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Old 10-21-2010, 04:23 PM   #46
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Here is a link to a recent CNN interview with Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop per Child. An interesting claim that's given at the outset and put in the article title - and one I don't agree with at all - although I'm quite sure he's being hyperbolic for effect:

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Negroponte has been wrong more than once. Just saying.
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yes he has, yes he has....true of any visionary.
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Negroponte has been wrong more than once. Just saying.
No kidding. Given some of OLPCs other claims, I'm not putting much stock in this one either.
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I have .pdf books that I got in 1998. They are fine.
those aren't books. Those are images...
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those aren't books. Those are images...
Yes, they are books. They are just another format of books. Whether you like them or not has nothing to do with whether they are books are not.
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I love my Nook, but I do hope that this doesn't happen. It would be a sad world without physical books.
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Reading is something you HAVE to do for school, but not something that will drive the major portion of the younger populous to spend $200 for a device with which to engage in a solitary activity.
Most people under age 25 read e-books on their cell phones. They may not buy a dedicated device, but they have one that does the job in a pinch.
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I love my Nook, but I do hope that this doesn't happen. It would be a sad world without physical books.
The world wasn't saddened by the passing of the carriage, the ice truck or the pocketwatch. Printed books, when they become rare items, will simply be rare items. The world won't be any less for having moved on to better things.

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Most people under age 25 read e-books on their cell phones. They may not buy a dedicated device, but they have one that does the job in a pinch.
Heh... you make them sound like they're painful, but passingly effective! I happen to think they are great, and have no need for a dedicated device.
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Where is this unlimited service? I'd really rather not rely on RAID for my data, but the largest online backup I've seen from commercial vendors is 100GB.
Maybe I'm paranoid , but I really don't trust online backups to keep my information secure AND private.
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Maybe I'm paranoid , but I really don't trust online backups to keep my information secure AND private.
Yes, you are. And since you don't trust online services with your data, you can't have a bank since they keep info online. And, of course, you can't pay your bills online. You can't buy anything online because you can't trust anyone with your data. You can't have credit cards since (besides not having a bank) the data is transmitted and stored online. That leaves cash only...no, wait...cash can be counterfeited.

You need to get over your paranoia. The services I linked encrypt your data. Also, you never keep all your eggs in one basket. You have to have more than one back up to ensure your data is safe. Minimum would be one local back up and one offsite back up. Sure, a government could seize online data but lacking that, they would just seize your machines (and probably would anyway).
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Yes, you are. And since you don't trust online services with your data, you can't have a bank since they keep info online. And, of course, you can't pay your bills online. You can't buy anything online because you can't trust anyone with your data. You can't have credit cards since (besides not having a bank) the data is transmitted and stored online. That leaves cash only...no, wait...cash can be counterfeited.

You need to get over your paranoia. The services I linked encrypt your data. Also, you never keep all your eggs in one basket. You have to have more than one back up to ensure your data is safe. Minimum would be one local back up and one offsite back up. Sure, a government could seize online data but lacking that, they would just seize your machines (and probably would anyway).
I really don't think there's any need to be this nasty about it. With banks and online merchants, there are recognized dispute-resolution channels and legal protections for me as the consumer.

If some low-wage worker at Carbonite or whatever decides to snoop my files and nab personal information for identity theft purposes, I don't have a lot I can do besides spend years and lots of money straightening out the results.
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I really don't think there's any need to be this nasty about it. With banks and online merchants, there are recognized dispute-resolution channels and legal protections for me as the consumer.

If some low-wage worker at Carbonite or whatever decides to snoop my files and nab personal information for identity theft purposes, I don't have a lot I can do besides spend years and lots of money straightening out the results.
You missed the part about encryption? Do you think Carbonite and Mozy would have been around as long as they have and survived the financial crunch if they weren't safe and reliable? Whatever.
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You need to get over your paranoia. The services I linked encrypt your data. Also, you never keep all your eggs in one basket. You have to have more than one back up to ensure your data is safe. Minimum would be one local back up and one offsite back up. Sure, a government could seize online data but lacking that, they would just seize your machines (and probably would anyway).
Not to support paranoia but at least in the US there is a quite a difference. Your own machines in your home are covered by your 4th amendment rights, and would require a search warrant to accesd. Data stored by third parties can be accessed with just a subpoena.
Maybe one shouldn't use online backup services if planning terrorist attacks
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Not to support paranoia but at least in the US there is a quite a difference. Your own machines in your home are covered by your 4th amendment rights, and would require a search warrant to accesd. Data stored by third parties can be accessed with just a subpoena.
Maybe one shouldn't use online backup services if planning terrorist attacks
Sadly, due to the dispicable Patriot Act, pretty much all civil rights have been suspended since all the government has to do is claim suspected terrorism.
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You missed the part about encryption? Do you think Carbonite and Mozy would have been around as long as they have and survived the financial crunch if they weren't safe and reliable? Whatever.
No, I didn't, but I still think the tech staff with direct access to said data and training on that encryption scheme are very well positioned to be able to break same if they are sufficiently motivated.

I prefer to keep my backups under my personal control. YMMV (and obviously does).
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