2. Forgeries will be possible, but it will be VERY VERY difficult to get someone elses DNA, family information, work information, bank codes, and everything else needed to create a card which will pass through all the scanners.
3. with the card your number will never be shared with anyone, it will go into a machine in encrypted form along with other information, getting a job will be as simple as swiping the card through the scanner, no papers to sign. Paying bills will be as simple as using the card. Buying from stores will be as simple as pulling out and using the card. The information will be transfered via a special secure internet developed by the government, similar to what the banks use currently.
Hackable? Its possible, but it will never be done because the effort involved and the risk and punishment for doing it will be far too great.
Software provided for these cards should not be open source by software created by the NSA which is kept as closed source and top secret as possible. As much as i like open source, some software is better off being closed source, in the same way some of our best weapons for war are classified and go unused unitil we need to use it. Closed source very secret software will make it impossible to reverse engineer. And the hardware should not be documented, let the government handle it instead of Microsoft, and other stupid companies.
It makes no sense to me if we are building software to protect ourselves from terrorists, that we should have the terrorists actually coding the software, believe it or not, its rumored terrorists purposely coded backdoors in XP and from what ive heard recently, its seems there actually are backdoors in XP.
While this could happen to our government, I really doubt you will find any terrorists in the NSA.
You are from Canada. This card will be international, meaning You'll get a card which states you are form canada and so on and so forth, a canadian version of this national ID card. You enter the USA, we check you out, you are from Canada, we let you in.
Its simple, in order to get into the USA, you need a card. You can get the card from Canada before you enter which has all your information on it.
No it wouldnt be on the skin i said ID CARD!!! Also FMD technology already allows smart cards which hold well over 4 gigs.
Storage isnt a problem anyhow because we are talking government technology here. The cpu isnt a problem. The scanner isnt a problem. The card may cost like $40 or so so you better not lose it.
Hell no, its not unhackable but its secure enough where no one will have the money to hack it.
Also, simple, add a number to the card which changes every minute, along with your usual password, the cpu chooses a random number. Now even if someone hacks into the system how exactly would you guess the number thats on the card, so how would you guess the number on the card if you need the cards number to access the data on the system?
Simple, the chip can be hacked, but even with a hacked chip and card, you can add security measures into the device which scans the card. My point is the government has more money than terrorist hackers and can make the information secure enough where it would take millions of dollars just to get info from one card. Kinda like its difficult to rob a bank but still possible.
How can you fake someones DNA? your DNA is in the card.
All your other information is in the card, all on a chip, which can be scanned, the chips data is totally encrypted so only the special government scanner can read it. IT also has a finger print, and both your family members names no the card. It tells your DNA makeup, a retina scan print, everything all on one card, all your history.
While someone can fake a card, and maybe even the chip, without the proper codes, and the information, even if just the DNA doesnt match the finger print, you are screwed.
Not to mention they can set it to have a random number which changes every minute and lock the card unless you enter the number.
Thats right, you can only get a job if you have a national ID card. You can only buy from a store if you have a national ID card because you need the card to access all banks.
IF one card was given to every American. All who dont have the card are now suspects.
Ok if only US citizens get the card. That means only US citizens have the card, so those who arent are either terrorists, illegal aliens, or criminals of some sort. Or of course they simply lost their card.
Either way people without the card will be harrassed by the police just like you get harrassed for driving without a license. How many people drive without a license? Some, but most have them.
US citizens. You should be required to carry the card everywhere you go, and use it to buy from a store, use it to get a job, everything. All without the card be questioned, their records checked and even arrested in some cases.
This would make terrorism from the outside almost impossible. Then we'd only have to worry about the terrorists within the country.
It would also solve the problem of all these illegal workers stealing jobs from us, and living off of welfare and so on and so forth.
I do think we need national ID cards. Right now with all our terrorist problems its really the ONLY way to know whos a terrorist and who isnt. You shouldnt be able to buy anything from a store or do anything without ID. However ID on a chip would make sure you dont lose you rcard, I dont like the idea.
Just like they didnt believe the world was round in the past.
You see, its very difficult to prove stuff like this, we've gotten rocks with bacteria in it from mars, we see proof of water on mars and other planets, how much more proof do we really need? WE even have people on earth claiming they see UFOs and Aliens, crop circles and so on and so forth.
