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Palladium: Blessing or Curse? |
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Source: Roberta Bragg - Posted by Joe Shakespeare
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"There's a lot of good stuff in Pd [Palladium], and a lot I like about it. There's also a lot I don't like and am scared of. My fear is that Pd will lead us down a road where our computers are no longer our computers, but are instead owned by a variety of factions and companies all looking for a piece of our wallet. To the extent that Pd facilitates that reality. . . .
"There's a lot of good stuff in Pd [Palladium], and a lot I like about it. There's also a lot I don't like and am scared of. My fear is that Pd will lead us down a road where our computers are no longer our computers, but are instead owned by a variety of factions and companies all looking for a piece of our wallet. To the extent that Pd facilitates that reality, it's bad for society. I don't mind companies selling, renting or licensing things to me, but the loss of the power, reach and flexibility of the computer is too great a price to pay."
--Bruce Schneier, Cryptogram, Aug. 15, 2002Goddesses and Horses
Athena, born full-grown from the head of Zeus, was trained in the fighting arts. She accidentally killed her friend, Pallas, during a game. It saddened her so much that she appended the name of her friend to her own. A statue of Pallas Athena in full armor, known as the Palladium, stood guard over the ancient city of Troy. Legend held that as long as the statue was safe, so was the city. During the 10th year of the Trojan War, Odysseus and Diomed stole the statue. The city soon fell to the nefarious Greeks, who hid inside a wooden horse.
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