Hola ...
[ Massive snip over multiple threads on Oekonox since Niall and I went off for counseling after we nearly flamed on IFSO [1]]
Benj. Mako Hill wrote:
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 02:04:11PM -0000, Niall Douglas wrote:
Software must be freed for the good of mankind.
Amen.
I think we would now extend this further to include women also; come on lads you need to clean up your language ! [2]
... And we now further this movement:
Niall wrote:
I wrote:
What are the boundaries of the ecosystem in your mind ?
None. Just lots of ecosystems inside ecosystems within other ecosystems which is as the universe is: fully recursive.
... and another ...
What are the boundaries of the ecosystem in my mind ?
Also none. Indeed my mind and your mind are inextricably linked and the same, but also totally separate and different. The inevitable consequence of recursion :)
Strange I got there via metaphysics and Niall got there via programming lingo ? Would you have thought that at all, at all ?
(inextricable and explicable ... we read the same thoughts and work on the same jobs.)
Hope this helps.
-- Adam M
P.S. Sorry Mel to "bury you in a 'digest' edition" at the time of [1].
[1] http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/fsfe-ie/2003-September/000252.html Ciaran thanks for your good wishes off-list; it was the straw that broke the camel's back re: shedding the rest of my copy-right - I never did feel easy about owning stuff I hadn't written - mindst ya, I'm going to flog it to who evers got the cash on the way out - Mother of Perl, I wouldn't trade you for the whole world :) [2] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=c...