From: Chris Kottom Date: 2009-04-10T16:16:13+09:00 Subject: Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth --0015174c3fc297de7c04672e23a8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Why not use your skills to work on solving the problem then? I doubt the solutions are going to be found by people in caves using abaci passing parchments back and forth via pony express. Like it or not (and sometimes I don't) the technology-enabled world isn't going anywhere, and I think that, regardless of your feelings about it, you've got to be honest enough with yourself to accept as constraints the things that are perhaps not ideal but that also aren't immediately changeable. Or even attack the perceived problems using the leverage technology offers: global communications, distributed computing for problem solving, etc. I respect your convictions very much. I just fear some kind of society-wide brain drain if all the smart people suddenly decide to tune in, turn on and drop out. On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:59 AM, lasitha wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Robert Dober > wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Christophe Mckeon > > wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> Thanks for some of your positive responses. > > I would really discuss some of these points with you but I am afraid > > that it is too OT to do it here. > > OTOH maybe this is just important enough anyway. I dunno. > > Yes, it is. Moreover i think anyone not interested in further > discussion is probably familiar enough with the thread to ignore or > mute it. > > +1 to continue here. > > > [...] > > However, what can we (those who believe that their talents are in > > programming or creating systems on distributed Linux boxes etc.etc.) > > do to help? Any ideas, pointers? > > I for one would love to hear responses to that question in particular. > > In any case, my thanks to Christophe for posting, caring and taking action. > > solidarity, > lasitha > > --0015174c3fc297de7c04672e23a8--