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Re: Flawed heros

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On 10.08.25, djheydt@kithrup.com  <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
> In article <H6Z3hsIqczB@ATH>, Mickmane <ATH@kruemel.org> wrote:

>> I'd disagree on "nobody is born with a fundamentally good moral
>> code...". Humans certainly are born as a blank slate with just
>> hardware, and upbringing adds the software.

> [Hal Heydt]

Would be better if that were seen in the address/name.

> I'd modify that slightly to claim that humans (and other animals)
> aare also born with some firmware.  One could argue about the
> degree to which the firmware can be modified--or just
> overridden--by accumulations of software.  (One also needs to be
> careful not to stretch the analogies too far...)

That's what I call hardware.

Like you may have a 286, 386, or a 486 motherboard with fitting CPU, 4MB  
to 16MB RAM, 5MB MFM harddrive or 800MB seagate,... (I once had a 286  
board with 386 CPU. :) )

As far as firmware, at most I'd permit (in my analogy) bios.

Software is then, DOS, Linux, or DOS with windoze 3 (the poor folks  
where the parents and environment are basically a handicap).


-- 

Mickmane

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    Re: Flawed heros djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2025-08-09 22:10 +0000
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