Exactly - we have to dismiss the notion of education is only for people ages 1-18 (22 / 24 - post secondary). Its almost as if you are admitting you are only capable of learning so much - which I refuse to accept. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Ghandi

Whatever they have ;-) Its already been done, and I doubt consumers sloths such as ourselves will ever have any insight to the full depth of military technology.

"AI today is about as smart as a cockroach - a stupid cockroach" - Michio Kaku

What about the stark increase in atmospheric water vapor. Its not all about whats in the oceans, but whats in the soil and air as well.

Data is uber primo facto and all things important. Its the package.

I witnessed the printing/advertising/publishing industry evolve into a variable data and targeted-intended-onslaught-beyond-your-privacy advertising nightmare...

and you think Murdoch has problems.

They know your neighbor's last big purchase and sent you swag based on your sex, income, (very) local community, religious beliefs, to see if you want to purchase the same thing... and they know so much more - its an indoctrination into consumerism, but only because They know all the cards in your hand.

ITS ALL ABOUT DATA.

It's about a new "language" for them to learn - not that it escapes them intellectually. And, its NEVER been easier then now, and I expect it will get easier moving forward. But, the brit has a point - it is still way less than optimum; partly because who fuck is TEACHING them.

I spent three - two hour secessions with mom (70+) and now she is cutting movies, playing solitaire and emailing like anybody else, with attachments, particularly word docs, Printmaker docs, and photos. not bad. not at all bad. still struggles a little in some areas but doing well with Mac OS X and iOS on her iPod. and My dad likes Win 7 - and is very proficient with web surfing and online trading - same age as mom. Neither of them are college grads. Neither of them can work the dvd / vcr optimally - or use the dreaded cable interface for channel surfing. My dad is a machinist - wicked smart, never graduated high school, but owned a company for 38 years with ensuing patents and more... and put three boys through top US four year institutions. My mom knows more vocabulary than yours, period. Never went to college, worked as a paralegal for 40 years - brilliant women. We cant honestly be putting people down because they fail(ed) at something, are we? Are learning curves only for children? Is inspiration only for the youth? Does the only credibility these days come with PhD's and they the only assholes the get to use the microphone?

So to me - its about preference and how well you were taught and inspired. Seems like old hat.

AND I would guess you want to pay attention to this elderly class of folks as technology evolves at a radioactive pace - they are hitting 70 years old at a clip of TEN THOUSAND PER DAY.

Or what about when OCR even fails - cause it does.... we are talking the same language regardless. Sacrificing freedom for personal safeties - its a big hangup of mine with the said government, and ticketing is out of control for all the wrong reasons.

"Nanu Nanu?"

You are kidding right? In the great state of CO (and I am SURE others, and half my family are cops in NJ), they use an Optical Character Recognition scanner to run your plate number automatically through the on board networked laptop; e.g. which then "tells" the officer what your story is, put your positioning traffic on screen, speed, and other info - instantly - should you be deemed "up to no good". So if you are late on your registration, and caught my their car mounted camera's, you are beat, if they are not already preoccupied with some other sloth of society. Or, whatever other purposes they need to generate revenue.

Or, wire it to the human centipad: http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s15e01-humancentipad

Fascinating!!

Exactly! man its been awhile... thanks for the refresher.

Amen brotha.

Moot argument - Facebook does not depend on the same types of revenue streams and is not part of a traditional business model. They make the money that warrants this type of security.

why you joined in the first place is absolutely an obfuscation of sanity and reason...