1) we need solid encryption, with decently secure keys, BY DEFAULT, on EVERY box, BEFORE it leaves the box. If it hits a network, it's encrypted first. Period. Even if you're running Windows. Even on your Grandmother's Windows computer. Email, IMs, and Web browsing, file sharing, voice, the works. If I choose to encrypt my transmitted data, I don't want to accrue suspicion because I stand out, because EVERYTHING is encrypted. If the government wants to know what I'm sending or receiving, they can ask for my encryption keys. Depending on the law, maybe they'll get them. But then a) I'll KNOW they're watching me, and b) watching me doesn't automatically let them watch my neighbors. Decrypting one computer at a time doesn't scale well.
This is really, really, hard, and won't happen overnight. But we've learned a lot since the Internet was young, I think it's workable from a technical standpoint. It's the social part that will be hardest, convincing companies that the additional expense is justified and convincing people that a little extra complexity (hopefully none at all -- except maybe when you set up your computer for the first time) is worth it.
2) we need REALLY secure interfaces. Part of this is accomplished by part 1) but not all. We need to work towards fewer viruses, fewer zero-day exploits, and we need them fixed faster and with less manual intervention. Why are botnets STILL possible? This is also really hard. But the government should want this, too. Every time we hear about how vulnerable our power grids, or automobiles, or pacemakers, or telecom might be to cyber warfare, we should be shouting about this. Instead the government wants to exploit the zero-days for themselves, because they are dependent on them for their own cyberwar offensives. Yes, Microsoft might own some of the heat for this, (but not all, by any stretch of the imagination) but by their omnipresence they are in the best position to make a serious dent in the problem, too. IF it was worthwhile for them to do so. I might be interested in Windows 9 or 10 if security -- REAL security, designed in from the ground up, not marketecture -- was the goal. But again, motivating software companies is a social problem, not a technical one.
I'm sure there are other things we need, but these are the ones that seem most important to me.
6. E-book prices have not fallen the way many expected. There’s not a big price difference between an e-book and a paperback.
THIS.
Also, perhaps this reflects a plateau in the number of people willing to invest in tablets or ebook readers? Do these numbers correspond to tablet sales, for example?
...except you don't get 2 X chromosomes by suppressing a Y, you get a child with one X and a suppressed chromosome, which sounds like a pretty complicated way to get a miscarriage.
... that an actual cop will PULL YOU OVER to issue a ticket. The speeding behavior stops, and the roads become safer, at least while your car is parked at the side of the road, and hopefully remain safer when you proceed, suitably chastised. The cop has a chance to ensure that you are not inebriated or otherwise unfit to drive before he allows you to proceed. If you choose to speed again and he catches you again, you get stopped and a second ticket is issued. Repeat as necessary.
Issuing tickets based purely on observation fail to stop the illegal behavior and do little to make the roads safer, until much much later, when the ticket catches up with you in the mail (assuming a ticket is enough to change your behavior).
Good luck with that. First you have to pack it up in the ORIGINAL packaging, then fill out a Return For Credit form, and then wait at least 10 days for processing...
I travel anywhere in the world, plug my little USB-like device into a standard terminal device (display + keyboard + mouse), and my whole computing environment comes to me?
Granted, there are some concerns, data security being the greatest, network bandwidth following a close second. But if the 'cloud' was my personal server in my basement, and not in some third-party datacenter, it's starting to look very interesting.
Eventually, if the 'cloud' environment addressed data encryption for storage and if the network speed was sufficient (pretty big if's, admittedly), I could see this becoming the Next Big Thing for most casual PC users. Don't like Dell's cloud? Try Apple's. Or Google's. Or Amazon's. Or roll your own. Computing as a commodity service.
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5) All of the above.
1) we need solid encryption, with decently secure keys, BY DEFAULT, on EVERY box, BEFORE it leaves the box. If it hits a network, it's encrypted first. Period. Even if you're running Windows. Even on your Grandmother's Windows computer. Email, IMs, and Web browsing, file sharing, voice, the works. If I choose to encrypt my transmitted data, I don't want to accrue suspicion because I stand out, because EVERYTHING is encrypted. If the government wants to know what I'm sending or receiving, they can ask for my encryption keys. Depending on the law, maybe they'll get them. But then a) I'll KNOW they're watching me, and b) watching me doesn't automatically let them watch my neighbors. Decrypting one computer at a time doesn't scale well.
