from a book called "The Invisible computer" by Donald Norman
"""The power to create freely, to engage in a form of serendipitous
flexibility, can only come about if the power to share information is
free, easy and unimpaired either by technical limitations, trade
restrictions and proprietary protocols, or unnecessary
complexity. Anything that gets in the way of effortless, unlimited sharing
of information gets in the way of creativity."""
another quote is ripped off of the efn support list and shows what we're
up against in terms of where people's thinking is.
"""Subject: Setting up a Windows XP dial up PPP connection.
I bought a new PC and need help configuring a connection to access the web
through my efn PPP account. You sent along a great cheat sheet on how to do
it with Windows 95 the last time I bought a new machine - if you have one
for XP please send it along. If not, could you send the one for Windows 95
again?"""
I felt like saying something snarky but I didn't,
possibles = [
"And we'll make sure to include a DemoLinux CD with that.",
"What's the url for that webinstall distro?",
"the XP ch33t k0dz R 2 1337 ph0r |_|" ]
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linux is good</li><li>qed: linux is sexy</li></ul><hr><hr><hr><hr><hr><hr>
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