Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 04:42:29 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <200209041142.g84BgY182928@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes: > Dave Hayes wrote: >> > There are people who can not do this. I would prefer to have the >> > contributions of those people, than the participation of the trolls. >> > If I must lose one or the other, let it be the trolls. >> >> I feel exactly the opposite. If someone can't hit a key on the >> keyboard and render the troll powerless, I don't want to be held >> hostage to their choices. Good riddance. > > You're not held hostage to their choices. Feel free to subscribe > to other lists as well. So I can return to a hostage state? No thanks. >> Well, people would focus on not being rich. Then they'd be unhappy. >> What good is a BMW if you cant brag to your friends because they >> all have one too? ;) > > The same good it was when you *could* brag: it is a means of > getting from point A to point B. Not exactly the same good, you miss the fun in bragging. >> > You lack of curiousity and determination marks you. >> >> There's a misread. I don't lack these things at all. What made you say >> this? > > You said "I can live with some things being unknowable". That's because there's an entire universe of knowable things that I still have to learn. When I finish those, I'll worry about the rest. ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< What bread looks like depends upon whether you are hungry or not. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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