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Plan9 · 10-28-2009, 07:10 AM

I concur with your History Channel philosophy bit. It's 100% true. I'm not suggesting that the software is causing problems, but that the means of communication allowed by the software is to blame. As always, humans take the ability of the technology and twist it for the most nefarious purposes. The issue is that Facebook is so detailed (dummies can put their phone number and address on it), universal (any computer with Web) and so easy to use (dummy-proof) that it is more dangerous than previous technologies. Using my silly munitions analogy: both devices I detailed above go kablooey, but the MOAB is certainly gonna make a bigger hole in the ground.

In a way, you can blame the technology... because people never change.

10-28-2009, 07:10 AM	#19 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	I concur with your History Channel philosophy bit. It's 100% true. I'm not suggesting that the software is causing problems, but that the means of communication allowed by the software is to blame. As always, humans take the ability of the technology and twist it for the most nefarious purposes. The issue is that Facebook is so detailed (dummies can put their phone number and address on it), universal (any computer with Web) and so easy to use (dummy-proof) that it is more dangerous than previous technologies. Using my silly munitions analogy: both devices I detailed above go kablooey, but the MOAB is certainly gonna make a bigger hole in the ground. In a way, you can blame the technology... because people never change. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake." Last edited by Plan9; 10-28-2009 at 07:13 AM..