Thursday, February 16, 2006
Google Groups
so, in case any one of my loyal readers should go snooping on Google Groups, let me address some issue that will doubtless pop up.
The issue is about this message right here.
Lemme quote what "Colin Dellow" said:
Now, sure, I was raised in a rather conservative part of Canada. And hey, I'm a precocious kid -- look at me here, age 13, asking a group of C programmers which is the better TCP library to use: Waterloo's stack or DJ Delorie's.
But come on. I'm suggesting we should cut funding for gifted programs at age EIGHT ? That puts me in grade three. In a school that doesn't even receive funding for gifted programs. Now sure, perhaps my adolescent self was royally embittered at the bastards in the public system, with their marble urinals, their gold-plated drinking fountains and their 5-to-1 teacher-to-student ratio.
Or maybe my brother "typoed" his name. For crying out loud, this wasn't even sent on Usenet -- it was sent on FidoNet. If you're not a big techie nerd, an analagous statement would be: For crying out loud, this wasn't even transmitted via telephonic wires -- it was sent via carrier pigeon. Hell, I'm surprised "Colin" didn't have a Flock of Seagulls lyric in his signature block. And a mullet. And clothes in neon orange and green hues. And the middle name Paul.
The issue is about this message right here.
Lemme quote what "Colin Dellow" said:
I feel that the government is spending too much money on things that we can gert by without. People are living without necessities due to the goverments taxes. Its time to start cutting out some things which aren't vitally important. These kids will still be able to find work.
Now, sure, I was raised in a rather conservative part of Canada. And hey, I'm a precocious kid -- look at me here, age 13, asking a group of C programmers which is the better TCP library to use: Waterloo's stack or DJ Delorie's.
But come on. I'm suggesting we should cut funding for gifted programs at age EIGHT ? That puts me in grade three. In a school that doesn't even receive funding for gifted programs. Now sure, perhaps my adolescent self was royally embittered at the bastards in the public system, with their marble urinals, their gold-plated drinking fountains and their 5-to-1 teacher-to-student ratio.
Or maybe my brother "typoed" his name. For crying out loud, this wasn't even sent on Usenet -- it was sent on FidoNet. If you're not a big techie nerd, an analagous statement would be: For crying out loud, this wasn't even transmitted via telephonic wires -- it was sent via carrier pigeon. Hell, I'm surprised "Colin" didn't have a Flock of Seagulls lyric in his signature block. And a mullet. And clothes in neon orange and green hues. And the middle name Paul.
