I think its quite healthy to dislike ( ok, hate ) an entity whose stated goal is to wipe you from the face of the earth. We arent talking about some bully in a school yard, we are talking about a well funded organized corporation that wants you eradicated..
Someone in congress must have wanted to move his iphone to a new carrier. They don't really give a damn about an issue out there in DC unless it effects them personally, or are paid off to care.
And that there my friends is the crux of the problem. This is why we are now swimming in code bloat from every angle. Sorry to disagree with your view of the world, but *proper* programming IS engineering.
Now, to get back on topic, how about something like Squeak? Using squeak land, you can 'trick' the kids into learning a real language. Of course i learned by sitting in front of a 8080 i built from scratch from reading intel data books that i wanted to actually do something other then sit there, but i realize that isnt for everyone.
Python is also be a good starting point. Approachable, and 'legit'.
Because it could start a bad trend where most sites are pay per play when traditionally you recoup fees via ads instead of direct extortion of your viewers. So its relevant discussion here.
Ya, i pay access fee each month, to a company that is either part of or in bed with major media giants that are working hard to limit my access in general. And you want to raise my rates even more in effect? Well, f-you sir.
But that really isn't what its all about, and the 'free filter' was just a way to get citizens used to the idea, and more accepting of content filtering under the guise of protecting their children.
What its really about is the long term control of information, and knowledge, the general public can access.
Seriously tho, i'm afraid LOTS of people out there believe that some censorship in exchange for their 'safety' is a good thing. Which is sad. Actually most of the world is ok with giving up rights ( that most never really had... ) to their governments.
Most of the consumer devices you use today are direct descendants of Edison's inventions.
They were 'his inventions' only because his employees created them. So i guess technically you are correct, but that is stretching intellectual honesty. Sort of like saying Bell Labs invented the silicon transistor, when it was actually employees of the labs that did..
....and by the way - it was Marconi that invented most of what was later attributed to Tesla... and returned to Marconi only recently by world courts.
I call BS. And even if its true they gave them back, Marconi used Telsa's work to achieve it, AFTER Tesla did, so Tesla earned the credit and should retain it.
Electrical pioneer my ass, he just got lucky once and was able to afford to hire good talent ( like Nikola ). But i totally agree that Tesla proved it was possible ( and WAS a pioneer ). But he also proved that it takes more then tech to make such a project work, it also needs funding. As brilliant as he was, a businessman he wasn't, and we were set decades behind on projects such as this.
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I think its quite healthy to dislike ( ok, hate ) an entity whose stated goal is to wipe you from the face of the earth. We arent talking about some bully in a school yard, we are talking about a well funded organized corporation that wants you eradicated..
Internet is free to me, when i leech off public access sites :)
Cookies are evil in the first place. Tho they do taste good.
Someone in congress must have wanted to move his iphone to a new carrier. They don't really give a damn about an issue out there in DC unless it effects them personally, or are paid off to care.
And that there my friends is the crux of the problem. This is why we are now swimming in code bloat from every angle. Sorry to disagree with your view of the world, but *proper* programming IS engineering.
Now, to get back on topic, how about something like Squeak? Using squeak land, you can 'trick' the kids into learning a real language. Of course i learned by sitting in front of a 8080 i built from scratch from reading intel data books that i wanted to actually do something other then sit there, but i realize that isnt for everyone.
Python is also be a good starting point. Approachable, and 'legit'.
Because it could start a bad trend where most sites are pay per play when traditionally you recoup fees via ads instead of direct extortion of your viewers. So its relevant discussion here.
Ya, i pay access fee each month, to a company that is either part of or in bed with major media giants that are working hard to limit my access in general. And you want to raise my rates even more in effect? Well, f-you sir.
If the "big ones" do this, the "small ones" wont have to deal with just a niche market, and wont be small for much longer.
Well, perhaps not *your* content, but i guarantee the content down the street will be.
Guess where ill be taking my business? ( thinking ad revenue here as business )
And credibility too.. Damned typos. Damned spell check.
I don't care what a group of hick ISPs say
Sorry, you just lost any creditability you might have had.
But that really isn't what its all about, and the 'free filter' was just a way to get citizens used to the idea, and more accepting of content filtering under the guise of protecting their children.
What its really about is the long term control of information, and knowledge, the general public can access.
But its for the children.
Seriously tho, i'm afraid LOTS of people out there believe that some censorship in exchange for their 'safety' is a good thing. Which is sad. Actually most of the world is ok with giving up rights ( that most never really had ... ) to their governments.
Well, none of us "need" access at all.
But i still say if you *want* to have access, with todays 'web' dialup would be painful at best.
Most of the consumer devices you use today are direct descendants of Edison's inventions.
They were 'his inventions' only because his employees created them. So i guess technically you are correct, but that is stretching intellectual honesty. Sort of like saying Bell Labs invented the silicon transistor, when it was actually employees of the labs that did..
. ...and by the way - it was Marconi that invented most of what was later attributed to Tesla... and returned to Marconi only recently by world courts.
I call BS. And even if its true they gave them back, Marconi used Telsa's work to achieve it, AFTER Tesla did, so Tesla earned the credit and should retain it.
ya, i should give Edison credit for his business savvy.
Just was irritated to see his name in the same sentence as Tesla in this context and went off on a mini-rant.
Is that it made a lot of 'pc service guys' money.
I didn't even install it, so how could i miss it? I don't miss WinME either.
Unless he means that 7 will be so bad it will make Vista look good?
Electrical pioneer my ass, he just got lucky once and was able to afford to hire good talent ( like Nikola ). But i totally agree that Tesla proved it was possible ( and WAS a pioneer ). But he also proved that it takes more then tech to make such a project work, it also needs funding. As brilliant as he was, a businessman he wasn't, and we were set decades behind on projects such as this.
Because its cheaper then being sued by the media industry, which is coming.
If you want to remain sane with todays bloated web.
We have pretty much come full circle in concept. ( for those that remember the old days where everything was processed out on the big iron )
More dull commercial bloat. Why do i care? Sure, eventually we might migrate to it ( we didn't to vista ), but that is at least a year out.
Perhaps they meant scripting languages..
I agree, C should be on the list, so is pascal, FORTH, Fortran... basic, cobol... assembler... list goes on and on...
Laws, less so.