Just like how they have banned cellphones in many jurisdictions, now they'll have to ban glasses... or at least heads up displays... But isn't that proven technology, in use by the military? Maybe the glasses will have to be legally coloured so they are distinguishable... Or hopefully it is time to start mass producing that car they are developing.
Ok this gets me thinking along the lines of Thor going after the minority group du'jour and after seeing the article's image, I was really reminded of phasers from Star Trek.... I'm sure there could have been some TNG episode in there...
For those that haven't heard about Virgin Galactic's Spaceport.... I wouldn't consider a return trip too far off... Such a base might actually start making Richard Branson's baby useful and profitable. http://www.virgingalactic.com/
I've seen enough people give money to 'rich' street beggars to know that, especially if we are watching people dying on a foreign planet, people would send money to poor bastards... Eventually there would be a way to get them back.... How about funding Virgin's Spaceport... I'm confident enough that we would solve the problem, especially if we actually got people up there in the first place. I'm tired of waiting for moralists to catch up and let people make their own personal ethical decisions. The people who go will be going with eyes open, not a random group of unconscious "volunteers."
Just a note... The trick with cryptography is not encrypting it, but signing it. A cryptographically signed document (ballot) can't be changed/altered without showing the evidence of such tampering. Therefor the originals stay and are evidence in case there are questions of fraud/"miscount." The gov't wouldn't be able to change your ballot any more then they can today(actually it would be harder). The system could be open-source, verifiable, and tamperproof. Encryption isn't the key, signing is.
I was surprised while traveling to find out that the english speaking commonwealth country of Belize blocks skype... Thankfully I'm adapt at using proxies, but seriously!?! I wrote letters to their tourism board, but obviously nothing will be done about it.
I don't really care about electronic voting. Lets start with a system that is mathematically closer to reality, where voting actually matters. Then we can start trying to explain to the populous how private key cryptography can solve the problem you are describing then move to electronic voting.
I wish *old people* would realize that we are better informed then any other "young people" in history. If *old people* can't be bothered to realize this and can't figure out that the system is so broken that electronic voting will never fix the issue, then honestly I can't wait till the *old people* pass on and get out of the way so we can fix the system that they left broken for us. Your fault, and now your generations won't let it get fixed.
I have voted in every election I could right up until the BC-STV vote of 2009 when it became really clear that the people enjoyed vote splitting. I did some research and realized that every single vote I had ever participated in the worst candidate won (in my opinion) because of the first past the post (FPTP) system and vote splitting. I'm fairly confident in my assertion because of how there were usually 2 strong liberal candidates vs 1 awful conservative candidate who would win in every election despite most people voting for liberal candidates. As such I am confident my vote has never counted, and will never count in the future. There is no longer a point in voting for me, it just seems to exacerbate the problem. If I can't vote for the candidate I want and instead have to vote "strategically" the system is broken, and I will have no part of it. Democracy needs to evolve to something better then what was invented before the horseless carriage. You know, we have instant communication now, right?
I've always asserted that it takes a certain type of neurosis to program computers. You have to be from a weird end of the gene pool to be able to think so logically for so long on such complex topics. That is why, until recently, computer geeks were always the basement dwelling twigs with green tans... It hasn't been genetically normal to excel in it. But since it has become popular, their genes are thriving and mixing and giving us better geeks... I think sheer level of competition in an industry where the leaders have different mental wiring, and poor entry level pay, and no social life would be enough to make many people, women included, decide that it isn't the industry for them.
If you were born in America, you are an American. To call yourself anything else is disgraceful.
I'm a Canadian. By your definition that makes me an American. Do I get to vote in your next election now? I have some Panamanian friends who would love their American vote too...
Ok everyone is assuming the creditcards weren't encrypted... Direct from their site: http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?t=47650 "3. Credit card information although encrypted in the database may be at risk" So I assume that the risk is more that they got access to the dedicated server (root login maybe) and got ahold of the private key (passphrase?)
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(They referring to Google's Self Driving Car, not related to this article.)
Just like how they have banned cellphones in many jurisdictions, now they'll have to ban glasses... or at least heads up displays... But isn't that proven technology, in use by the military?
Maybe the glasses will have to be legally coloured so they are distinguishable...
Or hopefully it is time to start mass producing that car they are developing.
