On 8/16/2009 1:09:53 AM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Rceeberger
> wrote:
>
> > It is worth noting that "this guy" is one of the most respected members
> on this list
>
> Decide that with a vote, did you?
One would have to be quite dense to n
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
> It is worth noting that "this guy" is one of the most respected members on
> this list
Decide that with a vote, did you?
He seems rather a hot-head to me. I was going to ask him to explain
what set him off, but evidently he would rather call
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:51 PM,
dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote:
> That's a true statementbut the problem with failure with radically new
> government is that the failures are horrid: (e.g. the French Revolution,
> the Cultural Revolution, Pot Pol).
Which suggests that we need lots of very s
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
>
> I do agree that there is little experimentation going on right now in
> government. One of the best reasons for getting humanity out into space is
> to allow that experimentation to begin again.
It does seem like there is a lot more lati
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:26 PM,
dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote:
> One thing to remember about experimentation: 99.99% of experiments fail;
Which suggests we need a lot of experiments to get successes!
___
http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_m
>I do agree that there is little experimentation going on right now in
>government. One of the best reasons for getting humanity out into
>space is to allow that experimentation to begin again.
One thing to remember about experimentation: 99.99% of experiments fail;
they do not achieve the
On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:10 PM, John Williams wrote:
What ever gave you the idea that I want things to work out "neatly"?
Messy, quirky, diverse, surprising, unpredictable, they're all good
(as long as coercion is minimal).
I suspect that is your objective here on the list as well. Charlie may
>The most enjoyable discussions for me involve new ideas or points of view
>that I have not encountered before. People interested in SF seem to be
>more likely to have unique ideas than people who are not SF fans. Not
>that there isn't a lot of "noise" of conventional ideas mixed
>in...anyway, I w
