From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed May 23 2001 - 15:32:35 MDT
J. R. Molloy wrote,
> "Harvey Newstrom" wrote,
> > Even if you think this worm fixes bad holes, wait until somebody decides
> > that Microsoft Visual Basic is just too dangerous, and tries to
> "fix" it on
> > everybody else's computer. I fear the coming wave of copycats
> who will try
> > to be "helpful" without asking.
>
> Your comments swing my Cognitive Distortion Meter into the
> "UNDERESTIMATION"
> zone.
> Assimilation happens all the time. Nothing new. Just happening
> faster of late.
> (It only seems entropic to us when we resist.)
> So, let the Net fix your Visual Basic for you. Resistance is,
> after all, quite
> futile.
But one person's "fix" may be another person's "error." What if the net
spell-checked your posts and "corrected" British spelling to American
spelling? What if it "corrected" your profanity to politically-correct
words? What if it "fixes" your pornography by deleting it?
What one person decides is a "fix" may not be desired by another person.
This boils down to one group enforcing their will onto another group "for
their own good."
-- Harvey Newstrom <http://HarveyNewstrom.com> <http://Newstaff.com>
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