Sophistication does not beat simplicity. The people in government who are worried about sophisticated uses of technology are using this for fear mongering so they can reduce freedom of speech online. I don't think sophistication is necessary to accomplishing a mission. And I think the terrorists are highly mission oriented and who would use whatever tool for the job. I think it's the teenage American kid who would likely look for the most sophisticated technology to accomplish the most simple of tasks.
If we look at school shooters, almost all of them have websites where they talk about what they are going to do. They will probably be twittering as they are doing it, but I don't think the terrorists from Al Qaeda are on twitter.
If they just look at the NSA's electric bill they will see that the NSA is primarily focued on detecting signals. You'd expect that any terrorist with half a break would avoid using signals.
There is no technological way to fight terrorism, technology helps the troops in the field but it does not do the job. Humans have to do the job. Just like we cannot expect AI or robots to fight crime. Humans have to do the real work.
What you are saying is they cannot legally/overtly break into the account without a warrant. But as a part of a covert operation yes they can, because the operation itself is classified and off the books, nobody knows it ever took place.
It's one thing to wiretap a bunch of people who grew up with and rely on technology. It's another thing to wiretap people who operate with or without technology. I don't think wiretapping can stop terrorism but I'd like to see some instances of success.
I'm tired of the government claiming we need all these spy powers and invasions of privacy, when they offer no proof that any of this has ever served a military objective. Maybe it serves political objectives but what are the military objectives and rationales for doing this? Will it make the troops safer in Iraq?
The US intelligence agencies and the government in general are not keeping up with the private sector in terms of pay. It's obvious that to attract the best talent to do the most important jobs in the world, you have to give them first rate pay. That being said, the pay for working CIA is definitely going to be better than any of the other government agencies around the world. The US government will give more money than some of these other governments so from a government perspective the pay isn't so bad.
From what I see in the news article, if Al-qaeda were using these 10-codes which are extremely simple, this if probably precisely why the NSA didn't catch it. All the datamining looking for sophisticated signals for what? I'm surprised Al Qaeda even used computers, but if they did use them I'm not surprised they used them in this way.
The US gov is going to have to stop terrorism using human intel, combined with this technology they are developing. I don't think technology to scan the internets for activity will reveal anything useful. I would like to see some instances where this datamining has actually prevented an attack of served military objective.
A. What exactly is a foreign business? All mult-national corps are foreign businesses.
B. I'm supposed to believe Clinton of all people was a hero for nationalist businesses? He's the same guy responsible for the outsourcing crisis.
The NSA protects federal businesses, that is the businesses which do or have contracts with the NSA, that I can believe. I can also believe that the NSA would do espionage against the business community. But when you talk about foreign this and foreign that, there is no agreed upon definition of what is or is not foreign.
Matter is information. The information helps program the mind. The mind then takes control and brings order to the matter. Order becomes nature.
If we were to look at the universe as a bunch of numbers on a huge grid, a bunch of source code in a giant Google database, or a bunch of white snow with patterns and forms. The white snow is always the "dirt", the "clay" the "unconscious" universe which does not have any self awareness whatsoever and does not exist independently because it's "dead". Then we have the "order", the "patterns" which make up all math formulas, laws of physics, laws of nature, the "mind", the "reason" which allows us to make sense of and bring "life" to "forms" and "form" to "formlessness". This is existence.
The white noise is clay, junk information. I personally choose not to worship the "dirt", "clay", or "junk" information of the universe because it's existence depends entirely on something perceiving it. Some want to believe that the junk is important and worship it, some want to believe that there is some sort of point to studying white noise, but I think the only reason to study the clay and junk is to organize it into something useful.
Question for all: is there any difference between a human, and sand which has the exact same weight?
Factors: What is more real, consciousness or the sand? If consciousness is more real, then the human is different from the sand of the same weight even if they are the same materially. However if consciousness is not real then the human and sand are equals.
My opinion is that consciousness is what makes something real, in specific free will is what defines how real something is. The universe is information, the "real" universe is the awareness/consciousness,the "fake" universe is the unaware/dead universe. I'm not saying that a hammer doesn't exist, it exists as junk information much in the same way white noise or pink noise exists, or "dirt" exists, but what I'm claiming is that the material universe itself is just information and the only real part of any of this is consciousness.
