Parasites in the Legal System

People have become parasites. They piggy-back off the success of others and refuse to create their own success. When people create patents, but then never utilize them, that is a hint that they shouldn't have filed for the patent. Companies that need to utilize the patent to create jobs and innovate even further should have rights to the patent. There was a time when pride would prevent people from doing such a low handed, under the table deal. Pride would make people try to make something of themselves instead of sucking the life out of other companies. Where is that pride now? Will we ever get it back?

Cuckoo's Egg

When a cuckoo lays an egg, it lays it in another bird's nest and that bird takes care of the baby cuckoo. In The Cuckoo's Egg, the protagonist Cliff tried to warn everyone, but in the beginning, no one would help. They let Cliff take care of everything, just like a cuckoo. If everyone would have worked together, they could have caught the hacker swiftly.
People want to push responsibility onto others. Only when people all learn to accept responsibility will things work much more smoothly. The world needs to recognize when others need help and offer help. The world needs to recognize when something needs to be done and make sure it gets done. We all have a responsibility to do our best and hope for the best for ourselves.

Immersed in a Virtual World

Everyone is connected. Connected to their friends, email, TV shows and whatever else the internet has to offer. Only when the computer is shut down, do people experience reality. What if the computer was never shut off and was constantly in front of you? Many companies are competing with Google's new Google Glass with specialized versions of this immersive fashion statement. People will never have to disconnect from their artificial world; therefore, will they ever connect to the real one? It is a slippery slope, but I hope that people will use this new trend to their advantage when they need it and still engage in the physical world, but, like most new things, only time will tell.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/business/seeking-a-staredown-with-google-glass.html?ref=technology

The Internet: Reinventing Families

Family history gets swept under the rug in lieu of many other meaningless priorities. With the Internet, doing family history is much more productive than ever before. Now we can search for our families, and when we find them, we can easily connect with them to learn even more. We can get involved in the life of our second cousin twice removed by simply becoming friends with them on Facebook or following them on Twitter. By doing this, we aren't only reading about our extended families, we are becoming part of them. This was the original intent of doing family history, to be able to connect with our families. Thanks to modern technology, now we can do just that.

NSA Striping our Rights to Security

Who can you trust anymore? NIST changed the new SHA-3 algorithm to be less secure. When you know certain number, you can easily decrypt any message that is sent on a "secure connection". Why would someone who is setting the standards for security, allow for a less secure connection? The fingers are all pointing to the NSA. This is ludicrous because now, in order to protect us, the government is making our information more vulnerable to everyone, including those who wish us harm. Now we have to live with substandard security in order to maintain our "freedom".

https://www.cdt.org/blogs/joseph-lorenzo-hall/2409-nist-sha-3