Read the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton".
Got the goods on someone? Upload them to Dead Man Zero, set the timer, and then go squeeze the victim. The victim won't retaliate as they then won't be able to stop the disclosure.
Upload all your incriminating evidence to who knows where, and then leave enough contact information for them to determine if you are dead or not? Ummm yeah....no.
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks this sounds like a fiendishly clever way for the NSA to quickly weed out 95% of the wack-jobs out there that style themselves as the next Edward Snowden so they could devote their efforts to tracking the truly competent activists.
I could also see these wackjobs getting an email at their AOL accounts soon afterwards worded something like this:
Dear Dead Man Zero Subscriber,
Thank you for uploading to Dead Man Zero!
We're watching.
Have a Nice Day!
The NSA
Anybody truly paranoid and knowledgeable would not touch this with a 10 ft pole.
It's not the total count (but thousands of people dead sucks) but the *rate* of infection that is freaking people out. It is picking up speed. That's bad.
We're looking at 10^3 *reported* cases, and this is currently uncontained, so who knows how many are bleeding out of their orifices in single apartments, unreported.
The bigger an infection gets, the harder it is to stop. So yeah, you want to freak out early and try to put the fire out quick by putting a lot of assets on the scene.
And, by the way, there are regions of the U.S. (yes, 'Murika!) where washing of the dead is a burial ceremony. Don't say that it can't possibly happen here. It can if you tempt fate enough times.
NASA would be very happy to let SpaceX build a heavy lift booster for them. Really.
The only reason SLS exists is to keep the congresscritters from the former shuttle supply chain districts happy. That's it. NASA is desperately trying to keep funding going, and they ain't interested in pissing that money away on designing big dumb rockets, but politics says that they must to survive. Rockets are rapidly becoming a commercial technology, which is a good thing.
NASA would be very happy to buy rockets from Elon Musk and/or whoever else can put up competing articles. NASA would much rather be doing and spending its hard-fought budget on things that they do well, pushing the envelope on technologies for hard problems, like getting our asses to Mars, and science missions.
Exactly this. The culture that I have often seen (particularly in publicly traded companies) is that to actively think about and research a problem and kill it for once and for all is always perceived as too expensive and is frowned upon.
It's apparently far cheaper to just muddle along with a problem for years and years and years. Or at least until the company tanks.
In turn, this culture is a motivation killer, as initially ambitious employees will have their proposals shot down again and again, and so they either leave or just shrug their shoulders resignedly and Facebook all day, just keeping the illusion of productivity alive.
In Google's future, I should be able to buy a self-driving car.
In the post-peak oil future, my car will be electric, powered by summer breezes and sunbeams.
So...as a logical extension, I should be able to sit in the back of my Google shaggin' wagon with a case of beer and a bed, and happily stress test the shocks with my missus on a 800 mile road trip in my Electric Love Wagon without giving a thought about anything else.
Right Google? Well, hell with you Google, get your engineers on this pronto! I'll be a beta tester.
Nah, why go through all that bother of making speeches, kissing babies, and politicking? Just buy the candidates and then yank on their shorthairs so they vote for you, mischief managed!
Japanese martial art traditions describe a similar concept of mushin ("no mind") where actions are achieved intuitively without active thought.
At some level, most* achieve this for basic tasks. You don't need to actively think about each muscle contraction and joint movement when you walk, or type on a keyboard, etc.. A lifetime of repeating these activities has trained the brain to minimize expenditure during these tasks.
The same goes for sports, martial arts, anything requiring extensive training to master.
* but some people do, those with sensory or physical impairments.
Yeah, iPads are something like $300-$400 new (I don't know exactly, but hectobucks for sure). Handing thousands of them out seems generous and all, even if they are sold at a discount.
Apple (and other companies) are smart to try to be the first one to have their technology put in front of young people. Once the kids get hooked on the brand, many will stick with the brand for life.
Take the OP summary and replace the word "iPad" with "pack of Marlboro cigarettes" and see how this all hits you. It really is they same type of "hook 'em young" advertising that Big Tobacco got slammed for doing.
Hopefully these future technology consumers are learning something through the process.
A rudimentary spell checker in the posting mechanism would probably kill off half of the grammar-Nazi posters on Slashdot. But Dice would lose eyeballs doing that, so it ain't gonna happen.
Besides, the l337 h4x0r2 script kiddies would get booted too. Boo hoo!
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God, just be done with it and convert it to horsepower per barn. That was good enough back in the day. Damned kids.
Read the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton". Got the goods on someone? Upload them to Dead Man Zero, set the timer, and then go squeeze the victim. The victim won't retaliate as they then won't be able to stop the disclosure.
Klaatu barada nikto!
Anybody truly paranoid and knowledgeable would not touch this with a 10 ft pole.
So you are going to raise a generation of teenagers with no physical outlets except martyrdom for Allah?
