Teddy Kaczynski is back.
--- Bill Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken, > > > > Of course, but the issue is those posters for > whom the delete > key is > > > not enough. They've proven their unworthiness of > an intelligent > > > reader's time, so why should I have to > constantly delete them? > > > > So why waste your time on "The Perpetual Whiner," > either? He was the > > first one in *my* filter. > > > My primary role is problem solving. That's what > programmers do, and the > role is even larger for the self-employed, and then > larger still for > those operating on a shoe-string. > > We live in the most exciting and most dangerous of > times in all history. > I will say again that every single day of my life I > wake up with eyes > wide open, anxious to jump out of bed and get back > into the Alice in > Wonderland adventure that has been this life. > > I could write jokes or talk about the good things, > but the truth is that > I'm also always fighting the clock, so I only get > around to actually > spending the time to write about the most pressing > problems, and the > rest has to wait. There are good things going on. In > particular, my > super-great family and I'm thrilled with how my > product has settled down > into a commercial reality. > > I am highly concerned about the major issues of our > times, but I also > believe that I'm not alone. I believe that if I were > just a 'whiner' I'd > be self-absorbed with my own problems and not > thinking about those that > affect everyone. And I wouldn't be offering > solutions, because a whiner > wants to whine, and solving problems takes away the > reasons for whining. > For every problem I've discussed, I've also offered > at least one > solution. > > How about we take a look at the specific problems > I've been, according > to you, "whining" about over the years. That's where > the rubber meets > the road, isn't it? > > This is off the top of my head, so I may miss one or > two, but I think > it's a fair start. > > > Problem: this country has been massively duped into > that f***king war by > the neocons and their cohorts. They buried us in an > intractable war to > achieve their goals at the expense of our children > and dollars. > > Solution: see posts about putting the perps on trial > and apologizing for > having been duped > > > Problem: our political system no longer resembles a > 'democracy' > > Solution: remove the money from election process and > let's see what a > real democracy looks like > > Problem: the election system is corrupted > > Solution: open source software solution with paper > trails and auditors > > > Problem: our privacies are being sold under our very > noses to the > highest bidders. > > Solution: privacy legislation by genuine - not > sell-outs - > representatives > > Problem: all internet traffic is being scooped up > and put into a > mountain somewhere > for the use of the powers that be to squash their > future adversaries, > along with a host > of other nefarious uses for that information. Those > with the information > will constitute > a new class of authority that the non-privileged > wouldn't even know > about until it's > too late. > > Solution: stop it immediately and see above on > legislation > > Problem: there more are more people in the world > that hate us today then > ever before. In the age of wmd, this is a fatal > situation > > Solution: worldwide (nuclear 1st) disarmament is the > only rational > course of action > > Problem: The authorities have locked up two million > people > > Solution: for violent offenders convicted by juries, > I don't have a > better answer then lockup. For those who a jury > decides cannot function > in a free society, some sort of factory environment > to keep them > occupied and productive. For the rest, let parole > boards work with a > mandate to reduce the population to the lowest rate > in the world. > > Problem: hypocrisy on drugs undermines respect for > the law. > Solution: a person isn't a criminal until he/she > commits a crime. > > Problem: the abortion controversy > Solution: The decision is between the woman and her > God > > Problem: gay marriage > Solution: call it a civil union > > Problem: global warming > Solution: switch away from fossil fuels as quickly > as possible to > alternatives, and then improve the best choices. > With money taken out of > politics, Big Oil loses it's destructive influence. > > Problem: the poverty and miseries felt by a third > the world's population > Solution: elect leaders who sincerely want to fix > this problem > > Problem: When the plug is finally pulled on the MI > complex, which > eventually it must, our warmonger-MI-Complex-economy > will come to it's > knees. > Solution: Start building productive industries now > to fill the vacuum of > world needs. > > Problem: MS's shitty treatment of VFP and us. > Solution: Enjoy the next 8-10 years of unfettered > continuous development > time, and if/when MS takes an action to pull the > plug on our > applications, we'll have to go to court. > Alternative: in 10 years, it's > possible that another path, with an automated > converter, will become > available. > > > Problem: MS didn't learn from IBM, and that affected > us in very > important negative ways. > Solution: At MS's own hand, we're outta there. Case > closed. I'm now > telling people to take a good look at IBM before > jumping to something > else. > > > If really caring about these problems and spending > time to work out > solutions qualifies someone as a 'whiner', then I > guess I should get a > t-shirt with that word on it. > > > === message truncated === _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
