Archive for May, 2010

How to deal with …

Friday, May 28th, 2010

nostalgia for the Navy life.

Obviously,

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Nothing important happened yesterday.

Who owns your thoughts?

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Better yet, who controls them, and what will they do with them?

DARPA is looking into prosthetics to help those whose brains have been damaged. A worthy idea, but one fraught with potential peril.

Who gets access to them? Advertisers would love to inject urges directly into your brain. What could hackers do with a botnet of real people? What would government want to do?

As much as I’d love implants that would enhance my brain’s capabilities, or even just maintain them in the face of damage or deterioration, I’m not sure I’d trust them.

Not quite friendly fire

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Vigilante action on behalf of the RIAA takes out an authorized distributor.

I, for one …

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Welcome our new software masters.

It’s a weapon

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

But is it a weapon of mass deception, or a weapon of mass delusion?

Via Dyspepsia Generation.