I always thought this sort of thing was the logical next step to the old Core Wars. The next thing will be a mass melee where the victors can reprogram the vanquished to be allies.
But isn't that, right there, a good reason to let them know? If it lets someone know that their security has been compromised, they can take action to close the hole.
The problem with this attitude is that it assumes trustworthyness on the part of the law enforcement agencies. While this is a valid assumption in most cases, there have been quite a few cases of abuse of power by law-enforcement agencies. "Harassing the innocent" may not be the primary use, but in the past there has been enough of that kind of thing to make many law-abiding people nervous whenever more power is put into the hands of the "authorities".
From the article: The technology is designed to stop outsiders gaining access to a secure network by using Wi-Fi networks casually set up by workers at the office.
I'm having a hard time reconciling the phrase "secure network" with "casually set up by workers". If its actually a "secure" network, wouldn't that mean that nobody is doing anything with wireless, much less casually?
Given how quickly it occurred to pretty much everyone here (admit it, you all had the same thought), I'm guessing its already in the works (or already done)
All part of the "war of words" -- you always want to paint your enemy as being a villian. This is both for motivating your own troops and attempting to get on the good side of world opinion.
The on-the-ground reality is that there are no rules, and you *can't* cheat if there are no rules.
Yeah, I RTFA. Maybe he spent a lot of time thinking of these things, but a fiction author spends time thinking up interesting problems and exciting solutions to those problems. The solutions aren't checked for physical validity, or workability -- all that matters is that they work as part of the story, and that's as it should be. They guy isn't writing text books, he's creating entertainment, so all that time spent thinking about it doesn't mean he's been thinking in a way that would be useful to someone who has to work within the constriants of physical and political realities.
As for getting people to buy into the dream -- that's marketing. They should hire a marketing agency -- that's what those folks do full time.
"The image from the camera is then projected onto the coat, so that the wearer appears virtually transparent when seen through a viewfinder"
In other words, it looks invisible as long as the person stands where the image can be projected on them and they're viewed through a special viewfinder. Is anyone else underwhelmed by this?
Is that "next" or NeXT"?
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Actually, I think its pretty funny, given that NeXT Computer played such a pivotal role in making the word "vaporware" part of the common lexicon.
The folks at Symantec will take care of it.
Actually, I suppose getting a flu shot is conceptually the same as doing a "liveupdate" -- it just hurts more.
It would be interesting to see what percent of each country's overall email is spam. What they have there could just reflect the US's overall greater email traffic.
...but if someone is obsessive/compulsive about "squeezing in more", this *is* how they relax. How is comleting as many books as possible any different from getting the highest score on your favorite video game?
Doesn't matter if its rotating. The course change happens at (roughly) the moment of impact. It isn't a matter of changing the shape of the thing, but of nudging it into a different trajectory
I can see it now: "Yes, we're about to launch a large number of missiles armed with powerful explosives. All nuclear powers please remain calm. This is only a test. No, really, none of these will malfunction and visit death and destruction on somebody we're having a disagreement with. Honest."
Actually, if these goggles could be made small and light enough, it sounds like they could *be* the glasses -- kind of an autofocus for your face. No more bi/trifocals!
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why the heck havent they toddled over to the face?:( ...cause they've already determined that the face (ready for a shock?) isn't actually a face.
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That's why Polymer muscles are the way to go.
I always thought this sort of thing was the logical next step to the old Core Wars. The next thing will be a mass melee where the victors can reprogram the vanquished to be allies.
Isn't that sort of thing bad for the electronics? Not to mention uncomfortable.
But isn't that, right there, a good reason to let them know? If it lets someone know that their security has been compromised, they can take action to close the hole.
The problem with this attitude is that it assumes trustworthyness on the part of the law enforcement agencies. While this is a valid assumption in most cases, there have been quite a few cases of abuse of power by law-enforcement agencies. "Harassing the innocent" may not be the primary use, but in the past there has been enough of that kind of thing to make many law-abiding people nervous whenever more power is put into the hands of the "authorities".
I'm having a hard time reconciling the phrase "secure network" with "casually set up by workers". If its actually a "secure" network, wouldn't that mean that nobody is doing anything with wireless, much less casually?
Given how quickly it occurred to pretty much everyone here (admit it, you all had the same thought), I'm guessing its already in the works (or already done)
Just think how weird one could get with this. Instead of bronzing the baby's shoes, you can make multiple, lifesized statues of them as they grow up.
Seems to me that the best value of this sort of simulation is if the class then discusses how and why the simulation differed from the real history.
All part of the "war of words" -- you always want to paint your enemy as being a villian. This is both for motivating your own troops and attempting to get on the good side of world opinion.
The on-the-ground reality is that there are no rules, and you *can't* cheat if there are no rules.
Yeah, I RTFA. Maybe he spent a lot of time thinking of these things, but a fiction author spends time thinking up interesting problems and exciting solutions to those problems. The solutions aren't checked for physical validity, or workability -- all that matters is that they work as part of the story, and that's as it should be. They guy isn't writing text books, he's creating entertainment, so all that time spent thinking about it doesn't mean he's been thinking in a way that would be useful to someone who has to work within the constriants of physical and political realities.
As for getting people to buy into the dream -- that's marketing. They should hire a marketing agency -- that's what those folks do full time.
Don't get me wrong, I love the guys writing, but what, exactly, qualifies a fiction writer to be giving advice to the gummit on this subject?
"The image from the camera is then projected onto the coat, so that the wearer appears virtually transparent when seen through a viewfinder"
In other words, it looks invisible as long as the person stands where the image can be projected on them and they're viewed through a special viewfinder. Is anyone else underwhelmed by this?
Actually, I think its pretty funny, given that NeXT Computer played such a pivotal role in making the word "vaporware" part of the common lexicon.
The folks at Symantec will take care of it. Actually, I suppose getting a flu shot is conceptually the same as doing a "liveupdate" -- it just hurts more.
It would be interesting to see what percent of each country's overall email is spam. What they have there could just reflect the US's overall greater email traffic.
...but if someone is obsessive/compulsive about "squeezing in more", this *is* how they relax. How is comleting as many books as possible any different from getting the highest score on your favorite video game?
What's latin for "I came, I saw, I computed"?
A year or two after that maybe we'll start seeing stories about the stranglehold Linux has on the desktop.
Doesn't matter if its rotating. The course change happens at (roughly) the moment of impact. It isn't a matter of changing the shape of the thing, but of nudging it into a different trajectory
I can see it now: "Yes, we're about to launch a large number of missiles armed with powerful explosives. All nuclear powers please remain calm. This is only a test. No, really, none of these will malfunction and visit death and destruction on somebody we're having a disagreement with. Honest."
Gotta love a calculator that can tell you there's 153,388,225 furlongs in a microparsec
Actually, if these goggles could be made small and light enough, it sounds like they could *be* the glasses -- kind of an autofocus for your face. No more bi/trifocals!
why the heck havent they toddled over to the face? :( ...cause they've already determined that the face (ready for a shock?) isn't actually a face.
...when someone dies because they were screwing around with a "rolling retest" instead of concentrating on driving safely?