Chomsky, science and making a stand
Hi all, it appears that that a recent quote from Prof. Chomsky at MIT provoked fairly fierce response. Off topic? Well, M$ bashing appears to be in order, and with great fanfare, appealing to all good (patritotic?) citizens and common sense, the Linux spirit is declarded a unviversal champion of freedom of expression and mind. Hurbris! Narrow self-interest is the name of the game, at least when I read some of the e-mail on this list, here, as elsewhere. It is my impression, from what I read, that not all are quite aware of just who Chomsky is. Chomsky is acknowledged as the father of modern linguisqtics (after 1950 :-), is important in sociology (for his work in grammar), and behold, is important in computer science for work in grammer as well. So when (?) your hear about a Chomsky grammar in your CS class, you at least have heard about the guy, eh? Disgusted, Sigfred. Go check this link for some alternative to CNN : http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 April 2003 05:02 pm, Sigfred Haversen wrote:
Hi all,
it appears that that a recent quote from Prof. Chomsky at MIT provoked fairly fierce response.
Off topic? Well, M$ bashing appears to be in order, and with great fanfare, appealing to all good (patritotic?) citizens and common sense, the Linux spirit is declarded a unviversal champion of freedom of expression and mind. Hurbris! Narrow self-interest is the name of the game, at least when I read some of the e-mail on this list, here, as elsewhere.
It is my impression, from what I read, that not all are quite aware of just who Chomsky is. Chomsky is acknowledged as the father of modern linguisqtics (after 1950 :-), is important in sociology (for his work in grammar), and behold, is important in computer science for work in grammer as well. So when (?) your hear about a Chomsky grammar in your CS class, you at least have heard about the guy, eh?
Disgusted, Sigfred.
Go check this link for some alternative to CNN :
Thank you Sigfred, for your well written opinion. I really wanted to get involved in last nights festivities, but could not find an eloquent voice to rephrase my readings of Prof Chomsky. For those who would like to read more I would suggest his book "9-11" - -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+k2u1BwgxlylUsJARAnrZAKCQYVEF0Svz8ciEmgtF7OCQWb4v+gCfVloQ 4tkPdaXKSaI1nT75szxtpvg= =NAUD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Wednesday 09 April 2003 00:02, Sigfred Haversen wrote:
Hi all,
it appears that that a recent quote from Prof. Chomsky at MIT provoked fairly fierce response.
Off topic? Well, M$ bashing appears to be in order, and with great fanfare, appealing to all good (patritotic?) citizens and common sense, the Linux spirit is declarded a unviversal champion of freedom of expression and mind. Hurbris! Narrow self-interest is the name of the game, at least when I read some of the e-mail on this list, here, as elsewhere.
It is my impression, from what I read, that not all are quite aware of just who Chomsky is. Chomsky is acknowledged as the father of modern linguisqtics (after 1950 :-), is important in sociology (for his work in grammar), and behold, is important in computer science for work in grammer as well. So when (?) your hear about a Chomsky grammar in your CS class, you at least have heard about the guy, eh?
Disgusted, Sigfred.
Go check this link for some alternative to CNN :
I know exactly who Chomsky is and I agree with him on virtually all issues but I don't subscribe to this list to find out. I want to use this list to find out about issues with SuSE linux, nothing else. If this sort of stuff carries on then I will leave the list. Can all this stuff please stop.
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David Herman
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michael norman
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Sigfred Haversen