the canonical example is "2+2=5". use usloth crapware? prepare to rewrite history (as your ruler's file formats change), promote ignorance and reify torture (as your kids get procesed by the usloth ministry of truth).
that may be what people want, but society needs to protect freedom. unless, of course, you favor society where the slaves are ruled by the marketroids. yuk.
i am a US citizen but i'm considering emigrating because what i do (write free software) has been under cultural (and legislative) attack enough to make the hassle not worth it. dismiss this personal perspective if you wish, and of course realize that actions are what count. check back w/ me in a year.
ah, the friendly big bux neighbor turns out to be a pervert, raping the kids and (worse yet) convincing everyone that this is an ok thing to do. usloth the uniblunder, gross.
i say oregon should go cold turkey (that is, leave the turkey in the cold) and snuggle up to the warmth of free software and its very congruent goals (education!). otherwise, you Are what you Eat.
(personal plug: i am available for modest consulting fees (like 2mo rent + food) should any Organization want help on this kind of exorcism.)
1993, finished school middle of winter middle of PA, had to kick out the mazda hatchback to open the driver door from the inside, temp was -30F. loaded up all belongings (except computer which i donated to a fellow student), and rode the truck trails in the snow out of town. southwest through MO, NM and finally up I-5 to silly valley. five days, incredible back pain.
stayed a week at a friend's, found a room in a house (the first of 7 moves in 4 years), got a vt220 from stanford salvage and a 14.4 from frys, finished up codeline.el and hideshow.el in the soft amber of the beautiful vt220 font (did devel on netcom when they used to support shell accounts). perused ba.jobs.contract, shocked by disconnect displayed therein. eventually answered a "puzzle" ad for some "consulting" house that finangled me into a trip to MN (even colder than PA) for "training" w/ eventual relo to NYC. 3mo later (snow in may) the relo scam is revealed and i quit (the job sucked too).
back to silly valley, the hatchback sporting a linux bumper sticker (it's not just for breakfast anymore), hooked up w/ taos who were pretty cool, wish i had studied a little before the interview. gigged at some TLAs (unix ws vendors who are still around), i remember my pimp being a pretty pittsburgh transplant, how she said silly valley was not in her 5-year plan.
a week later i offered a hitchhiker a ride on el camino and learned that she's a prostitute. didn't indulge, but did tour the adult clubs. lonely. no culture. sorry, it's too depressing to continue this story....
the implications is that curious agreers look for the source and clean their systems when disgusted enough. the non-curious live in their muck until the people they care about point out how their curiouslessness costs them. then they may become curious. isn't all this obvious?
programmers tolerate much sleazier scenarios. and what's this about "ethical programmers against sleaze" anyway? an ethical programmer doesn't have to time to stand against anything, only for something: the code written for the programmer's enjoyment.
programming is a power and the exercise of power happens in a political arena. politics that are based on exclusiveness waste precious time (for politics that are based on other criteria).
if you are really in the right mind, you choose projects that have a lot of self-checking as part of the development process. or you choose to code up that framework. only a right mind can do these things (before doing the other things).
well, all those are nice, but what about WISDOM, which requires inquiry into the good/bad of everyone? is it wisest to seek wisdom? who knows? certainly it's more fun to parade / posture / preen / pose / prattle, at others, apparently.
write free software, talk less! (this goes for any government, especially those whose legitimacy is supposedly expressed in some Code or what-have-you.)
the truth is: old cultures know how to stay alive. young cultures are too busy reveling in their newness. in old cultures, war and lesser intolerances are a deep sadness. in young cultures, war and lesser intolerances are a joy and inspiration. when the king no longer speaks the language of the people, war is the result. in old cultures, kings know better than to make this mistake.
the immortal stone monkey was a king, and he smashed heaven w/ his cudgel. it was many leagues that he needed to walk w/ the pilgrim before he found the right fruit. look at all the lands, both prosperous and vile, he walked through. it was not enough to boil him a thousand times.
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i say oregon should go cold turkey (that is, leave the turkey in the cold) and snuggle up to the warmth of free software and its very congruent goals (education!). otherwise, you Are what you Eat.
(personal plug: i am available for modest consulting fees (like 2mo rent + food) should any Organization want help on this kind of exorcism.)
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the west is one place where introspection is done only on the toilet.
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stayed a week at a friend's, found a room in a house (the first of 7 moves in 4 years), got a vt220 from stanford salvage and a 14.4 from frys, finished up codeline.el and hideshow.el in the soft amber of the beautiful vt220 font (did devel on netcom when they used to support shell accounts). perused ba.jobs.contract, shocked by disconnect displayed therein. eventually answered a "puzzle" ad for some "consulting" house that finangled me into a trip to MN (even colder than PA) for "training" w/ eventual relo to NYC. 3mo later (snow in may) the relo scam is revealed and i quit (the job sucked too).
back to silly valley, the hatchback sporting a linux bumper sticker (it's not just for breakfast anymore), hooked up w/ taos who were pretty cool, wish i had studied a little before the interview. gigged at some TLAs (unix ws vendors who are still around), i remember my pimp being a pretty pittsburgh transplant, how she said silly valley was not in her 5-year plan.
a week later i offered a hitchhiker a ride on el camino and learned that she's a prostitute. didn't indulge, but did tour the adult clubs. lonely. no culture. sorry, it's too depressing to continue this story....
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programming is a power and the exercise of power happens in a political arena. politics that are based on exclusiveness waste precious time (for politics that are based on other criteria).
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write free software, talk less! (this goes for any government, especially those whose legitimacy is supposedly expressed in some Code or what-have-you.)
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well i'm glad my non-computer-geek girlfriend uses emacs, then.
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the immortal stone monkey was a king, and he smashed heaven w/ his cudgel. it was many leagues that he needed to walk w/ the pilgrim before he found the right fruit. look at all the lands, both prosperous and vile, he walked through. it was not enough to boil him a thousand times.
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