On December 21, 2010 12:00:02 pm linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca wrote: snip... > > > > http://faintfuzzies.ca/2010/12/are-you-a-uber-hacker-do-you-wanna-be-uber > > -csi > > > > Website is down for me (as tested from multiple locations). > > It's a semi-literate appeal for hackers to compete for positions in > government to fight cybercrime. > > I'm sure this would include going after violators of DRM and the DMCA, two > things which an advocate of a free and open exchange of ideas is likely to > be against. > > So, it's an offer to sell your soul. Dan, I appreciate the complement of being semi-literate. It is a step up from being called functionally illiterate as a writer by not one but two English prof's in '80's. I approach writing like this; if I've a lisp or stutter, does that mean I should not talk? What if I've a learning disability and writing even poorly is a challenge does that mean I do not have the right to express myself with the written word? Criticism without context and understanding is for the... (feel free to add whatever word here you think is appropriate). -- DWW