Here we are , another week older and yet still another airball piece richer by Jon Katz.
Whats Jon's Cause de jour?
The Net Haves And Have Nots -----------------------------
Have you looked in the librarys around the country and seen the computers there for use by ANYONE? Have you looked at the shelters and clubs for kids where computers are now part of the standard drill? Do you even acknowledge the fact that with in 20 years of thier creation more people than EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE are using computers and the net?
Does the fact that in the few decades computers have been in place MORE poepl are using them then were able to read a century ago? That by going to a library or school, or a $500 home computer and a $9 a month net account if you are a "privalaged few", you can tap into more information that was available to most professors and high thinks 50 years ago?
Did you stop to think this was an evolving situation and that in the 20 some odd years of home computers, and the bearly 10 years of commercial net acces, we as a society en masse are light years ahead of most science fiction works of the 60's?
No, you went for the standard arguement starting flamebait. Short sighted weak tea and stale cookies Jon, and its getting obvious your not up to regular commentary of worth.
Yes folks, Mr Katz was probably strapped for text this week so he went back to Raving Rant Tract number 23 and replaced the word Money with The Internet.
What he does is another boring old tired rant on how there is disparity of users and non users, how we using the Net should be ashamed because there are those who cant.
Jon, even for you this rant was weak. I liked it better when you at least tried to but some creative umph in the verbage, but this was like you listened to some NYU student on a drunken rant in some hip village bar as they spent thier parents money on drinks for every one from the SDS.
Your main thrust is that of some vague shame I should be feeling for being where I am in my life. Well I feel no shame in it at all. I am where I am for a reason. Im a kid from the Bronx who loves computers.
NO shame from me, only pride that I am part of something that is gorwing to make the globe a place of knowing and maybe help the people of the world read stuff like yours and think "what primative mind made this noise?"
I can only vebture to guese what Jons next article will be about...maybe Slavery in the Digital Age or A Declaration of Netizens.....buzz buzzz buzzzword man making all a buzzz word can.
Wafting Yet another Airball with Jon Katz (Score:1)
Whats Jon's Cause de jour?
The Net Haves And Have Nots
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Have you looked in the librarys around the country and seen the computers there for use by ANYONE? Have you looked at the shelters and clubs for kids where computers are now part of the standard drill? Do you even acknowledge the fact that with in 20 years of thier creation more people than EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE are using computers and the net?
Does the fact that in the few decades computers have been in place MORE poepl are using them then were able to read a century ago? That by going to a library or school, or a $500 home computer and a $9 a month net account if you are a "privalaged few", you can tap into more information that was available to most professors and high thinks 50 years ago?
Did you stop to think this was an evolving situation and that in the 20 some odd years of home computers, and the bearly 10 years of commercial net acces, we as a society en masse are light years ahead of most science fiction works of the 60's?
No, you went for the standard arguement starting flamebait. Short sighted weak tea and stale cookies Jon, and its getting obvious your not up to regular commentary of worth.
Yes folks, Mr Katz was probably strapped for text this week so he went back to Raving Rant Tract number 23 and replaced the word Money with The Internet.
What he does is another boring old tired rant on how there is disparity of users and non users, how we using the Net should be ashamed because there are those who cant.
Jon, even for you this rant was weak. I liked it better when you at least tried to but some creative umph in the verbage, but this was like you listened to some NYU student on a drunken rant in some hip village bar as they spent thier parents money on drinks for every one from the SDS.
Your main thrust is that of some vague shame I should be feeling for being where I am in my life. Well I feel no shame in it at all. I am where I am for a reason. Im a kid from the Bronx who loves computers.
NO shame from me, only pride that I am part of something that is gorwing to make the globe a place of knowing and maybe help the people of the world read stuff like yours and think "what primative mind made this noise?"
I can only vebture to guese what Jons next article will be about...maybe Slavery in the Digital Age or A Declaration of Netizens.....buzz buzzz buzzzword man making all a buzzz word can.