The biggest surprise for me was that Microsoft, who usually pisses me off, actually was the only company to step up to the plate in a meaningful way. I expected far, far better from the antivirus/spyware vendors. If you're going to tell me that you're going to protect my system, make me pay a subscription to keep my definitions current, and, on top of that, consume some of my system resources to do it, you'd damn well better step up to the plate when it comes to something as blatantly dangerous to my security as a rootkit.
Hi, my name is XXXXXX, and I am a young member of the Nigerian Royal Family. I am in need of assistance from a trustworthy person. I have homework stored on a Nigerian Server, and I will gladly give you 10% of the homework for your assistance in getting it out...
I just know that the Patent Trolls over at Tidy Cat Industries are going to claim this infringes on their patent. Prepare to pay royalties for mowing your lunar lawn...
Of course citing the worst alternative is a valid argument. If you give up control of something, you no longer have any say in whose hands that control ends up in. It is certainly not impossible for control to go to the country with the most users. Can you say that China won't fit that bill sometime in the future?
No.
The U.S. doesn't own anywhere near all the hardware. The U.S. doesn't control everything. But, yes, the U.S. is expected to not abuse it's power. Tell me, who do you trust the most to have the most control. How about China? How about Nigeria? Wait, let's trust the UK. We'll all end up with Internet ID cards and webcams to monitor us so they can throw us into detention for Homer knows how long until they crack our drives (which hopefully don't rely on MD5 in any way).
When I read this I had to jump in the car and take a drive. I hit 90 on the way to the graveyard. I breathed a sigh of relief when I got there. You see, I was afraid they'd dug up my mother-in-law...
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The biggest surprise for me was that Microsoft, who usually pisses me off, actually was the only company to step up to the plate in a meaningful way. I expected far, far better from the antivirus/spyware vendors. If you're going to tell me that you're going to protect my system, make me pay a subscription to keep my definitions current, and, on top of that, consume some of my system resources to do it, you'd damn well better step up to the plate when it comes to something as blatantly dangerous to my security as a rootkit.
Hi, my name is XXXXXX, and I am a young member of the Nigerian Royal Family. I am in need of assistance from a trustworthy person. I have homework stored on a Nigerian Server, and I will gladly give you 10% of the homework for your assistance in getting it out...
I just know that the Patent Trolls over at Tidy Cat Industries are going to claim this infringes on their patent. Prepare to pay royalties for mowing your lunar lawn...
How do you know our Halliburton Overlords aren't just keeping the pipeline's existence a secret?
Hey, just wait til we start drilling for oil up there...
I'm waiting for somebody to somehow work this into a "welcome our overlords" comment.
You know, suddenly the triangle/cirle AOL icon looks like the eye in LOTR. I'm waiting for one of these bots to say "I see you!" to me.
Of course citing the worst alternative is a valid argument. If you give up control of something, you no longer have any say in whose hands that control ends up in. It is certainly not impossible for control to go to the country with the most users. Can you say that China won't fit that bill sometime in the future?
What mandatory ID cards? I must be in violation.
Stop it. You're scaring me. Except for the profit part.
Actually, we should ask him, as the inventor of the internet, what he thinks of the whole thing.
No. The U.S. doesn't own anywhere near all the hardware. The U.S. doesn't control everything. But, yes, the U.S. is expected to not abuse it's power. Tell me, who do you trust the most to have the most control. How about China? How about Nigeria? Wait, let's trust the UK. We'll all end up with Internet ID cards and webcams to monitor us so they can throw us into detention for Homer knows how long until they crack our drives (which hopefully don't rely on MD5 in any way).
This is all really interesting theoretically, but who has the money to run a 1.6 GHz P4?
When I read this I had to jump in the car and take a drive. I hit 90 on the way to the graveyard. I breathed a sigh of relief when I got there. You see, I was afraid they'd dug up my mother-in-law...