27% might actually use encryption someplace. Probably it is more like 1% that use encryption properly.
I don't know how many times I will see a laptop sitting on a desk, all encrypted up, all tight and secure and shit, and happily backing up to an external unencrypted hard drive each night that is sitting right next to it on the desk.
Perfect example of how statistic lie, and how IT policy is so easily circumvented. It also shows how much stupid/silly IT policy is created, that only marginally does what it is designed to do because it was created in a vacuum.
I would totally play an Ewok. Through for a class I would have to probably pick Jedi Knight, with dual wielding light sabers.
If you want to see a storm trooper drop a load in his battle armor, let him see an dual wielding light saber Jedi Ewok coming at him. I mean they handed the trooper's their asses using small stones, and sticks. Just imagine what they could do with proper training and equipment... the sky is the limit!
So your saying this is all supposed to be happening in a single solar system? That is pretty stupid, though it does make having to travel through reaver space more reasonable, as I never understood that in the movie.
Yeah I remember the Lassiter episode, and I am not buying that particular BS. They said the same thing for Starship Troopers, that it was cheaper, and more efficient so that is what they used.
What I am saying, is if you have Frickin' FTL tech you sure as shit know how to make cheap laser pistols or whatever you want to make up.
Personally I like the DUNE rational better for going low tech. Make up another technology (Personal Shields, or Holtzman Shields) which don't play nice with lasers, and you obsolete (and ban) the new tech and have to resort to old tech. I can buy that excuse.
That has ALWAYS been a problem and like ALWAYS will be a problem until our technology has advanced.
Star Trek solved it by inventing techo-babble and magic.
You can spot the same problem with Firefly, why the heck to they have 6 guns and FTL? Because it is fun and a TV show, so STFU.
The same problem was with Starship Troopers... I mean your going through the all the hassle of flying halfway across the universe using FTL, then you land on a planet and shit things with rifles and shotguns.... not exactly high tech.
On the other side of things, one thing that these shows always drop the ball on and ignore is relativistic time likely for a simplified plot. However when reading books like the "Forever War" or "Old Mans War", I aways liked the part where these people are leaving behind everyone they know or care about to travel the stars, as they would be dead and gone in relative time. Maybe too depressing for some...
I don't know I still disagree with the first part. That may be how it works in principle, but I am saying it should not, and it isn't right (not right as in factual, but right as in fair).
As to the last part, I believe contract law works the same way here. If it is an unreasonable contract it will not hold up in law, and most EULA's I have read are complete garbage. Like buy opening this package and reading this EULA I agree to give my first born son to the Sony Corporation for servitude for no less than 21 years, etc...
Technically I could "extract" some teeth by punching someone in the mouth or a similar traumatic impact or accident.
The best as I can describe it (and this one all of one tooth), was that the had me lie down, and froze the bajesus out of my face.
They then put a cloth over my eyes (so as to not get tooth chunks in them? I suspect simply so I could not see and panic), but I could still see out at a hard angle looking straight down.
The dentist kept saying "your going to feel a little pressure..." and I am not sure I would call it pressure, or little.
They basically used a thing that looked like a wood chisel with a slimmer blade and all metal, and a freaking mallet.
Occasionally the blade would get stuck in the gum/tooth or more likely the bone, and he would have to work it back and forth to free it so that he could attack it again.
They had a nurse with suction, and a towel on my chest for stuff which got pretty bloody.
After that they drilled a hole in my jaw, which aside from the vibration through my skull and the smell of burning me wasn't too bad. They they took a bone matrix or lattice and stuffed the hole with that to strengthen the jaw at that point. That also was not a big deal, mostly him shoving it in there with his fingers and applying a lot of pressure. They then stitched me up... which was awesome, because I knew they were done with me!
The reason why this is big news is that some people (mostly old people) who get knocked out, never wake up again, and it has little to do with the surgery itself but with the drug induced unconsciousness. Having a method or ability to do this without knocking someone completely out would reduce risk for those in the high risk to die while under. This is why you always have to sign a consent form when getting a general. I had some oral surgery a couple of years ago in my late 20's and I still had to sign a bunch of stuff that says I am aware of the risks and that I might die from being knocked out, and please do not have your relations sue us if that is the case. Now if your in your 80's and have the same procedure, it might be better to keep you awake during the procedure.
