And what about if all the openness of the internet was lost? If the powers that be decided all this access to knowledge dangerous for us little people and giving us too many ideas. What if the powers that be decided to close down all our access to this stuff?
You'd be left with your Ubuntu Linux system. I'd be left with my Arch Linux system. Neither of us would be able to update our systems or get more software for it (and pretend for a minute that the internet is the only network where you'd be able to get software). But because we both use Linux and not Windows, we'd both be able to write new software for it if so inclined. Though the Arch user is more likely to be able to do this than the Ubuntu user. It was just an exercise. James Morris. On 17 March 2011 23:50, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The good thing about Ubuntu of course is that updating is simple, even to > another release. I _don't want_ to play with the system - I want to use > it, and Ubuntu's amazingly functional. > > - Alan > > On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, James Morris wrote: > >> With Linux you are free to NOT UPDATE your system. RESIST. >> >> I would like to decide to do this. Freeze my system. All the software >> on it, all the documentation on it. That's it, that's all that's >> available to me. No other resources. No internet. It's all just here. >> If I need new features I will code them. I will break and mend my >> system. No single part of it over a period of forty years would remain >> untouched from my prying. I would lock it away from the outside world. >> It would evolve to my evolving specifications and idiosyncrasies - >> especially the latter. >> >> I would like to do this but I don't have the time. So I will update my >> system in a timely manner - especially as an internet user. >> >> Semaj Sirrom >> >> -- >> _ >> : http://jwm-art.net/ >> -audio/image/text/code/ >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > > > == > email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > webpage http://www.alansondheim.org > music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qx.txt > == > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- _ : http://jwm-art.net/ -audio/image/text/code/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
