The Xbox One - Back to the Past

I was really excited when the Xbox One was announced. One of the things I hoped for was that Microsoft had done something with those discs from the 90's. And they did, almost. What almost where to be a far better experience for users where thrown away by confused users mostly on the Internet in addition to Sony who made fun of Microsoft and their new model. Sony indirectly asked Microsoft why they would change the current model for games when the one they used where working perfectly fine. I would not say that is the question. What is the issues with the current model and what could be improved? 

Why we should stay away from PRISM

The recent surveillance scandal where US basically monitors all data through routers in the US is one of the most important events this century. It also scares me when I hear the "I have nothing to hide"-argument frequently that I ask myself "Did we even learn anything from the cold war?". In this post, I will discuss some of the key aspects of why PRISM is a bad thing for society and why we should stay away from it as good as we can.