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Gates denounces 1984 as untrue

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Laukev7:
Anyone saw the irony in saying that the comparison between NGSCB and 1984 is 'untrue'?  :D

As in 'Doubleplus untrue'?   :eek:

SAJChurchey:
Well, I would hope that after the government pursuing monopoly charges and suits, they would no better than to trust anything that Gates or M$ says.

suselinux:

quote:Originally posted by SAJChurchey:
Well, I would hope that after the government pursuing monopoly charges and suits, they would no better than to trust anything that Gates or M$ says.
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Here Here!

SAJChurchey:
This article follows the homeland security meeting a little further:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/technology/30NECO.html?ex=1057636800&en=69654b8d1a59a0e0&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

 
quote:
 The optimistic view is that technology can sidestep any trade-off between homeland security and personal privacy. "Information technology will be a force for more security and more privacy, a force for greater security and greater individual freedom," Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, said in a luncheon speech at the conference.

Not everyone in attendance was convinced. "What he said is fine for rhetoric, but I'm not sure it's true," said Lance J. Hoffman, a computer scientist and security expert at George Washington University.

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At least there not taking Willie G that seriously.

jtpenrod:

quote:"This technology can make our country more secure and prevent the nightmare vision of George Orwell at the same time," Gates said. "Orwell didn't anticipate how technology can be used to protect privacy. The fact that technology can protect both security and privacy by protecting the computer systems and the information on them is a positive thing."
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Perhaps His Gatesness was talking about Linux here?  ;)
 
quote:Without taking a stand on the TIA system, which previously was called Total Information Awareness, Gates applauded increased information sharing between government agencies. He cited current law-enforcement efforts to share criminal databases, but predicted that, "unless this system is properly connected to the entire Homeland Security command structure, the potential will not be fully realised."
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Since when has Winderz done "properly connected"?  :eek:  The entire Homeland Security command structure will be wide open to just about any script kiddie with a worm generator. Gee, I feel safer already!  :D
 
quote:"We're proud to be involved in the effort to connect a significant portion of the federal homeland-security community into a national information-sharing and intelligence-analysis network," Gates said.
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IOW, there's a pay-off in the works.  ;)

And just what does any of this have to do with 1984?  :rolleyes:
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