(I was awake for the "tooth extraction" which translates to the most horrific medieval hammer and fscking chisel, and horrible horrible sounds and pressures you do not want to remember. So when it came time for the "tooth implant" I decided to get knocked the heck out. It cost me an extra 300$ bucks I think, but I was not going through that nightmare again. Not sure if it was as bad, but I wasn't taking any chances. If I had to do it again, I would have had them knocked me out for the "extraction" and would recommend anyone who has to get a tooth implant in this fashion do the same.)
However when I read the title I envisioned the surgeon performing open heart surgery on himself while awake... now that would take some balls!
OK you got me on the private network. I meant as in Personal Network, as it in belongs to me, and is not publicly owned. The equipment is owned privately, and exists in my private home.
Secondly... SO? if a judge gets a warrant for the ISP, they can for me also. If that is the way of things, perhaps they should actually make a LAW that details the information you need to keep on people that use your network... Simply saying you are liable for anything on it is BS.
The police don't have to assume anything.
As far as I am aware no telecommunications LAW exists that says that I have to do anything, nor one that says that I am responsible for everything. If there is an actual law out there I would be interested to read it. Please post. Particularly if it is Canadian. I may be mistaken and I just am not aware of it...
It is all just EULA's, policy, assumptions, etc... none of which should pertain to that I should get charged with something someone else did on my network.
(EULA may be a legally binding contract depending on the content. However like any contract it doesn't cover illegal activities. Like I can make a contract with you to kill you, sorry that is still murder, contracts are not law, nor to they supersede it. I once had a lawyer tell me that you can put all the disclaimers you like, however it doesn't trump law, though it may help in interpretation, such as intent. So for example I can say, we will keep none of your information private. All that means is that the user has no expectation of privacy, which may help to make the argument to be able to release it, however we may still be obligated to keep the information private due to the legal interpretation.)
If that model makes sense, then ultimately the ISP is liable for whatever you access, or let other people access. If the ISP isn't the actual communication company, then it would figure that the phone/cable/sat company that gave access to the ISP, who gave access to you, who gave access to anybody, is also liable.
Personally I think it makes a better defense than anything else, as how can they prove it was you, when it could have been anyone that accessed your network?
To use a car analogy (because I can!), if I leave the keys to my car in the ignition and it is sitting on my driveway, and some idiot decides to take it for a joy ride while I am at work, and runs over someone, does that make ME liable/responsible for that death? No it doesn't not in any court in the world, which is why someone should challenge this silliness. That is to say, I didn't give someone permission to take my car, they just did, and it wasn't me running people down, that was, you know, a criminal...
I did not give you permission to use my network, I simply do not have it secure. The only analogy I can think of that makes sense in this was is if you treat the internet like a Gun. If I don't secure my gun, which I am LEGALLY OBLIGATED to (like in there is a LAW that says I actually have to, specifically), and someone gets that gun and kills someone, then yes, likely some liability and responsibility is there. However there is nothing like this for networks. There might be a EULA, that says something, but no one reads those, most wouldn't really hold up in court anyway, and they are not law in any sense of the word.
Anyway this interpretation that you are totally responsible for anything that happens on your private network ticks me off. Not to mention as previously pointed out, anyone with an ounce of knowlege can get around the usual methods to "secure" your network in about 2min if someone really wanted to (which mostly no one does). The whole situation is silly.
I am sorry when I hear stuff like this, I think either A) They are idiots, B) They think everyone else is Idiots, or C) Both.
Its just like some jerk will argue about streaming video over the internet, and how that is OK because you are not storing the data, only "streaming it". Wrong. If you are using it, you are storing it. The software you are using may discard it after x about of time has elapsed, or you may not see it, etc... but it is there somewhere. If someone wants to exploit that, breaking the system is only as hard as how it was designed in the first place.
They can either have standardized protocols within system, and/or business policy to ensure the data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed, but then again, what is "deleted" and what is "no longer needed", and both of those assume no abuse which I think given the subject will defiantly occur.
Anyway all of this is just a PR campaign to get the plebs settleded down and walking in formation into the cattle cars. The specs and the details will be whatever they think they can get people to believe.
Though this whole thing reminds me of the movie Total Recall (I think that was the one) where Arnold got chased through security, and passes by an "x-ray" screen which shows him and his security pursuers as skeletons as well as the weapons they are carrying. Interestingly enough, the plot is about terrorists (freedom fighters) on mars and was released in 1990. I guess 2084 became a reality a little sooner than expected.
