As an aside, why is it that everybody assumes the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes crap is a setup for his and her movie promotion, but do NOT assume the same is true for Brad and Angie? Is it because everybody "knows" Tom is gay and a nutjob while everyone also "knows" that Brad and Angie are hot?
Of course - and presumably that backup is in an even more secure place - like your safe deposit box.
If corporations want people to take care of security, find a way to force them to attach corporate security to their own security, about which they are naturally concerned. (In other words, putting a password on a Note-It on or near your computer is grounds for instant dismissal.)
Actually the nanobots will disassemble your shit IN your bowels and recycle the component chemicals to cure the cancer in your bowels as well...:-)
That is, until you're transmogrified into a Transhuman who doesn't shit - because he doesn't eat - at all.
Drexler said he'd be describing nanotech applications in contexts that would in fact be rendered obsolete by nanotech. Few people noticed that sentence.
I'd say Doc Savage bordered on being superhuman - I mean, he did kill a bear with his hands in one novel! I don't know of any human who could do that, with the very possible exception of karate master Mas Oyama - and then only if he got lucky.
But you're correct, he preceded Batman by five years (1933) while The Shadow preceded him by eight years (1931).
It's writing them down and pasting them ON THE FUCKING COMPUTER THE PASSWORD APPLIES TO!
If you store them in your wallet and your wallet gets stolen, you'll KNOW IT and can change the passwords long before they represent a risk - because your wallet is more important to you than your passwords (unless you're the President or system administrator of something really valuable to YOU.)
I don't know why every computer doesn't come with a connector that accepts devices which hold your encrypted passwords. Oh, wait, they do - it's called USB and USB thumbdrives. (Okay, some old machines maybe don't have USB - upgrade!)
Lose your thumbdrive? Put it in your wallet. You won't lose that unless you're a real moron or get pickpocketed a lot.
Hint: don't use a regular wallet, use an ankle holster or neck holster. I got pickpocketed on the Number 38 Geary bus in SF (notorious for pickpockets), so I got a neck case to hold my cards and money. It could hold a thumbdrive, too. Only problem is it looks funny under my shirt...
Yes, and the point I make is that being human can be reflected by contemplating what it might mean NOT to be human - either by being inhuman, as in horror stories, or superhuman, as in comics, or nonhuman, as in sci-fi alien and technology stories.
Humans DO seek to transcend human limitations, or at least subconsciously understand that they are limited by being human. This is the origin of the "original sin" concept - being human IS "original sin" because we have limitations - we are not divine. The early Gnostics in general were devoted to transcending human limitations and becoming, not worshipping, divinities.
This is the origin of the concept of transhumanization, or "transhumanar" in the Greek, which was later applied to theories of human transformation by Sir Julian Huxley, and hence to future technology by F.M. Esfandiary, and hence to "Transhumanism."
The genre of superhero comics is merely the modernization of ancient myths based on that same basic human desire.
The point is that there IS no such thing as "divinity" except in human terms. Vague references to the "omniscient omnipotent" Christian god are basically fluff, despite its emotional effects on (some of) its believers.
The pagan gods were much more comprehensible to most people because there were directly related to the human condition. But they were also considered divinities and feared much more than the amorphous Christian god because they were directly related to natural phenomena such as storms which could affect humans directly.
The same applies to comic book characters. They are comprehensible because they interact directly with humans, while having powers that far exceed even the most highly developed human being. They are not amorphous "First Causes" or whatever.
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"you start getting passed around like a jar of cheese dip at a late night slumber party."
That makes me feel so much better...
But, hey, I'd live with it.
MODERATORS! Mod this "Insightful"!
As an aside, why is it that everybody assumes the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes crap is a setup for his and her movie promotion, but do NOT assume the same is true for Brad and Angie? Is it because everybody "knows" Tom is gay and a nutjob while everyone also "knows" that Brad and Angie are hot?
You live around San Francisco?
"not even if she can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch."
Aahh - NAAAH!
Nobody said you had to marry her just because she can do that.
But you DO want her to do that.
SEE?
THIS is why we don't get girls!
EVERY discussion turns into a language, coding style, OS or CPU flamewar!
This is modded "funny", but it should be modded "Insightful".
Moderators on crack again...
Actually, the article indicates the real reason: we're desperate, so we're grateful!
All I needed to know it would be in the bottom five.
