you know, sometimes you need to know when to call it quits. it is quite clear that the justice system didn't work the first time around, so why should it with a second go?? Especially now that the patriot act was passed.
I tend to view any powerful person suspiciously and behave with caution around them.
Recently I attended a "cyber-security town hall" in which Clark was the main guest.
Frankly, I was pleasently surprised. He was *not* the raving fascist I expected him to be. He was a good old fashioned Republican. It was funny, he was wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and red tie.
He said that it was his goal to secure our nation's interest while avoiding the creation of Big Brother. He seemed to realize that BB would negatively impact him personally (even as one of the elite), not to mention the rest of us.
And now barely a week later he is gone. "to spend more time with his kids" like Hilary. (yea right).
A meme that's been floating around for a while is that the rest of the world is pursuing open source & open hardware...we all know that.
But to put a new twist on an old idea, imagine this: suppose DRM/Palladium becomes law in the USA (to fight terror)...it will be effectively "cyber-isolationism"...The USA already has different electronic standards for everything else...it would not be surprising for networking too.
The problem with legislation like this is it implicitly relieves the individual of taking personal responsibility and investigating his vendors. Instead, Uncle Sam will do the thinking for you, and if you make a mistake anyway, you can lash out and have the other guy punished. Many of us revile those "spill hot coffee on myself and sue McDonalds" type of lawsuits. Well legislation like this encourages that kind of behavior.
The principles seem primarily oriented toward interactive use of a security product and helping to explain how the product works in a GUI sort of way. I can easily see how they would be applied to explaining trust in a PGP situation.
However, most users (depends on the audience of course) aren't interested in security being interactive. They want it to be transparent just like all the other nuts and bolts. The only principle that really captures that idea is "path of least resistance".
I think a good example of the maximum interactivity of a security system might be the military's encrypted telephone lines. Press the "encrypt on" button, call, say "this is a secured line" and start talking. (I haven't actually used these systems, so if that is a misunderstanding, please say so).
I think security could easily be made more "under the hood". Look at the whole DRM thing...pretty under the hood. Imagine a system like that that was written to secure the end-user not the manufacturer.
You could always visit Singapore. They have a brand new
airport which is even bigger and badder than Denver's new airport.
Singapore also is a huge shipping hub. I've heard stories about mile after mile of huge transport ships moored off the coast and connected with floating catwalks. Reminds me of the Raft out of Snowcrash. International shipping is fascinating -- did you know there are still piracy problems, particularly in Malacca Straight off of Singapore? Most of the boats are almost fully automated. [Piracy Article], [piracy stats]
Another good place would be Iceland. They've got some of the highest per capita tech adoption rates in the world. They've also got a vibrant electronic music scene with plenty of commonly known and underground artists.
Finally there is Russia (St. Petersburg or Moscow). Here is another similar Sterling article. I was in Moscow and surrouding cities in 95. It was crazy. You would literally see black Mercedes E class sedans driving the wrong way down the street and everyone rushing to get out of the way (the mob). You would see the 24 hour mini mart in the corner of an old KGB building with an armed guard outside. Some of the old "closed cities" where they did secret military research are now open. Russia is a crazy, chaotic place.
Open Source development is done on free time, except for the lucky few who are sponsored. That makes it a hobby and hobbies are for fun.
Dealing with non computer literate people is not fun; it is work. Given this contradiction I doubt that "pure" Open Source will ever become mainstream.
However, I can see the possiblity of the hybrid open source / commercial groups succeeding in that area. These organizations (such as SuSE) pay people to do the boring stuff like write documentation targeted at non-techies and so forth.
I have an ibook 700mhz 256mb ram. Its been about 2.5 months now since I switched from linux/windows and totally love it. Yes, it can be a bit slow. For comparison my other machine was an athalon 600 / 512mb ram.
specifics: - getting a usable desktop during boot is faster in OSX than both linux (kde3) and win2k. (i dont consider win2k to be fully ready until after all the stuff has loaded when you log in) - switching between open apps is far slower. there is a noticeable delay. Its not a totally fair comparison because of the RAM difference. For native apps like imail, ical, and chimera, it is a sec or two...for MS office it was a annoying delay. Of course office sux for mac. The files don't convert perfectly between win and mac office!! (i dumped the trial version). - changing resolution is WAY faster - nearly instant. - starting KDE is about the same, but useing it is slow (RAM again).
