I have seen this quote so many times in the past week that it has lost all meaning. Ben Franklin was not a god, nor was he prescient. Trotting out this quote like a parrot doesn't support your case because you _have_ no case: just a cliche!
Think for yourself, use your own words, and we'll respect your opinion a lot more.
...They want to sell the thing internationally. Different people would have different keys set to do different things. I can even see a programmer-friendly keymapping with { and so on set for easy-access.
That said, I think it's well past time for someone to come up with a dynamically-labelable keyboard...
I appreciate your point of view. Given such a horrific tragedy a willingness to make sacrifices to protect yourself in future is perfectly understandable.
The only problem is, it won't work.
Terrorists are completely capable of using encryption that doesn't even look like encryption. If you can't even detect it, you can't decrypt it. "Hi. How's the cat? Still sick"? (Read the third letter of every second word).
Not to mention a plain old codeword system: "Hi Grandma. How are you? I got an A+ on my test!! How cool is that? Seeya". Any of these words (or even punctuation) could hold second meanings ("grandma"=WTC, "!!"=11AM EST, for example). Only those with the codebook would even realise there was a message in there.
These are ideas generated in a couple of minutes by a person who doesn't know real much about encryption. Do you really think high-tech terrorists won't be much more innovative (http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/190201/dete xc50.asp )?
Backdoors will only stop those using vanilla encryption. Vanilla encryption is, as the metaphor states, the envelope around the mail (albeit it a padlocked envelope). If all mail is being opened and read, terrorists will simply disguise their message.
All that will end up being read is the personal mail of law-abiding citizens who think they have no reason to keep their mail secret. After all, it hardly matters if the CIA knows you think socialism has some merit, or that you think George W Bush is a poor president, or that you disagree with some of the CIA's actions in the past, or that you think invading Afghanistan is an inappropriate response. Right?
Trading freedom for security _might_ be a worthwhile sacrifice. But this is sacrificing freedom for nothing.
When are Linux/Open Source going to start producing some ORIGINAL games? Sourceforge is chocka with attempts to recreate games like Starcraft and even Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures. Pingus & Freeciv are viewed as great achievements.
IMO, what we need from the open source/free software/linux games community are:
(a) New ideas
(b) Versatile and powerful games libraries. I'd rather see a useful and generic isometric engine than a clone of Starcraft. Clones of Starcraft (and Baldur's Gate and Diablo II) would undoubtedly follow, but some original games might too...
Not to pick on you specifically, but it seems a lot of people (me included) are sitting back, doing nothing to help the open source effort then griping when things take a while.
Open Source is by the people for the people and we _are_ the people.
This is just the standard "security by obscurity" argument. This has repeatedly been shown to be false logic - open source is more scrutinizable and the problems are identified and dealt with faster. Worst case scenario: The market floods with hacks in weeks instead of years and they are dealt with far earlier in the game's evolution.
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I have seen this quote so many times in the past week that it has lost all meaning. Ben Franklin was not a god, nor was he prescient. Trotting out this quote like a parrot doesn't support your case because you _have_ no case: just a cliche!
Think for yourself, use your own words, and we'll respect your opinion a lot more.
...They want to sell the thing internationally. Different people would have different keys set to do different things. I can even see a programmer-friendly keymapping with { and so on set for easy-access.
That said, I think it's well past time for someone to come up with a dynamically-labelable keyboard...
Galeon (a good streamlined GTK+-based browser that uses the mozilla engine) is becoming increasingly popular too...
I appreciate your point of view. Given such a horrific tragedy a willingness to make sacrifices to protect yourself in future is perfectly understandable.
e xc50.asp )?
The only problem is, it won't work.
Terrorists are completely capable of using encryption that doesn't even look like encryption. If you can't even detect it, you can't decrypt it. "Hi. How's the cat? Still sick"? (Read the third letter of every second word).
Not to mention a plain old codeword system: "Hi Grandma. How are you? I got an A+ on my test!! How cool is that? Seeya". Any of these words (or even punctuation) could hold second meanings ("grandma"=WTC, "!!"=11AM EST, for example). Only those with the codebook would even realise there was a message in there.
These are ideas generated in a couple of minutes by a person who doesn't know real much about encryption. Do you really think high-tech terrorists won't be much more innovative (http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/190201/det
Backdoors will only stop those using vanilla encryption. Vanilla encryption is, as the metaphor states, the envelope around the mail (albeit it a padlocked envelope). If all mail is being opened and read, terrorists will simply disguise their message.
All that will end up being read is the personal mail of law-abiding citizens who think they have no reason to keep their mail secret. After all, it hardly matters if the CIA knows you think socialism has some merit, or that you think George W Bush is a poor president, or that you disagree with some of the CIA's actions in the past, or that you think invading Afghanistan is an inappropriate response. Right?
Trading freedom for security _might_ be a worthwhile sacrifice. But this is sacrificing freedom for nothing.
When are Linux/Open Source going to start producing some ORIGINAL games? Sourceforge is chocka with attempts to recreate games like Starcraft and even Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures. Pingus & Freeciv are viewed as great achievements. IMO, what we need from the open source/free software/linux games community are: (a) New ideas (b) Versatile and powerful games libraries. I'd rather see a useful and generic isometric engine than a clone of Starcraft. Clones of Starcraft (and Baldur's Gate and Diablo II) would undoubtedly follow, but some original games might too...
Not to pick on you specifically, but it seems a lot of people (me included) are sitting back, doing nothing to help the open source effort then griping when things take a while. Open Source is by the people for the people and we _are_ the people.
This is just the standard "security by obscurity" argument. This has repeatedly been shown to be false logic - open source is more scrutinizable and the problems are identified and dealt with faster. Worst case scenario: The market floods with hacks in weeks instead of years and they are dealt with far earlier in the game's evolution.