Who needs a math formula?
Of course - and presumably that backup is in an even more secure place - like your safe deposit box.
If corporations want people to take care of security, find a way to force them to attach corporate security to their own security, about which they are naturally concerned. (In other words, putting a password on a Note-It on or near your computer is grounds for instant dismissal.)
Actually the nanobots will disassemble your shit IN your bowels and recycle the component chemicals to cure the cancer in your bowels as well...:-)
That is, until you're transmogrified into a Transhuman who doesn't shit - because he doesn't eat - at all.
Drexler said he'd be describing nanotech applications in contexts that would in fact be rendered obsolete by nanotech. Few people noticed that sentence.
Actually the appropriate response is:
"Yes, Master. I pledge myself to your teachings."
(I just saw Star Wars.)
Well, I don't want to denigrate sci-fi or horror genres - except to note that comics do those as well.
As Don Rickles would say, "Let me put it to you another way!"
Your ass is grass, monkeys. This exoskeleton is nothing compared to what nanotech enhancements will allow.
when I see this guy pick up an AMERICAN girl instead of a tiny Japanese girl! A FAT American girl!
He'll probably pay the guy from the Gates Foundation assets and call it a "charitable contribution" on his taxes.
That would be like him.
I'd say Doc Savage bordered on being superhuman - I mean, he did kill a bear with his hands in one novel! I don't know of any human who could do that, with the very possible exception of karate master Mas Oyama - and then only if he got lucky.
But you're correct, he preceded Batman by five years (1933) while The Shadow preceded him by eight years (1931).
It's writing them down and pasting them ON THE FUCKING COMPUTER THE PASSWORD APPLIES TO!
If you store them in your wallet and your wallet gets stolen, you'll KNOW IT and can change the passwords long before they represent a risk - because your wallet is more important to you than your passwords (unless you're the President or system administrator of something really valuable to YOU.)
I don't know why every computer doesn't come with a connector that accepts devices which hold your encrypted passwords. Oh, wait, they do - it's called USB and USB thumbdrives. (Okay, some old machines maybe don't have USB - upgrade!)
Lose your thumbdrive? Put it in your wallet. You won't lose that unless you're a real moron or get pickpocketed a lot.
Hint: don't use a regular wallet, use an ankle holster or neck holster. I got pickpocketed on the Number 38 Geary bus in SF (notorious for pickpockets), so I got a neck case to hold my cards and money. It could hold a thumbdrive, too. Only problem is it looks funny under my shirt...
His handle is "Sheetrock" - as in, "smart as..."
Nope.
OTOH I have long advocated doing away with the distinction between OS and app - an app should just be something else the system knows how to do.
Unfortunately, until we have conceptual processing and knowledgebases instead of apps, this is not feasible.
No.
Jeff must be a
They did more than that - they counted the entire cost of the Wang word processor used to produce the document!
You can wait at least several minutes to go from one page to the next...
Yes, the first Shadow story appeared in 1931, and the first Batman comic in 1939, according to a Google search.
Yes, and the point I make is that being human can be reflected by contemplating what it might mean NOT to be human - either by being inhuman, as in horror stories, or superhuman, as in comics, or nonhuman, as in sci-fi alien and technology stories.
Humans DO seek to transcend human limitations, or at least subconsciously understand that they are limited by being human. This is the origin of the "original sin" concept - being human IS "original sin" because we have limitations - we are not divine. The early Gnostics in general were devoted to transcending human limitations and becoming, not worshipping, divinities.
This is the origin of the concept of transhumanization, or "transhumanar" in the Greek, which was later applied to theories of human transformation by Sir Julian Huxley, and hence to future technology by F.M. Esfandiary, and hence to "Transhumanism."
The genre of superhero comics is merely the modernization of ancient myths based on that same basic human desire.
The point is that there IS no such thing as "divinity" except in human terms. Vague references to the "omniscient omnipotent" Christian god are basically fluff, despite its emotional effects on (some of) its believers.
The pagan gods were much more comprehensible to most people because there were directly related to the human condition. But they were also considered divinities and feared much more than the amorphous Christian god because they were directly related to natural phenomena such as storms which could affect humans directly.
The same applies to comic book characters. They are comprehensible because they interact directly with humans, while having powers that far exceed even the most highly developed human being. They are not amorphous "First Causes" or whatever.