Google Me What I am Thinking

Google is working on a new product, in the future they want it to know you better than you know yourself and anticipate what you want. Read the article and watch the video.

Towards the end of the article, Singhai states, "When we launch a service which brings a lot of benefits to the consumer, they thrive despite all the questions surrounding users’ privacy. However, we know that if a product doesn’t give a user enough value, then we know it cannot overcome the necessary hurdles."

Let me restate what he says, "If we give people enough cookies, they will willingly give up their decision making and privacy". This is another example of why I will be getting off of the internet as much as possible. People really need to consider how far they will accept having computers and algorithms making their decisions for them rather than merely assisting.

I do apologize for the sparseness of my posts, I have a few days off and will try and write something more involved. Be well.

Virtual Money

I am not sure if I wrote about bitcoins recently. It is a type of virtual money.
There is a new player in the world of virtual currency, your friends at Facebook. They are creating a new online currency.

Gosh it must be great to create your own currency, so many doing it already. One state has voted to be able to make their own currency. Now this is legal and has been done many times in the United States. Here is a small quote from a Wikipedia article on Banknotes, "In the United States, public acceptance of banknotes in replacement of precious metals was hastened in part by Executive Order 6102 in 1933. This order carried the threat of a maximum $10,000 fine and a maximum of ten years in prison for anyone who kept more than $100 of gold in preference to banknotes."

So possible situations. One, will the government limit how much gold you can own again, there was a part of one of the recent bills that said that all sales of gold over a certain dollar amount had to be reported to the Federal Government. Two, can states issue their own currencies if they use gold and silver? Three, there is no law prohibiting online organizations to create their own currencies, if they do and that currency is used then how could you tax it?

Scientists are not God

Why does some scientists insist upon changing humanity? Do they really think they know better than nature and God? They seek shortcuts and risk us all.

Here is a lovely article about a new machine that will allow scientists to speed up "evolution". It is madness. To think that you know which genes to turn on and off, to be willing to take the risk, is madness.

I like reading about quantum physics mostly, I am not as supportive of creating dark matter or certain tests. I am 100% against stem cell research. I am 100% against assisting evolution.

Mark my words, this machine will be used on stem cells to cure autism. But it won't. The hope of science is to cure the autistic of their social inabilities, not to take away their intellectual uniqueness (Asperger's). Imagine the sales job for people with Asperger's. "Hey kid, your really bright, you see things nobody else sees; but, you have a hard time with the ladies, we can fix that. You take this serum (made from stem cells) and you will be as normal as anyone else."

Here is the joke on the scientists, it is a chicken or an egg question. The unique abilities of those with Aspergers rests within the fact that they focus on what interests them and not on the 40,000 lies that our faces explain. If you change their focus, you lose their unique abilities. Worse yet, imagine using stem cells to give everyone Aspergers, that would be horrific, brains would explode. It takes a lifetime for people born with it to learn to handle it and it is natural for them.

Here is where I am going to compare females breasts to brains (good trick huh?). Millions of women have breast implants, they change their body to "make it better". Personally, I detest breast implants, they are not real and don't feel real, looks only. I have absolutely nothing against normal female breasts, voted in favor of them in the last election. Two thumbs up. I do have to add a caveat, I am very much in favor of breast implants for women who have lost theirs due to cancer or other diseases. I have a friend with a glass eye, that is okay, he was born with two eyes and lost one.

I am not talking about giving back what someone had, I am talking about "improving" or "enhancing" our natural body.

Personal Internet User Id Coming to Denmark

This is the part where I say, "I told you so". Here is the article, it should translate by Google translate. I have written about this and talked about this for a few years and now it is coming.

I didn't even bother posting on how Australia is now beginning to block websites (censor) and yes, they are going after child porn first. The question is what will they go after next?

All You Ever Posted on the Net is Public

You have to love this article. It is about how a new company has been given permission to data mine all the social sites and blogs, identify your true identity and provide that information to employers. Well kids, of course. Now, if my employer employer wanted to read my blog it wouldn't be a big deal as there are people I have worked with that know of this site.

There are people who post on social sites that say some really outlandish things, bigoted and hurtful. It could cost them their jobs and possible future employment. I allow anonymous comments on my blog; but, I also moderate what is posted. The judge in the case that I am sitting on told all of the jurors that they were not to post about the case and I haven't, as you can tell. He warned us not to twitter, my space, facebook or post about the case anywhere. It appears that it had been a problem in the past.

I have posted some personal information on this blog, such as the fact that I have herpes. Heck, if we met in person I would tell you the same. Big deal. I am not sure that everyone feels the same. Where this line of privacy be drawn for the internet? Should posts by minors follow them for the rest of their lives? People do change and learn. We go through trauma on occasion and even as adults may say things that we later regret.

Maybe (and this may be where this is all headed) there should be a start date for holding people accountable for what they posted on the web. Perhaps people should be given a Mulligan (a free ride, a second chance). Still, in the future you will know that everything you post can be traced back to your real life persona.

My ex-wife used to e-mail and text the "other man", I don't want to read it or see it on the net. I doubt she wants to see it on the net either. If nothing is private on the internet then eventually you will cease seeing it used for social media as much. I shall be off the net soon enough; but, this blog will remain for a time, it just won't be updated.

My Post Was Destroyed

I wrote a post and it was destroyed and I don't remember what I said. Have a good night.

Hi

Not much to say, still reading comments. Be well.