The alternative view is that you are no different than the computer you are reading my post on. You are free to believe you are a machine if you want, just don't become a terminator and we will get along just fine.
Without a self aware mind to think it into existence, there would be no universe. What this means is that the universe only exists because it is self aware.
To put it into perspective, is there any difference between a human, and sand which has the exact same weight?
Nobody denies that the stimuli/information is the universe. What the theorem hopes to prove is that the information/universe is self aware. It's certainly possible that there are no "external" stimuli, and that the external/internal dynamic is completely false. Can you prove anything exists independent of something somewhere observing or perceiving it? If you cannot, then what proof do you have of the independent existence of external stimuli, or that anything is external?
If everything is particles, what is external and internal? and if particles have free will, then the universe itself is self aware and the concept of external and internal is fundamentally flawed much the same way that while your heart is internal it's no less real than your skin which is external. If there is free will then particles have free will because we are made up of particles, it seems rather simple but it does explain why you have a "self" and without a self I don't understand what the purpose behind concepts like internal and external would be, all that would exist is information and how you label it shouldn't matter unless you have a concept of self which gives you a reason to label the types, kinds, objects and give meaning to the information that is the universe.
The feds aren't going to be able to decrypt all that stuff. And they certainly don't care to. It's simple, encrypt all your files BEFORE you back them up on GDrive. Encrypt all your porn with AES256 or Serpent.
Use the longest most random passphrase you possibly can come up with, or better yet don't use a passphrase at all. By the time the feds crack your encryption scheme, you'll be dead anyway. And unless you are a terrorist, they aren't going to torture you to get you to hand over the keys.
I understand that ebooks are cheaper, but given a choice I think anyone with common sense would choose a laptop over an ebook. Where is President Obama on this issue? He's African American, he should lead on OLPC.
The real problem is brain drain. If Africa does produce geniuses, they usually come to America to work and live because theres not much opportunity in Africa. Barack Obama's father is a perfect example. Sometimes they return home but the problem is that there isn't much trade going on between the developed countries and the undeveloped countries. So even with knowledge it's going to take a while.
The good thing about OLPC is that it's the kinda technology which allows telecommuting, this would do a lot to help the economy.
Now that Obama is president, at some point he's going to want to do something for Africa. George Bush spent 15 billion on the AIDs initiative. I think we can spare 10 billion for OLPC. It's a lot of money but the return on the investment would improve the global economy and the US economy and make it worth the investment. 10 billion could wind up boosting the economy by a trillion dollars.
10 billion would be enough to fund the program for 10 years. 1 billion for every year would be enough money to spread the laptops around the globe at a fast pace.
The technology used in most phones have always been difficult to secure and easily bugged. I've never seen a completely secure "digital" phone. Analog maybe could be made secure but digital? This phone is obviously digital. The greater the complexity the harder it is to secure.
Why should we just assume that this classified cellphone is secure? I looked at the specs and from the looks of it, it doesn't look any more secure than the ordinary. The fact that they label it spy proof is just marketing. It's only as secure as the software running on it is.
And if it uses passwords, then it's only as secure as that password.
It's understandable that he should want to have friends. So of course he will have some kinda phone. However I think it would be a mistake to believe this technology can handle top secret information.
Obama needs more security than any President in the history of our country. He is the first black President, so he should always be on high alert in my opinion. He is not just an ordinary President, he is a big target and it makes sense that security should come before all.
Also a President's job is to lead the military in a time of war, he is not going to have an ordinary life for the next 8 years.
One would think that IM would be the easiest to secure. Just use some classified encryption scheme, if the enemy does not know the scheme then it's unlikely to ever be cracked or crackable.
The software however is closed source, Windows Mobile is closed source and cannot be trusted with anything too secret. If you cannot look at the source code, how do you know it's even secure and that there isn't a top secret back door? And if there is a back door, then why would it be useful for sending top secret information?
Liberals always think they are better than everybody else. You people are moral elitists and hypocrites who believe in nothing but promoting weakness and masochism. The Democratic party is the masochist party, thats why they like high taxes.
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You act as if our economy depends on these big businesses which are too big to fail when in reality more jobs are created by small businesses.
Sophistication does not beat simplicity. The people in government who are worried about sophisticated uses of technology are using this for fear mongering so they can reduce freedom of speech online. I don't think sophistication is necessary to accomplishing a mission. And I think the terrorists are highly mission oriented and who would use whatever tool for the job. I think it's the teenage American kid who would likely look for the most sophisticated technology to accomplish the most simple of tasks.
