Building on Wayne's very interesting references.....looks like someone has
been quietly building the software version of the panopticon......have a
look at this on the heals of Lou G.'s comments and the recent MS position
statement on open source....
HARD CHEESE: MICROSOFT TAKES HARD LINE ON HARDWARE UPGRADES
Users must ask nicely if they want to change their PCs...
http://www.silicon.com/a44323
......just imagine having to ask MS for permission to reinstall your
system.....one consultants I know advises his clients to reformat and
reinstall every six months or so just to maintain adequate performance on
their MS instlaled machines.
It is interesting to note that at the same time the doublespeak is
increasing i.e. people say one thing and mean another, the gap in
functionality and ease of use of Linux based systems is narrowing at an
incredible rate.....the latest releases of Mandrake, RedHat etc. are as easy
if not easier to install than Brand X.....looks like there is enough energy
building up for a real "earthquake" soon....
Joseph
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Joseph Dal Molin
Minoru Development Corporation/Minoru Development SARL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: Big Lou G is on to it!
> Trevor Kerr wrote:
>
> > http://www.newsday.com/bizedition/ibm1212.htm
> >
> > see last paragraph
> >
>
>
> Bear's repeating here:
>
> "What happens to privacy for millions of people with
> Internet-enabled pacemakers?" he said. "And forget about the
> debate over who has access to medical records. Who has
> access to real-time data on your heartbeat, blood pressure
> and cholesterol level? Your doctor? Your insurance company?
> The answer here must begin with a responsible marketplace."
>
> Let's see, "forget about .... access to medical records" and
> "responsible marketplace". Hmmmm.
>
> This is the future from which the only hope is the public's
> responsible running of the panopticon. Are we ready for that?
>
> For the popular version of the panopticon, see David Brin's
> "The transparent society"
> http://crit.org/http://crit.org/openness/sourcedocs/BrinCh1.html
>
> for the po-mo theory, reference foucault:
>
http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/City_of_Bits/Bit_Biz/SurveillanceElectronicP
anopticon.html
>
> or deleuze:
> http://www.dds.nl/~n5m/texts/deleuze.htm
>
>
>
>