With the proof we have, scientists dont believe it. ITs going to take more than some sound waves from the sky to prove aliens exsist, they will have to land in front of the white house on multiple TV stations in front of millions of people, and people will have to go see it in person because they still wont believe it. (could be a hoax, people can manipulate the images, etc etc)
Its going to take, ALOT of proof, not alittle, to convince scientists. And I think that proof will be actually seeing an alien in person and studying it.
You need ram depending on what you do. For most laptop uses having more than 256 megs of ram is useless. Of course i use linux and not bloated windowsXP.
As far as procesor benchmarks, I checked them myself, the 1ghz processor totally smokes the G4 at specific things, I mean like x4 the speed of the G4 at certain things. Some things the G4 is closer to the same level, but these things are very rare things, like using a certain feature in photoshop.
As far as ram, Dell supports over 1gig of ram too.
As far as battery life, you win, Tibook beats dell.
Having more ram wont give speed gains, having a faster harddrive will. Get SCSI raid on a laptop and 1ghz chip will distance itself even more.
For now it still wins on encoding, decoding dvix and movies. It wins on gaming. It has a better screen, UXGA and if the guy above got the Latitude model which sucks its only because he didnt got the "network enhanced" model instead of the "desktop replacement" model. He had the choice.
The Dell is better than the Tibook in most areas, even in some, and the Tibook wins in only a couple of areas.
For messing with 3d graphics, having a fast processor helps.
Screen resolution is far more important than color, try looking at a DVD movie. Try messing with graphics or surfing the web in low resolution. I have millions of colors, and thats good enough for me.
The Dell ugly? Who buys products based no appearance? Seems mac users do!
Weight is that important? Are overweight and out of shape? If not then 1 lbs extra weight will NOT make a diffrence.
I will give you that PowerBook has a better battery life, and design but thats about it.
The MAC Gui has changed just now, from the gui of the 80s it had for almost 10 years.
"that's your opinion, ok. but remember - in 2 years OSX and XP will have matured on their collective timelines. linux will have to mature twice as fast to even catch up to the current levels of usability if you're 2 year prediction is correct. i think that is unlikey."
Huh? Are you serious? They move at a much slower pace.
Lastly, The 1 gig of ram thing, how as if you need 1 gig of ram ofr a laptop, and the powerbook doesnt come with 1 gig of ram either.
Ok lets see what I got.
A 14 inch screen (much better than your 12 inch)
combo drive, 256 megs of ram, AND 1+ghz processor.
Compare this to the Powerbook which has a 600mhz proccessor, 15" cinema scope? what res? MY SXGA+ monitor has a res higher than my desktop machine, and you can go even higher.
I paid $1400. I suggest you go back to the site and check your prices, things have changed.
I dont see any dell on that site over 2.5k, the 2.5k dell totally destroys the TiBook in every area, better processor, better monitor, more ram, (Tibook comes with 512 megs of ram)
Prove you arent biased, show us a link to the precise model, else I think you are fibbing.
Lets see my res is higher than the rest on my Desktop with XSGA+ and theres UXGA which is like 1600x1200 i believe, totally smokes the monitor on the power book.
The Powerbook has a better battery life but thats about it.
I have the 4100 series, your 8100 if you actually have that, would literally blow the powerbook out of the water in all areas except maybe battery life.
Its true, Neither linux or OSX is capable of taking Microsoft, I say Linux can in 2 years, I say OSX isnt even going to try.
As far as processor power goes, while G4 is better than pentium 2, maybe even pentium 3 which it battled, this was years ago. It cannot even come close to comparing to a Pentium 4 clocked at 2ghz.
PC motherboards are also better and PCs have better video and audio.
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Currently you do fly on airliners with government software. The space shuttle can be hyjacked because it has software on it too.
Forgers would have to pay millions of dollars to forge just a few cards, it wouldnt be like it is now where anyone can take your identity.
More jobs for us americans. Who cares about the so called local economy if its not even us who are working there?
We should all carry the card not the forigners because if we dont, what about all the illegal aliens already here? the MILLIONS of them here now?
If all americans are required to carry the card we can capture them.
1. Lost cards will happen, buy a replacement.
2. Forgeries will be possible, but it will be VERY VERY difficult to get someone elses DNA, family information, work information, bank codes, and everything else needed to create a card which will pass through all the scanners.