If we look at school shooters, almost all of them have websites where they talk about what they are going to do. They will probably be twittering as they are doing it, but I don't think the terrorists from Al Qaeda are on twitter.
It's not too hard.
Put a bug in their basement.
If they just look at the NSA's electric bill they will see that the NSA is primarily focued on detecting signals. You'd expect that any terrorist with half a break would avoid using signals.
There is no technological way to fight terrorism, technology helps the troops in the field but it does not do the job. Humans have to do the job. Just like we cannot expect AI or robots to fight crime. Humans have to do the real work.
What you are saying is they cannot legally/overtly break into the account without a warrant. But as a part of a covert operation yes they can, because the operation itself is classified and off the books, nobody knows it ever took place.
It's one thing to wiretap a bunch of people who grew up with and rely on technology. It's another thing to wiretap people who operate with or without technology. I don't think wiretapping can stop terrorism but I'd like to see some instances of success.
I'm tired of the government claiming we need all these spy powers and invasions of privacy, when they offer no proof that any of this has ever served a military objective. Maybe it serves political objectives but what are the military objectives and rationales for doing this? Will it make the troops safer in Iraq?
The US intelligence agencies and the government in general are not keeping up with the private sector in terms of pay. It's obvious that to attract the best talent to do the most important jobs in the world, you have to give them first rate pay. That being said, the pay for working CIA is definitely going to be better than any of the other government agencies around the world. The US government will give more money than some of these other governments so from a government perspective the pay isn't so bad.
From what I see in the news article, if Al-qaeda were using these 10-codes which are extremely simple, this if probably precisely why the NSA didn't catch it. All the datamining looking for sophisticated signals for what? I'm surprised Al Qaeda even used computers, but if they did use them I'm not surprised they used them in this way.
The US gov is going to have to stop terrorism using human intel, combined with this technology they are developing. I don't think technology to scan the internets for activity will reveal anything useful. I would like to see some instances where this datamining has actually prevented an attack of served military objective.
A. What exactly is a foreign business? All mult-national corps are foreign businesses.
B. I'm supposed to believe Clinton of all people was a hero for nationalist businesses? He's the same guy responsible for the outsourcing crisis.
The NSA protects federal businesses, that is the businesses which do or have contracts with the NSA, that I can believe. I can also believe that the NSA would do espionage against the business community. But when you talk about foreign this and foreign that, there is no agreed upon definition of what is or is not foreign.
According to this study highlighted on Wired http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/poordevelopment.html?cid=151882641#comment-151882641 poverty goes straight to the brain and the stress of poverty may influence memory.
Matter is information. The information helps program the mind. The mind then takes control and brings order to the matter. Order becomes nature.
If we were to look at the universe as a bunch of numbers on a huge grid, a bunch of source code in a giant Google database, or a bunch of white snow with patterns and forms. The white snow is always the "dirt", the "clay" the "unconscious" universe which does not have any self awareness whatsoever and does not exist independently because it's "dead". Then we have the "order", the "patterns" which make up all math formulas, laws of physics, laws of nature, the "mind", the "reason" which allows us to make sense of and bring "life" to "forms" and "form" to "formlessness". This is existence.
The white noise is clay, junk information. I personally choose not to worship the "dirt", "clay", or "junk" information of the universe because it's existence depends entirely on something perceiving it. Some want to believe that the junk is important and worship it, some want to believe that there is some sort of point to studying white noise, but I think the only reason to study the clay and junk is to organize it into something useful.
Question for all: is there any difference between a human, and sand which has the exact same weight?
Factors: What is more real, consciousness or the sand? If consciousness is more real, then the human is different from the sand of the same weight even if they are the same materially. However if consciousness is not real then the human and sand are equals.
My opinion is that consciousness is what makes something real, in specific free will is what defines how real something is. The universe is information, the "real" universe is the awareness/consciousness,the "fake" universe is the unaware/dead universe. I'm not saying that a hammer doesn't exist, it exists as junk information much in the same way white noise or pink noise exists, or "dirt" exists, but what I'm claiming is that the material universe itself is just information and the only real part of any of this is consciousness.
