From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 21:13:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2993310656CD for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 21:13:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E57BA8FC16 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 21:13:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4F9A7EBC0A; Thu, 28 May 2009 17:13:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:12:59 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Wojciech Puchar Message-Id: <20090528171259.9bb60034.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: References: <200905281030.n4SAUXdA046386@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200905280847.12966.kirk@strauser.com> <200905280904.44025.kirk@strauser.com> <20090528183801.82b36bbb.freebsd@edvax.de> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EDE2@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> <20090528165453.1a24104a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is this forum for? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 21:13:01 -0000 In response to Wojciech Puchar : > > > > This list has been around of a LOOOONG time. The rules haven't changed > > in the 10 years since I've been subscribed, and the list works 99% of the > > time. > > But there are more and more new "users". It will not work that way another > 10 years. It's funny, that's the same thing that was being said 10 years ago. In the 70s, they claimed that by the year 2000, there would be 3 billion people on earth, and over half of them would be starving because we wouldn't be able to produce enough food. There are now over 6 bil, and the % of starving people is lower than ever. I have a book from the 80s that predicts that we'll run out of oil by the year 2000 and have to find another source to power our cars before then. The book has graphs showing the available reserves and usage and everything. The math all works out. After 30 years of hearing doom and gloom predictions, I can't even take them seriously any more. When the news about swine flue first came out and the "experts" were predicting how many people would die, I just started laughing out loud. And I'm laughing at you right now. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/