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Why I Want My Daughter to be a Hacker
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| Letâs define what I mean by the term
| âhackerâ first. There is so much FUD out
| there around this term. Large controlling
| institutions want you to fear hackers, want
| you to think the hacker mindset is
| dangerous. This could not be farther from
| the truth. Hackers are simply empowered
| individuals that want to figure things out
| for themselves. With hacker properly
| defined, letâs get to the meat, why I want
| my daughter to be a hacker:
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| 1. Hackers are not consumer lemmings â As
| large institutions continue to brainwash
| American citizens into becoming slaves to
| the systems theyâve created; hackers know
| that there is a life outside these systems
| of user dependence, a better life.
| Institutional dependence is literally
| killing us. Our dependence on the
| institutional food system has left us
| disease ridden and physically incapable.
| Dependence on western medical systems is
| bankrupting us. Our two major political
| parties both preach institutional
| dependence; one insists dependence on big
| government institutions, the other
| dependence on big corporate institutions.
| Hackers preach self and small community
| dependence. i.e. independence.
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http://offmygourd.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/why-i-want-my-daughter-to-be-a-hacker/
Recent:
Foresight Kid's can inspire young minds
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| My 4-year-old granddaughter test drove Foresight Kid's Edition and had a
| wonderful time. Her previous computer experience didn't include menu
| operation as far as I knew, but she had observed its use. Up until this point
| she had been accustomed to finding the icons for Tuxpaint and Frozen Bubble
| on the desktop. Possibly due to the contrast, she was first drawn to the
| Trash icon, but it didn't take long before she was clicking the menu start
| button. When the menu unfolded, she moved the cursor to the snaky Nibbles
| icon and clicked.
|
| [...]
|
| Foresight Kid's Edition is a useful system for children of all ages. From an
| educational tool to an everyday desktop, Foresight Kid's seems to be quite
| flexible despite its emphasis on young ones. It would be particularly handy
| for setting up a system for children using an older computer you were
| thinking of throwing out, or a replacement for other systems that are prone
| to dangerous malware.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/148942
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