What was needed was a piece of pure fantasy. Suddenly there sprang into his mind, ready made as it were, the image of a certain Comrade Ogilvy, who had recently died in battle, in heroic circumstances. There were occasions when Big Brother devoted his Order for the Day to commemorating some humble, rank-and-file Party member whose life and death he held up as an example worthy to be followed. Today he should commemorate Comrade Ogilvy. It was true that there was no such person as Comrade Ogilvy, but a few lines of print and a couple of faked photographs would soon bring him into existence......Comrade Ogilvy, unimagined an hour ago, was now a fact. It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living ones. Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar.
Although the concept of wanting to make hacking impossible in time is a commendable one,despite the near comedic boast of Microsoft. I wish them luck in this,and it's luck they will need,because the enemy they face is not merely "hackers",but...
Human Nature.
For every person trying to achieving the mythic "Good Thing",to bring to the world something useful and wonderful,pouring their time energy and sweat in pursuit of some happy dream of an idea,for every person trying to contribute to the betterment of their fellow human...
There are a thousand assholes who will break,hurt,interfere with,muddle,malign,and oppose anyone not because it will benefit themselves,not because of misconceived righteous indignation,not with tangable reason.
But because it's F-U-N. Grief play. Entertaining to make the worms wriggle when you are only a worm yourself.Sad,true.But it might be possible to drag these muck dwellers to the shores of enlightment by making such acts of hacking punishable like real crimes.Theft is theft,sabotage sabotage.Throw enough of them in jail and maybe the rest might take the hint.
I'm wondering if this Gail Cooke is a real person at all. Remember David Manning of The Ridgefield Press? That was the Make-Believe Movie Reviewer that Sony created to give their films glowing reviews.The internet breeds such things.
I am reminded of a section of George Orwell's 1984 where Whinston Smith (the protagonist) has to rewrite a bit of history and decides to create a dead hero to be the subject of Big Brother's rant instead of the commitee long since dismantled.
"What was needed was a piece of pure fantasy. Suddenly there sprang into his mind, ready made as it were, the image of a certain Comrade Ogilvy, who had recently died in battle, in heroic circumstances. There were occasions when Big Brother devoted his Order for the Day to commemorating some humble, rank-and-file Party member whose life and death he held up as an example worthy to be followed. Today he should commemorate Comrade Ogilvy. It was true that there was no such person as Comrade Ogilvy, but a few lines of print and a couple of faked photographs would soon bring him into existence.... Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar.
I think the most amazing thing about these stories is that people are at these internet cafes for DAYS at a time and noone notices or cares.86 hours is literally half a week.I guess the managers who run these internet cafes will happily let you wallow in your own filth as long as they get paid by the hour.
Slashdot Mirror
What was needed was a piece of pure fantasy. Suddenly there sprang into his mind, ready made as it were, the image of a certain Comrade Ogilvy, who had recently died in battle, in heroic circumstances. There were occasions when Big Brother devoted his Order for the Day to commemorating some humble, rank-and-file Party member whose life and death he held up as an example worthy to be followed. Today he should commemorate Comrade Ogilvy. It was true that there was no such person as Comrade Ogilvy, but a few lines of print and a couple of faked photographs would soon bring him into existence......Comrade Ogilvy, unimagined an hour ago, was now a fact. It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living ones. Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar.
:)
George Orwell,1984
Although the concept of wanting to make hacking impossible in time is a commendable one,despite the near comedic boast of Microsoft. I wish them luck in this,and it's luck they will need,because the enemy they face is not merely "hackers",but...
Human Nature.
For every person trying to achieving the mythic "Good Thing",to bring to the world something useful and wonderful,pouring their time energy and sweat in pursuit of some happy dream of an idea,for every person trying to contribute to the betterment of their fellow human...
There are a thousand assholes who will break,hurt,interfere with,muddle,malign,and oppose anyone not because it will benefit themselves,not because of misconceived righteous indignation,not with tangable reason.
But because it's F-U-N. Grief play. Entertaining to make the worms wriggle when you are only a worm yourself.Sad,true.But it might be possible to drag these muck dwellers to the shores of enlightment by making such acts of hacking punishable like real crimes.Theft is theft,sabotage sabotage.Throw enough of them in jail and maybe the rest might take the hint.
Or maybe not.It's Human Nature after all.
I'm wondering if this Gail Cooke is a real person at all. Remember David Manning of The Ridgefield Press? That was the Make-Believe Movie Reviewer that Sony created to give their films glowing reviews.The internet breeds such things.
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I am reminded of a section of George Orwell's 1984 where Whinston Smith (the protagonist) has to rewrite a bit of history and decides to create a dead hero to be the subject of Big Brother's rant instead of the commitee long since dismantled.
"What was needed was a piece of pure fantasy. Suddenly there sprang into his mind, ready made as it were, the image of a certain Comrade Ogilvy, who had recently died in battle, in heroic circumstances. There were occasions when Big Brother devoted his Order for the Day to commemorating some humble, rank-and-file Party member whose life and death he held up as an example worthy to be followed. Today he should commemorate Comrade Ogilvy. It was true that there was no such person as Comrade Ogilvy, but a few lines of print and a couple of faked photographs would soon bring him into existence.
Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar.
Pogo said it best:
"We have met the enemy and they is us."
I think the most amazing thing about these stories is that people are at these internet cafes for DAYS at a time and noone notices or cares.86 hours is literally half a week.I guess the managers who run these internet cafes will happily let you wallow in your own filth as long as they get paid by the hour.