Computers won't get anybody a job, my dear Trotsky. Only talent and effort can do that.
Throwing things at the problem, be it money or computers, does no good and annoys the productive people who pay the taxes. The reason welfare reform worked is it removed the disincentive of government largess.
The best way to help the poor is decent schools that are free of victimology. Teach people that they can succeed, and also teach them how.
Point well made.
Computers and internet access can not make poor people prosperous as a group, either ethnic or geographic. They can only serve as tools for individuals with the talent and initiative to use them.
This article is inane. What possible content is being withheld that is not already available to the poor misfortunates using dialup accounts? And what possible connection is there to the ISPs and DSPs who could really care less?
In other words, what has the tune got to do with the instrument it's being played on? Shall I not publish a woodwind concerto because someone might play it on a tuba?
BTW, I went BACK to V.90 dialup and cancelled my Verizon DSL some time ago because the actual benefits were nowhere near worth the added cost.
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Computers won't get anybody a job, my dear Trotsky. Only talent and effort can do that.
Throwing things at the problem, be it money or computers, does no good and annoys the productive people who pay the taxes. The reason welfare reform worked is it removed the disincentive of government largess.
The best way to help the poor is decent schools that are free of victimology. Teach people that they can succeed, and also teach them how.
Point well made. Computers and internet access can not make poor people prosperous as a group, either ethnic or geographic. They can only serve as tools for individuals with the talent and initiative to use them.
This article is inane. What possible content is being withheld that is not already available to the poor misfortunates using dialup accounts? And what possible connection is there to the ISPs and DSPs who could really care less? In other words, what has the tune got to do with the instrument it's being played on? Shall I not publish a woodwind concerto because someone might play it on a tuba? BTW, I went BACK to V.90 dialup and cancelled my Verizon DSL some time ago because the actual benefits were nowhere near worth the added cost.
Under our new guidelines for defining historical eras, anything that predates the release of the 80286 is considered archaic.
Bill Gates will be sending it via Passport shortly.