on 18/3/00 8:49 AM, Zero Powers wrote:
> I listened to the show. What can I say? I'm starting to believe that Bill
> is just trying to make a name for himself in the eyes of the public is the
> lone voice of reason in the issue. I can certainly sympathize with his
> concern about the potential pitfalls of GNR, but I think he's being a little
> "over the top" in his characterizations of the risks.
It is just one more example of sun trying to win by restricting competition.
The conversation in Sun's board room goes like:
"Shit, those quantum entanglement computers might make Solaris look like the
crap it is. How can we stop them?"
Just grab a copy of FreeBSD 4 and forget about Sun. The rest of the world
soon will.
> Worst, he doesn't offer *any* solution.
Of course, not. The socialist leader must never speak the solution - voice
only the problem and then you get assent (who cares about subsequent
consent: Assent is all you need to take control).
If Bill were to specify the solution (global control over every thinking
persons behavior to prevent them by force from using any nanotech devices
[think Vernor Vinge's "The Peace-Wars"]) then he would foster immediate
dissent, as he has in this group (because we most us are capable of thinking
through consequences for our selves.
> The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to say "Hey Bill, shut the
> hell up!"
Nah - just say: "get your hands out of my life: NOW!"
tim
____________________
"Prescription Drugs Kill More Than Street Drugs,"
Properly prescribed legal drugs killed 106,000 Americans each year, due to
toxic reactions. That's more that *twenty times* the number of Americans
killed by illegal drugs, estimated at 5,212."
New England Journal of Medicine, April 1998.
see also
"Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients," Journal of
the American Medical Association (JAMA). April 1998
"The Public and the War On Illicit Drugs," JAMA, March 18, 1998.
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