Here in Iceland I get my TV service through something called "myndlykill"; I don't know the English word for it, but it's a box with a Cat5 on the back that plugs into your hub and downloads channels from the net and yeilds an HDMI signal.
They (FB) must have felt it was cheaper to buy the whole company then to litigate about stupid patents and copy rights.
One billion buys a lot of litigation.. And besides, Instagram wouldn't be the only company in the world with any patents related to messing with saturation and hue of a digital image.
With the old Gnome2 menu, you have Accessories, Office, Games, etc. Click once on the menu, and you have all your apps, categorized.
Even a 4-year old can do it (and they do).
But throwing all your apps in a huge list, and then you have to click "94 more installed", and then you have to click on a a filter name, is much more work.
Not only that, but for some reason, the filter uses a logical OR, so that you can't just easily click on one filter or another to browse apps in various categories. Instead of just moving your mouse around to browse apps, you're having to constantly click. So, basically, you're not going to browse. Meaning that the apps list becomes a no-go zone for most users.
I have to agree those are valid points. Maybe an alternative application lens could address those.. (either official or third party)
The launcher doesn't auto-hide anymore in this version. They realized it's more trouble than it's worth. People who actually prefer it can still enable it of course, there's a setting. (Even when auto-hiding and auto-appearing It shouldn't cover any part of an active window though; I believe that was a bug.)
:rolleyes:;) Well, first of all, nobody is forcing you to do it. I do find it interesting though that everyone who doesn't like newer desktop environments (not just Unity but also Gnome Shell) assumes that 'everyone' hates it. Newsflash: most people really like it; Ubuntu hasn't remained the most widely used Desktop Linux for nothing. (Based on actual browsing stats, not what Distrowatch does, of course.)
Anyway, on to your points:
> Task bar is a must.
Task bars are used to see which apps are running and switch between apps. The Launcher does that; it indicates which apps are running and you can bring a running app into focus. In addition you now have the quick lists on right-click for many apps. It's all rather similar to the Apple Mac dock. (Though some will yell blasphemy at that notion.;)
> Moving tray items is a must.
Why, actually? In Gnome 2 I spent more time trying to put them back in a sane place on the side after they went walkabout every time I connected an external display and the resolution changed. It was near impossible to just keep them in the same order, in the same place, on the side. Unity does this all by itself; it's a blessing.
> I don't want a tablet look and feel.
It's not a tablet interface. It's actually more keyboard-centric than Gnome 2 was, which forced everyone to go to the mouse quite a lot. Have a look at all the keyboard shortcuts, and how Unity selects what you want with 2-3 keystrokes starting to type the name of an app (in the dash) or a function (in the menu HUD)
> Die, die, die.....Unity...Die.
Well, okay. I'd say you deserve your money back.;) Bottom line: It's a Free world. If you prefer a different DE: fine. If you prefer a different distro that already uses a different DE: also very fine; all the more power to you. Diversity is a strength. I personally appreciate many of the new/innovative features. The ones that don't make sense will fall by the wayside, but this is how progress is made.
> "Now I have to REMEMBER all the fucking programs names? WTF?"
You don't have to remember all program names; the application lens in the dash can be filtered by app category. (Click 'filter results'). And you can give all frequently used apps a place in the launcher. (The default icon size is a bit on the large side, so you can reduce that and fit more apps without scrolling)
Of course if you still don't like it then XFCE and LXDE are also very good, and fully supported desktop environments on Ubuntu. Both have a very traditional approach. (Say the Gnome 2 or Windows 95-XP approach.)
I can answer most of those and indicate the improvements made:
> those horrible hiding scroll bars
* You can now mouse-over anywhere on the right side of a window where the scroll bar is adn have the 'scroll handle' pop up. * The scroll handle is also wider. * You can now click and hold the scroll handle to resize the window horizontally.
> auto-showing side bar
* The side bar (launcher) no longer auto-hides. Meaning it also doesn't need to auto-show anymore, or dodge active windows. The option to enable this is still available though. * There are many improvements to handling multiple monitors. You can now specify if you prefer a launcher on a second screen or not.
> couldn't care less about all the "touch screen friendly" features they've added
* This is a common misconception. It is not specifically intended for touch screen use. In fact, the most significant improvements have been made in the keyboard and shortcut interface. You can hit the Super key (Windows key) and start typing to get to just about anything. Also the menu system now has a keyboard feature where you can hit Alt and start typing the first couple of letters of the function you're looking for. These really aren't tablet-friendly features, but features for power users who can keep their hands on the keyboard more. Hold down the Super key for a list of keyboard shortcuts; using them you're amazingly fast.
