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Are the techno boomers a
Are the techno boomers a Selfish Society
Democracy and freedom aren’t about prosperity. You can be poor and quite free. Democracy is about the legitimacy of the individual, whose voice and vote should count for more than any other single interest or group. Technology can either be the vehicle through which those voices are re-democratized, or it can provide the tools through which corporatism can generate even more money.
We, the technos, are no more or less selfish than the previous generation or other subcultures. We want what is best for us like the religous right or the retired. Like any society we think our would view is better than the rest, why else would be a part of the society?
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So you want to How
So you want to How To Think Like a Computer Scientist?
These texts are short introductions to Computer Science in three programming languages.
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Thrilling News: King Finds Honesty
Thrilling News: King Finds Honesty Pays Off on Internet
King’s office said that enough readers have either paid or promised to pay–roughly 76% of those who downloaded–that he will post at least the second installment of his serialized novella “The Plant” in three weeks.
I’m shocked. King has some loyal fans. Requiring 75% of downloadies to pay or the next chapter will not come out is a very high percentage. If this continues given the loyalty of King’s fans and his ability to churn out the words publishing electornicly maybe more profitable than dead trees for him.
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A Personal Report on the
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Winer respones to Napoli on
Winer respones to Napoli on Napster
Do I expect to get paid for the work I do? The answer, sadly, is no. That’s because I choose to be creative and honest, and writing software is even less appreciated an art than being a musician. I could take a job as the CEO or CTO of a slimy dot-com startup and promote non-existent software and bribe reporters for good press coverage. I’ve had a few offers, but I turn them down with such gusto, the offers have stopped, which is OK with me. I choose to have integrity in the work I do. I also choose to write software. So money has to take a back seat. (She didn’t ask if I’d like to get paid, the answer is an enthusiastic yes!)
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Facing the Music: Beyond the
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the world free web a
the world free web a proposal on how to defeat the slashdot effect.
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Philosophizing the Kernel … two
… two things about Linux: it’s small (the entire kernel fits on the back of a poster-sized sheet, albeit in small type) and it’s a gripping read. In an effort to trace the philosophy of Linux back to its source, the following is a brief and admiring look at what some would call The Writings of Linus Torvalds: The Hacker Way of Power.