From: ATH@kruemel.org   
      
   On 10.08.25, djheydt@kithrup.com   wrote:   
   > In article , Mickmane  wrote:   
      
   >> I'd disagree on "nobody is born with a fundamentally good moral   
   >> code...". Humans certainly are born as a blank slate with just   
   >> hardware, and upbringing adds the software.   
      
   > [Hal Heydt]   
      
   Would be better if that were seen in the address/name.   
      
   > I'd modify that slightly to claim that humans (and other animals)   
   > aare also born with some firmware.  One could argue about the   
   > degree to which the firmware can be modified--or just   
   > overridden--by accumulations of software.  (One also needs to be   
   > careful not to stretch the analogies too far...)   
      
   That's what I call hardware.   
      
   Like you may have a 286, 386, or a 486 motherboard with fitting CPU, 4MB   
   to 16MB RAM, 5MB MFM harddrive or 800MB seagate,... (I once had a 286   
   board with 386 CPU. :) )   
      
   As far as firmware, at most I'd permit (in my analogy) bios.   
      
   Software is then, DOS, Linux, or DOS with windoze 3 (the poor folks   
   where the parents and environment are basically a handicap).   
      
      
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   Mickmane   
      
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