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Comment Not the right way (Score 5, Insightful) 260

The right way is to talk to your kids about these things. Give examples of scams, tell them there is porn, there is violence, and always, always if they feel unsure about something they should talk to you (Mostly for scams, I'm pretty sure they'll handle porn. Hell, even weird porn isn't as bad as seeing ISIS chop someones head off). Software protection is just a crutch, the real protection is education and vigilance.The right way is to talk to your kids about these things. Give examples of scams, tell them there is porn, there is violence, and always, always if they feel unsure about something they should talk to you (Mostly for scams, I'm pretty sure they'll handle porn. Hell, even weird porn isn't as bad as seeing ISIS chop someones head off). Software protection is just a crutch, the real protection is education and vigilance.

Comment Re:Clearly these hackers just need jobs!!! (Score 1) 86

Not enough schools? Of course not! These are the people who are dragging the teachers out into the street and shooting them in the head before they burn down the schools....These guys don't want modern jobs, they want medieval jobs.

People generally don't know they are ignorant until AFTER they are educated. You think those in the middle ages knew they were ignorant while they were doing medieval things?

Comment Words have meanings (Score 1) 112

The vast majority of people who use the term "open source software" use it with roughly the same meaning as OSI does, which is all that matters. You can confirm this with a quick Google search. Also, note that many organizations that require something to be be "open source software" will point to the OSI definition.

By the commonly-used definition of "open source software", you MUST be able to fork the project and maintain your own version. You cannot legally do that with TrueCrypt, therefore, by definition it is not open source software. Case closed.

Comment Not about just 911 (Score 1) 86

I was not just talking 911, but also Bin Laden's followers in Afghanistan and elsewhere. I feel my position has been twisted to be mostly about 911, when in fact 911 is a drop in the bucket. The education visa issue probably tilts "immigrant" terrorist statistics, as mentioned in a nearby message.

Information on the education and goals of TYPICAL terrorists and extremists is still fuzzy, at least as given here. The above is merely speculation based on an insufficient sample size (including lack of samples from other countries).

Comment Re:I've seen the future 25 years ago (Score 1) 266

Perhaps the browser side can be coordinate-based vectors for consistency and based on incremental elements instead of draw-at-once. Any "element flow" is calculated on the server (per server-side discretion). This would give us more interaction control and depend less on browser brands: it's just "dumb" coordinates. Xwindows almost had the right idea, but isn't latency-friendly.

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