From: Robert Dober Date: 2009-04-09T21:53:46+09:00 Subject: Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Phlip wrote: > Mike Stephens wrote: >> >> Christophe Mckeon wrote: >>> >>>  computers ...we know is destroying our planet> >> >> Call me naive but I can't quite see why computers are causing damage. Au >> contraire, I would have thought. > > Our worst general global problem is lobbyists and corruption, and the second > worst is the oil companies. > > Way down on the list is the toxic cadmium and mercury compounds used in most > computers. Look up OLPC - I suspect you could grind one up and eat it and > not get sick. Sure enough I agree with this assessment. I however suspect that Christophe has made his choice either because he sees some connections between the way he can use computers, oil companies and other human aberrations, which indeed might exist or spring into existence soon. Or maybe it is just a personal choice to do what he thinks best for him. I suspect that he might as well feel happy enough with our responses that he presents his POV on that. Open Source however really seems to do the contrary, or am I too naïve here too? Cheers Robert -- If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery