dreams and schemes

Sun Nov 3 22:54:26 UTC 2013

I don't agree with the generalizations in this message. Sure there are 
some blind people who don't want to work and want things handed to them, 
but that's also true for some sighted people as well. Plus, blind people 
have to face prejudice and discrimination, put up with rejection, may 
not have positive blind role models growing up and might not have had 
parents or a school/rehab system that set high expectations for them. I 
know plenty of hard working blind people.

There are also obviously some highly technical people who don't have the 
patience or communication skills but there are plenty of people working 
on Linux who can explain things without being rude or mean.

I also wouldn't think insulting people who are working on Linux or 
voicing such a low opinion of blind people would help you find blind 
Linux support techs.

On 11/03/2013 11:12 AM, Gabe Vega wrote:
> hello All:
>
> Let me give you a clue from the Employers stand point.
>
> 1. we hire Linux Support Techs. who happen to be blind.
> 2. Coming from a fellow blind person I got to tell you that most blind 
> people say they want to work but really don't know what work is.
> 3. there is more to Linux and working on it from a business stand 
> point than from a sitting home all day being geekie stand point.
>
> I have watched this topic for a while and kind of wonder why this is 
> hard to figure out. Linux Accessability is not viable simply because 
> people are Wishy Washie, it has nothing to do with money. because we 
> are desperately trying to give money away all the time, but the thing 
> is people don't want to "Work" for it, they just want hand outs. and 
> for the people who do work on it, breathe it and eat it. they are too 
> geekie to communicate with out sounding rude, mean or condescending.
>
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> On Nov 2, 2013, at 1:29 PM, B. Henry <burt1iband at gmail.com 
> <mailto:burt1iband at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Fair and far enough!
>> I doubt I'll live to see any other star, nor earth critters traveling 
>> to one; but a viable sub-culture seems completely reasonable.
>> If we continue down this path of the "1%" vs. the "99%" then I think 
>> some groups must inevitably split off from, or better coaless out of 
>> the 99%.
>> Education is the key no matter what though, so thanks for the 
>> suggestions in other messages.
>> We're going pretty OT, but if one or 10 new contributers come out of 
>> this then this will be perhaps the most important thread I've ever 
>> seen on thhis mailing list.
>> Cheers.
>> --
>> B.H.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 10:28:06PM -0400, Doug Smith wrote:
>>> Nuke degrees.  I am not the best at math, but I have real savant 
>>> skills when it comes to anything with a digital component.  I am 
>>> working with
>>> tutorials to try and catch up on the stuff that I didn't have access 
>>> to in school.  I like coding, in fact, it's what I actually got this 
>>> machine for,
>>> and I hope to put it to good use one day soon.
>>>
>>> As for math, it was my worst skill in school, but having all the 
>>> math tools I have on here seems to solve that problem.  Once more, a 
>>> few learning
>>> ally textbooks and some net-based tutorials can take care of the 
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> You're right, I think that, if we can take most or all the money out 
>>> of these tech situations, the best possibility for blind people to 
>>> be employed
>>> would be to form our own society, build some kind of generation ship 
>>> and attempt to colonize another star.  This would keep the pervasive 
>>> low
>>> expectations out of the equation as well and we would have only 
>>> ourselves to blame if something went wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
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>>> Forever serving our LORD and SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST.
>>>
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