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GPG vs. PGP?
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GPG looks very cool, but it has one major problem, at least for me - a lack of implementations for us *other* OS users - you know, MacOS? (i guess Windows too, but that doesn't bother _me_ as much:) That may change with OSX, as it might be fudged to compile, but i find it rather annoying that no-one has bothered to write a non-*nix client. So i stick with the less-secure and fewered-features, but at least i get a GUI that works:)
Then again, you don't see me writing any code, so i can't complain too much:)
This isn't actually about X but instead about alternate input - because while ergonomic keyboards help reduce muscle strain, as do wrist pads for keyboards and mice, they're all corrections for a fundamental problem: That your hands and arms are staying in the same place for long periods of time, and so any error in posture just keeps hurting you.
Of course, our bodies are built to be hurt and strained all day, but when you're at the computer for multiple hours a day, it can add up to "Syndromes". What we need are methods of input that let us take those "20 minute breaks" whenever we stop to think - imagine if when you had to think about something for 5 or 10 seconds, you could unconciously stretch and move to make the motion less repetititve. Stretch your imagination even further, and imagine being able to type with your hands whereever you want them to be.
What i'm thinking of, of course, are data gloves. Gloves can sense where your fingers are relative to your hands, and also provide force feedback (potentially anywhere on your hands, not just fingertips). Combine them with goggles, and a projected keyboard can be put under your hands in whatever layout you want; want more macro keys? Put them in. Want the keyboard split in half, so you can keep your hands apart? Easy. Want to be able to customize the keyboard and relabel keys for efficiency while playing games? No problem.
As for the mouse, lose it. With gloves, you can use small finger movements to direct the cursor, and while that will take some getting used to, wil be great once you do (like Dvorak, interestingly enough:). And as we go further into 3D workspaces, gloves became even more necessary, but my point here is that we aren't very far away from this technology. And if you combine this with voice commands and input, your whole body will sigh its relief.:)
One impartant thing you're missing - the other reason we rarely see smart criminals is that most smart people can find better things to do in life than crime - crime is incredibly high risk, low stability, and hard to raise a family on. You don't get health care or retirement benefits, and finding a normal job later on is difficult at best. Not to say that there aren't smart criminals; just that there are fewer than you might think.
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GPG looks very cool, but it has one major problem, at least for me - a lack of implementations for us *other* OS users - you know, MacOS? (i guess Windows too, but that doesn't bother _me_ as much :) That may change with OSX, as it might be fudged to compile, but i find it rather annoying that no-one has bothered to write a non-*nix client. So i stick with the less-secure and fewered-features, but at least i get a GUI that works :)
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Then again, you don't see me writing any code, so i can't complain too much
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This isn't actually about X but instead about alternate input - because while ergonomic keyboards help reduce muscle strain, as do wrist pads for keyboards and mice, they're all corrections for a fundamental problem: That your hands and arms are staying in the same place for long periods of time, and so any error in posture just keeps hurting you.
:). And as we go further into 3D workspaces, gloves became even more necessary, but my point here is that we aren't very far away from this technology. And if you combine this with voice commands and input, your whole body will sigh its relief. :)
Of course, our bodies are built to be hurt and strained all day, but when you're at the computer for multiple hours a day, it can add up to "Syndromes". What we need are methods of input that let us take those "20 minute breaks" whenever we stop to think - imagine if when you had to think about something for 5 or 10 seconds, you could unconciously stretch and move to make the motion less repetititve. Stretch your imagination even further, and imagine being able to type with your hands whereever you want them to be.
What i'm thinking of, of course, are data gloves. Gloves can sense where your fingers are relative to your hands, and also provide force feedback (potentially anywhere on your hands, not just fingertips). Combine them with goggles, and a projected keyboard can be put under your hands in whatever layout you want; want more macro keys? Put them in. Want the keyboard split in half, so you can keep your hands apart? Easy. Want to be able to customize the keyboard and relabel keys for efficiency while playing games? No problem.
As for the mouse, lose it. With gloves, you can use small finger movements to direct the cursor, and while that will take some getting used to, wil be great once you do (like Dvorak, interestingly enough
One impartant thing you're missing - the other reason we rarely see smart criminals is that most smart people can find better things to do in life than crime - crime is incredibly high risk, low stability, and hard to raise a family on. You don't get health care or retirement benefits, and finding a normal job later on is difficult at best.
Not to say that there aren't smart criminals; just that there are fewer than you might think.