I was just going to say.. Oxygen seems like the first step towards the type of "interface" used in Minority Report.. moving files with hands/fingers, navigating through data with gestures and voice, etc. Pretty amazing, I say.
you're right on target.. I just saw it myself..
I wouldn't compare it with A.I, which I liked as well, because they're quite different. This one is more profound, I think.
I can't write much.. I'm still stoned..
Did you actually go see the movie? How the fuck do you know what kind of message it sends?
Do yourself a favour, spend that 8 bucks or whatever, and go see it.. then elaborate as to whether "(...) those in power in Warshington will see this as the WAVE OF THE FUTURE! SAFTEY IS FREEDOM (...)"..
atrow writeth:
(...) In all previous cases I am aware of, ISP's do not give out personal information about a user without first being served with a subpoena. This is no worse than the restrictions we have had on wiretapping and eavesdropping for the past 50 or so years, so I don't see any reason for anyone to get upset about this. If you aren't breaking the law, then you have nothing to worry about, and your information will remain private in the hands(...) .. by the same mentality, one might argue John Ashcroft can look up your anus.. NO?!.. why, do you have something to hide?
your skewed idea of privacy will certainly make your life easier in the increasingly United Police States of America
Home Secretary David Blunkett has admitted he blundered over plans dubbed a "snooper's charter" to give a raft of public bodies in the UK access to private e-mail and mobile phone records.
The proposals are to be put on hold indefinitely in the face of huge opposition, which the home secretary conceded his department totally failed to predict. (...)
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I was just going to say.. Oxygen seems like the first step towards the type of "interface" used in Minority Report.. moving files with hands/fingers, navigating through data with gestures and voice, etc. Pretty amazing, I say.
you're right on target.. I just saw it myself.. I wouldn't compare it with A.I, which I liked as well, because they're quite different. This one is more profound, I think.
I can't write much.. I'm still stoned..
Did you actually go see the movie? How the fuck do you know what kind of message it sends? Do yourself a favour, spend that 8 bucks or whatever, and go see it.. then elaborate as to whether "(...) those in power in Warshington will see this as the WAVE OF THE FUTURE! SAFTEY IS FREEDOM (...)"..
atrow writeth: (...) In all previous cases I am aware of, ISP's do not give out personal information about a user without first being served with a subpoena. This is no worse than the restrictions we have had on wiretapping and eavesdropping for the past 50 or so years, so I don't see any reason for anyone to get upset about this. If you aren't breaking the law, then you have nothing to worry about, and your information will remain private in the hands(...)
.. by the same mentality, one might argue John Ashcroft can look up your anus .. NO?! .. why, do you have something to hide?
your skewed idea of privacy will certainly make your life easier in the increasingly United Police States of America
Home Secretary David Blunkett has admitted he blundered over plans dubbed a "snooper's charter" to give a raft of public bodies in the UK access to private e-mail and mobile phone records.
The proposals are to be put on hold indefinitely in the face of huge opposition, which the home secretary conceded his department totally failed to predict. (...)
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/news