This is really, really, hard, and won't happen overnight. But we've learned a lot since the Internet was young, I think it's workable from a technical standpoint. It's the social part that will be hardest, convincing companies that the additional expense is justified and convincing people that a little extra complexity (hopefully none at all -- except maybe when you set up your computer for the first time) is worth it.
2) we need REALLY secure interfaces. Part of this is accomplished by part 1) but not all. We need to work towards fewer viruses, fewer zero-day exploits, and we need them fixed faster and with less manual intervention. Why are botnets STILL possible? This is also really hard. But the government should want this, too. Every time we hear about how vulnerable our power grids, or automobiles, or pacemakers, or telecom might be to cyber warfare, we should be shouting about this. Instead the government wants to exploit the zero-days for themselves, because they are dependent on them for their own cyberwar offensives. Yes, Microsoft might own some of the heat for this, (but not all, by any stretch of the imagination) but by their omnipresence they are in the best position to make a serious dent in the problem, too. IF it was worthwhile for them to do so. I might be interested in Windows 9 or 10 if security -- REAL security, designed in from the ground up, not marketecture -- was the goal. But again, motivating software companies is a social problem, not a technical one.
I'm sure there are other things we need, but these are the ones that seem most important to me.
This sort of thing is exactly why I started my own ANTIsocial network. I'd invite you to join, but hey, antisocial.
It's dateline is 2023. It's fiction. NOT news.
Coffee drinkers studied by Mayo Clinic scientists have a greater chance of dying than NIH coffee drinkers.
It's easier just to use the juicer.
well, yeah, because... SCIENCE!
What kind of hail do you have that would damage the small end of a plastic bottle?
I'm trying to imagine how much force it would take to damage one.
6. E-book prices have not fallen the way many expected. There’s not a big price difference between an e-book and a paperback.
THIS.
Also, perhaps this reflects a plateau in the number of people willing to invest in tablets or ebook readers? Do these numbers correspond to tablet sales, for example?
Put 'em on the bench with the father-rapers.
... you needed an envelope for that?
...except you don't get 2 X chromosomes by suppressing a Y, you get a child with one X and a suppressed chromosome, which sounds like a pretty complicated way to get a miscarriage.
Please let me know when Porsche adopts this model.
But I like a fresh bowl...
... that an actual cop will PULL YOU OVER to issue a ticket. The speeding behavior stops, and the roads become safer, at least while your car is parked at the side of the road, and hopefully remain safer when you proceed, suitably chastised. The cop has a chance to ensure that you are not inebriated or otherwise unfit to drive before he allows you to proceed. If you choose to speed again and he catches you again, you get stopped and a second ticket is issued. Repeat as necessary.
Issuing tickets based purely on observation fail to stop the illegal behavior and do little to make the roads safer, until much much later, when the ticket catches up with you in the mail (assuming a ticket is enough to change your behavior).
'cause everybody trusts the DHS.
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this is bad, I just know it.
If Obama says "We missed you," it might not mean what you think it means.
... aren't as smart as they think they are.
that was either a Chinese satellite on a close flyby, or the joke.
Good luck with that. First you have to pack it up in the ORIGINAL packaging, then fill out a Return For Credit form, and then wait at least 10 days for processing...
THEN maybe you can claim your credit.
I travel anywhere in the world, plug my little USB-like device into a standard terminal device (display + keyboard + mouse), and my whole computing environment comes to me?
Granted, there are some concerns, data security being the greatest, network bandwidth following a close second. But if the 'cloud' was my personal server in my basement, and not in some third-party datacenter, it's starting to look very interesting.
Eventually, if the 'cloud' environment addressed data encryption for storage and if the network speed was sufficient (pretty big if's, admittedly), I could see this becoming the Next Big Thing for most casual PC users. Don't like Dell's cloud? Try Apple's. Or Google's. Or Amazon's. Or roll your own. Computing as a commodity service.
How would anyone know it's been tested?
Yeah, and one of those self-climbing ladders?