From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ISP filtering - update
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:16:25 -0500
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca wrote:

> > Why is one of the goals of this country the pursuit of
> > happiness, why not a guarantee of happiness?
>
> Why not force people to be happy altogether?  (Btw, Zamyatin's "We"
> was just as relevant in Soviet Russia as it is in Bush's America).

Actually it's the book that caused both 1984 and Brave New World to be
written.

It's amazing how time after time people who steal with skill get fame and
fortune but the people who did the actual original work get forgotten but
for a few (eg Tesla and radio).

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God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we
can't prove it.
                          Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu

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