Whether or not his point is wrong is completely disconnected from that terrible example. The quality of that comparison is rather like how a peanut compares to a car.
I am guilty of assuming that this new video processing unit operates under the mobile environment. But it seems a fair assumption, being that there are no Android PCs.
And I'd wager that if not now, it will be able to in the near future.
I think this is one of your strengths - you don't seem to particularly like RPGs, but you intend to hire people that do. That's a good feature for the leadership to have. You ought to be able to counter-balance any starry-eyed optimism with actually business sense.
Best of luck to you sir.
It's times like these where I wish I had explored that English degree instead of doing IT...:)
Both of those things give entirely different experiences. There will be plenty of people who prefer casual games on a phone screen, there will be plenty who prefer high-resolution fancy graphics displayed on their big TV with a control system more flexible than a touch screen, and there will be many who enjoy both depending on what they're in the mood for.
Both of these things GAVE different experiences, before today. Now one device can give both experiences.
When you're out and about, you're playing Candy Crush, making calls, updating your Facebook.
When you get home you plug it in to charge and it wirelessly associates with your $500 TV, your custom controllers, and your $300 sound system. Then you break out the Call of Duty 14 or Madden 26.
When you go out to dinner later with the wife, you pop the thing back in your pocket. If you're still jones-ing for that adrenaline fix you pop back into that shooter and get a few quick kills.
Remember when that Asus guy said 'wearable computers are our future' and everyone mocked him. Seems odd today in the face of Glass and other wearables rushing to market. Well, this is like that. Android is going to be able to do everything you want, and soon. It's cheap and loosely controlled, and it does everything you want. Did I mention it does everything you want?
While I do agree with the first thought (why worry if you can't change it), I have to point out that your second doesn't follow. Here's your list:
jobs, debt, destruction of currency (gov't caused inflation), destruction of your freedoms.
Jobs are a function of the economy, and unless you're Warren B, I don't think you can individually do much. Maybe you can start a business and hire a few people. Kind of like buying a Prius. You get to feel like you're helping, and by way of a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction, you probably are.
Debt is a fact of life for most people, and inescapable for most of our governments world wide. These days they talk about reducing the deficit, which only means less debt. But the debt is assured. Now as an individual you can avoid going into debt, probably, but there are arguments for and against doing so. And your personal net worth isn't exactly a 'change the world' thing in most cases.
Destruction of currency falls pretty much along the lines of that above.
Freedoms can be defended as an individual, but they're going to make you a martyr for taking such action. It probably isn't recommended.
Anyway, those are all horrible examples of what an individual should worry about. Maybe next time go with 'try not to be a dick to people', 'drive safely', and 'help each other out'. Those are not only attainable, but also have Prius-size impacts on the planet as a whole.
"The reassuring part is that public key infrastructure is still OK when done properly, since the NSA is still working so hard to defeat it."
Unfortunately, 'when done properly' must include 'never using an American entity for key generation, storage, or distribution.' We have every reason to believe the NSA has muscled their way into possession of the master keys, Re: Lavabit. So if you're doing business with any type of PKI vendor who might be compelled to comply with a FISA court order, followed by a gag order, you might rethink it.
Remember when every browser in the world switched to the panic pages about a 'non-trusted' key?
Your strawman here is trying to paint me as the NSA. I am not the NSA. I do not feel any need to justify anything they have done, rape or otherwise.
Instead I am hoping to get your expectations adjusted towards reality. The NSA would justify any and all of the above to see to their continued existence, unless an acceptable scapegoat could be found, or some other maneuver used to deflect the blame away from the agency.
They're not going to go "Oops, you caught me!" and just roll over. Anyone who'd be that dumb wouldn't have passed their job interview.
None of that is in any way relevant to their need/desire to have rules against sharing classified information with non-NSA parties.
They have rules. They must enforce them if they want to remain an organization. Otherwise they're just a bunch of people who happen to be in the same building. It is in their best interests to see their own future beyond tomorrow.
This really isn't that hard to grasp.
Whether or not their activities are Constitutional (they're not, per at least one judge), whether or not they have warrants (they do, or could easily have any they wanted from their rubber-stamp court), and whether or not we let them get away with it are ALL IRRELEVANT to the topic at hand.
Even the smallest corporation with employees has an employee handbook. And in it are rules about not giving away company secrets to outsiders.
