In Reply to: It wasn't a rant: just a right definition posted by Sordidman on October 11, 2014 at 17:41:07:
The finger pointing here comes from different definitions, particularly a definition based on function vs. a definition based on mechanism. Definitions are social conventions and are arbitrary. It is not a question of "right" or "wrong".
By the way, Internet connected TVs have already been hacked to spy in people. I believe that hackers are working on smart refrigerators. It is only a matter of time before smart light bulbs get hacked. (Smart lights are already in heavy industrial use for theater's and home use is starting.) Any device that can be hacked may expose the internal computing mechanism and thereby provide a computing function for the benefit of a (possibly malevolent) hacker.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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Follow Ups
- Definitions are arbitrary. Also, a case of function vs mechanism - Tony Lauck 10:42:48 10/12/14 (5)
- one certainly can have "good" definitions and bad ones - Sordidman 18:34:52 10/12/14 (4)
- RE: one certainly can have "good" definitions and bad ones - Tony Lauck 07:37:55 10/13/14 (2)
- Excellent points Tony - Sordidman 09:19:11 10/13/14 (1)
- RE: Excellent points Tony - Tony Lauck 10:08:51 10/13/14 (0)
- RE: one certainly can have "good" definitions and bad ones - Jaundiced Ear 06:18:26 10/13/14 (0)