The alternative view is that you are no different than the computer you are reading my post on. You are free to believe you are a machine if you want, just don't become a terminator and we will get along just fine.
Without a self aware mind to think it into existence, there would be no universe. What this means is that the universe only exists because it is self aware.
To put it into perspective, is there any difference between a human, and sand which has the exact same weight?
What is more real, consciousness or the sand?
Nobody denies that the stimuli/information is the universe. What the theorem hopes to prove is that the information/universe is self aware. It's certainly possible that there are no "external" stimuli, and that the external/internal dynamic is completely false. Can you prove anything exists independent of something somewhere observing or perceiving it? If you cannot, then what proof do you have of the independent existence of external stimuli, or that anything is external?
If everything is particles, what is external and internal? and if particles have free will, then the universe itself is self aware and the concept of external and internal is fundamentally flawed much the same way that while your heart is internal it's no less real than your skin which is external.
If there is free will then particles have free will because we are made up of particles, it seems rather simple but it does explain why you have a "self" and without a self I don't understand what the purpose behind concepts like internal and external would be, all that would exist is information and how you label it shouldn't matter unless you have a concept of self which gives you a reason to label the types, kinds, objects and give meaning to the information that is the universe.
Exactly, if you encrypt the files its perfectly secure. Of course you don't want to encrypt it in Windows with that buggy random number generator.
The feds aren't going to be able to decrypt all that stuff. And they certainly don't care to.
It's simple, encrypt all your files BEFORE you back them up on GDrive. Encrypt all your porn with AES256 or Serpent.
Use the longest most random passphrase you possibly can come up with, or better yet don't use a passphrase at all.
By the time the feds crack your encryption scheme, you'll be dead anyway. And unless you are a terrorist, they aren't going to torture you to get you to hand over the keys.
Sure this is very useful, but whats in it for Google?
I understand that ebooks are cheaper, but given a choice I think anyone with common sense would choose a laptop over an ebook.
Where is President Obama on this issue? He's African American, he should lead on OLPC.
The real problem is brain drain. If Africa does produce geniuses, they usually come to America to work and live because theres not much opportunity in Africa. Barack Obama's father is a perfect example. Sometimes they return home but the problem is that there isn't much trade going on between the developed countries and the undeveloped countries. So even with knowledge it's going to take a while.
The good thing about OLPC is that it's the kinda technology which allows telecommuting, this would do a lot to help the economy.
Now that Obama is president, at some point he's going to want to do something for Africa. George Bush spent 15 billion on the AIDs initiative. I think we can spare 10 billion for OLPC. It's a lot of money but the return on the investment would improve the global economy and the US economy and make it worth the investment. 10 billion could wind up boosting the economy by a trillion dollars.
10 billion would be enough to fund the program for 10 years. 1 billion for every year would be enough money to spread the laptops around the globe at a fast pace.
The technology used in most phones have always been difficult to secure and easily bugged. I've never seen a completely secure "digital" phone. Analog maybe could be made secure but digital? This phone is obviously digital. The greater the complexity the harder it is to secure.
Why should we just assume that this classified cellphone is secure? I looked at the specs and from the looks of it, it doesn't look any more secure than the ordinary. The fact that they label it spy proof is just marketing. It's only as secure as the software running on it is.
And if it uses passwords, then it's only as secure as that password.
It's understandable that he should want to have friends. So of course he will have some kinda phone.
However I think it would be a mistake to believe this technology can handle top secret information.
Obama needs more security than any President in the history of our country. He is the first black President, so he should always be on high alert in my opinion. He is not just an ordinary President, he is a big target and it makes sense that security should come before all.
Also a President's job is to lead the military in a time of war, he is not going to have an ordinary life for the next 8 years.
One would think that IM would be the easiest to secure. Just use some classified encryption scheme, if the enemy does not know the scheme then it's unlikely to ever be cracked or crackable.
The software however is closed source, Windows Mobile is closed source and cannot be trusted with anything too secret. If you cannot look at the source code, how do you know it's even secure and that there isn't a top secret back door? And if there is a back door, then why would it be useful for sending top secret information?
Liberals always think they are better than everybody else. You people are moral elitists and hypocrites who believe in nothing but promoting weakness and masochism. The Democratic party is the masochist party, thats why they like high taxes.
The influence of hypnosis allows for the generation of false memories.