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Comment Re:Tangled double-spending (Score 1) 186

IOTA is an interesting concept, but it's silly to say it's not a blockchain. It absolutely is - it just allows parallel versions to exist for undetermined amounts of time, until they happen to merge together.

What? You mean someone actually posted to a Slashdot cryptocurrency thread that wasn't a tulip/ponzi/monopoly money post?
I was starting to lose hope that Slashdot comments might still contain information from people who actually know the subject matter . Thank you...

Comment Re:Don't Roll Your Own Crypto (Score 1) 186

horribly centralized is a good thing. The reason "cryptocurrency" will never take off is that it can't be easily controlled.

The whole point is that you don't need your governments permission to use it. And in case you haven't read the news, cryptocurrency is already starting to take off

Nation states require monetary policy. Also, 1% inflation is "good" for the economy. If the main currency were deflationary, as bitcoin is, the economy would crash.

So what about any of the other hundreds of cryptocurrencies that aren't, like the one in TFA?
You're also assuming nation states will always be a thing. I realise I'm stretching things here, but changes in technology changed us fiefdoms and kingdoms to nation states, decentralised currency might just be something that evolves us from nation state to the next model of civilisation?

Also, bitcoin burns electricity like a small country. A small country would need 100% of power generation going into a crypto currency to ensure it was stable.

You're confusing two things there. Bitcoin burns electricity, so is likely to end up as a store of wealth like gold than transactional like cash. However, there are hundreds of other cryptocurrencies that have been specifically designed to not have the same issues. So even if BTC falls flat on its face, it won't be because of a cash revival, it'll be because a next gen cryptocurrency usurps it. There are thousands of reasons why bitcoin will never be used as a currency replacement. And even more ACs who will complain when any of those massive failures are addressed.

Comment Re:It doesn't matter (Score 1) 535

Pretending that the current political circumstances are the result of the Russians is deranged.

If you work in national security, and you identify that foreign powers having some covert influence on your political process then you have to act to contain it.
I don't think anyone thinks the result is 100% because of Russia, but if they are pushing 1 % here and 1% there, then over time they can disrupt the balance of power. We know they did it during the Cold War, and there are already cases where Russian backed groups created 'local' Facebook groups with opposing points of views to deliberately inflame civil unrest.
You can't just sit by and let that stuff continue to happen.

Comment Re:Haven't we heard this before? (Score 1) 535

I for one do not care how the information came out. The fact that it came out was good enough for me. I actually hope hackers all over the world do this every election. Break in to both sides as show where all the bodies are buried. Maybe then we can end some of the corruption that plagues governments.

Well this is the problem isn't, they aren't doing it equally. Right now we have forces at work deliberately targeting divisive causes in an effort to upset our way of life.
This is not an issue of red v blue, it is America and democracy under attack from foreign powers. And some people seem content to play along with that because it's in their own personal best interests.

Comment Re:Goverment System = Secure Stable Durable (Score 1) 208

by Gussington (#55736297) Attached to: Trump Administration Calls For Government IT To Adopt Cloud Services

has been stolen from Federal government systems three times now.

It's worth pointing out that the OPM breaches were on servers maintained by contractors and other breaches were from other companies that the government outsourced background checks to.

That's not worth pointing out at all. It's equivalent of Trump blaming crime on immigrants.
To counterpoint this ridiculous point: https://listverse.com/2016/01/...

Comment Re:Not a surprise. (Score 1) 208

by Gussington (#55735995) Attached to: Trump Administration Calls For Government IT To Adopt Cloud Services

I'm not surprised that this administration has fallen for the shiny veneer of cloud services. However, the idea that this will improve security is laughable. I agree that we need to a technological overhaul using the latest protection but cloud services are not the solution and far from the panacea they claim to be.

When I read stuff like this I feel like I've fallen back into 2008. 'Cloud' doesn't mean just give all your stuff to someone else and stop thinking about it, it means stop trying to own everything and adopt a service-centric model.
In case this scares you think of things like electricity, you don't bother generating your own electricity, why not? Or a Public bus or train, people rely on them, why not buy your own train? A bank etc.
With IT, nerds seem to adopt the approach of I can do it all myself without really a sense of what has business value or not. Cloud service allow you to outsource all the shit that is irrelevant to your core business (like electricity, transport and banking) so you can focus on what you do best.

Comment Re:Tourists/vistors...? (Score 1) 468

by Gussington (#55729413) Attached to: Trump Signs Law Forcing Drone Users To Register With Government

Ok .. and do tourists, visitors to America, people on work visa's, etc, do they need to register their drone if they decided to bring one with them on their trip?

How is that going to work?

' Don't be stupid. Visitors won't be allowed in either soon.
I feel that American is truly great now. How about you?

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