> how can I *switch off* Unity in 12.04LTS?
Easy. Install the desktop environment of your choice. Good choices would include Gnome 3, XFCE and LXDE. (Can do this in the Software Center application, which also got many improvements. Then when you log in you specify the different DE. It will remember that choice the next time you log in, of course.
Here is a summary of the most obvious improvements. (Audio is a bit iffy, but it's understandable) : http://youtu.be/D6z6hn6wZlg *
Credit where credit is do, it really works very well. It's stable, polished and fast.. And there is some innovative stuff too, such as the keyboard-driven way to access application menus. (Called the HUD: hit Alt and start typing the name of the function.)
Well worth giving it a go. It's borderline Apple quality in terms of the overall experience.
Interestingly, in other countries the intention seems to be to keep this text service around. And the design, with bright colors and blocky graphics is almost cool again..
When I interview someone the topic of family status or any of the other no-no's may come up (if/where applicable). The whole point of an interview is getting to know someone beyond the basics that are already right in front of you on a resume. Not being allowed to do so (if enforceable, which fortunately it isn't) would seriously hurt US competitiveness. Otherwise you end up doing a 'lucky draw' out of a bin of resumes that match basic requirements. Wheel of Fortune HR..
Please explain to me why not having an indicator light is significant. The manufacturer controls how the entire thing is built, so it could also easily build in a function to use the camera but without making any status light come on. As I type this the status light of the camera in my Lenovo laptop is off.. But is the camera off, really?
Bit of a silly article. If you don't like web cams (or any camera) then just say so. Makes no sense to fully trust Logitech but not Samsung or anyone else.
Encore for the tinfoilers: every iPhone comes with one or two cameras. And you really don't know about the software that runs it.
Reply to self, heh.:) As the topic is Windows (8) versus how things work on Linux, and how Linux is better, the following:
Looking at the Ubuntu Unity Start Button (what happens when you hit the Windows/Super key), you can now start typing a couple characters to do stuff or search for stuff. But in Windows, this feature:
- LEARNS which applications are started most often, so when you start typing 'C - A - L' it knows I'm most likely goint to start LibreOffice Calc, not the built-in calculator. - It HIGHLIGHTS the top choice so I know what will happen when I hit ENTER. - If I want the second choice, all I need to do is hit the down-arrow to move to the next hit. In Unity, you need to go 'Down' and then 'Right'. 50% more effort!;) - I can SEARCH from the same box. Facebook gets that. Google gets that. Microsoft clearly got it as far back as when they were working on Vista which is before some of you were born. And not only does it find files, it can find just about anything including e-mails, contacts, etc. In Unity I need to first select my 'lens'. And wven with the File lens selected, it STILL doesn't search when I hit enter, there's a separate search interface hidden in a menu in the Nautilus window. and when I say hidden, I really mean hidden these days, as Unitiy picks the worst of the Mac and Windows worlds by using a global application menu rusted solid in the top of the screen BUT ALSO hides it so I don't see it and don't know where I'm moving my mouse to. And get this, there's a separate lens to select/search for music files. Really? Why do I need to select this first, can't I just start typing 'bob marley' and let the GUI figure out it's not an Excel file? - The start button (yes, I know, it'll be a page soon) serves as a SINGLE place to start. The smug jokes (since 1995) was that also 'shut down' was located there. But guess what, in Unity I need to wonder if I should go to the Unity launcher button, or the cog-wheel icon in the top-right of the screen where there are many things like system settings (the control panel; don't get me started), software updates, 'displays'. (really, can't it just turn it on when I plug in a projector like Windows does), and 'startup applications' (why is that there and not in the system settings / control panel? Why are half the appearance & behavior settings hidden either in Nautilus preferences or in some configuration tool that isn't even installed by default (Compiz Setrings Manager, which by the way manager more than just Compiz basics but also everything that can be configured about the whole Unity interface.)
Anyway, note that this is not an anti Unity rant, as clearly Gnome 2 was a prehistoric interface. It worked well and was stable and predictable, but it's time to move on. Eventually Unity (And Gnome 3) will get it right.
Exactly. It's a little bit ironic also, when the topic is "Linux users were quick to chime in with a hearty 'Linux had that first'", atmittedly not very slashdot-worthy material, but guess what: 576 comments from Linux users saying "Linux had it first", "Linux does it better" and "Command lines are the best things ever."
