Monday, January 21, 2013

Why we wont lose to a Super Disease

Recently there have been news articles about some new version of gonorrhea that is resistive to the first defense created by humans.  This Super Gonorrhea has gotten some of the media worried about the possible pattern that will lead to the end of the human race. 

The current theory is that as our species continues to use these antibiotics and other treatments to kill off these bacteria, germs, viruses, etc... we're really just practicing a sort of evolution.  We're killing off the weaker ones, and eventually we'll be left with some super bacteria that we couldnt cope with.

I dont think this apocalyptic vision is plausible.  I dont think the human race will be completely wiped out, because our technology is better than nature. 

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Security, There's room for improvement

I remeber the days when facebook and google defaulted to http instead of https.  i remebrr the days when passwords were something you only put on your most secure information. but with our continued interconnectedness, the need to secure our connections has grown to a level almost greater than securing the locations we're connecting to.

if you ask any person out there who is close to wearing a tinfoil hat, we do have technological answers