Exactly. There are many who play games like this because they want to escape their surroundings and live, for a while, in another time/place/reality. It's escapism, a vacation.
RDR2 is the closest thing we have to a real Westworld right now. Sure, there's a story line and objectives so you can still consider it a game. But that's just to support the real purpose, which is to live as a cowboy for a while.
Agreed. Considering this in the context of "cyberweapon", many weapons have been poorly designed and/or rushed into service, so this may be par for the course.
I haven't looked at the code myself, but I would imagine that having a small footprint, both in terms of size and resources, is key to running undetected. Cutting corners, minimal encryption... those could be considered advantages here.
Supposing you could walk at a speed equal to Earth's rotation (you're in really, really great shape!), the equator (or really, anywhere except very near the poles) could be an answer. Walking westward at that speed, you'd counter Earth's easterly rotation. You'd end up in a different spot in relation to the planet's surface, but be in the same position relative to space. And space is what really matters at this job, right?
So if they have access to the source code, does this mean that the NSA is speaking authoritatively when they say Huawei's routers do have backdoors for the Chinese govt?
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Exactly. There are many who play games like this because they want to escape their surroundings and live, for a while, in another time/place/reality. It's escapism, a vacation.
RDR2 is the closest thing we have to a real Westworld right now. Sure, there's a story line and objectives so you can still consider it a game. But that's just to support the real purpose, which is to live as a cowboy for a while.
Agreed. Considering this in the context of "cyberweapon", many weapons have been poorly designed and/or rushed into service, so this may be par for the course. I haven't looked at the code myself, but I would imagine that having a small footprint, both in terms of size and resources, is key to running undetected. Cutting corners, minimal encryption... those could be considered advantages here.
Supposing you could walk at a speed equal to Earth's rotation (you're in really, really great shape!), the equator (or really, anywhere except very near the poles) could be an answer. Walking westward at that speed, you'd counter Earth's easterly rotation. You'd end up in a different spot in relation to the planet's surface, but be in the same position relative to space. And space is what really matters at this job, right?
So if they have access to the source code, does this mean that the NSA is speaking authoritatively when they say Huawei's routers do have backdoors for the Chinese govt?