Moxie's whole blog post is pure gold. I especially enjoyed this paragraph:
We are of course willing to responsibly disclose the specific vulnerabilities we know about to Cellebrite if they do the same for all the vulnerabilities they use in their physical extraction and other services to their respective vendors, now and in the future.
I definately LOL'ed at that one...
When the "wearable tech" becomes implanted "wetware". I'm thinking direct neural interface with computing / memory augmentation: Being able to interface a computer system at a _far_ higher level than "think hard about a purple sky and have a blinky light turn on".
- Being able to directly access synthetic memory or networked data.
- Enhancing logic / mathematical processing / thinking.
- Using synthetic elements to replace / enhance senses (vision / hearing loss / enhancement)
- Using synthetic element to enhance nerve system distribution for repairing spinal injuries or enhancing reaction / reflex times.
There are all kinds of things that are possible while making yourself more susceptible to EMP
I like my phone. Nexus 4. Does everything I need.
What I need is 50% faster and 50% cheaper service, at minimum.
Technically, a party is just a gathering of people or reasonable facsimiles thereof. Merriment and associated frivolities, while typical, are optional.
Most dictionaries do define a party as a gathering of invited guests though...
;)
Best thing I've ever used to pull string through conduit is a vacuum cleaner. Just amazing how well that works.
There is no reason cloned organs would have to be eternally expensive, unless one company owns the technology and creates an artificially scarce market.
You've seen how your patent system works in the bio-medical field, haven't you? Hell, make that any field.
/earth: file system full.