I've been lecturing on the future of the planet last week and this week,
talking about Gaia, about biogeochemistry, aboud god knows what. I'm in
the middle of this and luckily computers have been used for modeling of
this sort at least since the 1960s (Club of Rome Report). The classes
are really depressing. I tend to agree w/ Lovelock that it's already too
late. - Alan
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009, james morris wrote:
>
> /* a C program that does nothing for the earth...
> let's not bother saving the earth...
> after all, we have computer programs
> to write which is very enjoyable and
> stimulating:
> */
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
>
> typedef enum {
> RESOURCES,
> NO,
> CERTAINLY_NOT,
> THE_EARTH_IS_SAVED
> } _earth_choice;
>
> int main()
> {
> /* this is a pointless assignment, and completely ignored:
> */
> _earth_choice will_we_save_the_earth = THE_EARTH_IS_SAVED;
>
> /* dig up the earth and extract its resources
> until it can no longer support life:
> */
> while(CERTAINLY_NOT) {
> /* waste resources:
> */
> calloc(1024, 1024);
>
> printf("WE ARE EXPLOITING THE EARTH:"
> " The Earth Will Not Be Saved!\n");
>
> /* double speak suggesting we're giving back to
> the Earth, but in fact what we're really
> doing is screwing it over:
> */
> free(RESOURCES);
> }
>
> /* this will never happen, it is unreachable with the
> current program logic...
> but at least we can acknowledge the possibility:
> even if the notion, that once fixed, the Earth is
> fixed for ever, is a rather naieve one.
> */
> printf("The Earth Is Saved!\n");
> return THE_EARTH_IS_SAVED;
> }
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