On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 06:15, Michael Halcrow wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:24:44PM -0600, Michael Torrie wrote: > > I take it from your arguments that you find NASA and the entire > > space program a complete waste of money. Obviously since private > > industry hasn't been able to do it yet that it's not worth doing. > > And clearly you don't want your tax dollars wasted on any of these > > scientific ventures. > > I didn't say any of that. Stop putting words in my mouth. It's > disingenuous and dishonest. If you're going to debate me, debate me > on things I actually said, and not things that you deceive others into > thinking I said.
C'mon, Mike, is that all you have to say? Sure you didn't say such things about the space program, but Michael T. was just taking your line of reasoning and applying it to other government ventures besides iProvo. Surely that's an allowable test of your proposed general principle? For the record I generally agree with you that fibre may not be essential infrastructure for everyone, but then again, maybe it is. I know I'd prefer a fast fibre infrastructure then a slow wireless one, all other things being equal, and underground fibre is certainly much easier for the government to provide. I don't konw if I'd vote for it or not though being all other things are not equal. Bryan, of Vancouver, WA, where our city government is building a hotel/conference center, not a network infrastructure. Now there is something for Mike H. to complain about. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
