Part 6
In terms of computing, my personal needs are fairly basic, but whatever I do use has to work well and without complications. I’ve yet to be really happy with existing systems. The most frustrating thing is when I manage to tackle something that is new for me, mostly by trial and error; then, the next time I go back to it I get a whole new set of indecipherable instructions!
I’m the first to admit that it’s probably finger trouble on my part but it doesn’t make it any less frustrating. What I’ve learned about ExoBrain is that these complications simply won’t arise. ExoBrain is capable of doing all the legwork for you, based on clear instructions from yourself. What a pleasure!
Security is a factor that worries many computer users. We’re constantly being warned that hacking into our computers is likely despite the ongoing anti-virus programs we can obtain.
From a professional writer’s point of view, an interesting development regarding copyright has become international law in recent years. Basically, there’s no longer any need to formally copyright a written work of fiction or non-fiction; although in the case of a movie screenplay, most producers will still insist on seeing a Form PA before they’ll proceed with any further negotiations. The Form PA, used to register a musical composition or dramatic work, is the official receipt from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., USA, acknowledging that one’s work has been copyrighted and on file with the Library.
The logic behind relaxing copyright laws is presumably based on the datum that virtually all written works are typed onto a computer, providing proof that a work has been written on a specific date. The onus on anyone else trying to claim ownership of the work is to prove that they had written it prior to the date that you’ve written that work which, of course, is impossible. However, no doubt some wise guy will find a way to cheat on even this at some stage.
When Peter Warren was asked how secure the ExoBrain system is, he replied that it would take an incredible amount of time and effort to break into it. Every single communication is encrypted and can only be decrypted by those who are supposed to receive it.
Mother ExoBrain, the hub for interconnectivity of all ExoBrains, is even more secure and will only make data available with the express permission of the sender. Basically, Peter says that ExoBrain is secure at all times, but he’s realistic enough to add that at some future time a bright spark may find a way through the currently impenetrable barrier of ExoSecurity. At which point, he added with a laugh, ExoBrain would simply delete the hacker from the system and close him down. Peter emphasized that ExoBrain is far more secure than any existing computing system.
This feature is something that really works for me. And hopefully, it could work for you.
An ExoTech Ltd shareholder, Chris is currently authoring two of the four books to be published the day ExoBrain launches and has helped to create ExoBrain’s introductory video to the Confidential Technical Briefing. Chris has spent his working life in the film and television industry, starting with BBC Television in London, then ATV in Birmingham becoming, at the time, the youngest Studio Manager in Britain.
Later, in South Africa, he wrote and directed film and TV commercials, having four South African entries at the Cannes Advertising Festival. After a number of years of writing and directing or producing documentaries (eight international awards) and corporate videos, he concentrated on writing feature film screenplays (five screened) and television series (seven screened). He has a novel, ”Pursuit of Treachery,” with a literary agent and is currently obtaining finance for an action adventure feature film he has written and is co-producing. He is a published poet and has given many readings.