[geeks] New Tech Schools: Digital Harbor in Baltimore

Mike Hebel nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Fri Apr 13 10:28:09 CDT 2007


In a fit of angst Phil Stracchino gargled the following:
> Bill Bradford wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:12:40AM -0500, Mike Hebel wrote:
>>> I'm still reminded of the old SciFi story that I can't recall the
>>> name/author of at the moment.  In it everybody was handicapped to the
>>> point of being equal.  The main character of the story for instance had
>>> an
>>> earpiece that made loud random noises into his ear so he couldn't use
>>> his
>>> higher-than-average intelligence to be better than anyone else.
>>
>> Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons", perhaps?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons
>
>
> "Harrison Bergeron", Kurt Vonnegut

YES!  Thank you!  I've been trying to remember the name of that damn thing
for years now!  Excellent!

Mike Hebel
----
See with eyes unclouded, Think with mind uncluttered, Act with heart
unchained!



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