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<eventitem date="2015-10-16" time="7:00 PM" room="ML Theatre of the Arts"
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title="Cory Doctorow - The War on General Purpose Computing">
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<short>
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Between walled gardens, surveillance agencies, and political opponents,
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no matter who's winning the war on general purpose computing you're
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losing. The Computer Science Club will be hosting Cory Doctorow's talk
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in the Theatre of the Arts on October 16.
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</short>
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<abstract>
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No Matter Who's Winning the War on General Purpose Computing, You're Losing
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If cyberwar were a hockey game, it'd be the end of the first period and
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the score would be tied 500-500. All offense, no defense.
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</p>
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<p>
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Meanwhile, a horrible convergence has occurred as everyone from car
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manufacturers to insulin pump makers have adopted the inkjet printer
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business model, insisting that only their authorized partners can make
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consumables, software and replacement parts -- with the side-effect of
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making it a felony to report showstopper, potentially fatal bugs in
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technology that we live and die by.
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And then there's the FBI and the UK's David Cameron, who've joined in
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with the NSA and GCHQ in insisting that everyone must be vulnerable to
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Chinese spies and identity thieves and pervert voyeurs so that the spy
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agencies will always be able to spy on everyone and everything, everywhere.
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It's been fifteen years since the copyright wars kicked off, and we're
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still treating the Internet as a glorified video-on-demand service --
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when we're not treating it as a more perfect pornography distribution
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system, or a jihadi recruitment tool.
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It's all of those -- and more. Because it's the nervous system of the
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21st century. We've got to stop treating it like a political football.
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<p>
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Cory Doctorow will be talking on Friday October 16, 7pm in
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the Theatre of the Arts. Admission is free, and
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the talk will be open to the public. Doors open
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at 6:30pm. Headsets will be provided for the hard of hearing,
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email Patrick at pj2melan@uwaterloo.ca . The theatre is wheelchair accessible.
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</p>
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The following books written by Cory will be sold at the event:
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<ul>
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<li>Little Brother</li>
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<li>Homeland</li>
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<li>For the Win</li>
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<li>Makers</li>
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<li>Pirate Cinema</li>
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<li>Information Doesn't want to be free</li>
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<li>In Real Life</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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</abstract>
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</eventitem>
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<eventitem date="2015-09-24" time="4:30 PM" room="EIT 3142"
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<eventitem date="2015-09-24" time="4:30 PM" room="EIT 3142"
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title="CSC and WiCS Career Panel">
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title="CSC and WiCS Career Panel">
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