Ironic. Please, you're better than that. Don't sound like you want to be the Amish of the digital age.
The topic is WINDOWS EIGHT.
Yes, Linux has most cool things first, because they throw new versions over the wall every six months. That's great for enthusiasts, really it is.
And meanwhile the biggest Linux distro is working very hard, as we speak, to ready a Start-button type functioanlity that doubles as search and a way to start applications by beginning to type the first couple of characters. Windows 7 had that, VISTA had that, but you all just thought 'Meh, it's just the Windows 95 Start Button'. And now you're busting your butts to get this one in before the end of April.
A GUI window manager is heavy? Really?
This is 2012; it matters none for anything other than component servers in big clusters.
Linux has to move beyond all this command line stuff. (And it is, to be fair) To the point that a fully functional Linux system is no lighter than a fully functional Windows 7 system, looking at RAM and CPU usage.
Hello, it's 22 light years. It may take up to 22 years to get there, but you don't need to exceed c.
The biggest problem I see is that you fly away from Earth going close to c, you will never communicate with anyone back home.
Or to put that in another way: you will never get any new TV shows. You'd launch mid-season of American Idol and 20 years later you still won't know who won it.
At 22 lightyears, you don't NEED to go faster than light to reach it. Just somewhere close-ish to light-speed will do. So turning physicis on its head is not a requirement. What you do need is a really big jump in technology.;) But that's still a lot more feesible than changing reality as Einstein penned it up.
Before setting off however you would want to make real sure that it's worth it, and the place actually inhabitable. The 4.5 x gravity will likely be the least of your concerns. And it'll take some dedication; you will be spending your life (and your kid's life) in space.
Then you land, you find something that looks half-way intelligent, say 'Take me to your leader" and hope it doesn't eat you on the spot.
So all things considered, I can see why aliens don't bother coming here.
You can run it virtualized forever. Hardware or drivers doesn't matter.
Especially if your main OS is something else non-Windows, then XP is by far the most sensible one to run virtualized to run Windows-only software.
Also, as market-share goes down, there will be fewer malware targeting XP. In a virtual setup used to run MS Project or whatever but no internet browsing, some common sense on which files you open and when running it as a restricted user, it is severely unlikely that malware will be a concern.
I agree it won't be viable 'in the enterprise', but I'm not replacing XP with anything else for personal Windows use. They will have to pry my XP VM from my cold dead hands!;)
The trouble is with the phrase 'your data'. If it is truly _my_ data, say my own personal documents or porn-stash that I only use myself, then I can secure it no matter where it's located. I encrypt the bezeesus out of it, and only I know the keys. Wherever I store it has inherent risks, be it the risk of theft of my physical computer, or the risk of my hosting/cloud company messing with it, or handing it over to governments or other parties. But with the keys, I don't care if they do. [insert the xkcd.com cartoon about getting to my data by beating me with a $5 dollar wrench.]
Security only gets tricky because it's rarely just 'my data'. It's my company/organization's data, and needs to be shared by all kinds of people, with a group of other people responsible for both protecting it and making it available. This makes it tricky, REALLY tricky. In such a complex environment, 'the government' is really the last of my worries. Unless I'm an Iranian scientist.
It seems to me that encryption is still really difficult, and there aren't many offerings available that make it easy to use effectively in any other scnario than my private porn stash. For that, yes, I can have an encrypted file system on my EC2 server, and perhaps a TrueCrypt volume on that, with me accessing the data only through an SSH tunnel, from a screen in my basement, while completely covered by tin-foil lined blanket.
Strange this was modded 'insightful': keep in mind that Voyager was designed to fly past as many planets as possible, a 'grand tour' of the solar system.
It was NOT designed to 'get out of the solar system in a hurry'.
Slashdot Mirror
Here in Iceland I get my TV service through something called "myndlykill"; I don't know the English word for it, but it's a box with a Cat5 on the back that plugs into your hub and downloads channels from the net and yeilds an HDMI signal.
I'd buy that just for the name alone.
They (FB) must have felt it was cheaper to buy the whole company then to litigate about stupid patents and copy rights.
One billion buys a lot of litigation.. And besides, Instagram wouldn't be the only company in the world with any patents related to messing with saturation and hue of a digital image.
That's no moon...
They'll demand you add them as a friend!
No matter; you are aware of Facebook's 'List' feature right?
