Most companies fear the cost of research for the reasons given here. But, it's not a new issue. The US gov't recognized this issue after WWII and thus the notion that the DoD would fund technology was born from that thinking.
Ultimately, this lead to organizations like DARPA.
The whole paper read like an extended version of the liner notes to The Art of Noise's albums.
The difference being that AoN knew they were being ridiculous...
Once again, we are faced with the meltdown of the Internet as we know it... To be honest, I'm a lot more worried about all the unsolicited advertising and spam melting down the Internet then some teenagers with extra time on their hands.
Completely agree with your observation. I think that what we'll see (if it isn't already happening) is that people will start to develop tools to allow them to provide a different electronic persona.
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Similar topic, interested readers may care to read Frank Furedi's book of the same title. See entry on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/082 6467695/102-9129781-7584100).
The writing is occasionally rough because it was culled from a series of essays he wrote, but has an interesting rallying call, neverthess.
Most companies fear the cost of research for the reasons given here. But, it's not a new issue.
The US gov't recognized this issue after WWII and thus the notion that the DoD would fund technology was born from that thinking.
Ultimately, this lead to organizations like DARPA.
Isn't one of the key benefits of quantum crypto that there's no need for key exchange because of the entanglement?
Thus, there's no key/password to ask for.
The whole paper read like an extended version of the liner notes to The Art of Noise's albums. The difference being that AoN knew they were being ridiculous...
Don't we already have enough sources for the standard line from the major media conglomerates?
Some independent (hah!) news sources would be a welcome addition.
Nick
Once again, we are faced with the meltdown of the Internet as we know it... To be honest, I'm a lot more worried about all the unsolicited advertising and spam melting down the Internet then some teenagers with extra time on their hands.
--Nick
Completely agree with your observation. I think that what we'll see (if it isn't already happening) is that people will start to develop tools to allow them to provide a different electronic persona.
This is kind of unbelievable. This is such a standard technique -- used by many, many systems, including I'm sure ones written by the readers here.
I vote for slashdot.org oversite on all software patents!
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You run Linux on your VAIO...? I've caught myself drooling after them from time to time, but wondered whether Linux would work...
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Too cool for words...