On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 12:56:00PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: > Not only do I not know this, I find it to be patently false. Yes, I think > a high percentage of users is too ignorant to know what they need or how > to get it. However, protecting them from that ignorance only propogates > and perpetuates it. Pain is one of natures most effective educators.
Fine. But the pain doesn't *hurt* the people who cause it. See also: Tragedy of the Commons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_Commons if you didn't have a better explanation handy. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me