Just add your boss on the same list as your mom and your wife and any others that shouldn't see what you're really up to. :P
Well, that's not quite the same thing.
With the old Gnome2 menu, you have Accessories, Office, Games, etc. Click once on the menu, and you have all your apps, categorized.
Even a 4-year old can do it (and they do).
But throwing all your apps in a huge list, and then you have to click "94 more installed", and then you have to click on a a filter name, is much more work.
Not only that, but for some reason, the filter uses a logical OR, so that you can't just easily click on one filter or another to browse apps in various categories. Instead of just moving your mouse around to browse apps, you're having to constantly click. So, basically, you're not going to browse. Meaning that the apps list becomes a no-go zone for most users.
I have to agree those are valid points. Maybe an alternative application lens could address those.. (either official or third party)
Could be staking their dwindling future on windows phones.
But if they don't innovate (read port to android and ditch the hardware business) they're doomed.
If they port to Android and ditch the hardware business they're still doomed.
Agreed; I'm quite happy with the 64 bit version though. Not sure why 32 is recommended either.
The launcher doesn't auto-hide anymore in this version. They realized it's more trouble than it's worth. People who actually prefer it can still enable it of course, there's a setting. (Even when auto-hiding and auto-appearing It shouldn't cover any part of an active window though; I believe that was a bug.)
:rolleyes: ;) Well, first of all, nobody is forcing you to do it. I do find it interesting though that everyone who doesn't like newer desktop environments (not just Unity but also Gnome Shell) assumes that 'everyone' hates it. Newsflash: most people really like it; Ubuntu hasn't remained the most widely used Desktop Linux for nothing. (Based on actual browsing stats, not what Distrowatch does, of course.)
Anyway, on to your points:
> Task bar is a must.
Task bars are used to see which apps are running and switch between apps. The Launcher does that; it indicates which apps are running and you can bring a running app into focus. In addition you now have the quick lists on right-click for many apps. It's all rather similar to the Apple Mac dock. (Though some will yell blasphemy at that notion. ;)
> Moving tray items is a must.
Why, actually? In Gnome 2 I spent more time trying to put them back in a sane place on the side after they went walkabout every time I connected an external display and the resolution changed. It was near impossible to just keep them in the same order, in the same place, on the side. Unity does this all by itself; it's a blessing.
> I don't want a tablet look and feel.
It's not a tablet interface. It's actually more keyboard-centric than Gnome 2 was, which forced everyone to go to the mouse quite a lot. Have a look at all the keyboard shortcuts, and how Unity selects what you want with 2-3 keystrokes starting to type the name of an app (in the dash) or a function (in the menu HUD)
> Die, die, die.....Unity...Die.
Well, okay. I'd say you deserve your money back. ;) Bottom line: It's a Free world. If you prefer a different DE: fine. If you prefer a different distro that already uses a different DE: also very fine; all the more power to you. Diversity is a strength. I personally appreciate many of the new/innovative features. The ones that don't make sense will fall by the wayside, but this is how progress is made.
> "Now I have to REMEMBER all the fucking programs names? WTF?"
You don't have to remember all program names; the application lens in the dash can be filtered by app category. (Click 'filter results'). And you can give all frequently used apps a place in the launcher. (The default icon size is a bit on the large side, so you can reduce that and fit more apps without scrolling)
Of course if you still don't like it then XFCE and LXDE are also very good, and fully supported desktop environments on Ubuntu. Both have a very traditional approach. (Say the Gnome 2 or Windows 95-XP approach.)
I can answer most of those and indicate the improvements made:
> those horrible hiding scroll bars
* You can now mouse-over anywhere on the right side of a window where the scroll bar is adn have the 'scroll handle' pop up.
* The scroll handle is also wider.
* You can now click and hold the scroll handle to resize the window horizontally.
> auto-showing side bar
* The side bar (launcher) no longer auto-hides. Meaning it also doesn't need to auto-show anymore, or dodge active windows. The option to enable this is still available though.
* There are many improvements to handling multiple monitors. You can now specify if you prefer a launcher on a second screen or not.
> couldn't care less about all the "touch screen friendly" features they've added
* This is a common misconception. It is not specifically intended for touch screen use. In fact, the most significant improvements have been made in the keyboard and shortcut interface. You can hit the Super key (Windows key) and start typing to get to just about anything. Also the menu system now has a keyboard feature where you can hit Alt and start typing the first couple of letters of the function you're looking for. These really aren't tablet-friendly features, but features for power users who can keep their hands on the keyboard more. Hold down the Super key for a list of keyboard shortcuts; using them you're amazingly fast.