(Presumably they went with xrays because they either didn't know of another technology, or they figured whats a little more radiation, then your already getting hit hard on mars anyway, or that the skelly's were easier to swallow than semi nude obscured bodies.)
Another response I have to people that say this stuff yet I never do (because I don't want to be mean), was that perhaps I have a life other than work, and maybe that is why your wife left you, you never see your kids, and you have no life.
Seriously, leave work to work hours, life is too short.
Some people make the argument about more money. My response is perhaps my time is worth more to me than yours is to you then.
I got a CS degree, and I was required to take a whole bunch of math courses. Which I think is bunk. I mostly work with information systems as a disclaimer, but other than your usually high school math, the only stuff I use even remotely regularly is perhaps 1st and 2nd year statistics (which by the way is boring as hell, with possibly the exception of probability as you can use it for gambling). The rest of it, I mean it is somewhat useful as back ground material, but I doubt I have ever used Calc or Linear Algebra for anything. I took Binary Algebra also, and while interesting, it was more computer science than it was math. Most the math that I took I would say has been useless to me, and I could have better benefited from additional CS courses or perhaps the ability to take additional electives to generalize a bit more.
CS unless you are doing it for academia, or a really hardcore field, really depends on what you are doing with it. If I hiring someone to write code for a physics program, having some advanced math might be useful, however having a more advanced understanding of Physics would likely be even more useful. Heck having a Philosophy course on logic might help some people more. Anyway I think all the math requirements they have for CS are a bit much in most cases. I know I feel I could have saved myself a lot of work in university (math and I were not friends) and directed it elsewhere more useful.
Nothing ticks me off more than watching coworkers have a pissing match about how much overtime they put in and how much they come in on the weekend to work. The then look down on me for actually sticking to scheduled work hours, like I am not working hard enough or something. I always feel like saying, the reason is I don't waste time all day screwing around and I get my stuff done on time. If I can't it is because I have been assigned more work that is reasonable, or a deadline that is unattainable. In some instances I will work OT or on weekends if I feel it was an unavoidable and only the occasional thing. More often than not, the reason is some other douchebag is holding things up by wasting time, or not being organized, and I don't see how that is my problem. I will deal with work during work hours, and there is always more work to be done.
Anyway, a bit of a sore spot with me. I never actually say it, but the reason some of these people need to work 12 hours of their weekend (supposedly, as no one else is there) is because they don't work efficentially during normal work hours. I love how in our culture this is looked upon as being good, all the while these people collect either more money or time in lieu of for their efforts, while those that are able to handle their assigned tasks in a more reasonable manner are looked down upon, and are thought to not have the same work ethic. Nothing could be farther than the truth.
I am always reminded of the Seinfeld episode where Castanza figures out, that if he acts like he is angry and busy all day, people will leave him alone, and assume he is working hard thus allowing him to screw off. I see people pulling this everyday and the Manager buying it hook line and sinker.
OK I will give you telepaths and breaches of privacy (ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD!), however clairvoyants are another matter.
They read the future. It hasn't happened yet. How can they be accused of anything that hasn't even happened yet?
It would have been interesting if they looked at that angle in Minority Report. Of course you start to get into some pretty circular logic. Like how can you get a warrant in advance to see the future. My mind just exploded.
As someone who does PLAN to buy a new phone in the next 6 months, what is the basic difference between the top 3 that would make it an advantage over another?
iPhone Blackberry Droid
I have done a bit of research, and I realize the the Droid and Blackberry phones will come in different flavors and thus different capabilities, which is likely part of their appeal. Anyway having never owned a smart phone before, I am wondering what features each have that would be the "deal breaker" for me. I know Blackberry (typically) has a tactile keyboard while the iPhone does not, and that many prefere that, though perhaps that is merely preference. What other large differences do these platforms have, and what do each really excel at?
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Seriously though they could use the logo from his shirt...
I believe this is called the "Do as we say, and not as we do" principle...
27% might actually use encryption someplace. Probably it is more like 1% that use encryption properly.
I don't know how many times I will see a laptop sitting on a desk, all encrypted up, all tight and secure and shit, and happily backing up to an external unencrypted hard drive each night that is sitting right next to it on the desk.
Perfect example of how statistic lie, and how IT policy is so easily circumvented. It also shows how much stupid/silly IT policy is created, that only marginally does what it is designed to do because it was created in a vacuum.
I would totally play an Ewok. Through for a class I would have to probably pick Jedi Knight, with dual wielding light sabers.