3. with the card your number will never be shared with anyone, it will go into a machine in encrypted form along with other information, getting a job will be as simple as swiping the card through the scanner, no papers to sign. Paying bills will be as simple as using the card. Buying from stores will be as simple as pulling out and using the card. The information will be transfered via a special secure internet developed by the government, similar to what the banks use currently.
Hackable? Its possible, but it will never be done because the effort involved and the risk and punishment for doing it will be far too great.
Software provided for these cards should not be open source by software created by the NSA which is kept as closed source and top secret as possible. As much as i like open source, some software is better off being closed source, in the same way some of our best weapons for war are classified and go unused unitil we need to use it. Closed source very secret software will make it impossible to reverse engineer. And the hardware should not be documented, let the government handle it instead of Microsoft, and other stupid companies.
It makes no sense to me if we are building software to protect ourselves from terrorists, that we should have the terrorists actually coding the software, believe it or not, its rumored terrorists purposely coded backdoors in XP and from what ive heard recently, its seems there actually are backdoors in XP.
While this could happen to our government, I really doubt you will find any terrorists in the NSA.
You are from Canada. This card will be international, meaning You'll get a card which states you are form canada and so on and so forth, a canadian version of this national ID card. You enter the USA, we check you out, you are from Canada, we let you in.
Its simple, in order to get into the USA, you need a card. You can get the card from Canada before you enter which has all your information on it.
No it wouldnt be on the skin i said ID CARD!!! Also FMD technology already allows smart cards which hold well over 4 gigs.
Storage isnt a problem anyhow because we are talking government technology here. The cpu isnt a problem. The scanner isnt a problem. The card may cost like $40 or so so you better not lose it.
Hell no, its not unhackable but its secure enough where no one will have the money to hack it.
Also, simple, add a number to the card which changes every minute, along with your usual password, the cpu chooses a random number. Now even if someone hacks into the system how exactly would you guess the number thats on the card, so how would you guess the number on the card if you need the cards number to access the data on the system?
Simple, the chip can be hacked, but even with a hacked chip and card, you can add security measures into the device which scans the card. My point is the government has more money than terrorist hackers and can make the information secure enough where it would take millions of dollars just to get info from one card. Kinda like its difficult to rob a bank but still possible.
How can you fake someones DNA? your DNA is in the card.
All your other information is in the card, all on a chip, which can be scanned, the chips data is totally encrypted so only the special government scanner can read it. IT also has a finger print, and both your family members names no the card. It tells your DNA makeup, a retina scan print, everything all on one card, all your history.
While someone can fake a card, and maybe even the chip, without the proper codes, and the information, even if just the DNA doesnt match the finger print, you are screwed.
Not to mention they can set it to have a random number which changes every minute and lock the card unless you enter the number.
This has the potential to be VERY secure.
Thats right, you can only get a job if you have a national ID card. You can only buy from a store if you have a national ID card because you need the card to access all banks.
IF one card was given to every American. All who dont have the card are now suspects.
Its that simple.
Ok if only US citizens get the card. That means only US citizens have the card, so those who arent are either terrorists, illegal aliens, or criminals of some sort. Or of course they simply lost their card.
Either way people without the card will be harrassed by the police just like you get harrassed for driving without a license. How many people drive without a license? Some, but most have them.
US citizens. You should be required to carry the card everywhere you go, and use it to buy from a store, use it to get a job, everything. All without the card be questioned, their records checked and even arrested in some cases.
This would make terrorism from the outside almost impossible. Then we'd only have to worry about the terrorists within the country.
It would also solve the problem of all these illegal workers stealing jobs from us, and living off of welfare and so on and so forth.
While I like the idea of a national ID card, This is too much.
I think we need a National ID card to fight terrorism, theres no other way to know whos a terrorist and who isnt.
I do think we need national ID cards. Right now with all our terrorist problems its really the ONLY way to know whos a terrorist and who isnt. You shouldnt be able to buy anything from a store or do anything without ID. However ID on a chip would make sure you dont lose you rcard, I dont like the idea.
I think its far to late to change this now.
Its a bad idea. How are people ever going to learn computers when you keep changing the rules?!
People just now understand what a meg, gig, etc is.
Just like they didnt believe the world was round in the past.
You see, its very difficult to prove stuff like this, we've gotten rocks with bacteria in it from mars, we see proof of water on mars and other planets, how much more proof do we really need? WE even have people on earth claiming they see UFOs and Aliens, crop circles and so on and so forth.