Congress passes laws which are enacted to create organizations, like the NSA or HHS. The actual conduct of these is up to the executive branch, unless Congress specifies the exact rules to be used.
If you think Congress actually authorizes each and every page of their employee handbook, you're insane.
I already pointed out how the people's interests and the NSA's interests do not align.
I'd also point out that the NSA is not a democracy any more than the IRS, the FBI, or the military.
Assuming those in the NSA want there to continue to be an NSA, they will have rules and will seek to enforce them.
Speculating about an NSA that won't defend itself indicates that you're poorly equipped to participate in reforming the organization. "Know thy enemy" and all that.
I think that's the only way the quote makes sense: there must be some central authority. All people are children who cannot be trusted. Adulthood is never achieved.
It's batshit crazy to me, but it helps to understand your opposition.
While I agree, it seems Europe is in this mess as deep as the US. In point of fact, the data trading between countries has allowed the US to circumvent our 4th Amendment by subcontracting domestic spying to our allies.
BRIC is the future world power, my friends. And we are powerless to stop it. But hey, at least we'll all have shitty health insurance that we're forced to buy!
"Motti: Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they've obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it.
Vader: Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."
Sometimes it's more about resisting than conquest.
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Whether or not his point is wrong is completely disconnected from that terrible example. The quality of that comparison is rather like how a peanut compares to a car.
I am guilty of assuming that this new video processing unit operates under the mobile environment. But it seems a fair assumption, being that there are no Android PCs.
And I'd wager that if not now, it will be able to in the near future.
Henry Ford was an electrical engineer.
Steve Jobs was a circuit board technician.
Orville and Wilbur Wright ran a bicycle shop.
And so on, and so on, and so on.
I think this is one of your strengths - you don't seem to particularly like RPGs, but you intend to hire people that do. That's a good feature for the leadership to have. You ought to be able to counter-balance any starry-eyed optimism with actually business sense.
Best of luck to you sir.
It's times like these where I wish I had explored that English degree instead of doing IT... :)
Something that everyone seems to be missing here - the portable device is able to out perform the consoles.
So, why even have a console, in that world?
Both of those things give entirely different experiences. There will be plenty of people who prefer casual games on a phone screen, there will be plenty who prefer high-resolution fancy graphics displayed on their big TV with a control system more flexible than a touch screen, and there will be many who enjoy both depending on what they're in the mood for.
Both of these things GAVE different experiences, before today. Now one device can give both experiences.
When you're out and about, you're playing Candy Crush, making calls, updating your Facebook.
When you get home you plug it in to charge and it wirelessly associates with your $500 TV, your custom controllers, and your $300 sound system. Then you break out the Call of Duty 14 or Madden 26.
When you go out to dinner later with the wife, you pop the thing back in your pocket. If you're still jones-ing for that adrenaline fix you pop back into that shooter and get a few quick kills.
Remember when that Asus guy said 'wearable computers are our future' and everyone mocked him. Seems odd today in the face of Glass and other wearables rushing to market. Well, this is like that. Android is going to be able to do everything you want, and soon. It's cheap and loosely controlled, and it does everything you want. Did I mention it does everything you want?
I don't understand how people fail to grok this.
While I do agree with the first thought (why worry if you can't change it), I have to point out that your second doesn't follow. Here's your list:
jobs, debt, destruction of currency (gov't caused inflation), destruction of your freedoms.
Jobs are a function of the economy, and unless you're Warren B, I don't think you can individually do much. Maybe you can start a business and hire a few people. Kind of like buying a Prius. You get to feel like you're helping, and by way of a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction, you probably are.
Debt is a fact of life for most people, and inescapable for most of our governments world wide. These days they talk about reducing the deficit, which only means less debt. But the debt is assured. Now as an individual you can avoid going into debt, probably, but there are arguments for and against doing so. And your personal net worth isn't exactly a 'change the world' thing in most cases.
Destruction of currency falls pretty much along the lines of that above.
Freedoms can be defended as an individual, but they're going to make you a martyr for taking such action. It probably isn't recommended.
Anyway, those are all horrible examples of what an individual should worry about. Maybe next time go with 'try not to be a dick to people', 'drive safely', and 'help each other out'. Those are not only attainable, but also have Prius-size impacts on the planet as a whole.
Surely he's the first to disgrace fandom?
"The reassuring part is that public key infrastructure is still OK when done properly, since the NSA is still working so hard to defeat it."
