Modding and the Law

S3D writes "An article at O'Reilly discusses modding as a cultural phenomenon and its relation to the law and authority. The conclusion is that social activists are modders too. They want to change the government into something that supports a productive society. They want institutions to stop hiding facts and to pay attention to science. They want to change corporations, change people's day-to-day behavior, and change our own social relationships."

Comments

Like Slashdot Mods

[Spetiam]

They want institutions to stop hiding facts and to pay attention to science.

If they're anything like Slashdot's mods, they'll also try, at times, to suppress facts that contradict their position.

Re:Like Slashdot Mods

[BaseLineNL]

Mods, he's on to you! Quick, suppress him!

Whoa...

[MisterLawyer]

Did anyone else misread the title as "Modding the Law"?

I got excited for a second there...

That loud crack you heard

[Hawthorne01]

was an analogy stretched so far it just snapped like an overwound violin string. :-)

Those apes dancing around in the beginning of 2001 are the firt modders, with their l33t femur-bone mod.

Re:Oram's Insight

[Anonymous Coward]

Modding the government? Cool, I always thought the senate would do better with a few LED fans... then we could put in some UV lights and change all of the wires in the building to be UVR....

Or did you mean moderation? That would also be cool, everytime the House draws up a bill for something Bush doesn't like, he could either delete it all together, or just keep giving it a -1 but then again that bastard Kennedy would keep bumping it for great justice

I modded the sherrif

[oboreruhito]

but I did not mod the deputy

Re:Ah, I love analogies

[OldManAndTheC]

Your post is like a stream of bat's piss.

It shines out, like a shaft of gold, when all around is darkness :)