Re: Y2K Specialists

1999-02-16 Thread Dennis Paull
at one time and this in itself can cause disruptions. Think of 2000 as a time of a great fire, destroying the old but offering a chance for the new to spring forth. .. dennis paull -Original Message- From: Neil Rest [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: FW - No Future

1997-11-17 Thread Dennis Paull
-- Hi all, I thank Arthur Cordell for pleading my case far better than I ever could. .. dennis Dennis Paul wrote: It was the Reagan revolution that has revoked these laws and sent us on our present path downwards towards another social restructuring. I find this

Re: Voluntary Versus Involuntary?

1997-11-30 Thread Dennis Paull
worlds, or words to that effect. Dennis Paull

Re: FW - Expertocracy?

1998-01-24 Thread Dennis Paull
ny of our scientists and engineers. FYI, there have been no new atomic power plants in California for more than a decade and there are none in sight. Dennis Paull, Los Altos, California

Beware Happy99.exe worm!!!

1999-03-03 Thread Dennis Paull
--- Hi all, I have received a message addressed to this list with an encoded file labeled Happy99.exe. Please do not attempt to execute this file. I have been informed of a new email virus-like program (worm)that you should be aware of. The following description was taken off the

Re: automation and jobs

1998-02-26 Thread Dennis Paull
ople to do useful and creative stuff and not just absorb what others do. We also need to recognize that not everyone can be a rocket scientist but still give credit where it is due. Dennis Paull Los Altos, CA ~~ FORWARD

Re: FW Some hard questions about a Basic Income 1

1998-02-26 Thread Dennis Paull
expensive than a 40 hour week, why are we surprised when no one bites? Dennis Paull Los Altos, CA

Re: Fw Some hard questions about Basic Income 1

1998-02-27 Thread Dennis Paull
ecome powerless to refuse. That education can come from a disaster or it can come from frustration with the inequalities of the present situation. Dennis Paull, Los Altos, CA Note! I am a well paid automation engineer. Politicians are not all of one note. They vary almost as much as their constit

Re: FW Some hard questions about a Basic Income 1

1998-03-01 Thread Dennis Paull
problems, but it might be a step in the right direction. Dennis Paull Los Altos, CA [ Eva Durant wrote..] One answer is MONEY...and GREED ! There is little economic incentive for anyone to share their wealth with those they do not know. It is the system. Companies go bankrupt if they act

Re: automation and jobs (minds and hands)

1998-03-28 Thread Dennis Paull
Hi all, Sender:Dennis Paull [EMAIL PROTECTED] How do we value things and the people who make them? If I create a thing of beauty ( a device, painting, park, poem, music, building, playground, etc.) and a million people enjoy it, but only one person chooses to buy it, what is its value

Re: FW: Confessions of a tarnished virgin

1998-05-23 Thread Dennis Paull
for the top posts (Governor and Senator here in California). In time, it may become an even more important forum for discussing political ideas. Let's hope so! Dennis Paull Los Altos, California Ed Weick wrote: All we know is that many are self-serving and that, as my friend said, power corrupts

Re: (Fwd) Erlich Is Wrong Again

1999-01-01 Thread Dennis Paull
'. I see this trend increasing and that is why I belong to this and other lists. I also belong so that I can engage in the debate on where we should go. My TV watching is limited to football games. The TV news is useless except for weather reports. Dennis Paull Los Altos, California

Re: y2k bug urgent request

1999-08-06 Thread Dennis Paull
-- Hi Ray, Chris, et al, I am a twenty seven year resident of Sillycon Valley and one of those technologists responsible for the Y2K problems. Please don't suggest that all SV residents are followers of those vocal Libertarians that seem to have become the spokespersons of many of

Re: FW: Re: torn

1999-12-04 Thread Dennis Paull
barons and monarchic non-accountability, we are truly risking much of the benefits that the western world has obtained over the last century. Dennis Paull Silicon Valley, CA At 11:54 PM 12/3/1999 , you wrote: To comment on just one sentence in Andrew's contribution: In my opinion, after listening