If you want to see a storm trooper drop a load in his battle armor, let him see an dual wielding light saber Jedi Ewok coming at him. I mean they handed the trooper's their asses using small stones, and sticks. Just imagine what they could do with proper training and equipment... the sky is the limit!
OK I guess I assumed FTL in Firefly.
So your saying this is all supposed to be happening in a single solar system? That is pretty stupid, though it does make having to travel through reaver space more reasonable, as I never understood that in the movie.
Yeah I remember the Lassiter episode, and I am not buying that particular BS. They said the same thing for Starship Troopers, that it was cheaper, and more efficient so that is what they used.
What I am saying, is if you have Frickin' FTL tech you sure as shit know how to make cheap laser pistols or whatever you want to make up.
Personally I like the DUNE rational better for going low tech. Make up another technology (Personal Shields, or Holtzman Shields) which don't play nice with lasers, and you obsolete (and ban) the new tech and have to resort to old tech. I can buy that excuse.
Not sure if I got the names exactly right, but I loved both when I was younger, and both could be rebooted successfully.
That has ALWAYS been a problem and like ALWAYS will be a problem until our technology has advanced.
Star Trek solved it by inventing techo-babble and magic.
You can spot the same problem with Firefly, why the heck to they have 6 guns and FTL? Because it is fun and a TV show, so STFU.
The same problem was with Starship Troopers... I mean your going through the all the hassle of flying halfway across the universe using FTL, then you land on a planet and shit things with rifles and shotguns.... not exactly high tech.
On the other side of things, one thing that these shows always drop the ball on and ignore is relativistic time likely for a simplified plot. However when reading books like the "Forever War" or "Old Mans War", I aways liked the part where these people are leaving behind everyone they know or care about to travel the stars, as they would be dead and gone in relative time. Maybe too depressing for some...
OK I didn't need to hear about the splitting of my jaw bone. I was blissfully unaware and asleep during that part.
I do remember that I only had significant pain for a couple of days after, as opposed to the extraction where it hurt for like a whole week.
Oh and to top it all off, the antibiotics that they gave me for the implants, caused me to get C Diff, which was like the worst 3-4 days of my life.
C Diff is like a really bad flu, except you have live angry stinging scorpions in your gut, and they really hate you.
I would say if the Novocaine isn't working, to screw off.
At least give me whatever drugs are in your desk, and the bottle of whiskey in your filing cabinet!
I don't know I still disagree with the first part. That may be how it works in principle, but I am saying it should not, and it isn't right (not right as in factual, but right as in fair).
As to the last part, I believe contract law works the same way here. If it is an unreasonable contract it will not hold up in law, and most EULA's I have read are complete garbage. Like buy opening this package and reading this EULA I agree to give my first born son to the Sony Corporation for servitude for no less than 21 years, etc...
Well there is extraction and extraction.
Technically I could "extract" some teeth by punching someone in the mouth or a similar traumatic impact or accident.
The best as I can describe it (and this one all of one tooth), was that the had me lie down, and froze the bajesus out of my face.
They then put a cloth over my eyes (so as to not get tooth chunks in them? I suspect simply so I could not see and panic), but I could still see out at a hard angle looking straight down.
The dentist kept saying "your going to feel a little pressure..." and I am not sure I would call it pressure, or little.
They basically used a thing that looked like a wood chisel with a slimmer blade and all metal, and a freaking mallet.
Occasionally the blade would get stuck in the gum/tooth or more likely the bone, and he would have to work it back and forth to free it so that he could attack it again.
They had a nurse with suction, and a towel on my chest for stuff which got pretty bloody.
After that they drilled a hole in my jaw, which aside from the vibration through my skull and the smell of burning me wasn't too bad. They they took a bone matrix or lattice and stuffed the hole with that to strengthen the jaw at that point. That also was not a big deal, mostly him shoving it in there with his fingers and applying a lot of pressure. They then stitched me up... which was awesome, because I knew they were done with me!
Just thinking about it gives me the willies.
Ya I also don't want to hear the doctors talking about the game last night while cutting on me...
The reason why this is big news is that some people (mostly old people) who get knocked out, never wake up again, and it has little to do with the surgery itself but with the drug induced unconsciousness. Having a method or ability to do this without knocking someone completely out would reduce risk for those in the high risk to die while under. This is why you always have to sign a consent form when getting a general. I had some oral surgery a couple of years ago in my late 20's and I still had to sign a bunch of stuff that says I am aware of the risks and that I might die from being knocked out, and please do not have your relations sue us if that is the case. Now if your in your 80's and have the same procedure, it might be better to keep you awake during the procedure.
