO ONE knows my password - actually not even me (most of them)! I use Firefox add ons to randomly generate them and use Javascript to submit them - I know just one or two.
I've never even seen my password in plain text. I don't want to either. Ever.
Also, what if your kid sees the password you use at home and decides to play around? I know I would have when I was a kid and my instructor used to login to his DOS account with a password (where the cursor never moved let alone display the number of characters with dots).
I'd like to know what sort of "analysis" can be done without the client's permission. Can they find out how many times the word "and" occurs (without reading the message) for example?
Basically can they do any sort of content analysis? If they're saying they can filter spam, then it's not at all a stretch to assume that they can "read" your data as well. What's the point of encryption then?
This is Slashdot.
Besides, there's no harm in thinking for yourself even if you have no training in the subject. He has a mind and it's natural to use that mind for solving any problem, not just one that he's "trained" in.
Personally, I think telling a person not to think about something just because he's not "trained" in it is deleterious for mental growth. Sometimes outsiders can give a fresh perspective into something that would otherwise have not been seen.
It need not have reached terminal velocity. If the initial speed was high enough and the initial size was large enough to prevent it from burning up in the atmosphere, it could well have been traveling much faster.
If it hit the earth head on instead of being in the same direction, the velocities of the earth and meteor would add up.
Based on estimates, if it was going at > 70 km/s then it will probably not reach TM when it hits the ground, leaving the mentioned crater.
I'm pretty sure you cannot see "a piece of the night sky" from the bottom of a well during the day.
This is because the air molecules scatter the light all over and send them to your retina making your pupil constrict and reduce sensitivity so that you can't see the stars as well as make the background bright providing no contrast
In case I'm wrong here, can you provide any reference for the statement you make? AFAIK, you cannot see any stars when there is ambient light no matter what tunnel you look through
Yeah, that's surprising. I wonder how she was able to do that. Was she in a really dark area, or did she go out on a trip to stargaze? I know you can't see jackshit when you're surrounded by light no matter what telescope you're using.
Also, I'd like to know whether she actually SAW the transition happen, or did she notice something that wasn't there a few days ago? And then when she knew that something was different, did she call someone? Tell the papers? Tell her parents? (who must also need to know something about astronomy and give a shit).
Basically how did all this happen exactly?
Maybe you're not from the US... The cheque culture is very high there - people still use cheques to pay their rent, and use the postal system to send them....Instead of just being able to pay online.
In fact, some places charge you for paying online! They call it a convenience fee.
Living in India, it's this way with all the cities as well (which is why I refused to buy my 110mm telescope - I couldn't bear to use it in a city where I can't even see the andromeda constellation).
But in the villages, oooohhhh. Gorgeous. Tongue hanging out and you don't care if you get a crick in the neck.
That aside, I don't see how any government can possibly take light pollution seriously. Too much investment to satisfy too small a group - who cares if it's world heritage.
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Completely agree - and you missed out China. Also, the RIAA's "educational campaign" sounds Orweillean too.
How come no one's going after "The Hunt for Gollum" fan movie?
Spot on - the UK recently gave up on ID cards because it was (amongst other reasons) too costly.
How on earth is India going to afford it with 20 times the population and 51 times less per capita GDP? Something's not right here.
The Grand Parent poster is only talking about himself. There is no such thing as a "typical Indian nature." - he's trying to project his values onto others.
I am aware that Americans strongly believe in individual privacy and are only too eager to shudder and sneer at such measures. Privacy is a valid concern, but the need for privacy is stronger in the West and lesser in the East - one f those strange cultural differences - it simply matters less to us here. And in the hierarchy of needs, the rights of basic citizenship and access to government resources matters more than an individual need for privacy.
Speak for yourself.
The risk of misuse, however, is not a sufficient argument against the very real need for introduction of such an identity system in our country.
The loss of my freedom and privacy is a sufficient argument against them. Do you think we fought and gave our lives for independence only to come under surveillance by other Indians? My privacy is so valuable to me because getting them back will be an extremely uphill task once people like you give it up easily.
In addition, I think the Supreme Court of India will agree with me. As soon as the cards are misused, someone will file a PIL that will teach the government (and people like you) that my rights are not to be screwed with.
You're kidding right? There is no way the government is tapping anything in India. One word - population.
