Re:The Transparent Society
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I haven't read the book yet. Although, I did have the pleasure of hearing David Brin speak at a banquet for the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Workshop this week. One theme I walked out with was: deterrence only goes so far; we as a society need resilience. Quite a powerful message at a National Lab whose primary task in National Security (yea, deterrence.)
The M$ eula only restricts the EXPORT of their products to "any person or entity"... "utilizing the Product"... "in the production of nuclear"... "weapons"... So, if you're working for the US government on nuclear weapon simulations using a Microsoft product, it is ok (with respect to legal issues).
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I haven't read the book yet. Although, I did have the pleasure of hearing David Brin speak at a banquet for the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Workshop this week. One theme I walked out with was: deterrence only goes so far; we as a society need resilience. Quite a powerful message at a National Lab whose primary task in National Security (yea, deterrence.)
The M$ eula only restricts the EXPORT of their products to "any person or entity" ... "utilizing the Product" ... "in the production of nuclear" ... "weapons"... So, if you're working for the US government on nuclear weapon simulations using a Microsoft product, it is ok (with respect to legal issues).