(I was awake for the "tooth extraction" which translates to the most horrific medieval hammer and fscking chisel, and horrible horrible sounds and pressures you do not want to remember. So when it came time for the "tooth implant" I decided to get knocked the heck out. It cost me an extra 300$ bucks I think, but I was not going through that nightmare again. Not sure if it was as bad, but I wasn't taking any chances. If I had to do it again, I would have had them knocked me out for the "extraction" and would recommend anyone who has to get a tooth implant in this fashion do the same.)
However when I read the title I envisioned the surgeon performing open heart surgery on himself while awake... now that would take some balls!
OK you got me on the private network. I meant as in Personal Network, as it in belongs to me, and is not publicly owned. The equipment is owned privately, and exists in my private home.
Secondly... SO? if a judge gets a warrant for the ISP, they can for me also. If that is the way of things, perhaps they should actually make a LAW that details the information you need to keep on people that use your network... Simply saying you are liable for anything on it is BS.
The police don't have to assume anything.
As far as I am aware no telecommunications LAW exists that says that I have to do anything, nor one that says that I am responsible for everything. If there is an actual law out there I would be interested to read it. Please post. Particularly if it is Canadian. I may be mistaken and I just am not aware of it...
It is all just EULA's, policy, assumptions, etc... none of which should pertain to that I should get charged with something someone else did on my network.
(EULA may be a legally binding contract depending on the content. However like any contract it doesn't cover illegal activities. Like I can make a contract with you to kill you, sorry that is still murder, contracts are not law, nor to they supersede it. I once had a lawyer tell me that you can put all the disclaimers you like, however it doesn't trump law, though it may help in interpretation, such as intent. So for example I can say, we will keep none of your information private. All that means is that the user has no expectation of privacy, which may help to make the argument to be able to release it, however we may still be obligated to keep the information private due to the legal interpretation.)
Only thing I am worried about is some ahole using up all my download cap, so I can't use it myself...
Which is stupid if you think about it.
If that model makes sense, then ultimately the ISP is liable for whatever you access, or let other people access. If the ISP isn't the actual communication company, then it would figure that the phone/cable/sat company that gave access to the ISP, who gave access to you, who gave access to anybody, is also liable.
Personally I think it makes a better defense than anything else, as how can they prove it was you, when it could have been anyone that accessed your network?
To use a car analogy (because I can!), if I leave the keys to my car in the ignition and it is sitting on my driveway, and some idiot decides to take it for a joy ride while I am at work, and runs over someone, does that make ME liable/responsible for that death? No it doesn't not in any court in the world, which is why someone should challenge this silliness. That is to say, I didn't give someone permission to take my car, they just did, and it wasn't me running people down, that was, you know, a criminal...
I did not give you permission to use my network, I simply do not have it secure. The only analogy I can think of that makes sense in this was is if you treat the internet like a Gun. If I don't secure my gun, which I am LEGALLY OBLIGATED to (like in there is a LAW that says I actually have to, specifically), and someone gets that gun and kills someone, then yes, likely some liability and responsibility is there. However there is nothing like this for networks. There might be a EULA, that says something, but no one reads those, most wouldn't really hold up in court anyway, and they are not law in any sense of the word.
Anyway this interpretation that you are totally responsible for anything that happens on your private network ticks me off. Not to mention as previously pointed out, anyone with an ounce of knowlege can get around the usual methods to "secure" your network in about 2min if someone really wanted to (which mostly no one does). The whole situation is silly.
If I didn't have a bandwidth cap I would leave mine open.
I blame the greedy telcos.
I hear Diabold got the development contract...
I am sorry when I hear stuff like this, I think either A) They are idiots, B) They think everyone else is Idiots, or C) Both.
Its just like some jerk will argue about streaming video over the internet, and how that is OK because you are not storing the data, only "streaming it". Wrong. If you are using it, you are storing it. The software you are using may discard it after x about of time has elapsed, or you may not see it, etc... but it is there somewhere. If someone wants to exploit that, breaking the system is only as hard as how it was designed in the first place.
They can either have standardized protocols within system, and/or business policy to ensure the data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed, but then again, what is "deleted" and what is "no longer needed", and both of those assume no abuse which I think given the subject will defiantly occur.
