How can one test a random event, such as mutation? There really isn't a large enough "lab", short of another planet.
Breed bacteria or viruses. They have very short reproductive cycles and mutate quite a bit. And it's pretty easy to see them evolve... i.e., develop drug resistance.
This segues nicely with a question I've been idly wondering.
Consider all natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tornados, volcanoes, hurricanes, forest fires (kinda natural), tsunamis, mudslides, etc.
Now consider all human safety factors, such as crimes of violence, unsafe nuclear/chemical plants, likelihood of being targeted/invaded by a foreign entity, random government oppression, and so on. And I suppose you should consider automobile fatality rates (which probably outweigh all other factors combined).
Plus toss in random other safety factors such as poisonous insects/spiders/snakes, rising ocean levels, and whatnot.
Now where in the world would you say is the safest place to live?
Maybe central Canada somewhere?
I'm just askin'. It't not like I live my life by these considerations (though I have shied away from Western North America a bit... ya know, 'cause o the big one).
no, but it is/was fun.
and nothing more.
Yeah, but all that not-getting-laid... how fun was that?
There's an easy solution.
Just hire one of those security companies!
Exactly. The story that still isn't being expressed well is that your data is in the hands of every company you have transactions with.
And so you are entrusting all of them to have top-notch IT (better IT than all hackers interested in targeting them). What are the chances that's the case?
I'd hazard that 10% of companies have good, solid, rigid security policies (and it's the policies that matter much more than the tech, usually). So that implies that 90% of the time you hand out your personal info to someone, it's highly vulnerable.
Just chew on that for a bit. I'd be very interested in hearing proposals for a global solution.
Well, from the linked resource, you can download the whole thing as a PDF. The rest is left as an exercise for the reader.
A series of tubes? With naked women in it?
How could that be anything but the net?
Remember to say hello to your bank teller.