With the proof we have, scientists dont believe it. ITs going to take more than some sound waves from the sky to prove aliens exsist, they will have to land in front of the white house on multiple TV stations in front of millions of people, and people will have to go see it in person because they still wont believe it. (could be a hoax, people can manipulate the images, etc etc)
Its going to take, ALOT of proof, not alittle, to convince scientists. And I think that proof will be actually seeing an alien in person and studying it.
You need ram depending on what you do. For most laptop uses having more than 256 megs of ram is useless. Of course i use linux and not bloated windowsXP.
As far as procesor benchmarks, I checked them myself, the 1ghz processor totally smokes the G4 at specific things, I mean like x4 the speed of the G4 at certain things. Some things the G4 is closer to the same level, but these things are very rare things, like using a certain feature in photoshop.
As far as ram, Dell supports over 1gig of ram too.
As far as battery life, you win, Tibook beats dell.
Having more ram wont give speed gains, having a faster harddrive will. Get SCSI raid on a laptop and 1ghz chip will distance itself even more.
For now it still wins on encoding, decoding dvix and movies. It wins on gaming. It has a better screen, UXGA and if the guy above got the Latitude model which sucks its only because he didnt got the "network enhanced" model instead of the "desktop replacement" model. He had the choice.
The Dell is better than the Tibook in most areas, even in some, and the Tibook wins in only a couple of areas.
Looks like dell wins
You should have gotten the dell INSPIRON not the lattitude!
Its not my fault you got a crappy model.
For messing with 3d graphics, having a fast processor helps.
Screen resolution is far more important than color, try looking at a DVD movie. Try messing with graphics or surfing the web in low resolution. I have millions of colors, and thats good enough for me.
The Dell ugly? Who buys products based no appearance? Seems mac users do!
Weight is that important? Are overweight and out of shape? If not then 1 lbs extra weight will NOT make a diffrence.
I will give you that PowerBook has a better battery life, and design but thats about it.
Thats EXTERNAL and SUPPORT FOR.
Lets see, my dell internal display IS 1600x1200 and support for an External is 3000+x2000+
McDoogles should be legal.
The Windows GUI has not changed since 1995.
The MAC Gui has changed just now, from the gui of the 80s it had for almost 10 years.
"that's your opinion, ok. but remember - in 2 years OSX and XP will have matured on their collective timelines. linux will have to mature twice as fast to even catch up to the current levels of usability if you're 2 year prediction is correct. i think that is unlikey."
Huh? Are you serious? They move at a much slower pace.
What BS is this? When did you go to buy a dell?
Also the G4 600mhz is not faster than P3 1ghz.
Lastly, The 1 gig of ram thing, how as if you need 1 gig of ram ofr a laptop, and the powerbook doesnt come with 1 gig of ram either.
Ok lets see what I got.
A 14 inch screen (much better than your 12 inch)
combo drive, 256 megs of ram, AND 1+ghz processor.
Compare this to the Powerbook which has a 600mhz proccessor, 15" cinema scope? what res? MY SXGA+ monitor has a res higher than my desktop machine, and you can go even higher.
I paid $1400. I suggest you go back to the site and check your prices, things have changed.
I dont see any dell on that site over 2.5k, the 2.5k dell totally destroys the TiBook in every area, better processor, better monitor, more ram, (Tibook comes with 512 megs of ram)
Prove you arent biased, show us a link to the precise model, else I think you are fibbing.
Lets see my res is higher than the rest on my Desktop with XSGA+ and theres UXGA which is like 1600x1200 i believe, totally smokes the monitor on the power book.
The Powerbook has a better battery life but thats about it.
I have the 4100 series, your 8100 if you actually have that, would literally blow the powerbook out of the water in all areas except maybe battery life.
Its the new Pentium M series.
Its better than speedstep or so they say. As far as speed its faster than my Desktop which is 400mghz.
I tried an Imac and its definately faster than an Imac which is a G3 used in the Ibook.
So its definately faster than the Ibook. As for the powerbook, even if its the same speed or not faster, the powerbook is over $1500 more.
If Apple ported to OSX they'd become Be.
Its true, Neither linux or OSX is capable of taking Microsoft, I say Linux can in 2 years, I say OSX isnt even going to try.
As far as processor power goes, while G4 is better than pentium 2, maybe even pentium 3 which it battled, this was years ago. It cannot even come close to comparing to a Pentium 4 clocked at 2ghz.
PC motherboards are also better and PCs have better video and audio.