* [9fans] going down a dark alley due to a bad starting point
@ 2006-10-27 18:38 Ronald G Minnich
2006-10-27 18:51 ` Paul Lalonde
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From: Ronald G Minnich @ 2006-10-27 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
http://userful.com/
this is about the best example I've seen in quite some time of how a bad
set of initial conditions can lead you to the dark side.
ron
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* Re: [9fans] going down a dark alley due to a bad starting point
2006-10-27 18:38 [9fans] going down a dark alley due to a bad starting point Ronald G Minnich
@ 2006-10-27 18:51 ` Paul Lalonde
2006-10-27 19:10 ` LiteStar numnums
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From: Paul Lalonde @ 2006-10-27 18:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
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Ouch. 1982 all over again.
On 27-Oct-06, at 11:38 AM, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> http://userful.com/
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> this is about the best example I've seen in quite some time of how
> a bad set of initial conditions can lead you to the dark side.
>
> ron
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* Re: [9fans] going down a dark alley due to a bad starting point
2006-10-27 18:51 ` Paul Lalonde
@ 2006-10-27 19:10 ` LiteStar numnums
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From: LiteStar numnums @ 2006-10-27 19:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
This is a very good idea for poor countries; I've a cousin who's a
missionary in Kenya & I recommended something like this after seeing
it mentioned elsewhere about African computing. It cut their costs
significantly & for enough terminals for all of the students. That
said, there was minimal internet usage (mostly uploading missionary
cost sheets & the like), a minor bible program & abiword. I couldn't
imagine doing this with some low-end PC that most of the businesses I
used to support always end up purchasing.
On 10/27/06, Paul Lalonde <plalonde@telus.net> wrote:
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> Ouch. 1982 all over again.
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> On 27-Oct-06, at 11:38 AM, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
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> > http://userful.com/
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> > this is about the best example I've seen in quite some time of how
> > a bad set of initial conditions can lead you to the dark side.
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> > ron
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If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian
principle -- absolute busyness -- then utopia and melancholy will come
to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy --
and without consciousness.
-- Günter Grass
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