Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth

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Christophe Mckeon

Hello Fellow Humans,

I want to keep this short, but I could write a
book if I wanted to. I am the author of DRP
a relatively unpopular and decaying GEM.

I am not a very frequent poster to the list
and not a particularly vocal member of the
community. I have however been enjoying Ruby
for the past 8 years of my life. In fact I
would call Ruby one of the loves of my life.

I am writing today to say my goodbyes to Ruby
but also to computers and everything else which
we know is destroying our planet, yet which we
continue doing in our denial and madness towards
inevitable annihilation.

This is not a suicide letter, I am going to study
permaculture which I think is one of the few chances
we still have. I am going to try to make a small dint,
but it is only in mass that we will succeed. This is
the endgame.

Some of you will have a very strong and angry reaction
to this email. Please try to reflect on why you might be
quite so angry.

In any case, please take my word that this is
a sincere and heartfelt farewell. If any of you
who are watching the world unfold and are experiencing
similar feelings, or are starting to feel cracks in
your shells, please feel free to contact me privately,
and I will be glad to speak with you. I am not a
psychotherapist but I may have something to contribute,
besides we have Ruby at least in common.

Goodbye Ruby my Dear,
Christophe
 
M

Michael Granger

We are toast in a billion years if we don't get off this planet.


Yum, toast!

I, for one, will be holding aloft a vanilla-bean cr=E8me br=FBl=E9e so =
that =20
I may greet our kind and gentle red giant master with a perfectly =20
caramelized sugar crust.
 
S

SpringFlowers AutumnMoon

Christophe said:
I am not a very frequent poster to the list
and not a particularly vocal member of the
community. I have however been enjoying Ruby
for the past 8 years of my life. In fact I
would call Ruby one of the loves of my life.

I am writing today to say my goodbyes to Ruby
but also to computers and everything else which
we know is destroying our planet, yet which we
continue doing in our denial and madness towards
inevitable annihilation.

i am too... that sitting down at the desk for 10 to 12 hours a day, not
exercising my body very much... so i wanted to do something more active
every day, like teaching kids how to swim or something.

even a lamp can be bad for us as we use it to stay up late and research
showed that if we sleep after 11pm it hurts our liver and recovery
system for the body.

but then, maybe computer, tv, lamp are just tools... like a knife... if
we use it a little or wisely, then it can be to our advantage. if we
use it way too much, then it can hurt us.
 
M

Mark Gallop

In any case, please take my word that this is
a sincere and heartfelt farewell. If any of you
who are watching the world unfold and are experiencing
similar feelings, or are starting to feel cracks in
your shells, please feel free to contact me privately,
and I will be glad to speak with you. I am not a
psychotherapist but I may have something to contribute,
besides we have Ruby at least in common.

Goodbye Ruby my Dear,
Christophe
Farewell and good luck!

Mark
 
P

Phlip

Christophe said:
I am writing today to say my goodbyes to Ruby
but also to computers and everything else which
we know is destroying our planet, yet which we
continue doing in our denial and madness towards
inevitable annihilation.

You must do whatever makes you happy. If you are not having fun, then you are
not doing anyone, anywhere, any good.

And always remember: If you are not part of the problem, then you are part of
the solution!
 
M

Mike Stephens

Christophe said:
computers ...we know is destroying our planet>

Call me naive but I can't quite see why computers are causing damage. Au
contraire, I would have thought.
 
J

john maclean

2009/4/9 Mike Stephens said:
Call me naive but I can't quite see why computers are causing damage. Au
contraire, I would have thought.

Too much of anything is bad. You probably needed a balance between
your job/career and other stuff. As far as health is concerned, I
think that most of us on this list are screwed. Little or late sleep,
poor diet, hours in front of monitors. RSI and back pain...


... but I love it!

--=20
John Maclean
07739 171 531
MSc (DIC)

Timezone: GMT
 
R

Robert Dober

We are toast in a billion years if we don't get off this planet.

http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/31/will-earth-survive-when-the-sun-b= ecomes-a-red-giant/


Regards,

Bill

I agree with what Phlip said, you have to do what you think is right for yo=
u.
And to Bill: I dunno; it seems a little bit more reasonable to handle
the problems of the next century (if not decade) than those of the
next two billion years LOL.

For myself: I still believe that we can survive with whales, tigers,
gorillas, lots of rain forrest and maybe without major wars and
terrorism without giving up technical achievment, the problem is
rather human nature itself :(.

We will see, good luck in any way.

Robert


--=20
If you want to build a ship, don=92t herd people together to collect
wood and don=92t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to
long for the endless immensity of the sea.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 
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Robert Dober

oh dear, on that basis I'm screwed then :(
Ahem, you mean doomed, right?
Robert
--=20
If you want to build a ship, don=92t herd people together to collect
wood and don=92t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to
long for the endless immensity of the sea.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 
R

Richard Quadling

2009/4/9 Robert Dober said:
Ahem, you mean doomed, right?
Robert
--
=C2=A0If you want to build a ship, don=E2=80=99t herd people together to = collect
wood and don=E2=80=99t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them = to
long for the endless immensity of the sea.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

No. She's a lightbulb. Not a bayonet fitting one mind.

--=20
 
R

Robert Dober

No. She's a lightbulb. Not a bayonet fitting one mind.
Now I can see clearer, obviously she is switched on!
Hmm poor OP we are wasting ( I am wasting CO2 ) for stupid word games.
R.
 
P

Phlip

Mike said:
Call me naive but I can't quite see why computers are causing damage. Au
contraire, I would have thought.

Our worst general global problem is lobbyists and corruption, and the second
worst is the oil companies.

Way down on the list is the toxic cadmium and mercury compounds used in most
computers. Look up OLPC - I suspect you could grind one up and eat it and not
get sick.
 
P

Phlip

john said:
Too much of anything is bad. You probably needed a balance between
your job/career and other stuff. As far as health is concerned, I
think that most of us on this list are screwed. Little or late sleep,
poor diet, hours in front of monitors. RSI and back pain...

Google "sustainable pace" or "energetic work".
 
R

Robert Dober

Our worst general global problem is lobbyists and corruption, and the sec= ond
worst is the oil companies.

Way down on the list is the toxic cadmium and mercury compounds used in m= ost
computers. Look up OLPC - I suspect you could grind one up and eat it and
not get sick.

Sure enough I agree with this assessment. I however suspect that
Christophe has made his choice either because he sees some connections
between the way he can use computers, oil companies and other human
aberrations, which indeed might exist or spring into existence soon.
Or maybe it is just a personal choice to do what he thinks best for
him.
I suspect that he might as well feel happy enough with our responses
that he presents his POV on that.

Open Source however really seems to do the contrary, or am I too na=EFve he=
re too?

Cheers
Robert
--=20
If you want to build a ship, don=92t herd people together to collect
wood and don=92t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to
long for the endless immensity of the sea.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 
P

Phlip

The said:
Am I the only one who, upon reading the subject line, thought that Earth
was a new programming language?

At last - a way to bridge the distance between software engineers and activist
hippie chicks!
 
T

Todd Benson


Reminds me of an old engineering joke (forgive the masculine slant, ladies).

At the dorms...

Geek 1: Dude! You'll never believe what happened to me just now! I
was walking back from class and this girl biked up to me, jumped off,
stripped naked right there on the sidewalk!

Geek 2: Wow! What did you do?

Geek 1: I jumped on the bike and took off.

Geek 2: Why did you do that?

Geek 1: Uh, duh. The clothes wouldn't fit.
 

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