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Comment Beautiful (Score 1) 32

Everyone knows that regulation are burdensome and a net drain on the economy. If people cannot trust their banks, it just means they will live with the consequences of their decisions. Weak men who cannot calculate risk should not have money anyways. I for one look forward to a return of wildcat banks, massive fraud, and increased market panics.

Comment Re:Nothing new (Score 1) 74

We have known this for quite some time. That's how Jack LaLanne was able to perform ridiculous feats of strength and endurance well into his 70s. He even claimed that he and his wife maintained an active sex life into his 90s.

Joe Weider lived into his 90s as well with comparatively good health compared to his contemporaries who didn't exercise like he did.

We have had this knowledge for decades but the counter-argument could be that correlation isn't causation. This kind of research is needed to prove that it's the exercise that contributes to longevity, not that people who are genetically predisposed to long life also have a predisposition to get into exercise.

LK

Comment Re:Too much Internet (Score 1) 24

It was a very convenient way to get media.

My absolute favorite was when Hollywood Video had their MVP program. You could take out three DVDs at a time for a flat fee all month.

When they tried to replace it with whatever they called that bullshit they tried to trick us with, I declined.

They went from getting $14.99 per month from me to getting maybe $5.00 on a good month.

Comment Re:Lead By Example (Score 1) 148

This is nonsense. Cryptography and secret codes have been around for as long as communication. One-time pads were first used on the telegraph in 1882.

I didn't say possible. I said practical. Strong crypto is hard. Secure key exchange is hard.

Governments have been breaking codes for as long as we have had codes.

LK

Comment Re:Lead By Example (Score 2) 148

I don't see it. For example, cell phone records are only recorded and accessible via warrant, and by presenting that warrant to a provider directly. Same could be done with E2EE data if forced through the cell phone provider's networks.

That would mean an end to E2EE APIs on cell phones and other devices, which may be practically impossible at this point.

Edward Snowden showed that this is not as true as you seem to think it is.

LK

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