Tag Archives: internet

Compsec: Losing Control

Posted on September 27, 2013 by ehurst

The single greatest threat facing computer users is loss of control. Unaccountability is a two-edged sword. It’s bad enough people in power refuse to account for their actions to those affected, but we also have a full range of areas … Continue reading →

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Internet as Booze

Posted on September 19, 2013 by ehurst

It’s a perennial subject since I can remember: Why are people far more rude on the Net than in real person? I was chatting with my friend David about it on Facebook, where we all know things can get really … Continue reading →

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Net Speculation 2

Posted on September 15, 2013 by ehurst

This is nothing more than my gibbering mind dreaming up vague probabilities. I can’t account for whence some of it comes, but take full responsibility for the idiocy. Linux will soon be almost entirely a corporate product. It will remain … Continue reading →

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Published: The Laptop Oracles

Posted on September 8, 2013 by ehurst

This is a rewrite of the original series with a whole lot of new material added, some of it a rework of several posts here. It’s nothing new to regular readers, really, but you can get your free copy here.

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Moral Transparency Online

Posted on September 7, 2013 by ehurst

Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: You cannot have privacy online. It’s the nature of the beast. Sure, you can encrypt and make it difficult, but that’s about the same as any lock on any door — it only keeps … Continue reading →

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Troll Notice

Posted on August 20, 2013 by ehurst

Sadly, I have to do this again. My regular readers can ignore this post. I don’t feed trolls. If your comments seem to be somewhat on topic, I may elect to answer even rude crap. If you make it plain … Continue reading →

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DIY Religion 2

Posted on August 19, 2013 by ehurst

Ref: DIY Religion 1. There’s not much farther I can take this on my own. The only thing left is to note that religions that require concrete artifacts will struggle to take full advantage of the network. Granted, nothing replaces … Continue reading →

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DIY Religion 1

Posted on August 12, 2013 by ehurst

This is an open source project. This will probably turn into a book, but it’s not the kind of thing where I have a full-blown image running around in my head. It would be really nice if I could get … Continue reading →

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Net Speculation

Posted on August 6, 2013 by ehurst

There’s some pretty serious warfare on the Net right now. I’m little more than a power user, not a real hacker or professional technician. I have a computer ministry, but it’s mostly mundane stuff any power user could fix. But … Continue reading →

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We Aren’t Ready

Posted on August 5, 2013 by ehurst

In the social sciences, we are forced to strip out threads of reality because no human can possibly grasp the totality of what happened in the past or what’s happening right now. We do not even have an economic model … Continue reading →

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