At 11:45 +0100 28/8/06, Stephen Streater wrote:
On 28 Aug 2006, at 10:58, Gordon Joly wrote:
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"Advogato performs certification to three different levels:
Apprentice, Journeyer, and Master."
So, this system is classfull rather than classless.
The current system is already classful:
some people don't have computers,
some people are blocked etc.
Some people don't have computers? I agree, and I am glad you are
concerned about social exclusion......
We should not assume too much. I recall homeless people in the
Doonesbury cartoon strip had good access to computers.
It's also gaining considerable sclerosis.
Hmmm.... "sclerosis" is not O word I have heard in this context
before, so please explain.
My discussions (and experiments) on
ways to encourage the creation and
viewing of free video content have come
against considerable inertia (with the
enthusiastic side only slightly ahead).
Care to expand on that? Who blocked you?
Gordo
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