That's along the same line I was thinking. I kind of think that someone may be either overstating numbers or just full of shit. Of course, 44,000,000 attacks could be done easily... depending on the definition of "attack". But what about researching those "attacks"? I'm sure that is taking some time and effort.

So the government states that they have fended off all of these attacks... like anything else, that just means that they'll probably receive more of the same.

In other words, the article is great for inciting further attacks against the Israelis, a fluff piece for their government, or a way of insuring job security.

So I'm now remembering watching Wargames back in 1983... and it makes me remember that I thought it odd that no one would have any kind of overrides in place, human or otherwise...

The article does stipulate that we should ban killer robots now, even though that no one has one or has stated what kind of timeline we can expect for the emergence of these 'killer robots'. To be quite honest, it will take one hell of a long time to get one deployed. Look at how long it takes for the military (specifically the US) to even get aircraft fielded...

I think that this is more of a "Hey, we need to scare people a little so we can get some attention..." than anything else...

It really isn't the games which I can not live without, it's the fact that when I get drawn into a game, then I don't want to have to wait until I can get it to work with WINE. Normally, I'm one of the people that are in pre-release and enjoying the game. Granted, I would love to be able to run it on Linux, but my game time is limited (work, family, sleep, etc.) So when I get a game, I want to be able to just play it. The last game I played was GW2 and I'm just so in the mentality of "play video game" = boot to Windows...

Is the Orwellian aspect where we could have mandatory health care which requires sensors for 'health monitoring' reasons...

That air travel... does that fall under the Essential Air Service program?

Actually the Executive Branch controls flying in the USA since 1958. The FAA can regulate, in the name of safety, air travel. They started in the security aspect in 60s and 70s due to highjackings. The security aspect transferred over to DHS and TSA after 9/11.

Just remember that the constitution does not grant you the right to fly either.

The Internet, specifically the World Wide Web, didn't appeal as much to the persons of that generation whom controlled most of the finances. That generation was not raised on technologies such as Atari or Nintendo. At the time technology was something for scientists, etc. The generation that exploded onto the web was the generation in which had grown up with those technologies and that familiarity with those technologies was just a simple extension of what had already been developed. Look at it in this perspective: had the Stark, Sega, etc. Stayed the way it was and not move past 8-bit graphics, I think the odds are greater that the www wouldn't have taken off for a while longer.

There was a time when all your text messages were included on your phone bill, or at least mine... but this was also 8 years ago...

and here I was going to say "The Anarchist's Cookbook".

WRONG!

They are going to use the 'prisoners' in Gitmo to do 'harvesting' in WoW and other MMOs...

THAT is going to be the single determining factor. IF, when you were hired, there is ANY documentation indicating that during your time with the company, whether on or off the clock, all the code that you produce belongs to them, unless there was some kind of exemption, then you need to suck it up and move on. Of course, you can go the legal route. But you first may need to get a lawyer that will take the case AND tell you that you actually have a valid case.

I was thinking that the joke was NMCI (Navy/Marine Corps Intranet).

So the primary focus of most any company putting out a product is not to make a profit?

I'm thinking that you might need to re-think that...

It's possible. Think of it like this: If they have a warrant to search and seize your residence, then they can check everything that they have a warrant for. However, if you do not know where they keys are to something, then they would have to use their own resources to remove the locks. I think that the same principle would apply here. Most places won't have the resources required to crack certain levels of password protection. Rather than circumvent the technology by adopting a better system (as their is always a better system) then they feel it is easier to circumvent rights and require you to provide the keys...