Thanks for providing future targets for Lockheed-Martin products!
Sincerely,
A U.S. Taxpayer.
Needs mod points. Well put.
It's not the total count (but thousands of people dead sucks) but the *rate* of infection that is freaking people out. It is picking up speed. That's bad.
We're looking at 10^3 *reported* cases, and this is currently uncontained, so who knows how many are bleeding out of their orifices in single apartments, unreported.
The bigger an infection gets, the harder it is to stop. So yeah, you want to freak out early and try to put the fire out quick by putting a lot of assets on the scene.
And, by the way, there are regions of the U.S. (yes, 'Murika!) where washing of the dead is a burial ceremony. Don't say that it can't possibly happen here. It can if you tempt fate enough times.
Ewww...gross.
I'm waiting for the Windows Knock-Off-The-Bells-n-Whistles-Bullshit-And-Let-Us-Get-Work-Done Edition myself.
NASA would be very happy to let SpaceX build a heavy lift booster for them. Really.
The only reason SLS exists is to keep the congresscritters from the former shuttle supply chain districts happy. That's it. NASA is desperately trying to keep funding going, and they ain't interested in pissing that money away on designing big dumb rockets, but politics says that they must to survive. Rockets are rapidly becoming a commercial technology, which is a good thing.
NASA would be very happy to buy rockets from Elon Musk and/or whoever else can put up competing articles. NASA would much rather be doing and spending its hard-fought budget on things that they do well, pushing the envelope on technologies for hard problems, like getting our asses to Mars, and science missions.
Exactly this. The culture that I have often seen (particularly in publicly traded companies) is that to actively think about and research a problem and kill it for once and for all is always perceived as too expensive and is frowned upon.
It's apparently far cheaper to just muddle along with a problem for years and years and years. Or at least until the company tanks.
In turn, this culture is a motivation killer, as initially ambitious employees will have their proposals shot down again and again, and so they either leave or just shrug their shoulders resignedly and Facebook all day, just keeping the illusion of productivity alive.
Hmm,
Edward Snowden's professed mission in life is to enable secure, anonymous internet communications.
Edward Snowden's visa in Russia has expired.
Now this.
Snowden is on thin ice, I think. Where could he possibly go from Russia, except for a dark hole in GitMo?
Cancer of the anus! I hope!
Probably why they are Mothers in the first place.
Right Google? Right?
In Google's future, I should be able to buy a self-driving car.
In the post-peak oil future, my car will be electric, powered by summer breezes and sunbeams.
So...as a logical extension, I should be able to sit in the back of my Google shaggin' wagon with a case of beer and a bed, and happily stress test the shocks with my missus on a 800 mile road trip in my Electric Love Wagon without giving a thought about anything else.
Right Google? Well, hell with you Google, get your engineers on this pronto! I'll be a beta tester.
Nah, why go through all that bother of making speeches, kissing babies, and politicking? Just buy the candidates and then yank on their shorthairs so they vote for you, mischief managed!
Japanese martial art traditions describe a similar concept of mushin ("no mind") where actions are achieved intuitively without active thought.
At some level, most* achieve this for basic tasks. You don't need to actively think about each muscle contraction and joint movement when you walk, or type on a keyboard, etc.. A lifetime of repeating these activities has trained the brain to minimize expenditure during these tasks.
The same goes for sports, martial arts, anything requiring extensive training to master.
* but some people do, those with sensory or physical impairments.
(holds pinkie to corner of mouth).."one *TRILLION* Becquerel!" (uproarious laughter from nuclear engineers)
And Milton could set the building on fire before he leaves.
Lovely plumage though.
Yeah, iPads are something like $300-$400 new (I don't know exactly, but hectobucks for sure). Handing thousands of them out seems generous and all, even if they are sold at a discount.
Apple (and other companies) are smart to try to be the first one to have their technology put in front of young people. Once the kids get hooked on the brand, many will stick with the brand for life.
Take the OP summary and replace the word "iPad" with "pack of Marlboro cigarettes" and see how this all hits you. It really is they same type of "hook 'em young" advertising that Big Tobacco got slammed for doing.
Hopefully these future technology consumers are learning something through the process.
Hmm, adding technology that allows the driver to focus their attention on what is going on in the back seat rather than the road? What could go wrong?
They need a "Sit Down and Shut-Up" package - 5 point restraints and ball-gags for the kids in the back seat.
Pretty much anything entered online == stolen.
Amirite?
Aw yeah, I'm right.
Ha ha, CAPTCHA is "redesign"
I'm both an engineer and have served America in the USAF for many years.
Learn some manners or get out of MY country.
A rudimentary spell checker in the posting mechanism would probably kill off half of the grammar-Nazi posters on Slashdot. But Dice would lose eyeballs doing that, so it ain't gonna happen.
Besides, the l337 h4x0r2 script kiddies would get booted too. Boo hoo!