Unfortunately, 'when done properly' must include 'never using an American entity for key generation, storage, or distribution.' We have every reason to believe the NSA has muscled their way into possession of the master keys, Re: Lavabit. So if you're doing business with any type of PKI vendor who might be compelled to comply with a FISA court order, followed by a gag order, you might rethink it.
Remember when every browser in the world switched to the panic pages about a 'non-trusted' key?
Probably just a coincidence.
That's probably because bankers aren't government employees. Rather the opposite is true.
Your strawman here is trying to paint me as the NSA. I am not the NSA. I do not feel any need to justify anything they have done, rape or otherwise.
Instead I am hoping to get your expectations adjusted towards reality. The NSA would justify any and all of the above to see to their continued existence, unless an acceptable scapegoat could be found, or some other maneuver used to deflect the blame away from the agency.
They're not going to go "Oops, you caught me!" and just roll over. Anyone who'd be that dumb wouldn't have passed their job interview.
No sir, they'll go down fighting.
None of that is in any way relevant to their need/desire to have rules against sharing classified information with non-NSA parties.
They have rules. They must enforce them if they want to remain an organization. Otherwise they're just a bunch of people who happen to be in the same building. It is in their best interests to see their own future beyond tomorrow.
This really isn't that hard to grasp.
Whether or not their activities are Constitutional (they're not, per at least one judge), whether or not they have warrants (they do, or could easily have any they wanted from their rubber-stamp court), and whether or not we let them get away with it are ALL IRRELEVANT to the topic at hand.
Even the smallest corporation with employees has an employee handbook. And in it are rules about not giving away company secrets to outsiders.
Again, not in any way hard to grasp.
Congress passes laws which are enacted to create organizations, like the NSA or HHS. The actual conduct of these is up to the executive branch, unless Congress specifies the exact rules to be used.
If you think Congress actually authorizes each and every page of their employee handbook, you're insane.
The executive branch makes 99.9% of its own rules. This is just civics.
And you wouldn't support the NSA screwing you over, but you should ABSOLUTELY EXPECT the NSA to support that. Don't be dense.
I already pointed out how the people's interests and the NSA's interests do not align.
I'd also point out that the NSA is not a democracy any more than the IRS, the FBI, or the military.
Assuming those in the NSA want there to continue to be an NSA, they will have rules and will seek to enforce them.
Speculating about an NSA that won't defend itself indicates that you're poorly equipped to participate in reforming the organization. "Know thy enemy" and all that.
Yes, yes, yes. Freedom rules, etc. All of that is off topic to my post.
We were discussing the relative intelligence (or lack therein) of the NSA's decision not to ignore how Snowden violated their rules.
My response points out how this is poor logic, from a psychological point of view.
You're right on many points, but as it stands, the NSA has every reason to persecute Snowden. It's a deterrent.
If he gets pardoned then leaks become more likely in the future. If he gets executed, on the other hand, they'll be less likely.
So in simple 'less work for us to do' terms, the NSA really does need to take a toughguy stance on leakers.
We the people, on the other hand, have exactly the opposite interest.
Okay, fine, in the hypothetical (but maybe not so far away future) - wouldn't this be a significant change to how the global economy functions?
Particularly should the materials recycling concepts gain traction, like this one -
http://www.appropedia.org/Recyclebot_v2.3
In that world, you won't even use a whole lot of new plastic. Kid's toy breaks; grind said up and print replacement.
Seems significant.
So 3D printing is reaching critical mass, that much is clear.
What will this do to our economy, where we no longer need to buy anything but printer supplies?
E.g. What happens to China's economy, and how will they respond?
What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
I think that's the only way the quote makes sense: there must be some central authority. All people are children who cannot be trusted. Adulthood is never achieved.
It's batshit crazy to me, but it helps to understand your opposition.
Since you seem to have identified the problem, please update us once you have resolved it.
While I agree, it seems Europe is in this mess as deep as the US. In point of fact, the data trading between countries has allowed the US to circumvent our 4th Amendment by subcontracting domestic spying to our allies.
BRIC is the future world power, my friends. And we are powerless to stop it. But hey, at least we'll all have shitty health insurance that we're forced to buy!
"Motti: Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they've obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it.
Vader: Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."
Sometimes it's more about resisting than conquest.
The remedy to unwanted speech is speech. And only speech. Any other efforts go towards some purpose other than remedying unwanted speech.