So, my conclusion is, it is the hardware, not the OS itself. If anything, the OS is faster than windows cuz the comparison is compareable on different hardware...
ASPs were never popular. Why? Companies don't feel comfortable with "all your data belong to us". Now give us more money or else...
As a tech, every outsourced service I've ever used has been less reliable than in house solutions. So, with the suits knowing this, why would they trust IBM? So now, instead of a down email server, slow network connection, or crashing desktops we will have the boss sending everyone home for the rest of the day.
I think IBM's management has looked at the tiny IT budgets in the marketplace and decided, "its us against the IT employees". Either they find a way to get rid of us to free up $$ for equipment or they don't sell equipment. This strategy is the same thing as the "autonomous computing" annoucement from a few weeks ago. Reduce labor expenses and buy from us!
One time when i was a little boy in third grade my teacher made me write 23 times on the board, "If you can't see the fnords, they can't hurt you." I could never figure it out, but i do like shopping...
Suppose a group of hobbyist webmasters agreed to setup a shared fund to be used in case of legal attack?
it would basically be insurance. An insurance company could offer such a product or you could take DIY...
it shows a lot about the author's fundamental assumptions - that the corps who run search engines are out to make money and are willing to sell their integrity of results for a buck - the author probably bases this opinion on what happened to altavista. altavista DID begin to sell their rankings (i beleive fravia's site proved this a few years ago) and that is probably one reason everyone uses google now.
but the author let his cynical view determine his research angle. that is a very typical weakness, something scientists try to avoid but somtimes fail.
I know a lot of Russians. Not a single one of them ever bothers trying to send packages to Russia.
Instead, they use personal connections to find someone going to the same destination to hand deliver the package. That seems to be the only reliable way.
I am not surprised about the weight restrictions - transportation in Russia can be quite trecherous.
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yeah, the drop out section headings are particularly suspect...nice call
you know, sometimes you need to know when to call it quits. it is quite clear that the justice system didn't work the first time around, so why should it with a second go?? Especially now that the patriot act was passed.
I tend to view any powerful person suspiciously and behave with caution around them.
Recently I attended a "cyber-security town hall" in which Clark was the main guest.
Frankly, I was pleasently surprised. He was *not* the raving fascist I expected him to be. He was a good old fashioned Republican. It was funny, he was wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and red tie.
He said that it was his goal to secure our nation's interest while avoiding the creation of Big Brother. He seemed to realize that BB would negatively impact him personally (even as one of the elite), not to mention the rest of us.
And now barely a week later he is gone. "to spend more time with his kids" like Hilary. (yea right).
clearly anybody that has a giant map of the world is trying to take it over.
but billg is doing better because his is 3-d projected.
A meme that's been floating around for a while is that the rest of the world is pursuing open source & open hardware...we all know that.
But to put a new twist on an old idea, imagine this: suppose DRM/Palladium becomes law in the USA (to fight terror)...it will be effectively "cyber-isolationism"...The USA already has different electronic standards for everything else...it would not be surprising for networking too.
This is not meant to be a flame.
The problem with legislation like this is it implicitly relieves the individual of taking personal responsibility and investigating his vendors. Instead, Uncle Sam will do the thinking for you, and if you make a mistake anyway, you can lash out and have the other guy punished. Many of us revile those "spill hot coffee on myself and sue McDonalds" type of lawsuits. Well legislation like this encourages that kind of behavior.
WE COULD DO THAT TO RALSKY!!! Anybody know his cell #?
*muhahahahahah*
The principles seem primarily oriented toward interactive use of a security product and helping to explain how the product works in a GUI sort of way. I can easily see how they would be applied to explaining trust in a PGP situation.
However, most users (depends on the audience of course) aren't interested in security being interactive. They want it to be transparent just like all the other nuts and bolts. The only principle that really captures that idea is "path of least resistance".
I think a good example of the maximum interactivity of a security system might be the military's encrypted telephone lines. Press the "encrypt on" button, call, say "this is a secured line" and start talking. (I haven't actually used these systems, so if that is a misunderstanding, please say so).
I think security could easily be made more "under the hood". Look at the whole DRM thing...pretty under the hood. Imagine a system like that that was written to secure the end-user not the manufacturer.
