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You are saying that ordinary people don't know what a URL actually is. This is ridiculous. It takes a certain level of computer illiteracy to never notice that

You are saying that ordinary people don't know what a URL actually is. This is ridiculous. It takes a certain level of computer illiteracy to never notice that you can access stuff by typing into the address bar directly, or by modifying what's already there. It also doesn't take a computer whiz to use DownThemAll to enumerate URLs and download them all. They even have a dedicated function for this! Yes, one does have to have some computer literacy to be able to do that. No, they don't have to be out of the ordinary.

jessaustin 9y ago
Imagine a caveman...
iamnothere 9y ago
Well maybe you shouldn't be using antisocial hacker tools like DownThemAll! An ordinary user would never use such tools. /s Incrementing URLs by hand is one of the ways I learned about how the internet works, as a young kid. Kids are curious. This is normal behavior!
- rootlocus 9y ago
  Well, some people believe being curious and trying things out is not what "normal people" do so it's "antisocial" and you shouldn't do it. I remember a teacher yelling at me for trying some slightly advanced features in a hardware design language. I was really proud I could implement something I didn't thought possible, but her reaction was along the lines "Do you want attention? Why can't you just stay quiet and do what the rest of the class does without showing off?". Stifling creativity and curiosity, especially in children, encouraging them to be mediocre "like ordinary people" is disgusting and counter productive.
  - loup-vaillant 9y ago
    Reminds me the first time I got to touch a word processor. We were supposed to insert a picture with the "clip art" feature. I made a mistake and inserted a "graph" instead. An empty graph, with grey hashed borders, that I didn't know how to delete or undo at the time. So I asked for help. > Aaahh, he crashed my computer! Went the teacher. Which then swiftly closed my unsaved document. 15 minutes of work, gone. As well as any remaining trust I had for her. I had done something unexpected, and she was afraid. I don't think I was quite able to articulate it at the time, but she would have made a fine witch hunter. I do recall a sense of unpredictability though, and reminded myself not to step on that tiger's tail ever again.

jessaustin 9y ago

Imagine a caveman...

iamnothere 9y ago

Well maybe you shouldn't be using antisocial hacker tools like DownThemAll! An ordinary user would never use such tools. /s Incrementing URLs by hand is one of the ways I learned about how the internet works, as a young kid. Kids are curious. This is normal behavior!

rootlocus 9y ago
Well, some people believe being curious and trying things out is not what "normal people" do so it's "antisocial" and you shouldn't do it. I remember a teacher yelling at me for trying some slightly advanced features in a hardware design language. I was really proud I could implement something I didn't thought possible, but her reaction was along the lines "Do you want attention? Why can't you just stay quiet and do what the rest of the class does without showing off?". Stifling creativity and curiosity, especially in children, encouraging them to be mediocre "like ordinary people" is disgusting and counter productive.
- loup-vaillant 9y ago
  Reminds me the first time I got to touch a word processor. We were supposed to insert a picture with the "clip art" feature. I made a mistake and inserted a "graph" instead. An empty graph, with grey hashed borders, that I didn't know how to delete or undo at the time. So I asked for help. > Aaahh, he crashed my computer! Went the teacher. Which then swiftly closed my unsaved document. 15 minutes of work, gone. As well as any remaining trust I had for her. I had done something unexpected, and she was afraid. I don't think I was quite able to articulate it at the time, but she would have made a fine witch hunter. I do recall a sense of unpredictability though, and reminded myself not to step on that tiger's tail ever again.