The Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert Asimov of course Star Wars TALES (hey, Star wars is Sci-FI!) The Recluse Saga by L.E. Modesitt (A few of the books are sci-fi), and his Hammer of Darkness is a must! Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (Its humor, but its still kind of Sci-fi!) Anne McAffery (A lot of people like her, I don't.)
For a 13 year old Dune might be a bit advanced. The First book is the easiest to read, but even it deals with a lot of socialogical (sp?) ideas. Its still one of my favorite books though. Any Star Wars books are always good, although Star wars is practically a genre in itself, not just sci-fi. I prefer Fantasy myself, but a lot of Sci-fi and fantasy mix fairly well, like in Modesitt's Recluse Saga.
This isn't completely on topic, but doesn't anyone besides me find the sentance rather a cheap rip off of the movie Hackers? Perhaps in the 80's sentancing a person to not be able to use computers was feasible. Even in the early 90's. But in the... 00's? is it feasible? Especially for a hardcore geek.. If the government were smart, they would have tried to employ Kevin, not put him in jail, and 'exile' him. And the debate is... Can the Government actually not break his encryption, or do they just say they can't? Others have pointed out the reasons for not breaking it if they could, or not admiting to it at least. To make the prescedent.
BUT, if they can't break it, one has to assume the fact that Kevin wasn't using any standard encryption. Since the NSA and other government agencies make encryption keys and such, it is a rather safe bet that its not a standard form of encryption. If so, did Kevin write it himself?
From the 'damage' that Kevin did, its safe to assume he is very talented, perhaps a genius. (Perhaps I say! Not meant as flame-bait.) So, if he wrote it himself, and it hasn't been able to have been decrypted in five years.. Either it was very good (Being realistic though, I can't imagine any form of encryption that couldn't be broken over a peroid of five years), or we come back to the government only wanting to build a prescedent.Which seems most likely.
It seems to me that all of the media, the government, and everything is turning against us. Its just an observation I've made. Even the techno news magazine Wired is against us it seems to me. Sure, some of their articles seem to slightly favor the Linux community... but doesn't it disturb anyone else that any article mentioning Slashdot always refers to us as a community of Hackers and crackers? It bothers me, because when even other techno news turns on you... Well, there's a lot of legislation, and with the large media companies, and things like the RIAA and all the companies behind the DVD situations.. the Linux community seems to have become a target. We want things for free, we program them ourselves, and we share them. That stands in the way of the companies objectives. I mean, since Linux is becoming mainstream more and more, I'm rather sure the large media companies and software giants will not ever release something free-source, when they can try and release say.. a DVD viewer, and -try- to make us pay. No one will, but they don't know that, well... they don't comprehend that. Their existance is based on turning a profit. So, the large companies would find it easier if all of the Open Source Advocates (us), get swept under the carpet, and they call in on their big brother.. The government is just a capitalistic machine, turning in money and making things stable for big business. Thats just my views on the matter.. I probably sound like I'm ranting, but I have this feeling of doom forshadowing the future.
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My Sci-Fi list would have to be..
The Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert
Asimov of course
Star Wars TALES (hey, Star wars is Sci-FI!)
The Recluse Saga by L.E. Modesitt (A few of the books are sci-fi), and his Hammer of Darkness is a must!
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (Its humor, but its still kind of Sci-fi!)
Anne McAffery (A lot of people like her, I don't.)
For a 13 year old Dune might be a bit advanced. The First book is the easiest to read, but even it deals with a lot of socialogical (sp?) ideas. Its still one of my favorite books though. Any Star Wars books are always good, although Star wars is practically a genre in itself, not just sci-fi. I prefer Fantasy myself, but a lot of Sci-fi and fantasy mix fairly well, like in Modesitt's Recluse Saga.
Xian_FluX
This isn't completely on topic, but doesn't anyone besides me find the sentance rather a cheap rip off of the movie Hackers? Perhaps in the 80's sentancing a person to not be able to use computers was feasible. Even in the early 90's. But in the... 00's? is it feasible? Especially for a hardcore geek.. If the government were smart, they would have tried to employ Kevin, not put him in jail, and 'exile' him. And the debate is... Can the Government actually not break his encryption, or do they just say they can't? Others have pointed out the reasons for not breaking it if they could, or not admiting to it at least. To make the prescedent.
BUT, if they can't break it, one has to assume the fact that Kevin wasn't using any standard encryption. Since the NSA and other government agencies make encryption keys and such, it is a rather safe bet that its not a standard form of encryption. If so, did Kevin write it himself?
From the 'damage' that Kevin did, its safe to assume he is very talented, perhaps a genius. (Perhaps I say! Not meant as flame-bait.) So, if he wrote it himself, and it hasn't been able to have been decrypted in five years.. Either it was very good (Being realistic though, I can't imagine any form of encryption that couldn't be broken over a peroid of five years), or we come back to the government only wanting to build a prescedent.Which seems most likely.
It seems to me that all of the media, the government, and everything is turning against us. Its just an observation I've made. Even the techno news magazine Wired is against us it seems to me. Sure, some of their articles seem to slightly favor the Linux community... but doesn't it disturb anyone else that any article mentioning Slashdot always refers to us as a community of Hackers and crackers? It bothers me, because when even other techno news turns on you... Well, there's a lot of legislation, and with the large media companies, and things like the RIAA and all the companies behind the DVD situations.. the Linux community seems to have become a target. We want things for free, we program them ourselves, and we share them. That stands in the way of the companies objectives. I mean, since Linux is becoming mainstream more and more, I'm rather sure the large media companies and software giants will not ever release something free-source, when they can try and release say.. a DVD viewer, and -try- to make us pay. No one will, but they don't know that, well... they don't comprehend that. Their existance is based on turning a profit. So, the large companies would find it easier if all of the Open Source Advocates (us), get swept under the carpet, and they call in on their big brother.. The government is just a capitalistic machine, turning in money and making things stable for big business. Thats just my views on the matter.. I probably sound like I'm ranting, but I have this feeling of doom forshadowing the future.
Xian_FluX