Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:21:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Busby <redtick@sbcglobal.net> To: help help <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is this forum for? Message-ID: <375910.46987.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--- On Thu, 5/28/09, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> > Subject: Re: What is this forum for? > To: "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 4:12 PM > In response to Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>: > > > > > > This list has been around of a LOOOONG > time.=A0 The rules haven't changed > > > in the 10 years since I've been subscribed, and > the list works 99% of the > > > time. > >=20 > > But there are more and more new "users". It will not > work that way another=20 > > 10 years. >=20 > It's funny, that's the same thing that was being said 10 > years ago. >=20 > 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.=A0 There are > now over 6 bil, > and the % of starving people is lower than ever. >=20 > 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.=A0 The book has graphs showing the available > reserves and usage > and everything.=A0 The math all works out. >=20 > After 30 years of hearing doom and gloom predictions, I > can't even take > them seriously any more.=A0 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. >=20 > And I'm laughing at you right now. >=20 There is more profit in preaching about doom and gloom. "Hey, don't worry it'll work out" will not get you a multi-million dollar s= tudy grant.=20
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