In this blog post, Jeff Atwood describes Arrow Code. Basically, it’s code that sucks.

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“(a) Findings
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The rapidly developing array of Internet and other interactive computer services available to individual Americans represent an extraordinary advance in the availability of educational and informational resources to our citizens.
(2) These services offer users a great degree of control over the information that they receive, as well as the potential for even greater control in the future as technology develops.
(3) The Internet and other interactive computer services offer a forum for a true diversity of political discourse, unique opportunities for cultural development, and myriad avenues for intellectual activity.
(4) The Internet and other interactive computer services have flourished, to the benefit of all Americans, with a minimum of government regulation.
(5) Increasingly Americans are relying on interactive media for a variety of political, educational, cultural, and entertainment services.”

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Written by SeanH.

This essay was written for Brad Rosen’s CPSC 183 at Yale University. It is a reading response to Lawrence Lessig’s Code 2.0 chapters 1 and 2.

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I was a product manager at Google last summer. Personal connection.. BOOM!

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It’s a closed platform.

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*cough cough*

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“I only have two pages! C'mon!!” – the Section Asshole

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