Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:50:20 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@woodcruft.co.uk> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: [off-topic] Re: I apologise ... Message-ID: <20191215005020.7bah32maj7rjjo6h@woodcruft.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20191215000423.5d43ff86@archlinux> References: <3c7df19d6e93eb168016421df0ec54d5@kathe.in> <20191214111857.67b4c53e@archlinux> <20191214124809.9b205826.freebsd@edvax.de> <20191215000423.5d43ff86@archlinux>
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On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 12:04:23AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 12:48:09 +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> >FreeBSD should therefore be seen as a foundation, not as a "one size
> >fits all egg-laying wool-milk-sow", which it isn't, and which _no_ OS,
> >despite imaginable claims, is. To expect (!) something different than
> >this fact is absolute nonsense.
>
> "I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think
> that any conscious entity can ever hope to do." - HAL 9000
>
> AI{,O} is what users expect nowadays and it will come soon, most likely
> with harmful secondary effects.
My fear is that we wont get as far as seeing the secondary effects since
the 'deus ex machina' is ourselves:
"Three great powers rule the world: greed, fear, and stupidity."
-- Mark Twain
How do you fancy those 3 characteristics of humanity raised to the nth degree?
Regards,
--
Frank
--* The Machine Stops.*--
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