I've never hears such a steaming pile of B.S. Geeks/technologists are selfish? WHAT? Considering this is a Katz essay, I'm surprised there is no mention of the "corporatist" types, as well as the typical stock-buying citizen, who is/are comparatively technologically ignorant but far, FAR more greedy and self-centered than your typical technologist. As Robert Bly once said, "Most people spend their lives stumbling from one McDonald's to the next." Most people don't think, most people are Homer Simpson, most people want the lolly being dangled in front of their face because they can't see any further, and that lolly is currently the "Internet economy," whatever that is... hey Joe, ah reckon ah better grab me up some o' that Amazon stock, so'in ah kin git me dat new big screen TV in a couple years. It seems to me that labeling the technological community as selfish is a lame response by people (such as Ms. Borsook) who don't know their ass from their elbow when it comes to tech issues, who feel lost and left behind, but who still want to gather up the lollies. Sick and disgusting.
For those of you who've spent years battling and cursing the rapacious, insatiable Jon Katz, there has to be a belated satisfaction in seeing a whole online technical community repeatedly belittle a megalomaniacal self-server. For everybody else, it's hard to see what, if anything, will change as a result of this surreal conflict between a man who often invokes the 18th-century writings of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Payne and 21st-century socio-cultural realities. Truth is, we already live in a post-Katz World.
If broadcasts like the Oscars were really interactive, of course, they would give the public greater say in the production itself
Q: So why does Katz even bother writing about something that is "sort-of" (translation: not really) interactive?
A: It is more important for Katz to keep his name in the conscious mind of/. readers than it is to find truly substantial subject matter, even if that means essentially making up issues of potential concern.
Jon: 1.) You unquestionably have the right, for which I'd lay down my life, to continue posting sizzle-rich and steak-thin essays to a community that is largely uninterested in what you have to say 2.) Said community has the right, for which I'd lay down my life, to continue to point out that, in many ways and for many reasons, you really don't "belong" here Your continual long-winded free-speech egologues and references to Jefferson and Payne are preaching to the converted. Do you really think the people who regularly roast you in these posts aren't already fully cogniscent of most of what you write about? Why do you think they tend to focus on things like your spelling, syntax, and which word processor and OS you use? Do you ever actually *listen* to the criticism you receive here? Jon, you are a creature of the very institutions you regularly lambast. It reeks. People on/. smell it. So keep posting, and you can be sure we'll keep roasting... Werdup, GG
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I've never hears such a steaming pile of B.S. Geeks/technologists are selfish? WHAT? Considering this is a Katz essay, I'm surprised there is no mention of the "corporatist" types, as well as the typical stock-buying citizen, who is/are comparatively technologically ignorant but far, FAR more greedy and self-centered than your typical technologist. As Robert Bly once said, "Most people spend their lives stumbling from one McDonald's to the next." Most people don't think, most people are Homer Simpson, most people want the lolly being dangled in front of their face because they can't see any further, and that lolly is currently the "Internet economy," whatever that is ... hey Joe, ah reckon ah better grab me up some o' that Amazon stock, so'in ah kin git me dat new big screen TV in a couple years. It seems to me that labeling the technological community as selfish is a lame response by people (such as Ms. Borsook) who don't know their ass from their elbow when it comes to tech issues, who feel lost and left behind, but who still want to gather up the lollies. Sick and disgusting.
Is any work being done on GUI servants, particularly for Windoze?
For those of you who've spent years battling and cursing the rapacious, insatiable Jon Katz, there has to be a belated satisfaction in seeing a whole online technical community repeatedly belittle a megalomaniacal self-server. For everybody else, it's hard to see what, if anything, will change as a result of this surreal conflict between a man who often invokes the 18th-century writings of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Payne and 21st-century socio-cultural realities. Truth is, we already live in a post-Katz World.
No, thank YOU! :) Katz is a lamer.
If broadcasts like the Oscars were really interactive, of course, they would give the public greater say in the production itself
/. readers than it is to find truly substantial subject matter, even if that means essentially making up issues of potential concern.
Q: So why does Katz even bother writing about something that is "sort-of" (translation: not really) interactive?
A: It is more important for Katz to keep his name in the conscious mind of
Katz is a lamer.
Jon: 1.) You unquestionably have the right, for which I'd lay down my life, to continue posting sizzle-rich and steak-thin essays to a community that is largely uninterested in what you have to say 2.) Said community has the right, for which I'd lay down my life, to continue to point out that, in many ways and for many reasons, you really don't "belong" here Your continual long-winded free-speech egologues and references to Jefferson and Payne are preaching to the converted. Do you really think the people who regularly roast you in these posts aren't already fully cogniscent of most of what you write about? Why do you think they tend to focus on things like your spelling, syntax, and which word processor and OS you use? Do you ever actually *listen* to the criticism you receive here? Jon, you are a creature of the very institutions you regularly lambast. It reeks. People on /. smell it. So keep posting, and you can be sure we'll keep roasting ... Werdup, GG