Variations on the phrase "Al Gore invented the Internet" should be included as well.
-aiabx
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>That would be even more destructive to the species than the unrestricted hunting of the past was.
Hard to think of something being more destructive than driving a species to extinction. Unless it's driving them to extinction again, and again, and again!
Or perhaps you are making a subtle philosophical point - better to never exist than to exist in an impure, unnatural form? That's a heavy philosophical burden. It's one thing to say "Your species will be dead because you eat my sheep". It's quite another to say "Your species will be dead because I feel you will be better off dead".
-aiabx
"LinuxChicks" is a positive reclamation of a negative name. I approve wholeheartedly. What bugs me is the use of the word chick in a way that reinforces, or at least does nothing to break the negative stereotypes. A site for "chicks" full of chat and entertainment links sends a message that I wouldn't want my young daughter to see - that under the rhetoric of "positive reclamation of a negative name" lies the same old brainwashing. -aiabx
> Chickclick is crammed with TV stories, movie chats and music-sharing discussions. The site is colorful, smart, newsy and centered around conversations, both one-on-one and many-to-many.
Am I the only one who read this as patronizing praise? Would anyone describe slashdot as "colorful", or "newsy"? Am I alone in seeing the word "cute" between the lines?
And I won't even discuss the use of the word "chick" to describe women. Oh hell, I will. The whole business of "chick movies" and "chick TV" and now the "Clickchicks" is vilely condescending. The term would be ironic and amusing if chick-* referred to non-traditional female pursuits and interests, like building drag racers or video drivers, but is insulting applied to things like romantic movies, slushy melodrama and conversation centered websites.
Both guns and cars are products/tools which are available only to people who are legally responsible - to adults, who in many cases must pass a test of some sort to prove that they can use the product responsibly. Software is different. Anyone can get ahold of it long before they can be said to take any personal responsibility for their actions. By making a publicly available tool for destruction with no checks on it, the creators of software are as morally responsible as Colt would be if they left free boxes of handguns lying around in playgrounds. -aiabx
Netscape already causes enough problems on my system, what would happen if it were a rocket-armed monster wandering around destroying processes? What would happen if it could defend itself from me?? -aiabx
I'll agree with you on 4/5 of those. But Blade Runner is like getting a fancy french pastry in your twinkie wrapper. Like 2001, it's a film that is greatly improved by reading the book. The film can be (not must be ) viewed as an interesting essay on the nature of what makes a human being human. Granted, the movie drops the ball on occasion, and isn't perfect, but give me a brave failure anyday over cautious mediocrity. -aiabx
Would contra-rotating fans work? Or maybe little toaster wires to make a mini-ramjet? Or one big fan constantly running, with little harrier style nozzles all over the outside? -aiabx
I'm as happy as anyone to rip off the big fat corporations, but what about the artists? I don't believe the supporters of the MP3 movement can claim the moral high ground until the creators of the music are getting the payment they deserve. -aiabx
he'll win, because all of my personal chess skills will be voting against him. With that and a million more bozos like me, what chance will the experts have? -aiabx
I can't help feeling that you're missing the point of linux. If the product isn't any good, don't complain that the support is bad, fix it yourself. If version 1.0 is a lemon, ( and what 1.0 isn't), then it's up to us to improve it.
For the record, Dan has answered every question I've had for him. -aiabx
Slashdot Mirror
I (and many others) would pay big money for a shoehorn with teeth. How about it?
-aiabx
Variations on the phrase "Al Gore invented the Internet" should be included as well.
-aiabx
>That would be even more destructive to the species than the unrestricted hunting of the past was.
Hard to think of something being more destructive than driving a species to extinction. Unless it's driving them to extinction again, and again, and again!
Or perhaps you are making a subtle philosophical point - better to never exist than to exist in an impure, unnatural form? That's a heavy philosophical burden. It's one thing to say "Your species will be dead because you eat my sheep". It's quite another to say "Your species will be dead because I feel you will be better off dead".
-aiabx
Seeing Battlefield Earth makes you stronger!
(If it does not kill you).
-aiabx
"LinuxChicks" is a positive reclamation of a negative name. I approve wholeheartedly. What bugs me is the use of the word chick in a way that reinforces, or at least does nothing to break the negative stereotypes. A site for "chicks" full of chat and entertainment links sends a message that I wouldn't want my young daughter to see - that under the rhetoric of "positive reclamation of a negative name" lies the same old brainwashing.
-aiabx
Jon writes -
> Chickclick is crammed with TV stories, movie chats and music-sharing discussions. The site is colorful, smart, newsy and centered around conversations, both one-on-one and many-to-many.
Am I the only one who read this as patronizing praise? Would anyone describe slashdot as "colorful", or "newsy"? Am I alone in seeing the word "cute" between the lines?
And I won't even discuss the use of the word "chick" to describe women. Oh hell, I will. The whole business of "chick movies" and "chick TV" and now the "Clickchicks" is vilely condescending. The term would be ironic and amusing if chick-* referred to non-traditional female pursuits and interests, like building drag racers or video drivers, but is insulting applied to things like romantic movies, slushy melodrama and conversation centered websites.
Women deserve better than this!
Both guns and cars are products/tools which are available only to people who are legally responsible - to adults, who in many cases must pass a test of some sort to prove that they can use the product responsibly. Software is different. Anyone can get ahold of it long before they can be said to take any personal responsibility for their actions. By making a publicly available tool for destruction with no checks on it, the creators of software are as morally responsible as Colt would be if they left free boxes of handguns lying around in playgrounds.
-aiabx
Netscape already causes enough problems on my system, what would happen if it were a rocket-armed monster wandering around destroying processes? What would happen if it could defend itself from me??
-aiabx
I'll agree with you on 4/5 of those. But Blade Runner is like getting a fancy french pastry in your twinkie wrapper. Like 2001, it's a film that is greatly improved by reading the book. The film can be (not must be ) viewed as an interesting essay on the nature of what makes a human being human. Granted, the movie drops the ball on occasion, and isn't perfect, but give me a brave failure anyday over cautious mediocrity.
-aiabx
Would contra-rotating fans work? Or maybe little
toaster wires to make a mini-ramjet? Or one big
fan constantly running, with little harrier style
nozzles all over the outside?
-aiabx
I'm as happy as anyone to rip off the big fat
corporations, but what about the artists? I don't
believe the supporters of the MP3 movement can
claim the moral high ground until the creators of
the music are getting the payment they deserve.
-aiabx
he'll win, because all of my personal chess skills will be voting against him. With that and a million more bozos like me, what chance will the experts have?
-aiabx
I can't help feeling that you're missing the point of linux. If the product isn't any good, don't complain that the support is bad, fix it yourself.
If version 1.0 is a lemon, ( and what 1.0 isn't), then it's up to us to improve it.
For the record, Dan has answered every question I've had for him.
-aiabx