[PD-ot] Re: [PD] PD on Mac-Intel

[Marc Lavallée]

"Trust" is not something that can be embedded in technology, because it's a 
question of relationship between people, not machines... Believers of 
"trusted computing" should at least watch this animated short: 
http://www.lafkon.net/tc/, and  read this article: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing
--
Marc

Le 21 Mars 2006 09:43, B. Bogart a écrit :
> If anyone is inclined to move this to the OT list then It may continue,
> but I also have no more interest to follow it.
>
> I'm doing the opposite of sticking my head in the sand, that is
> advocating people spend there money in such a way to prove there is a
> market for non-trusted computing. Smarter and more knowledgeable people
> than myself have written enough on the topic of trusted computing, pro
> or con.
>
> Just to say its trusted computing is inevitable does not make it any
> more acceptable, maybe it makes it less acceptable.
>
> I can't convince anyone either way, but since the mactel is the first
> trusted machine on the market I know about I thought it would be prudent
> to send a few links.
>
> </thread>
>
> ..b.
>
> Robert Scott wrote:
> > On Monday 20 Mar 2006 16:40, james tittle wrote:
> >>...ahh, the ol' "stick my head in the sand" approach:  personally, I
> >>find this naive at best, harmful at worst.
> >
> > I don't like to get involved in a pointless offtopic conversation on a
> > mailing list. But I really find your attitude far more naïve and 'stick
> > your head in the sand' than B. Bogart's. I think a lot of people would
> > agree with me.
> >
> > I'm not going to argue this any further though because it would be a
> > waste of everyone's time & attention.
> >
> >
> > robert.