I think it's largely about the interactivity of video games -- they take on a different meaning to people than video and music for this reason. I personally have never heard of a person addicted to listening to music, but have personally seen cases of people addicted to gaming. Hell, I myself am probably a bit addicted to gaming.:P
Instead of patrolling popular internet hotspots, wouldn't it be simpler and more effective to have ISPs block all traffic on popular gaming ports after midnight? I suppose that would disrupt game servers too though, and I imagine the curfew doesn't cover that.
I bet if I had an "internet curfew" of midnight, I'd be a much healthier man today.:P
Maybe so, but I think the analogy between computer crash and airplane crash can only be taken so far before it gets absurd.
I mean, monitoring the systems and crew aboard a plane to see what happened before a crash that killed many people vs. monitoring what Bob from Accounting was writing in his email to his secret lover in the mail room before Outlook crashed?
Which one of those two sounds more vital to you?
I see a lot of comments regarding the "how long before robots replace humans" comment, but I have to say, is this not a sport where the CAMELS are the athletes? I hardly see this as a case of humans in sports being replaced; as some other poster mentioned, if underfed kids were the original jockeys, then this is a boon more than anything.
The way I see it, humans won't be "replaced" in sports that actually require the humans to be the athletes for a long, long time. Perhaps, when the technology is far enough, robot-run variants may spring up, but I have a strong feeling the human versions will still be around.
While this has been a long time in coming, problems are bound to accompany a change of this large a scale. I see the biggest problem being older apps that do the job, but aren't under development anymore.
As well, it would be great if MS could implement something that follows along the same lines as the su command for *nix. Just a quick userswitch at the command line, install a program, and bam, done.
If you read the parent's ENTIRE post, he goes on to say that each one of those things HAS been improved, EXCEPT the space shuttle. You just argued his point for him.
... but if you read through the site, alot of the "suggested applications" seem to assume that the little "mobile device" you have on you stores an awful lot of personal information. Sitting down on a plane and it knows whether or not you're in the right seat? Reaching for medecine and an alarm going off because you grabbed the wrong one?
It better be damned well encrypted, because I don't want to sit down on a park bench and suddenly the guy beside me knows exactly who I am and has access boatload of my personal information.
Now, this is less of an issue if, say, my medicine bottles know that "Antyrael" not supposed to be using them, and my "portable device" just says "Hi, I'm Antyrael, what's up?", but that really doesn't sound feasable.
So, I guess what I'm (long-windedly) saying here, is yes; these devices could certainly, shall we say, usher in a new "era" of secure authentication, since only your personal device activates your stuff. But, done wrong (and there are many ways this could be done horribly wrong), this could also spawn greater security risks than ever before.
And what if someone STEALS your personal unit? Suddenly they can authorize themselves as you just by touching a doorknob/mouse/whatever? I shudder at the thought.
Slashdot Mirror
I think it's largely about the interactivity of video games -- they take on a different meaning to people than video and music for this reason. I personally have never heard of a person addicted to listening to music, but have personally seen cases of people addicted to gaming. Hell, I myself am probably a bit addicted to gaming. :P
Instead of patrolling popular internet hotspots, wouldn't it be simpler and more effective to have ISPs block all traffic on popular gaming ports after midnight? I suppose that would disrupt game servers too though, and I imagine the curfew doesn't cover that. I bet if I had an "internet curfew" of midnight, I'd be a much healthier man today. :P
So... it's bad I got it right on the first try? Damnation!
Maybe so, but I think the analogy between computer crash and airplane crash can only be taken so far before it gets absurd.
I mean, monitoring the systems and crew aboard a plane to see what happened before a crash that killed many people vs. monitoring what Bob from Accounting was writing in his email to his secret lover in the mail room before Outlook crashed?
Which one of those two sounds more vital to you?
I see a lot of comments regarding the "how long before robots replace humans" comment, but I have to say, is this not a sport where the CAMELS are the athletes? I hardly see this as a case of humans in sports being replaced; as some other poster mentioned, if underfed kids were the original jockeys, then this is a boon more than anything.
The way I see it, humans won't be "replaced" in sports that actually require the humans to be the athletes for a long, long time. Perhaps, when the technology is far enough, robot-run variants may spring up, but I have a strong feeling the human versions will still be around.
Now, see, there's something I didn't know existed. :D Thanks for the headsup.
Heh, maybe manpages would be a good thing to add to Windows too. ;)
While this has been a long time in coming, problems are bound to accompany a change of this large a scale. I see the biggest problem being older apps that do the job, but aren't under development anymore. As well, it would be great if MS could implement something that follows along the same lines as the su command for *nix. Just a quick userswitch at the command line, install a program, and bam, done.
Glad to see "Canada's Top Math and CS University" is pulling in good results overseas too. ;)
If you read the parent's ENTIRE post, he goes on to say that each one of those things HAS been improved, EXCEPT the space shuttle. You just argued his point for him.
Fools shop at Think Geek
... but if you read through the site, alot of the "suggested applications" seem to assume that the little "mobile device" you have on you stores an awful lot of personal information. Sitting down on a plane and it knows whether or not you're in the right seat? Reaching for medecine and an alarm going off because you grabbed the wrong one?
It better be damned well encrypted, because I don't want to sit down on a park bench and suddenly the guy beside me knows exactly who I am and has access boatload of my personal information.
Now, this is less of an issue if, say, my medicine bottles know that "Antyrael" not supposed to be using them, and my "portable device" just says "Hi, I'm Antyrael, what's up?", but that really doesn't sound feasable.
So, I guess what I'm (long-windedly) saying here, is yes; these devices could certainly, shall we say, usher in a new "era" of secure authentication, since only your personal device activates your stuff. But, done wrong (and there are many ways this could be done horribly wrong), this could also spawn greater security risks than ever before.
And what if someone STEALS your personal unit? Suddenly they can authorize themselves as you just by touching a doorknob/mouse/whatever? I shudder at the thought.
</paranoia>