> how can I *switch off* Unity in 12.04LTS?
Easy. Install the desktop environment of your choice. Good choices would include Gnome 3, XFCE and LXDE. (Can do this in the Software Center application, which also got many improvements. Then when you log in you specify the different DE. It will remember that choice the next time you log in, of course.
Here is a summary of the most obvious improvements. (Audio is a bit iffy, but it's understandable) : http://youtu.be/D6z6hn6wZlg
*
Credit where credit is do, it really works very well. It's stable, polished and fast.. And there is some innovative stuff too, such as the keyboard-driven way to access application menus. (Called the HUD: hit Alt and start typing the name of the function.)
Well worth giving it a go. It's borderline Apple quality in terms of the overall experience.
US and Middle East got oil, Europe got gas. God screws over Africa yet again with some muddy water. It's just not fair.
Clippy's back...
"Hi, it looks like you're an idiot. Let me omit all search results that aren't TV or XBox related."
Interestingly, in other countries the intention seems to be to keep this text service around. And the design, with bright colors and blocky graphics is almost cool again..
See this article on the Dutch version, that's been in operation 32 years now. (30 at the time of writing the article). It's Google translated, but it turned out reasonably well: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Fvk%2Fnl%2F2694%2FMedia%2Farticle%2Fdetail%2F986259%2F2010%2F04%2F01%2FTeletekst-is-30-jaar-en-springlevend.dhtml&act=url
When I interview someone the topic of family status or any of the other no-no's may come up (if/where applicable). The whole point of an interview is getting to know someone beyond the basics that are already right in front of you on a resume. Not being allowed to do so (if enforceable, which fortunately it isn't) would seriously hurt US competitiveness. Otherwise you end up doing a 'lucky draw' out of a bin of resumes that match basic requirements. Wheel of Fortune HR..
Please explain to me why not having an indicator light is significant. The manufacturer controls how the entire thing is built, so it could also easily build in a function to use the camera but without making any status light come on. As I type this the status light of the camera in my Lenovo laptop is off.. But is the camera off, really?
Bit of a silly article. If you don't like web cams (or any camera) then just say so. Makes no sense to fully trust Logitech but not Samsung or anyone else.
Encore for the tinfoilers: every iPhone comes with one or two cameras. And you really don't know about the software that runs it.
Next.
Reply to self, heh. :) As the topic is Windows (8) versus how things work on Linux, and how Linux is better, the following:
Looking at the Ubuntu Unity Start Button (what happens when you hit the Windows/Super key), you can now start typing a couple characters to do stuff or search for stuff. But in Windows, this feature:
- LEARNS which applications are started most often, so when you start typing 'C - A - L' it knows I'm most likely goint to start LibreOffice Calc, not the built-in calculator. ;)
- It HIGHLIGHTS the top choice so I know what will happen when I hit ENTER.
- If I want the second choice, all I need to do is hit the down-arrow to move to the next hit. In Unity, you need to go 'Down' and then 'Right'. 50% more effort!
- I can SEARCH from the same box. Facebook gets that. Google gets that. Microsoft clearly got it as far back as when they were working on Vista which is before some of you were born. And not only does it find files, it can find just about anything including e-mails, contacts, etc. In Unity I need to first select my 'lens'. And wven with the File lens selected, it STILL doesn't search when I hit enter, there's a separate search interface hidden in a menu in the Nautilus window. and when I say hidden, I really mean hidden these days, as Unitiy picks the worst of the Mac and Windows worlds by using a global application menu rusted solid in the top of the screen BUT ALSO hides it so I don't see it and don't know where I'm moving my mouse to. And get this, there's a separate lens to select/search for music files. Really? Why do I need to select this first, can't I just start typing 'bob marley' and let the GUI figure out it's not an Excel file?
- The start button (yes, I know, it'll be a page soon) serves as a SINGLE place to start. The smug jokes (since 1995) was that also 'shut down' was located there. But guess what, in Unity I need to wonder if I should go to the Unity launcher button, or the cog-wheel icon in the top-right of the screen where there are many things like system settings (the control panel; don't get me started), software updates, 'displays'. (really, can't it just turn it on when I plug in a projector like Windows does), and 'startup applications' (why is that there and not in the system settings / control panel? Why are half the appearance & behavior settings hidden either in Nautilus preferences or in some configuration tool that isn't even installed by default (Compiz Setrings Manager, which by the way manager more than just Compiz basics but also everything that can be configured about the whole Unity interface.)
