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Re: Why not a changeling?
From: whitevampire () MINDLESS COM (White Vampire)
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 20:34:37 -0400
On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 10:07:59AM -0400, Dick St.Peters(stpeters () NetHeaven com) wrote: : Is the net only for the smart? No, but it might be a 'better' place if it was. :) : I have users who are illiterate. They can't read, but they can click. : Some get audio clips in their native language from people they haven't : seen in decades. Maybe I should tell them we've decided the software : that does this for them is stupid software and we won't allow it : anymore? I was not the one speaking for the total disabling of attachments (or MIME). : Others will learn to read later when they're old enough to go to : school. Maybe I should tell them they're stupid lusers who don't : belong on our net until they get their CS degrees? : : I have a user in the final stages of a degenerative neurological : disease. He can move only his eyes and one toe. With a jury-rigged : toe-operated mouse he can struggle through reading email, but just : having to click OK to view something would be a major hassle. Maybe : his account should be canceled because a toe-operated pointer is too : stupid an implementation? : : I think not. The net has so much value in part because it can and : does accommodate so many more people than just the literate : English-speaking young adult elite of the industrialized world. All interesting points. Not to discount your words, but my understanding was that all this was directed towards me. I am not sure of the relevance of this to anything I personally said. Regards, -- __ ______ ____ / \ / \ \ / / White Vampire\Rem \ \/\/ /\ Y / http://www.projectgamma.com/ \ / \ / http://www.webfringe.com/ \__/\ / \___/ http://www.gammaforce.org/ \/ "Silly hacker, root is for administrators." <HR NOSHADE> <UL> <LI>application/pgp-signature attachment: stored </UL>
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- Re: Why not a changeling? White Vampire (May 25)
- Re: Why not a changeling? White Vampire (May 23)
- Re: Why not a changeling? sigipp () WELLA COM BR (May 22)
- Re: Why not a changeling? Michael Wojcik (May 22)
- Re: Why not a changeling? Maxime Rousseau (May 23)
- Re: Why not a changeling? Michael Wojcik (May 23)
- Re: Why not a changeling? White Vampire (May 25)
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- Re: Why not a changeling? Michael Wojcik (May 25)
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- Re: Why not a changeling? Maxime Rousseau (May 25)
- Re: Why not a changeling? sigipp () WELLA COM BR (May 29)