Comments on: Letter from a young Homeland reader http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 01:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Scott Bartlett http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1652286 Scott Bartlett Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1652286 Or: simply praising a favourite author's work. Or: simply praising a favourite author’s work.

]]> By: PaulDavisTheFirst http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651964 PaulDavisTheFirst Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651964  is it possible to be mad without believing that my life has value?  is it possible to be mad without believing that my life has value?

]]> By: Two Bits http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651884 Two Bits Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651884 This is one of the things that I have wondered about at times with the trend to the cloud.   We have had laws to protect our privacy in regards to video rentals and library books for example.  Netflix for one is asking for these to be changed.  With the kindle and nook, all your purchases are stored in the cloud under your name   No means exists to buy a book anonymously. Same with the cloud music storage, and videos.   No real way to delete the record, the retailers keep them pretty much indefinitely now.  Look at how Amazon just went back to review and add all cd purchases available under the new auto mp3 program from 1999 on.   Only books that are on pirate sites or available for free downloads will have any chance of being obtained and read anonymously in ebooks. This is one of the things that I have wondered about at times with the trend to the cloud.   We have had laws to protect our privacy in regards to video rentals and library books for example.  Netflix for one is asking for these to be changed.  With the kindle and nook, all your purchases are stored in the cloud under your name   No means exists to buy a book anonymously. Same with the cloud music storage, and videos.   No real way to delete the record, the retailers keep them pretty much indefinitely now.  Look at how Amazon just went back to review and add all cd purchases available under the new auto mp3 program from 1999 on.   Only books that are on pirate sites or available for free downloads will have any chance of being obtained and read anonymously in ebooks.

]]> By: koanhead http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651870 koanhead Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651870  Probably, and so what? The sort of people who will consider it a subversive act have already decided we're all guilty anyway. When your career and livelihood depends on finding miscreants, you'll find them.  Probably, and so what?
The sort of people who will consider it a subversive act have already decided we’re all guilty anyway. When your career and livelihood depends on finding miscreants, you’ll find them.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651867 MrJM Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651867 <em><strong>Kids these days...</em></strong> -- MrJM Kids these days…

– MrJM

]]> By: Edward Becerra http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651832 Edward Becerra Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651832 I'm afraid that eventually, owning or even  _reading_ this book will be considered a subversive act by the people in Washington. I’m afraid that eventually, owning or even  _reading_ this book will be considered a subversive act by the people in Washington.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651746 Cory Doctorow Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651746  Thank you. It was great to see you.  Thank you. It was great to see you.

]]> By: mamarox http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651729 mamarox Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651729 Go, Brian! Just got home from Changing Hands. Cory, thank you for the talk; for making Aaron's story so much a part of your message (even though I cried three times), and your gracious time with all of the fans. Jimmy was ecstatic about hearing you speak and meeting you; so much so that he forgot to tell you that you and Neil Gaiman are the chief reasons that he is an (published!) author. I wanted you to know that. Thanks again...going to go immerse myself in Homeland in 3...2...1.... Go, Brian!

Just got home from Changing Hands. Cory, thank you for the talk; for making Aaron’s story so much a part of your message (even though I cried three times), and your gracious time with all of the fans. Jimmy was ecstatic about hearing you speak and meeting you; so much so that he forgot to tell you that you and Neil Gaiman are the chief reasons that he is an (published!) author. I wanted you to know that.

Thanks again…going to go immerse myself in Homeland in 3…2…1….

]]> By: John Michael Bower http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651707 John Michael Bower Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651707 I would have guessed his name to be "Junis"… I would have guessed his name to be “Junis”…

]]> By: Ender Wiggin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651683 Ender Wiggin Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651683 i've never understood why you get listed as science fiction, i'd call it more social commentary from the digital edge.  i remember reading little brother the first time and recognizing that little hack to get around monitoring systems as something i'd seen before, you sprinkle search terms liberally and do it well.  Homeland was if anything even more on point. i’ve never understood why you get listed as science fiction, i’d call it more social commentary from the digital edge.  i remember reading little brother the first time and recognizing that little hack to get around monitoring systems as something i’d seen before, you sprinkle search terms liberally and do it well.  Homeland was if anything even more on point.

]]> By: eldritch http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651679 eldritch Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651679 "We know things are bad - worse than bad! They're crazy! It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore! We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone! I want you to get MAD! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get MAD! You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!'." - Network (1976) “We know things are bad – worse than bad! They’re crazy! It’s like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don’t go out anymore! We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, ‘Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won’t say anything. Just leave us alone.’

Well, I’m not gonna leave you alone! I want you to get MAD!

I don’t want you to protest. I don’t want you to riot – I don’t want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn’t know what to tell you to write. I don’t know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you’ve got to get MAD! You’ve got to say, ‘I’m a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!’.”

- Network (1976)

]]> By: binarygirl http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651663 binarygirl Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651663 Wait...so is his name Brian or Anonymous? I'm so confused! Also, I just got back from your Tempe visit. The last part of your speech brought tears to my eyes. You're doing a great thing and you have all my support. Wait…so is his name Brian or Anonymous? I’m so confused!

Also, I just got back from your Tempe visit. The last part of your speech brought tears to my eyes. You’re doing a great thing and you have all my support.

]]> By: kid_a_ok_com... http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651623 kid_a_ok_com... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651623 Lips planted firmly on cheeks? Lips planted firmly on cheeks?

]]> By: signsofrain http://boingboing.net/2013/02/10/letter-from-a-young-homela.html#comment-1651613 signsofrain Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212162#comment-1651613 Cory I think these two books are gonna be one of your lasting legacies. Thanks for writing them. Cory I think these two books are gonna be one of your lasting legacies. Thanks for writing them.

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