Program against modernity

The present consists in the consistent and steady replacement of the creative aspects of being with mechanical ones.

There is such a computer hobby - retro -compound: Scripture of programs for computers of museum antiquity or interpreters for such programs.

The art of programming over the past decades has changed its shape. From the demiurge who controlled all aspects of the computer, the programmer turned into the author of interface blocks between and near the library package. The changes that have occurred are akin to what has befell the spiritualized medieval artisan, who made a barrel for example - his heir stands with an idiotic appearance of the conveyor and pours a plastic solution into the form of a uniform movement.

Retro -compound is an uprising against this ugly state of things, an attempt to return from the assembly line to the twilight of a medieval workshop.

But this is not limited to its meaning. All the functions necessary for the user can be implemented on a computer that is no more expensive than a tape recorder or iron; The social consequences of awareness of this fact are much more important than the eternal dispute of supporters of different platforms.

The main problem of the modern world is unilateral communications. Any bastard sits on all kinds
bodies, publishers and magazines and broadcasts all nastiness for money; And the population dutifully eats this muck. As a result, both of them become idiots, incapable of communication in any form, except from one end of the microphone, from which a disgusting nonsense rushes.

If in the system the information applies only to one direction, this is about the same as if information does not apply to the system at all. They suffer equally privileged (who have to broadcast idiotic nonsense for imaginary idiots, as a result of which citizens of journalists become approximately as stupid as their imaginary target audience) and unprivileged (who, under the pressure of idiotic brainwashing, have to turn into idiots; for the field of communications is completely filled
signs insulting intelligence).

The orientation of the public message to the idiot is no secret to anyone. Mass-media is browed with their own idiocy-I am sure that the author of the advertising clip "Galina Blanca, Bul-Bul, Bul-Bul. Galina Blanca, Bul-Bul, Bul-Bul" laughed at his products no less than its numerous critics. The idiocy of the mass media reaches the total - the Fomenko show with undressing for money replaces the Nagiyev show about lesbian incest and cattleness among the Moscow middle class (both mother and daughter and Doberman’s dog are scored from the same course of the theater school and openly missed them
from a monotonous and idiotic scenario, which has long been shocking and does not even amuse anyone); And after this there is a parliamentary program, where the deputy demonstrates karate movements, with the help of which he wants to deal with another deputy; Another deputy, who has already received a boot in the face from the first deputy, is dragged.

The total "idiotic text" in the media is ensured by two things: incomparable media gain
idiocy (idiotic advertising is better remembered by any other, idiotic television shows - the latest, and 80% of the electorate are ready to vote for the president with IQ) and the aggravating population tolerance for idiocy. The language of communications is composed of signs adopted by the media - little by little, idiotic advertising and idiotic situations are introduced into collective consciousness as a norm. As a result, the population turns into a collective idiot, and the media is forced to choose more and more idiotic situations and signs. It is not known in what circle of idiotic hell this spiral ends; But the movement along it goes exclusively in one direction - down. In a country where happy telepousists with rabbits sing songs about Galina Blanc, Bul-Bul, Bul-Bul, and do not see anything out of the side; And the next lopoichi and bun -eyed offspring of the American presidents threatens a nuclear bomb by a country, the name of which he can neither write nor pronounce.

The media is the main danger to humanity; The danger is much more serious than AIDS, atomic weapons and terrorism combined. The danger is especially serious because there is no solution to the problem (except for weekly
There are no bomb strokes on the Ostankino television tower and other sources of the media signal).

The Internet, in theory, could correct this situation by replacing the media with equal communications system. Instead of watching news, everyone will read their own frand-lint in Livejournal; And instead of looking at the soap opera ... right! Read the Livejournal tape.

But the power of the media is not that everyone is watching a box; The media is dominable and over who does not watch the box-the media design signs of the language used for communications. And if the language is idiotic, then meaningful communication
It becomes completely impossible. If your alphabet consists of the words "Galina Blanca", and "Bul-Bul, Bul-Bul", what can you say? It is unlikely that something except "Galina Blanca, Bul-Bul, Bul-Bul". Meaningful communication in the community is possible only if the community isolate from the media.

Therefore, it is necessary that everyone has the Internet. That is, approximately like a radio and a TV.

This, in principle, is easily feasible now - a computer that can support TCP/IP and a small browser costs 40 bucks without a monitor and 70 with a monitor. Most people who spend $ 1,500 on the box are not necessary, and they could do a hundred bucks, having received the product much better (because less glitter).

The problem is that the distribution of outdated computers will put a fat cross on the profits of merchants of software and iron; And they resist this as they can.

Basically, by writing, disgustingly swollen new and new versions of operating systems and packages, each of which is worse than the previous one; And remaking all standards for those that are much worse and require monstrous computer resources.

Next is network marketing - if your boss has switched to the fourteenth version of the Emesword, incompatible with all previous ones, you have nothing to do but make an upgrade.

All these things are extremely harmful. Even if the new software is better than the old one (which is possible, at least theoretically), its use is unethical, because it encourages the disgusting practice of writing new programs. If this process was able to stop at some point, the population would be closer to total computerization, with Internet access, and free from the dictatorship of the media, idiots, politicians, supporters of the market economy, the show of the window and Galina Blanca, Bul-Bulin Galina Blanca, Bul-Bul, Bul-Bul.

Softly giants, mass media, politics, market economy, democracy are the essence of a part of one disgusting octopus, whose name is modern; The octopus that will destroy humanity will be destroyed.

From the point of view of the bastards who act
On behalf of the software giant , the situation looks completely different. The next version of the already ugly swollen software package has additional opportunities compared to its predecessor. One user one hundred thousand will use these capabilities; But each user needs something his own - and a software giant receives money from everyone. A good example of this is the UNICOD standard consisting of all font tables, registered by the International Organization for Standards. It is difficult to imagine a person who will need all the fonts without exception; But this is not necessary - the standard is composed not for someone specifically, but in order to sell the maximum swollen software product to the maximum number of solvent reptiles.

Of course, this standard turned out
totally unsuitable for working with a large number
Languages ​​(commercial giants were not created by the Unicode to be used by the Japanese, Chinese and other undeveloped peoples, and in order to impose another and completely unnecessary upgrade to everyone else). But even if by some miracle this standard would be suitable, it would not have to be used; for ethical reasons. Humanity does not need complex standards, but for cheap and simple computers.

The computer should be simple and cheap, like an iron or coffee maker; And computer literacy is universal, publicly available, compulsory, like arithmetic and calligraphy.

Including programming.

... let the state be small, and the population is rare. If [in the state] there are various tools, do not use them. Let people not go far until the end of their lives [from their places]. If [in the state] there are boats and chariots, do not use them. Even if there are warriors, do not put them out.

Let the people again begin to weave nodules and use them instead of writing. Let his food be tasty, beautiful robe, comfortable dwelling, and life is joyful. Let the neighboring states look at each other, listen to each other's singing of roosters and barking dogs, and people do not visit each other until old age and death.
- Tao de Jing