Ok this gets me thinking along the lines of Thor going after the minority group du'jour and after seeing the article's image, I was really reminded of phasers from Star Trek.... I'm sure there could have been some TNG episode in there...
I'm no expert, but my understanding is that cyanosis can be caused by any number of things, not just poison.
Just as you run away from nitrogen toxicity you have a seizure due to oxygen toxicity... Time to take your nitrox course...
For those that haven't heard about Virgin Galactic's Spaceport.... I wouldn't consider a return trip too far off... Such a base might actually start making Richard Branson's baby useful and profitable. http://www.virgingalactic.com/
The extra fuel for their egos alone would be prohibitive.
FTFY
Only cleanup in this case would be a bankruptcy sale as we lament the loss of some daredevils who took a risk. I think the world will be ok with that.
I've seen enough people give money to 'rich' street beggars to know that, especially if we are watching people dying on a foreign planet, people would send money to poor bastards... Eventually there would be a way to get them back.... How about funding Virgin's Spaceport... I'm confident enough that we would solve the problem, especially if we actually got people up there in the first place. I'm tired of waiting for moralists to catch up and let people make their own personal ethical decisions. The people who go will be going with eyes open, not a random group of unconscious "volunteers."
How about middle managers, hairdressers, telephone sanitizers anyone?
After reading TFA and other sources, I still am not clear on what the NFC chip does, and what its benefits are...... ?
Just a note... The trick with cryptography is not encrypting it, but signing it. A cryptographically signed document (ballot) can't be changed/altered without showing the evidence of such tampering. Therefor the originals stay and are evidence in case there are questions of fraud/"miscount." The gov't wouldn't be able to change your ballot any more then they can today(actually it would be harder). The system could be open-source, verifiable, and tamperproof. Encryption isn't the key, signing is.
I was surprised while traveling to find out that the english speaking commonwealth country of Belize blocks skype... Thankfully I'm adapt at using proxies, but seriously!?! I wrote letters to their tourism board, but obviously nothing will be done about it.
I don't really care about electronic voting. Lets start with a system that is mathematically closer to reality, where voting actually matters. Then we can start trying to explain to the populous how private key cryptography can solve the problem you are describing then move to electronic voting.
I wish *old people* would realize that we are better informed then any other "young people" in history. If *old people* can't be bothered to realize this and can't figure out that the system is so broken that electronic voting will never fix the issue, then honestly I can't wait till the *old people* pass on and get out of the way so we can fix the system that they left broken for us. Your fault, and now your generations won't let it get fixed.
If the old people can't be bothered to realize how broken the system is to begin with I wish they would not vote either.
I have voted in every election I could right up until the BC-STV vote of 2009 when it became really clear that the people enjoyed vote splitting. I did some research and realized that every single vote I had ever participated in the worst candidate won (in my opinion) because of the first past the post (FPTP) system and vote splitting. I'm fairly confident in my assertion because of how there were usually 2 strong liberal candidates vs 1 awful conservative candidate who would win in every election despite most people voting for liberal candidates. As such I am confident my vote has never counted, and will never count in the future. There is no longer a point in voting for me, it just seems to exacerbate the problem. If I can't vote for the candidate I want and instead have to vote "strategically" the system is broken, and I will have no part of it. Democracy needs to evolve to something better then what was invented before the horseless carriage. You know, we have instant communication now, right?
I've always asserted that it takes a certain type of neurosis to program computers. You have to be from a weird end of the gene pool to be able to think so logically for so long on such complex topics. That is why, until recently, computer geeks were always the basement dwelling twigs with green tans... It hasn't been genetically normal to excel in it. But since it has become popular, their genes are thriving and mixing and giving us better geeks... I think sheer level of competition in an industry where the leaders have different mental wiring, and poor entry level pay, and no social life would be enough to make many people, women included, decide that it isn't the industry for them.
If you were born in America, you are an American. To call yourself anything else is disgraceful.
I'm a Canadian. By your definition that makes me an American. Do I get to vote in your next election now? I have some Panamanian friends who would love their American vote too...
How many times will you hear, "The cloud is down!"?
Chicken Little was already saying this long before cloud computers.
"The sky is falling, the sky is falling!"
Ok everyone is assuming the creditcards weren't encrypted...
Direct from their site:
http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?t=47650
"3. Credit card information although encrypted in the database may be at risk"
So I assume that the risk is more that they got access to the dedicated server (root login maybe) and got ahold of the private key (passphrase?)