Anyway, note that this is not an anti Unity rant, as clearly Gnome 2 was a prehistoric interface. It worked well and was stable and predictable, but it's time to move on. Eventually Unity (And Gnome 3) will get it right.
Exactly. It's a little bit ironic also, when the topic is "Linux users were quick to chime in with a hearty 'Linux had that first'", atmittedly not very slashdot-worthy material, but guess what: 576 comments from Linux users saying "Linux had it first", "Linux does it better" and "Command lines are the best things ever."
Ironic. Please, you're better than that. Don't sound like you want to be the Amish of the digital age.
The topic is WINDOWS EIGHT.
Yes, Linux has most cool things first, because they throw new versions over the wall every six months. That's great for enthusiasts, really it is.
And meanwhile the biggest Linux distro is working very hard, as we speak, to ready a Start-button type functioanlity that doubles as search and a way to start applications by beginning to type the first couple of characters. Windows 7 had that, VISTA had that, but you all just thought 'Meh, it's just the Windows 95 Start Button'. And now you're busting your butts to get this one in before the end of April.
A GUI window manager is heavy? Really? This is 2012; it matters none for anything other than component servers in big clusters. Linux has to move beyond all this command line stuff. (And it is, to be fair) To the point that a fully functional Linux system is no lighter than a fully functional Windows 7 system, looking at RAM and CPU usage.
Hello, it's 22 light years. It may take up to 22 years to get there, but you don't need to exceed c.
The biggest problem I see is that you fly away from Earth going close to c, you will never communicate with anyone back home.
Or to put that in another way: you will never get any new TV shows. You'd launch mid-season of American Idol and 20 years later you still won't know who won it.
Screw that.
At 22 lightyears, you don't NEED to go faster than light to reach it. Just somewhere close-ish to light-speed will do. So turning physicis on its head is not a requirement. What you do need is a really big jump in technology. ;) But that's still a lot more feesible than changing reality as Einstein penned it up.
Before setting off however you would want to make real sure that it's worth it, and the place actually inhabitable. The 4.5 x gravity will likely be the least of your concerns. And it'll take some dedication; you will be spending your life (and your kid's life) in space.
Then you land, you find something that looks half-way intelligent, say 'Take me to your leader" and hope it doesn't eat you on the spot.
So all things considered, I can see why aliens don't bother coming here.
You can run it virtualized forever. Hardware or drivers doesn't matter.
Especially if your main OS is something else non-Windows, then XP is by far the most sensible one to run virtualized to run Windows-only software.
Also, as market-share goes down, there will be fewer malware targeting XP. In a virtual setup used to run MS Project or whatever but no internet browsing, some common sense on which files you open and when running it as a restricted user, it is severely unlikely that malware will be a concern.
I agree it won't be viable 'in the enterprise', but I'm not replacing XP with anything else for personal Windows use. They will have to pry my XP VM from my cold dead hands! ;)
The trouble is with the phrase 'your data'. If it is truly _my_ data, say my own personal documents or porn-stash that I only use myself, then I can secure it no matter where it's located. I encrypt the bezeesus out of it, and only I know the keys. Wherever I store it has inherent risks, be it the risk of theft of my physical computer, or the risk of my hosting/cloud company messing with it, or handing it over to governments or other parties. But with the keys, I don't care if they do. [insert the xkcd.com cartoon about getting to my data by beating me with a $5 dollar wrench.]
Security only gets tricky because it's rarely just 'my data'. It's my company/organization's data, and needs to be shared by all kinds of people, with a group of other people responsible for both protecting it and making it available. This makes it tricky, REALLY tricky. In such a complex environment, 'the government' is really the last of my worries. Unless I'm an Iranian scientist.
It seems to me that encryption is still really difficult, and there aren't many offerings available that make it easy to use effectively in any other scnario than my private porn stash. For that, yes, I can have an encrypted file system on my EC2 server, and perhaps a TrueCrypt volume on that, with me accessing the data only through an SSH tunnel, from a screen in my basement, while completely covered by tin-foil lined blanket.
And I'd STILL be worried about my mum walking in.
Strange this was modded 'insightful': keep in mind that Voyager was designed to fly past as many planets as possible, a 'grand tour' of the solar system.
It was NOT designed to 'get out of the solar system in a hurry'.