Posted by
chrisd
on from the taking-your-toys-apart-to-see-how-they-work dept.
shaikeiro writes "A fine
article in the Economist about Ed Felten and what he is up to now. Also a good summary of what "freedom to tinker" means. From the article: "Thus, the freedom to tinker ends up being about the freedom of culture."" Are you a member of the EFF yet?
"Translation: '*Please* don't make me click on the link read an article before I am able to post an insightful/funny/whatever comment to/. !!!!' right?"
No, not even close. I'm campaigning against the laziness and selfishness of the blurb-authors who can't be troubled to write an informative blurb, and against the common Slashdot attitude that it's somehow more 3l33t and studly to click on every link, whether you know what it's about or not.
Some people have their own priorities to keep them busy, and well-designed hypertext should make their lives easier not harder.
"rest assured that an article from the Economist is worth your time"
Geez, you're not half-pompous, are you?
Am I a member?
by
DarkHelmet
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· Score: 1, Offtopic
Are you a member of the EFF yet?
I'm waiting until they start giving Wil Wheaton figurines with every 100 dollar or greater donation.
I'm also waiting on getting an inflatable Love-Gnu for when I donate 100 or more dollars to the Free Software Foundation.
I think I'll be waiting a while on those, so I might have to go commercial and purchase a Nullsoft Love Llama for the time being.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm really hoping you look like Marlon Brando ;)
"I'm tired of all this 'Aren't humanity great' bullshit. We're a virus with shoes" - Bill Hicks
Not everyone knows that Ed Felten is an
anti-DMCA activist, so it would have been
helpful to spell this out in the blurb.
You're not only a Karma whore, but a timid one at that. Your post doesn't really deserve negative score. But you were so worried you posted anon.
You've said what many of us feel, "Who gives a shit!"
No, not even close. I'm campaigning against the laziness and selfishness of the blurb-authors who can't be troubled to write an informative blurb, and against the common Slashdot attitude that it's somehow more 3l33t and studly to click on every link, whether you know what it's about or not.
Some people have their own priorities to keep them busy, and well-designed hypertext should make their lives easier not harder.
"rest assured that an article from the Economist is worth your time"
Geez, you're not half-pompous, are you?
I'm waiting until they start giving Wil Wheaton figurines with every 100 dollar or greater donation.
I'm also waiting on getting an inflatable Love-Gnu for when I donate 100 or more dollars to the Free Software Foundation.
I think I'll be waiting a while on those, so I might have to go commercial and purchase a Nullsoft Love Llama for the time being.
Shame.
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
hey, I apologize!
:-)
You're right, that sounded bigheaded and dumb. I was in a grumpy, haven't-had-my-coffee-yet, mood.
I guess what I meant is : I (usually) like the Economist, which isn't a particularly valuable piece of information, I admit.
Never mind. Good thing is, modding takes care of all that.
cheers,
Roland