Re: Was Naomi Mitchison the first person in science fiction to say that interfering in non-human cultures would be wrong even if there was good cause?

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From	djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject	Re: Was Naomi Mitchison the first person in science fiction to say that interfering in non-human cultures would be wrong even if there was good cause?
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Date	2016-10-06 02:03 +0000
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In article <XnsA698AA77538A7taustingmail@69.16.179.43>,
Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy  <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
>Juho Julkunen <giaotanj@hotmail.com> wrote in
>news:MPG.325fba4a49814dd098999b@news.kolumbus.fi: 
>
>> In article
>> <227713d3-6bbc-41bc-99a9-9289b0d2f197@googlegroups.com>, 
>> Alien8752@gmail.com says... 
>>> 
>>> On Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 1:07:21 PM UTC-7, Juho
>>> Julkunen wrote: 
>>> > In article
>>> > <robertaw-1299A8.10134205102016@news.individual.net>, 
>>> > robertaw@drizzle.com says... 
>>> > > 
>>> > > Even 5 tabs will bring Firefox to a stop if those pages are
>>> > > too busy with extraneous junk.
>>> > 
>>> > Wouldn't even one do it, if it is too busy with extraneous
>>> > junk? That is, this isn't so much an issue with the number of
>>> > tabs, but misbehaving pages, I think. If a page drags the
>>> > performance down, I won't keep it open, obviously.
>>> 
>>>   That's why NoScript and AdBlocker were invented, to keep the
>>>   jangly Flash-y ads from showing. Lose those and even the most
>>>   ad-heavy pages tame right down. 
>>> 
>>>   I've found a few pages, like Forbes, that won't display
>>>   anything at all until I disable one or the other. I send them
>>>   a polite email explaining that I won't be visiting them in
>>>   future because of that, and will recommend the same to my
>>>   friends. 
>>> 
>>>   I dunno if it helps, but I don't care.
>> 
>> I don't use AdBlocker for ideological reasons. I like it when 
>> advertises pay for my content.
>
>While I agree with the ideology, the practical reality is that 
>virtually all ads are served by ad networks, and all the major ad 
>networks regularly serve up malware because their business model 
>does not allow for human oversight of what gets sent out.
>> 
>> That said, any page that wants to run Flash will need to ask me,
>> and sites with noise-making ads won't get visited again.
>> 
>You keep your speakers on? Fool.

I have my speakers off, or rather, turned away from my PC,
because I have a Raspberry Pi playing kdfc.com practically all
day.  It also functions as an alarm clock, playing Sousa's
"Liberty Bell" at 5:30 AM and switching on kdfc.com a few seconds
later.  I have a switch to switch the speakers to the PC if I
really want to.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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