Anyway all of this is just a PR campaign to get the plebs settleded down and walking in formation into the cattle cars. The specs and the details will be whatever they think they can get people to believe.
Though this whole thing reminds me of the movie Total Recall (I think that was the one) where Arnold got chased through security, and passes by an "x-ray" screen which shows him and his security pursuers as skeletons as well as the weapons they are carrying. Interestingly enough, the plot is about terrorists (freedom fighters) on mars and was released in 1990. I guess 2084 became a reality a little sooner than expected.
(Presumably they went with xrays because they either didn't know of another technology, or they figured whats a little more radiation, then your already getting hit hard on mars anyway, or that the skelly's were easier to swallow than semi nude obscured bodies.)
Another response I have to people that say this stuff yet I never do (because I don't want to be mean), was that perhaps I have a life other than work, and maybe that is why your wife left you, you never see your kids, and you have no life.
Seriously, leave work to work hours, life is too short.
Some people make the argument about more money. My response is perhaps my time is worth more to me than yours is to you then.
I got a CS degree, and I was required to take a whole bunch of math courses. Which I think is bunk. I mostly work with information systems as a disclaimer, but other than your usually high school math, the only stuff I use even remotely regularly is perhaps 1st and 2nd year statistics (which by the way is boring as hell, with possibly the exception of probability as you can use it for gambling). The rest of it, I mean it is somewhat useful as back ground material, but I doubt I have ever used Calc or Linear Algebra for anything. I took Binary Algebra also, and while interesting, it was more computer science than it was math. Most the math that I took I would say has been useless to me, and I could have better benefited from additional CS courses or perhaps the ability to take additional electives to generalize a bit more.
CS unless you are doing it for academia, or a really hardcore field, really depends on what you are doing with it. If I hiring someone to write code for a physics program, having some advanced math might be useful, however having a more advanced understanding of Physics would likely be even more useful. Heck having a Philosophy course on logic might help some people more. Anyway I think all the math requirements they have for CS are a bit much in most cases. I know I feel I could have saved myself a lot of work in university (math and I were not friends) and directed it elsewhere more useful.
Nothing ticks me off more than watching coworkers have a pissing match about how much overtime they put in and how much they come in on the weekend to work. The then look down on me for actually sticking to scheduled work hours, like I am not working hard enough or something. I always feel like saying, the reason is I don't waste time all day screwing around and I get my stuff done on time. If I can't it is because I have been assigned more work that is reasonable, or a deadline that is unattainable. In some instances I will work OT or on weekends if I feel it was an unavoidable and only the occasional thing. More often than not, the reason is some other douchebag is holding things up by wasting time, or not being organized, and I don't see how that is my problem. I will deal with work during work hours, and there is always more work to be done.
Anyway, a bit of a sore spot with me. I never actually say it, but the reason some of these people need to work 12 hours of their weekend (supposedly, as no one else is there) is because they don't work efficentially during normal work hours. I love how in our culture this is looked upon as being good, all the while these people collect either more money or time in lieu of for their efforts, while those that are able to handle their assigned tasks in a more reasonable manner are looked down upon, and are thought to not have the same work ethic. Nothing could be farther than the truth.
I am always reminded of the Seinfeld episode where Castanza figures out, that if he acts like he is angry and busy all day, people will leave him alone, and assume he is working hard thus allowing him to screw off. I see people pulling this everyday and the Manager buying it hook line and sinker.
Your right. Its like you have some sort of extrasensory perception that I am lacking...
OK I will give you telepaths and breaches of privacy (ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD!), however clairvoyants are another matter.
They read the future. It hasn't happened yet. How can they be accused of anything that hasn't even happened yet?
It would have been interesting if they looked at that angle in Minority Report. Of course you start to get into some pretty circular logic. Like how can you get a warrant in advance to see the future. My mind just exploded.
As someone who does PLAN to buy a new phone in the next 6 months, what is the basic difference between the top 3 that would make it an advantage over another?
iPhone
Blackberry
Droid
I have done a bit of research, and I realize the the Droid and Blackberry phones will come in different flavors and thus different capabilities, which is likely part of their appeal. Anyway having never owned a smart phone before, I am wondering what features each have that would be the "deal breaker" for me. I know Blackberry (typically) has a tactile keyboard while the iPhone does not, and that many prefere that, though perhaps that is merely preference. What other large differences do these platforms have, and what do each really excel at?