You could always visit Singapore. They have a brand new airport which is even bigger and badder than Denver's new airport.
Singapore also is a huge shipping hub. I've heard stories about mile after mile of huge transport ships moored off the coast and connected with floating catwalks. Reminds me of the Raft out of Snowcrash. International shipping is fascinating -- did you know there are still piracy problems, particularly in Malacca Straight off of Singapore? Most of the boats are almost fully automated. [Piracy Article], [piracy stats]
Another good place would be Iceland. They've got some of the highest per capita tech adoption rates in the world. They've also got a vibrant electronic music scene with plenty of commonly known and underground artists.
Finally there is Russia (St. Petersburg or Moscow). Here is another similar Sterling article. I was in Moscow and surrouding cities in 95. It was crazy. You would literally see black Mercedes E class sedans driving the wrong way down the street and everyone rushing to get out of the way (the mob). You would see the 24 hour mini mart in the corner of an old KGB building with an armed guard outside. Some of the old "closed cities" where they did secret military research are now open. Russia is a crazy, chaotic place.
Open Source development is done on free time, except for the lucky few who are sponsored. That makes it a hobby and hobbies are for fun.
Dealing with non computer literate people is not fun; it is work. Given this contradiction I doubt that "pure" Open Source will ever become mainstream.
However, I can see the possiblity of the hybrid open source / commercial groups succeeding in that area. These organizations (such as SuSE) pay people to do the boring stuff like write documentation targeted at non-techies and so forth.
self-aware, yet instead of killing us all, it has developed an uncanny ability to know your darkest secrets??
Maybe, just maybe, that man is a closet homosexual!! And the other is really a pinko commie bastard!!!
Pretty soon our friends in DC will be using Tivo to hunt for terrorists.
I have an ibook 700mhz 256mb ram. Its been about 2.5 months now since I switched from linux/windows and totally love it. Yes, it can be a bit slow. For comparison my other machine was an athalon 600 / 512mb ram.
specifics:
- getting a usable desktop during boot is faster in OSX than both linux (kde3) and win2k. (i dont consider win2k to be fully ready until after all the stuff has loaded when you log in)
- switching between open apps is far slower. there is a noticeable delay. Its not a totally fair comparison because of the RAM difference. For native apps like imail, ical, and chimera, it is a sec or two...for MS office it was a annoying delay. Of course office sux for mac. The files don't convert perfectly between win and mac office!! (i dumped the trial version).
- changing resolution is WAY faster - nearly instant.
- starting KDE is about the same, but useing it is slow (RAM again).
So, my conclusion is, it is the hardware, not the OS itself. If anything, the OS is faster than windows cuz the comparison is compareable on different hardware...
ASPs were never popular. Why? Companies don't feel comfortable with "all your data belong to us". Now give us more money or else...
As a tech, every outsourced service I've ever used has been less reliable than in house solutions. So, with the suits knowing this, why would they trust IBM? So now, instead of a down email server, slow network connection, or crashing desktops we will have the boss sending everyone home for the rest of the day.
I think IBM's management has looked at the tiny IT budgets in the marketplace and decided, "its us against the IT employees". Either they find a way to get rid of us to free up $$ for equipment or they don't sell equipment. This strategy is the same thing as the "autonomous computing" annoucement from a few weeks ago. Reduce labor expenses and buy from us!
One time when i was a little boy in third grade my teacher made me write 23 times on the board, "If you can't see the fnords, they can't hurt you." I could never figure it out, but i do like shopping...
Suppose a group of hobbyist webmasters agreed to setup a shared fund to be used in case of legal attack? it would basically be insurance. An insurance company could offer such a product or you could take DIY...
it shows a lot about the author's fundamental assumptions - that the corps who run search engines are out to make money and are willing to sell their integrity of results for a buck - the author probably bases this opinion on what happened to altavista. altavista DID begin to sell their rankings (i beleive fravia's site proved this a few years ago) and that is probably one reason everyone uses google now. but the author let his cynical view determine his research angle. that is a very typical weakness, something scientists try to avoid but somtimes fail.
I know a lot of Russians. Not a single one of them ever bothers trying to send packages to Russia.
Instead, they use personal connections to find someone going to the same destination to hand deliver the package. That seems to be the only reliable way.
I am not surprised about the weight restrictions - transportation in Russia can be quite trecherous.
-knowbody