Re: Perl 6 Summary for 2004-10-01 through 2004-10-17

[Austin Hastings]

Every once in a while some fascist proposes installing TV cameras in all 
public places, and I think, "Oh, God! Nothing good can come of this!" 
and resist heartily.

Larry Wall wrote:
The only bizarre and inexplicable thing that has occurred to me in the last week is that I fell 
into a canal in Venice.  It was definitely somewhat stunning, but I have yet to figure out how 
to view it as a stroke of genius.  I suppose if I were Archimedes I'd have climbed back out and 
shouted "Eureka", but as far as I know Archimedes never
made it to Italy, so it didn't occur to me...
I did learn one important life lesson, however.  When you notice that the last step down to the canal looks slippery, it's a good idea to consider whether the first step down might also be slippery.  I don't usually buy slippery slope arguments, but in this case, I should have.
 

And then I get a message like this, and have to reconsider. Venice could 
pay for the maintenance on the cameras with the proceeds from their 
"Venice's Funniest Public Videos" program.

I hope you were wearing a Hawaiian shirt, for maximum visibility (and 
comic relief)?

=Austin