And the fascist corporatists need the police state to ensure the continued vassalage of the underclass. I'll take Bob LaFollette or FDR over Mussolini any time.
As long as any government or criminal has the will and resources to break a security system, it will. This is a 100% certainty. Obfuscation, encryption, and ambiguity merely annoy and inconvenience the bastards. Nothing will stop them except political and/or law enforcement action. Attempts at technical solutions are just bumps in the yellow brick road.
Given the above, we should be skeptical (OK, cynical) enough to see proposals and products that pretend to solve the problem as just marketing crappola. Somebody is trying to sell something. In this case. RMS is proposing a hurricane-proof fart catcher. Good luck with that.
Whether it is corporate shills in climate change denial or religionists diluting science with creationism and imaginary divinity, the inescapable conclusion is that the willful ignorance and in-grained avarice of politicians will surely be the death of us all.
I never said it didn't form a test, and I would not hesitate to imply that original thinking in pondering the unknown is always intrinsically more important than endlessly testing the ostensibly "known". Of course, YMMV.
The real importance of such observations and discoveries lies not in their ability to test existing hypothesis but in furthering our ability to form new ones.
What an amazing visionary! Envisioning the implosion of a corrupt, bankrupt police state? Brilliant! Most populous country on Earth is in the ascent? Wizard! Robots becoming more useful? Astounding perception!
The average Mechanics Illustrated article is just about as precognitive.
Coming soon to a Ruling near you: in the spirit of Citizens United, he Roberts court is currently teetering on the edge of classifying all political donations as free speech, regardless of source or amount. Watch for it.
Thanks to our dear friends at the NSA, law enforcement will soon have the ability to override the destination selection of autonomous cars and have any driver/passenger they wish promptly delivered to a convenient jail or donut shop.
I guess "Cryptogeddon" is only a matter of time. Once Wall Street and the big cartels and crime syndicates have everything, everyone's credit rating will drop to bugger all, and thus the credit-based economies, along with the banks and the governments they own, will collapse.
Except that all those inventions and innovations were created by a tiny percentage (scientists and engineers) of the general population, at the behest and to the advantage of an even tinier percentage, our capitalist overlords. The average American is dumb as a post. By design.
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Hush, don't confuse them with EE jargon.
Rightly so.
And the fascist corporatists need the police state to ensure the continued vassalage of the underclass.
I'll take Bob LaFollette or FDR over Mussolini any time.
I'm sure many glass users will wind up in operating rooms for trauma treatment and rectal extractions.
When the hackers are the police (NSA, GCHQ, w/e) the only real solution is in fact a political one.
As long as any government or criminal has the will and resources to break a security system, it will. This is a 100% certainty. Obfuscation, encryption, and ambiguity merely annoy and inconvenience the bastards. Nothing will stop them except political and/or law enforcement action. Attempts at technical solutions are just bumps in the yellow brick road.
Given the above, we should be skeptical (OK, cynical) enough to see proposals and products that pretend to solve the problem as just marketing crappola. Somebody is trying to sell something. In this case. RMS is proposing a hurricane-proof fart catcher. Good luck with that.
Whether it is corporate shills in climate change denial or religionists diluting science with creationism and imaginary divinity, the inescapable conclusion is that the willful ignorance and in-grained avarice of politicians will surely be the death of us all.
Every conceivable adapter, gender-bender, splitter, and breakout box under the sun.
Guiding principle: For every connector form, there is an equal and opposite requirement.
I never said it didn't form a test, and I would not hesitate to imply that original thinking in pondering the unknown is always intrinsically more important than endlessly testing the ostensibly "known". Of course, YMMV.
The real importance of such observations and discoveries lies not in their ability to test existing hypothesis but in furthering our ability to form new ones.
Stasi Police Dragnet.
Coming soon to a fully-integrated nationwide real time tracking, private records collection, and surveillance system near you.
To fight drug abuse, arrest paedophiles, stop terrorists, and...right?
Beat me to it. There is no government program more money can't fix, right?
AT&T is a shameless hooker?
Bending over for any Government agency who pays out?
Yes.
The sound of the Last Obama Fan On Slashdot's forehead hitting the desk.
What an amazing visionary! Envisioning the implosion of a corrupt, bankrupt police state? Brilliant! Most populous country on Earth is in the ascent? Wizard! Robots becoming more useful? Astounding perception!
The average Mechanics Illustrated article is just about as precognitive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A_YPFvC-C_E
Coming soon to a Ruling near you: in the spirit of Citizens United, he Roberts court is currently teetering on the edge of classifying all political donations as free speech, regardless of source or amount. Watch for it.
Bribery wants to be free!
Thanks to our dear friends at the NSA, law enforcement will soon have the ability to override the destination selection of autonomous cars and have any driver/passenger they wish promptly delivered to a convenient jail or donut shop.
I love technology!
I guess "Cryptogeddon" is only a matter of time. Once Wall Street and the big cartels and crime syndicates have everything, everyone's credit rating will drop to bugger all, and thus the credit-based economies, along with the banks and the governments they own, will collapse.
I'm making popcorn. This ought to be good.
I really couldn't give a fsck what one government does to another government. They all suck.
What I DO care about is my own corrupt, power-mad government spying on me and my fellow citizens as if we are all suspect.
No, we're surprised that shills keep posting "we already knew this" and thinking they're clever.
Brawndo! It's got electrolytes.
MBA degrees. ftfy
What has more straw men and fantasy than a Wizard of Oz theme party? Your post.
Except that all those inventions and innovations were created by a tiny percentage (scientists and engineers) of the general population, at the behest and to the advantage of an even tinier percentage, our capitalist overlords. The average American is dumb as a post. By design.