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Comment: Re:Journalists love calling out google for everyth (Score 2) 259

by Niterios (#46306855) Attached to: Is Google Making the Digital Divide Worse?
You are right, I missed that point and your analogy is better. Nevertheless, I also think that it is unlikely that the educational content of the internet will devolve into a bandwidth hungry activity (anyone have insights on this?), which is the cited example. After all, the elite of the United States is still educated in classrooms, and the most data that can come out of that is a video stream. See, for example, oyc.yale.edu, which provides video of lectures (and even transcripts), problem sets, tests and other materials. I think that a bandwidth divide just promotes a luxury divide (something acceptable in capitalism) and does not make the divide larger by affecting other divides, such as education.

Comment: Journalists love calling out google for everything (Score 5, Insightful) 259

by Niterios (#46305917) Attached to: Is Google Making the Digital Divide Worse?
So, a faster speed is bad because some won't have access to it? How is not implementing a faster speed option going to help them? This is the exact same problem with, for example, real estate: Since some people can pay for better houses, should we prohibit such houses because it gives them an unfair advantage? It seems that the author does not realize that the problem is of much greater dimensions than: "Google is discriminating people by income." Capitalism is discriminating people by income, and if that is his complaint, then his article sucks at conveying it.

Comment: My Two Cents (Score 1) 796

by Niterios (#45843963) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Are the Books Everyone Should Read?
I try to add new ones that have probably not been mentioned: The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago (Portuguese Literature Nobel Laureate). Brings a brilliant insight of the events surrounding the establishment of Christianity by Jesus. It is not precisely something I would recommend to absolutely everyone, but certainly everyone that is/was christian. One Hundred Years of Solitude by García Márquez or any of his novels or collections of short stories. I do not think any of García Márquez's books have taught me extremely deep life lessons, but I still think everyone should read some of his books just to experience his amazing storytelling. Additionally, I think his books can be useful to more deeply understand Latin American culture, so García Márquez is a must read for anyone interested in Latin America. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote's ridiculous lifestyle makes this novel a really fun read. Nevertheless, I think its deepest value comes from the theme of fiction versus reality that the novel discusses. I think that all the content that has been created using this theme makes Don Quixote a valuable read.
