You're right. It's not. CS is Computer SCIENCE. CS is a synthesis of mathematics and engineering. It has nothing to do with administration of any network or system. It's about algorithms, the study of efficiency, the theory of computation. What you're looking for is something along the lines of Computer Information Systems.
This reminds me of when the government gave the film industry an ultimatum: censor yourselves or we'll censor you. (Note that film was not protected under the 1st amendment at that point in time.)
The film industry realized it would be folly to give the government such an absurd power, so the MPPDA (Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors of America) was instituted to censor films. For the next 40 years, many great works were created that had to be slashed to bits because of this, but eventually this stark oppression was eliminated and replaced with the ratings codes we have today (G, PG, PG-13, etc.)
The government is giving the tech industry a similar ultimatum: secure or be regulated. If history is any indication, the industry will promote security to avoid government control. I think the government's reasoning is flawed, and I think the idea of de-facto outlawing of open APs is foolish, but I'd prefer this sort of self-regulation to government regulation any day.
The zealots in our government won't be there forever, and if we can appease them while they are there--meanwhile fighting them and disseminating the American ideals of freedom to the sleeping populace--then perhaps someday we can open up our APs once again.
Or maybe I'm just a foolish idealist with no grasp on reality. I suppose that's it, so I'll go slink back to my my cave.
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Perhaps what we need isn't a single application per se, but rather a paradigm wherein the average joe doesn't need to realize that he's using multiple applications. To be honest, I think MS does a good job in the way they've streamlined UIs: if you know how to work one program, you know how to work another--programs with "creative" interfaces notwithstanding--simply because you've seen all those buttons and doohickies before. If the process of using a computer could be likewise streamlined, it could make computing so much more accessible to the digitally inept. I don't, however, think that MS is the company to do it: I don't trust their business practices enough. But I think the idea is healthy.
What I never quite gathered about the mars meteorite thing--we're talking about the one they made all that hubbub about a few years ago, right?--was how they could determine that any life was extraterrestrial in nature, and not just something that happened to crawl onto from here on Earth.
(But I am quite curious, so do tell me if you know anything.)
Actually, a lot of car modifications are illegal. There are tons of exhaust and intake things that you can't do, such as removing your catalytic converter, and depending on your State, there may even be other restrictions.
You're right, and that's where the problem comes from:
If the PDA is constantly broadcasting, then it's easy as pie, but it's not secure.
If the PDA is/not/ constantly broadcasting, then it's too inconvenient to be worthwhile: you'll have to go through some sort of a process to enable it which, which, if it's to be safe enough to not be accidentally enabled while in your pocket, is going to take just as long as getting out a business card.
Because fingerprints require the ability to read and intrepret biometric information, which is more complicated than simply reading and processing a digital signal.
But you make a great point. There definitely does need to be some sort of biometric authentication for things that truly do need be secure, such as one's home.
I was in Borders here in Greensboro a few days ago looking for the Summer 2600. According to their periodicals list, they do still carry it, but they were supposedly out by the time I got there. Good to know that the B&N carries 'em. Thanks.
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You're right. It's not. CS is Computer SCIENCE. CS is a synthesis of mathematics and engineering. It has nothing to do with administration of any network or system. It's about algorithms, the study of efficiency, the theory of computation. What you're looking for is something along the lines of Computer Information Systems.
This reminds me of when the government gave the film industry an ultimatum: censor yourselves or we'll censor you. (Note that film was not protected under the 1st amendment at that point in time.)
The film industry realized it would be folly to give the government such an absurd power, so the MPPDA (Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors of America) was instituted to censor films. For the next 40 years, many great works were created that had to be slashed to bits because of this, but eventually this stark oppression was eliminated and replaced with the ratings codes we have today (G, PG, PG-13, etc.)
The government is giving the tech industry a similar ultimatum: secure or be regulated. If history is any indication, the industry will promote security to avoid government control. I think the government's reasoning is flawed, and I think the idea of de-facto outlawing of open APs is foolish, but I'd prefer this sort of self-regulation to government regulation any day.
The zealots in our government won't be there forever, and if we can appease them while they are there--meanwhile fighting them and disseminating the American ideals of freedom to the sleeping populace--then perhaps someday we can open up our APs once again.
Or maybe I'm just a foolish idealist with no grasp on reality. I suppose that's it, so I'll go slink back to my my cave.
Perhaps what we need isn't a single application per se, but rather a paradigm wherein the average joe doesn't need to realize that he's using multiple applications. To be honest, I think MS does a good job in the way they've streamlined UIs: if you know how to work one program, you know how to work another--programs with "creative" interfaces notwithstanding--simply because you've seen all those buttons and doohickies before. If the process of using a computer could be likewise streamlined, it could make computing so much more accessible to the digitally inept. I don't, however, think that MS is the company to do it: I don't trust their business practices enough. But I think the idea is healthy.
What I never quite gathered about the mars meteorite thing--we're talking about the one they made all that hubbub about a few years ago, right?--was how they could determine that any life was extraterrestrial in nature, and not just something that happened to crawl onto from here on Earth.
(But I am quite curious, so do tell me if you know anything.)
Actually, a lot of car modifications are illegal. There are tons of exhaust and intake things that you can't do, such as removing your catalytic converter, and depending on your State, there may even be other restrictions.
You're right, and that's where the problem comes from:
/not/ constantly broadcasting, then it's too inconvenient to be worthwhile: you'll have to go through some sort of a process to enable it which, which, if it's to be safe enough to not be accidentally enabled while in your pocket, is going to take just as long as getting out a business card.
If the PDA is constantly broadcasting, then it's easy as pie, but it's not secure.
If the PDA is
I see troubles with this.
Because fingerprints require the ability to read and intrepret biometric information, which is more complicated than simply reading and processing a digital signal.
But you make a great point. There definitely does need to be some sort of biometric authentication for things that truly do need be secure, such as one's home.
I was in Borders here in Greensboro a few days ago looking for the Summer 2600. According to their periodicals list, they do still carry it, but they were supposedly out by the time I got there. Good to know that the B&N carries 'em. Thanks.