Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-27 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:18:34AM -0800, Day Brown wrote: Antonio Rodriguez wrote: We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that have been patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the world would be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented his

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Day Brown
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that have been patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the world would be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented his theorem? If these forces that want to convert the thought world

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Day Brown
From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of sides (as in my side is winning) and ask yourself if you truly could do a better job. Wrong question. Ask yourself should this job be done at all?

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-26 Thread Jan Minar
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:29:02AM -0800, Day Brown wrote: FACT: the 'Noble Savage' is a myth. when he reads the forensic reports from the graveyards of the yeoman farmers in Europe, and compares them with the examination from indigeneous hunting tribes, he finds that the latter shows *20

RE: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread John M. Purser
Excellent! Thanks for the post. John -Original Message- From: Colin Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:45 PM To: Debian Users List Cc: Antonio Rodriguez Subject: Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Paul Morgan
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:46:13 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: Thank you Collin. Beautiful reading. Scary. To think that so many of the statements made in science fiction have come through, to know how dark life can be made to be on the surface of this ball, or on the surface of the other

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 06:29:49AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:46:13 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: Thank you Collin. Beautiful reading. Scary. To think that so many of the statements made in science fiction have come through, to know how dark life can be made to

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread John Hasler
Nano Nano writes: From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of sides (as in my side is winning) and ask yourself if you truly could do a better job. Wrong question. Ask yourself should this job be

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Richard Kimber
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:00:26 -0800 Nano Nano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of sides (as in my side is winning) and ask yourself if you truly could do a better

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 06:00:30PM +, Richard Kimber wrote: On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:00:26 -0800 Nano Nano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of sides (as in

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 07:56:44AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: Nano Nano writes: From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of sides (as in my side is winning) and ask yourself if you truly could do a

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread John Hasler
Nano Nano writes: Ah, yes, but the answer is also, sometimes yes, grasshopper. Grasshopper? ROFL. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:30:14PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: Nano Nano writes: Ah, yes, but the answer is also, sometimes yes, grasshopper. Grasshopper? ROFL. I thought everybody realized when you add that it's supposed to be a joke :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nate Duehr
John Hasler wrote: Nano Nano writes: From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of sides (as in my side is winning) and ask yourself if you truly could do a better job. Wrong question. Ask yourself

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-24 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:17:24PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: John Hasler wrote: Nano Nano writes: From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of sides (as in my side is winning) and ask yourself if

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that have been patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the world would be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented his theorem? If these forces

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-23 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 11:44:35PM +, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that have been patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the world would be if

Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC

2004-01-23 Thread Nano Nano
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:46:13AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: Thank you Collin. Beautiful reading. Scary. To think that so many of the statements made in science fiction have come through, to know how dark life can be made to be on the surface of this ball, or on the surface of the other