tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post7873119394122246759..comments2024-02-10T12:12:06.028+00:00Comments on The Real Blog: Targets culture and the spirit of '52David Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410159311875228620noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-11299308926797291352013-10-14T15:22:57.132+01:002013-10-14T15:22:57.132+01:00It's not computers that are the problem. It&#...It's not computers that are the problem. It's people trying to use computers to force other people into boxes.<br /><br />One of the best articles I've ever read on the subject is <a href="http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/" rel="nofollow">Falsehoods programmers believe about names</a>.<br /><br />Read the comments - many of them are trying to calculate that pissing off a small number of people is fine, because they won't lose very many customers and putting up with people like that is too much hassle. Which might even be true if (a) it actually was just a few people and (b) they're working in the commercial world.<br /><br />You can program either way. But it's the human programmers who are trying to force people into boxes; not the poor computers.Richard Gadsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545595590359552775noreply@blogger.com