[aklug] Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Re: ACS Google Gateway

* Greg Schmitz <greg@amipa.org> [131019 07:06]:
> On 10/17/2013 10:51 AM, Arthur Corliss wrote:
> >.. Okay, one more point -- this one's the last, I promise -- before I
> >sign off:
> Arthur,
>
> I thought you were a better of student of history and not one to drink
> to much political kool-aide(R). Looking back at the history of our
> government (us) esp. with regard to our Federal Govt. much good has
> come from government, at least before R. Raygun (and Westinghouse),
> Ailes and crew shuffled the deck; corporate control fucked things up.
> Really I thought you were a deeper thinker than what your comment
> reflects? Perhaps you've forgotten about the Office of Technology
> Assessment (one of the first Federal Agencies Raygun deep sixed) or the
> Government Printing Office (did you ever fill in the check boxes for
> "free" info about how government works printed by GPO?). FWIW, the GPO
> secured the position of US printers for at least 3 decades. If you do a
> little research you will find out that the GPO, in order to be more
> efficient, realized that paper conditioning was key to printing and GPO
> employees invented tools - like the first meter to read the humidity
> level of paper rolls (word has it that this was done by GPO folks on
> their own nickle.) Back off Arthur and get with the program. Fuck
> computers - there is a big heap on the technological pile.
  Despite his goodbye, Arthur may very well be preparing a rebuttal
  and I am preparing to watch the fur fly! In the meantime, I
  haven't been following the technical aspects of this thread,
  because I have been out in the Real World - like this great
  property that my wife and I have and doing Real Work.

  I will say that it seems that there is nothing more nervous than a
  techie confronted by technology that he/she doesn't trust.

  Extrapolating from my family situation forward I have this vision
  of Arthur sitting in a rocking chair drooling (literally) while he
  custom compiles Linux Kernel Version 999.99 while his siblings
  confer amongst themselves (perhaps via Mind Meld) about what to do
  about Dear Old Dad. And I watch bemused having been linked and
  compiled to the Great Assembler In The Sky....

  And seriously, just a little while ago, I came across an old
  friend (real friend) on facebook and renewed our acquaintance.
  When you realize that half your time on earth has been used up one
  should realize that time and friends (real friends) and family are
  precious. If it is facebook or farcebook or whatever the latest
  and greatest will be in a few years - that facilitates that -
  that's a good thing.

  And how many of you caught the '999' ?

-- 
Tim 
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com
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