How Slackware is Healing the Planet from Terrorism and Racism
by slac-in-the-box from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5QCHX)
KISS Design.
It is said that English is a difficult foreign language to master. Perhaps it is because of all the various combinations of letters that make the same phoenetic sound--like c, k, ck, and ch all with instances of the same "hard k" utterances: is it enough to cause someone to snap and want to harm regions that speak English natively? Perhaps.
Luckily, learning English opens up the english-dominant gnu linux computational stacks, including Slackware. Compared to the other variants, Slackware's KISS design is so refreshing, after having just learned English, that the near-snapping urges dissipate into happy butterflies!
Therefore, we can logically conclude that slackware, more than any other linux distro, keeps us safe from terrorists.
OK, so that was tounge-and-cheek, but here's the serious vein: screens program the people... programmers program the screens... programming languages program the programmers... since English dominates many of the programming languages, these languages are subject to some of the curses of the English language, such as imbedded racism: should programming languages still contain terms such as "blacklist" or "whitelist"?
We are all editors of our traditions... imbedded into our traditions are diseases, there before any living were born...
While programmers digitalize tradition, we have opportunity to heal some of these deeply imbedded tumors.
Slackware is already leading the way by keeping the layout of the cockpit understandable and consistent. For the consideration of all of its developers and especially of course our "BDFL," I humbly propose that, for reasons shared above, that /etc/slackpkg/blacklist be renamed /etc/slackpkg/exemptions... and so on...
Health == Attitude
It is said that English is a difficult foreign language to master. Perhaps it is because of all the various combinations of letters that make the same phoenetic sound--like c, k, ck, and ch all with instances of the same "hard k" utterances: is it enough to cause someone to snap and want to harm regions that speak English natively? Perhaps.
Luckily, learning English opens up the english-dominant gnu linux computational stacks, including Slackware. Compared to the other variants, Slackware's KISS design is so refreshing, after having just learned English, that the near-snapping urges dissipate into happy butterflies!
Therefore, we can logically conclude that slackware, more than any other linux distro, keeps us safe from terrorists.
OK, so that was tounge-and-cheek, but here's the serious vein: screens program the people... programmers program the screens... programming languages program the programmers... since English dominates many of the programming languages, these languages are subject to some of the curses of the English language, such as imbedded racism: should programming languages still contain terms such as "blacklist" or "whitelist"?
We are all editors of our traditions... imbedded into our traditions are diseases, there before any living were born...
While programmers digitalize tradition, we have opportunity to heal some of these deeply imbedded tumors.
Slackware is already leading the way by keeping the layout of the cockpit understandable and consistent. For the consideration of all of its developers and especially of course our "BDFL," I humbly propose that, for reasons shared above, that /etc/slackpkg/blacklist be renamed /etc/slackpkg/exemptions... and so on...
Health == Attitude