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Esther Dyson Grudgingly Defends Internet Anonymity
An anonymous reader writes "In an interview, Esther Dyson, chairman of EDventure Holdings, describes anonymity on the Internet as similar to abortion: a bad practice that people should still have rights to. Calling anonymity one of the greatest disappointments of the Internet's evolution, Dyson said: 'I'm pro choice, but I think abortion is an unfortunate thing. I think the same thing about anonymity: Everybody should have the right to it, but it's not something one wants to encourage.'"
So you're saying by posting anonymous cowardly then I'm advocating abortion?
I almost feel as sorry as when I heard that god kills kittens when I masturbate... those poor kitties.... millions of poor dead kitties... :(
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Here's a test for you:
On Slashdot Post:
"IMO Linux is a joke and will never amount to anything that could even remotely compete with MS software"
At any tech user group meeting stand up and say:
"IMO Linux is a joke and will never amount to anything that could even remotely compete with MS software"
And then come back and say that "anonymity doesn't affect anyone"
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
Sure you can, jerk.
Microsoft rules.
Google and Apple suck.
I am a man who likes men.
George Bush was a great president.
His son was better.
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Is she related to Freeman Dyson, (inventor of the Dyson Sphere)
No. If you FTFA, you will note that she is actually the offspring of a woman and a demonic Dyson vacuum cleaner.
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There. Anonymity doesn't affect anyone.
Okay, I just tried this, and DAMN I see the light now. I now fully appreciate anonymity and its ability to keep my person and my clothes free from frothing spittle, multiple-chin sweat, and greasy cheetos stains.
Though standing a little closer to the door would have had largely the same effect as anonymity. They didn't exactly surge after me like a pride of lions.
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You guys are total fuckwad assholes.
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Now you know the difference.
No. If you FTFA
Fuck the fucking article? Sounds like fun, but how does it help?
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Sorry, couldn't help it.
Only three things are certain; death, taxes, and apocryphal quotations - Ben Franklin.
Not everybody uses their Internet anonymity to be a jerk, but enough do that I wonder if things would be different if they were using their real names. Still, I have no interest in forcing people to use their real names, mainly because it's not really any of my business if someone doesn't want to do so. I'm free to ignore anonymous jerks, just as I'm free to ignore jerks who use their real names.
Hi. I'm an anonymous jerk. I'm the one who hit your car in the parking lot and didn't leave his name. Please, just ignore me.
*smirk*
Cause really, what else you gonna do?
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Oh! OHHH! Let me do one :)
You are kidding arent you ?Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services ?
That sounds preposterous to me.
If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without a windows. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realise that windows is more than just Office ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to acheive. A lot of people dont realise this.
Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.
Its just not possible that a freeware like the Linux could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer fron start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of windows. Not possible.
I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.
Life is rarely fair. Cherish the moments when there is a right answer.
They didn't exactly surge after me like a pride of lions.
You might think that. Just wait until you discover the sort of sites that the police now trace to your IP address.
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Wanna stop abortions of convenience? Give the father a right of writ of abortion. Give him the same ability under the law and that shit will stop tomorrow. "You're honor, I can understand my ex-girlfriend wanting to have my baby and I wish her well but I'm not at a point in my life where kids are plausible. I wish to invoke my right to abort my rights and responsibilities to this child. You know, the same option she not only has under abortion law but also adoption."
Men can have the right to abortion as soon as they start bearing children.
Try not to think of them as sloths unable to come after you for a sustained period. Think of them more as...um...er...trapdoor spiders...waiting for you to get close enough :)
Wait, they didnt bite you did they?
[edging towards the door]
--- I was far from home, and the spell of the Eastern sea was upon me. -Lovecraft-
Fuck off! -fetus