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It will be used for porn and military purposes. It's extremely naive to assume the opposite.
by egao1980 8y ago
It will be used for porn and military purposes. It's extremely naive to assume the opposite.
- seba_dos1 8y agoWhat's more, it's extremely naive to work in big tech like Microsoft or Google and not expect your work to be used by military some day.
- cbg0 8y agoYou say that as if there's a huge history of these companies' tech being used to enhance warfare.
- PakG1 8y agoDon't think you need history to make a prediction of how history might change for well-thought-out reasons. And Windows is a key OS in many military operations/departments.
- cbg0 8y agoAs an employee, you kind of need history to be able to make a prediction like that, otherwise you will be a bit surprised when you see your employer is taking on contracts to enhance the military, to speak to the naivete that was brought up earlier. While Windows might be used by the military, that doesn't mean it was built to enhance warfare, the same way if the military used Ubuntu you wouldn't expect Canonical employees to protest about it.
- Sendotsh 8y agoMilitaries around the world already use the Xbox 360 controller extensively. As well as Surfaces, and of course the obvious like Windows, Excel, Word, etc.
- cmroanirgo 8y agoAnd before that, different versions of windows. I recall going for an interview with some sonar guys looking at using Direct3D back in the late 90s.
- manigandham 8y agoThere is. Silicon Valley was formed out of military projects.
- rvp-x 8y agoI see no objections regarding use for porn in the article.