It could be my imagination, but I do believe that this newest incarnation of Netscape is the ugliest damn piece of software I've every laid my eyes on. In case anyone didn't realize this, but a GUI is supposed to be something that is easy to look at and easy to use. Netscape 6 is just a horrible piece of software. i don't care how stable it is or that its open source -- i can't look at the monstrosity!!!
Why is Jon Katz allowed to speak?
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I don't understand why Jon Katz is always given a forum to speak, as if his words hold some weight or importance. It seems he is often more interested in exploring the limitations (real or imagined) of technology and all things net, rather than the possibilities. Is this the best our digital tribe can come up with? Are there no real writers out there to make us dream, rather than downplay the revolutionary force of technology?
You guys have a lot of balls calling what you post a story. Summarizing someone's email or mentioning a link to a real story is hardly an example of being a writer. You have a geek site, for geeks, by geeks. Please don't try to make yourself out to be more than what you are.
I love these self-appointed leaders of the techno-elite telling us how it is. As a Libertarian, I completely resent his definition of Libertarianism. He obviously has no idea what he is talking about if he thinks that our government is a Libertarian ideal. *Nothing* could be further from the truth. The number one issue facing us is not corporatism. It is this new "third way" that is infesting western liberal countries such as ours... The problem is the melding of government power with corporate insterest, which is, by definition fascism. The root of all this is government. Corporations can not use violence because gov't already has a monopoly on its use. But corporations, being backed by gov't, is what threatens us. If we separate gov't and economy, as we should, the the whole thing comes crashing down. The reason that gov't supports these institutions is that these instituions are supported by the same money that supports gov't power and influence. Gov't fears its own demise and supports these corporations as a result. This rant by Katz is nothing more that his Menshevik political thoughts being disguised as commentary. Jon Katz is a socialist.
it blows my mind that as many people advocate linux as they do considering that the file system can't even handle files larger than 2GB! i mean, even NT can handle that. get a real OS if you're going to be doing something on the scale you are talking about. Linux is definitely not it.
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It could be my imagination, but I do believe that this newest incarnation of Netscape is the ugliest damn piece of software I've every laid my eyes on. In case anyone didn't realize this, but a GUI is supposed to be something that is easy to look at and easy to use. Netscape 6 is just a horrible piece of software. i don't care how stable it is or that its open source -- i can't look at the monstrosity!!!
I don't understand why Jon Katz is always given a forum to speak, as if his words hold some weight or importance. It seems he is often more interested in exploring the limitations (real or imagined) of technology and all things net, rather than the possibilities. Is this the best our digital tribe can come up with? Are there no real writers out there to make us dream, rather than downplay the revolutionary force of technology?
You guys have a lot of balls calling what you post a story. Summarizing someone's email or mentioning a link to a real story is hardly an example of being a writer. You have a geek site, for geeks, by geeks. Please don't try to make yourself out to be more than what you are.
I love these self-appointed leaders of the techno-elite telling us how it is. As a Libertarian, I completely resent his definition of Libertarianism. He obviously has no idea what he is talking about if he thinks that our government is a Libertarian ideal. *Nothing* could be further from the truth. The number one issue facing us is not corporatism. It is this new "third way" that is infesting western liberal countries such as ours... The problem is the melding of government power with corporate insterest, which is, by definition fascism. The root of all this is government. Corporations can not use violence because gov't already has a monopoly on its use. But corporations, being backed by gov't, is what threatens us. If we separate gov't and economy, as we should, the the whole thing comes crashing down. The reason that gov't supports these institutions is that these instituions are supported by the same money that supports gov't power and influence. Gov't fears its own demise and supports these corporations as a result. This rant by Katz is nothing more that his Menshevik political thoughts being disguised as commentary. Jon Katz is a socialist.
it blows my mind that as many people advocate linux as they do considering that the file system can't even handle files larger than 2GB! i mean, even NT can handle that. get a real OS if you're going to be doing something on the scale you are talking about. Linux is definitely not it.
it looks like they took it off the ftp site. not there now.