When this kind of technology replaces keyboards, mice, and touch screens, do you think that mainstream audiences might begin to appreciate the value in knowing exactly what the software on your personal devices does, and which master that software serves?
I would never put so much as my private SSH keys on a closed source machine that pulls updates in the background or a device on which a third party is root (iPhone, G1). I certainly can't imagine plugging my brain into any such creature.
Ever since I read the story of writing a backdoor in the unix login prompt, then writing that change into the compiler so the login prompt code looks clean, then writing that change into the running compiler, so the compiler code looks clean, but the running compiler will backdoor itself or the login prompt, I've had the feeling that the best bet is not to trust as far as possible and not to worry as far as possible.
Smart people will always be able to outsmart me, stupid people with power or desirables will always be able to coerce me into lowering my standards.
Don't be scared. If you're ever placed in an fMRI with scenes of the crime, just start recalling your childhood home or Snow White. And for godsakes don't start remembering the crime.
"I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay Puft!"
best case i would have both. require the author to select a category when posting, and using this category either pull random image out of stock photos in the category or if you want to get cheeky, parse the text and run semantic to get a closer match (does it really matter though? :D ). if user decides to upload his own photo, just use that instead.
nice block of text for someone purporting to "hate writing" :D
in any case, i don't think there's a job that distinctively encompasses "learner/problemsolver" sans the execution of the actual fix itself :(
you need to be independently wealthy and be a designer/projectmanager and commission your own ideas into reality to fill the niche role that you've defined
I get things done when I'm interested in the answer. But once my interest stops, it grinds to a halt. And I mean grinds. I have so many unfinished things. Screen plays, novels, business plans, blog posts, ideas.
the semantic web doesn't have to actively "think" it just needs the ability to allow users of the web to properly define relationships itself democratically so to speak and display the internet using these relationships.
we're starting to see the formation of web 3.0 with social tagging, voting, rating, commenting, and flagging. this along with the vetting of user profiles via reputationing systems is solidifying the structure of the web we are to use in the future
