I find it funny that he decries Censorship on all levels, while insisting that the parent is moded down, removing it from immediate view for./s with default settings. What is he doing that is different from what the player does?
Although in strictiest dictionary terms, it is censorship, it's self-censorship. No, it's less than that, it's enabling self-censorship. Censorship only matters when it's the government getting involved, forcing you, on pain of financial penalty or imprisonment, to removing something they find objectionable.
Freedom means free for everybody, not just horny teenagers who want to see tits.
Because you're using the buzzwords wrong yourself. Nanotechnology coverers pretty much everything involving atomic manufacture, not just imaginary little robots that take things apart and put them back together. Chemistry is basicaly the only nanotech we have today, and if they ever manage to make those little robots they will more than likely be made primarily of buckyballs.
Right now what little choice we have is thanks to the Open Source movement, essentially a socialist enterprise
First, no, most choice especially in the media player market is due to commercial ventures such as Real Networks, Winamp (although free, get's advertising moneys), etc. Not open source. Choice is out there. True, MS does all in its power to reduce the attractiveness of those options to the average consumer, but there's still plenty of choice.
Secondly, I prefer to view the Open Source movement as benevolent capitalism. Nearly everyone I meet, including other capitalists, has an intrinsicaly flawed view of the system. That is, they all think its purely about money. Its not. Money is an abstraction, a placeholder for other things. Capitalism is really about those other things, be it food, praise, reciprical code contributions, community, or just a sense of satisfaction at a job well done. Open Source types just tend to prefer the latter, but its still capitalism. Human nature is essentially capitalist, even if you're all living on a properly functioning commune, so long as it's voluntary.
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I find it funny that he decries Censorship on all levels, while insisting that the parent is moded down, removing it from immediate view for ./s with default settings. What is he doing that is different from what the player does?
Although in strictiest dictionary terms, it is censorship, it's self-censorship. No, it's less than that, it's enabling self-censorship. Censorship only matters when it's the government getting involved, forcing you, on pain of financial penalty or imprisonment, to removing something they find objectionable. Freedom means free for everybody, not just horny teenagers who want to see tits.
Funny how immediately after blaming someone for falling for a myth, his sig proclaims that Bush already has Osama...
Because you're using the buzzwords wrong yourself. Nanotechnology coverers pretty much everything involving atomic manufacture, not just imaginary little robots that take things apart and put them back together. Chemistry is basicaly the only nanotech we have today, and if they ever manage to make those little robots they will more than likely be made primarily of buckyballs.
First, no, most choice especially in the media player market is due to commercial ventures such as Real Networks, Winamp (although free, get's advertising moneys), etc. Not open source. Choice is out there. True, MS does all in its power to reduce the attractiveness of those options to the average consumer, but there's still plenty of choice.
Secondly, I prefer to view the Open Source movement as benevolent capitalism. Nearly everyone I meet, including other capitalists, has an intrinsicaly flawed view of the system. That is, they all think its purely about money. Its not. Money is an abstraction, a placeholder for other things. Capitalism is really about those other things, be it food, praise, reciprical code contributions, community, or just a sense of satisfaction at a job well done. Open Source types just tend to prefer the latter, but its still capitalism. Human nature is essentially capitalist, even if you're all living on a properly functioning commune, so long as it's voluntary.