On 4/26/06, Paul D. Fernhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see the value in encouraging kids to have a sense of their own power, > but I have a script on my system (just for myself) which lets me type > "stop" instead of "kill".
I'm disgusted that "kill" isn't politically correct enough. We're engineers, not politicians. > Even in a virtual world of computing, is teaching kids to "kill" a good > message? Language does effect thought to an extent. Sheesh. > I feel a bit the same way about some user manuals that go on about > "depressing" or "hitting" buttons. "Press" is a better choice I think. > OK, so now you're just being funny. Hah! > Also, someday those processes might represent sentient AIs and attempting > to "kill" them might have serious consequences. Perhaps good to to get > kids thinking about the potential rights of any sentience, even now. :-) > > --Paul Fernhout Right. Be fearful little huddly creatures, all aquiver and afraid o dat big bad AI monster. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
