I dont think the proposed bill goes far enough. It doesn't seem to restrict bulk emailings, made by friends, co-workers and family members, of jokes, good luck chain mail, funny animal photos, and (the worst offender) sentimental get-to-know-me questionares.
No, I dont need to know what your Star Wars name would be or that Im a Gen-X'r because. Can I unsubscribe from this? Please?
My first programs were written on a machine (I forget what it was called) that had something like a 5 x 9 (or so) led display and the keyboard had only hex symbols on it. I was pretty young but I figured it out. The point is, back then after you got bored running the half dozen or so programs that came with the machine your only option was to program it yourself. Same for Sinclair-1000, TI/994A, Vic-20, and whatever else.
Later on it wasn't like I was pulling free compilers out of thin air for my Amiga. I actually had to do a little searching around on the BBS's for that on my own. But by that point I was already interested in programming.
The thing is, computers (Windows) aren't designed for hobbiests anymore. Most people just want to plug it in and surf the net, play a game, type a document. Its become simplified, more like a TV. Most people dont buy a computer because they want to code. Windows is intetionally designed to require little thought, for good reason. It sells to the masses. It can do hundreds of things without the user ever having to type a single line of code. Most kids aren't going to find any reason to expose themselves to coding when everythings already done for them. And thats too bad.
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I dont think the proposed bill goes far enough. It doesn't seem to restrict bulk emailings, made by friends, co-workers and family members, of jokes, good luck chain mail, funny animal photos, and (the worst offender) sentimental get-to-know-me questionares.
No, I dont need to know what your Star Wars name would be or that Im a Gen-X'r because. Can I unsubscribe from this? Please?
My first programs were written on a machine (I forget what it was called) that had something like a 5 x 9 (or so) led display and the keyboard had only hex symbols on it. I was pretty young but I figured it out. The point is, back then after you got bored running the half dozen or so programs that came with the machine your only option was to program it yourself. Same for Sinclair-1000, TI/994A, Vic-20, and whatever else.
Later on it wasn't like I was pulling free compilers out of thin air for my Amiga. I actually had to do a little searching around on the BBS's for that on my own. But by that point I was already interested in programming.
The thing is, computers (Windows) aren't designed for hobbiests anymore. Most people just want to plug it in and surf the net, play a game, type a document. Its become simplified, more like a TV. Most people dont buy a computer because they want to code. Windows is intetionally designed to require little thought, for good reason. It sells to the masses. It can do hundreds of things without the user ever having to type a single line of code. Most kids aren't going to find any reason to expose themselves to coding when everythings already done for them. And thats too bad.