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| Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
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Hugh rules 
| | And Hugh is the top cartoonist. |
Tale of two MacLeods
Good point
| | The idea of absolute top-down control in any area — entertainment, business, technology, politics — is simply non-optimal. Technology has enabled us all to be participants, in any way we wish to be, as well as audience. |
| | Richard gives a good example on behalf of a point that concludes, |
| | In this as in many instances, absolute top-control is more optimal than absolute bottom-up chaos. And better than both is moderate top-down management, driven by a policy of the greatest good for the greatest number, or some similar rule. |
| | As an example of engineering fact, it could well be that the best design for a network that permits all people to be performers is for the network¹s tubes to be controlled top-down in the interest of fair access. Some at the edges are spammers, virus-makers, and other low-lifes. Can we always count on them to police their own behavior? I don¹t think so, and neither do you. |
| | So why do so many grown men still repeat the most idiotic sayings of the scruffy hippies of the 60s? |
| | Maybe because they're still scruffy hippies in their 60s. Which I'll be in... oh shit... less than thirteen months. |
| | It¹s a great mystery to me. |
| | It's also a mystery to me why Richard insists on characterization when correction will do. |
| | His point is still a good one. |
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