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To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: PCVT's death 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jun 1998 21:10:27 -0000."
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Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:19:24 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Terry, you're the only guy I know who could cite references while
arbitrating a nude arm-wrestling contest in a pit of lime jello.
I remove my cap, sir! :-)

In the meantime, could everyone else kindly just shut up about this
one already?  Yeesh!  One war a month is enough, you know?  There has
been enough core team upheavel already this quarter and anyone else
staging a walk-out will have to wait until Autumn at the very
minimum. :)

- Jordan

> > Have you ever heard of c-o-o-p-e-r-a-t-i-o-n ? Thats a behaviour which is
> > fundamentally different to dictate.
> 
> I disagree.
> 
> 	Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, and Social Science
> 	Joshua M. Epstein
> 	Sante Fe Studies in the Sciences of Complexity
> 	Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
> 	ISBN: 0-201-41988-2
> 
> Specifically, chapter 3:
> 
> 	Imperfect Collective Security and Arms Race Dynamics:  Why
> 	a Little Cooperation Can Make a Big Difference.
> 
> In the discussions:
> 
> (1)	High Connectivity With Low Strength
> 
> vs.
> 
> (2)	Low Connectivity With Higher (But Still Very Low) Strength
> 
> vs.
> 
> (3)	GLOBOCOP
> 
> Even in the face of the existance of a core team ("GLOBOCOP"), it is
> possible to achieve a high degree of net good, even if the GLOBOCOP
> actors fail to back down from their initial defense level as a result
> of a percieved external threat ("we fear change").
> 
> Even though the ideal in this case is (1), and less so, (2), instead of
> the (3) FreeBSD implements (as the relaxation to the base defense level
> takes longer through non-participation, there is a tendency for the
> actors to fragment into smaller defensive groups, cv. the *BSD splits and
> non-mergers), it's still possible to achieve a large amount of net good
> simply by radical inaction.
> 
> "Never substitute activity for action"
> 			-- Seneca, Letters From a Stoic, 4 AD - 65 AD
> 
> 
> My advice:
> 
> 1)	Leave PCVT alone until absolutely necessary
> 
> 2)	Confer on the absoluteness of teh necessity before acting
> 
> 3)	Act on consensus, if possible, on reason, if not.
> 
> 
> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.


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