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Wired 12.05: Poindexter Confidential
by dmv at 3:36 pm EDT, Apr 29, 2004

] in a lot of ways we have the worst of both worlds: no
] security and no privacy. There are at least 50 federal
] laws and regulations regarding the handling of personal
] information. Programmers call that spaghetti code.

Interesting interview with Poindexter. I honestly do think he was doing some very novel and worthwhile things... not all of them, but some.


 
RE: Wired 12.05: Poindexter Confidential
by Thrynn at 10:58 pm EDT, Apr 29, 2004

dmv wrote:
] ] in a lot of ways we have the worst of both worlds: no
] ] security and no privacy. There are at least 50 federal
] ] laws and regulations regarding the handling of personal
] ] information. Programmers call that spaghetti code.
]
] Interesting interview with Poindexter. I honestly do think he
] was doing some very novel and worthwhile things... not all of
] them, but some.

Cool. Apparently, they played a little game like 'Sims' but they took all the last names in the country and randomly assigned them first names. Well, this is cool to me since there are only about a dozen people (or less) who have my last name. This means I had a good chance of landing a leading role. So, there I was Thrynn Crazylastname standing in line waiting to board a plane. Not quite sure where I was headed, but it didn't matter. Desitiny had other plans. I wonder if my character lives or dies in their scenario. I bet I live, but I'm probably took serious battle damage. I feel like I should be paid for my role in the game.


 
 
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