Comments on: Don’t link, criticize, use our name, refer to us, view our source code…

By: David Schwartz

David Schwartz — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:51:11 +0000

I see things completely the opposite way jb does. Many devices, when first available, require a detailed understanding of their operation in order to use them at first.

This was certainly true of cars. You basically had to be your own mechanic to own a car. That limited how many people could use cars and take advantage of them. How many car owners know how to change their own oil now?

The same is true of radios. How many people know much about how their radio works today? But back in the day, you pretty much had to build and maintain them yourself if you want to have one.

Computers are becoming mainstream the same way other things have. I can’t see any reason this is bad.

By: Stephen Macklin

Stephen Macklin — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:51:26 +0000

I looked at their source code. Nothing super special there – just some very run-of-the-mill html. Not even worth the keystrokes to save a copy.

By: jb

jb — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:20:35 +0000

It used to be thought that in the future everyone would know how computers worked, it’d be a necessary part of primary education, etc.

It’s clear that the opposite has happened–people are treating computers like washing machines, appliances that they don’t need to know anything about except how to call the repairman.

This is a sad turn of events, responsible for this and an unending stream of other idiocy, and is part of the death of productivity in this country represented on the other hand by the overabundance of parasites like Dozier has shown themselves to be in other ways.

By: Supremacy Claus

Supremacy Claus — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:15:54 +0000

Only 1% of patents make any profit for their holder. One does better buying a lottery ticket.

Inventor assistance firms may take advantage of people’s hopes. They do so to the tune of a few thousand dollars. Patent attorneys are no less shady, but are far more expensive.