True, there are laws that allow the government to do this - but trust me not only does no one care, the press will have a field day if anything of the sort happens. You've never lived in India have you?
Try India - too many people to monitor, a democracy, and very importantly, a Supreme Court which is fiercely independent and allows for the filing of something called a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) where you can take the government straight to the Supreme Court even if you're not directly affected by the policy in question.
If you live in the cities, you can speak all the English you want. Of course, it's less developed but the main difference is restriction in shopping choice.
I use Firefox Weave for synchronizing between all computers simultaneously. When anything changes on one, it changes on all of them.
Apart from that I also schedule backups using FEBE in case something else goes wrong.
I look forward to a world where a thief can just ASK me for my password at gunpoint instead of etching my eye out or slicing my face off!
Logging in at home, my kids can see my password (if I had them). My wife could see it. NO ONE knows my password - actually not even me (most of them)! I use Firefox add ons to randomly generate them and use Javascript to submit them - I know just one or two.
Passwords and plain text don't go together.
He's crazy.
I've never even seen my password in plain text. I don't want to either. Ever.
Also, what if your kid sees the password you use at home and decides to play around? I know I would have when I was a kid and my instructor used to login to his DOS account with a password (where the cursor never moved let alone display the number of characters with dots).
Irreparable damage
I'd like to know what sort of "analysis" can be done without the client's permission. Can they find out how many times the word "and" occurs (without reading the message) for example?
Basically can they do any sort of content analysis? If they're saying they can filter spam, then it's not at all a stretch to assume that they can "read" your data as well. What's the point of encryption then?
Only in the US
This is Slashdot. Besides, there's no harm in thinking for yourself even if you have no training in the subject. He has a mind and it's natural to use that mind for solving any problem, not just one that he's "trained" in.
Personally, I think telling a person not to think about something just because he's not "trained" in it is deleterious for mental growth. Sometimes outsiders can give a fresh perspective into something that would otherwise have not been seen.
They want me to write my passwords on paper? Unencrypted? Maybe I should write "************"!
Seriously though, even I've hardly ever seen my password in plain text in front of me! It hurts my eyes.
Also, I don't even remember my randomly generated passwords - I use Firefox to fill them in them with a master password.
This is ridiculous
I'm pretty sure this is illegal as well...
If not, it should be
You're right. This is the thin end of the wedge - how can they even think that they have the right to ask for people's passwords!
I'm so astounded, I don't even know how to put my objections into words - I don't know where to start!
It need not have reached terminal velocity. If the initial speed was high enough and the initial size was large enough to prevent it from burning up in the atmosphere, it could well have been traveling much faster.
If it hit the earth head on instead of being in the same direction, the velocities of the earth and meteor would add up.
Based on estimates, if it was going at > 70 km/s then it will probably not reach TM when it hits the ground, leaving the mentioned crater.
I'm pretty sure you cannot see "a piece of the night sky" from the bottom of a well during the day.
This is because the air molecules scatter the light all over and send them to your retina making your pupil constrict and reduce sensitivity so that you can't see the stars as well as make the background bright providing no contrast
In case I'm wrong here, can you provide any reference for the statement you make? AFAIK, you cannot see any stars when there is ambient light no matter what tunnel you look through
Yeah, that's surprising. I wonder how she was able to do that. Was she in a really dark area, or did she go out on a trip to stargaze? I know you can't see jackshit when you're surrounded by light no matter what telescope you're using.
Also, I'd like to know whether she actually SAW the transition happen, or did she notice something that wasn't there a few days ago? And then when she knew that something was different, did she call someone? Tell the papers? Tell her parents? (who must also need to know something about astronomy and give a shit).
Basically how did all this happen exactly?
Maybe you're not from the US... The cheque culture is very high there - people still use cheques to pay their rent, and use the postal system to send them....Instead of just being able to pay online.
In fact, some places charge you for paying online! They call it a convenience fee.
Sigh!
You'll never look up at the night sky in the same way again.
Welcome to the club
But in the villages, oooohhhh. Gorgeous. Tongue hanging out and you don't care if you get a crick in the neck.
That aside, I don't see how any government can possibly take light pollution seriously. Too much investment to satisfy too small a group - who cares if it's world heritage.
That is cool!