Hi Alan,
I have been a fan of James Lovelock for years, but for some reason I do
not want to lie down and give up - even if it does seem completely
useless an overwhelming...
I could not live with myself if there was just one slim chance and I did
nothing to make a change at whatever level, micro or macro.
Even if I end up failing it does not matter, at least I had a go.
marc
> 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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