Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 05:45:57 -0500 From: GH <grasshacker@over-yonder.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fortune candidate... Message-ID: <20010804054557.G48649@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010802154406.0525bc20@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 03:47:50PM -0600 References: <p0510039ab78f4219eb09@[194.78.241.123]> <4.3.2.7.2.20010802154406.0525bc20@localhost>
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 03:47:50PM -0600, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> At 11:48 AM 8/2/2001, Brad Knowles wrote:
>
> >Folks,
> >
> > I kid you not. This is a direct quote from a private e-mail discussion that I've been having:
> >
> >> the future.. why support something that is needed in the future ?
> >> and not now ?
> >
> > Now, it turns out that this person is a seventeen year-old kid.
>
> Which is actually a telling reflection of the Zeitgeist. Things change
> so fast and in such wildly unpredictable ways nowadays that preparing
> too much for -- or even attempting to anticipate -- the future can
> actually be frustrating and risky. What you're hearing from this
> 17-year-old is the impression that many younger people are getting
> of the world: Everything is transient and chaotic, so why try to plan?
The importance, regardless of planning, is that we embrace changing
situations and requirements. Plan to change plans.
> --Brett
gh
--
What, no one sings along with Ricky Martin anymore?
My kid sister does (but then, she prefers pico to vi ...)
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