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7 Keys Scattered Across the Globe Protect Your Internet | Geekosystem

In the situation that there is an catastrophic security breach–say, a terrorist cyberattack– at least five of the seven Trusted Community Representatives (TCRs) would be required to travel to the United States in order to combine their respective “encrypted cryptographic fragment[s] of the Recovery Key for the DNSSEC signing Key used to sign the ROOT Zone.” According to the New Scientist, Kane said he plans to store the smartcard in a “tamper-proof bag” in “a secure deposit box.”

Klinkt als een moderne Lord of the Rings als je het mij vraagt...of een hele slechte SciFi met JC vanDamme!

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Cognitive Consequences: A Conversation with Nicholas Carr | Open Culture

I think we’re shifting toward shallower, less interesting intellectual lives and, more generally, a shallower culture. That doesn’t mean we’re getting dumber or stupider. It means that the emphasis of our thought is shifting away from the more contemplative and solitary modes of thought that I believe give richness and distinctiveness to our thoughts and even our selves.

Fraai gesprek met Nicholas Carr over zijn boek The Shallows, de invloed van het web op ons intellectueel denkvermogen.

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A 2.5 Year-Old Uses an iPad for the First Time

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The Culture Industry on the Internet: Memes and the BK Case Study – Topics in Digital Media - Fall 09

The Culture Industry, deemed thusly by the Frankfurt School’s Adorno & Horkheimer, produces standardized units of popular culture that are utilized by companies to keep the masses continually participating in capitalism.

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The Muppets: Beaker's Ballad

Dan begrijp je de internetcultuur. Geweldig hoe het Muppet team weer nieuw leven in een klassieker inblaast. Zowel de Muppets zelf als het afgrijselijke nummer van Kansas

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