[CrackMonkey] nwall

[Bernard]

03Jan2001 10:22AM (-0800) From [monkeymaster at crackmonkey.org] monkeymaster [Monkey Master]
> begin  Bernard quotation:
> 
> > Go to  www.TearDownTheNwall.org and register your protest today!
> 
> 	A pity you lacked even the Martiesque iota of follow-through
> required to register this domain.

And inflate your ego still further?  I think not.
Hmmmm.... "Martiesque"....

> 	At least I actually made something useful for people.

Yes, the "fork bomb mode" made people laugh.

> Or are you going to show me how mathematical models of yeast
> written in FORTRAN are going to prop up the US Tulip economy?

I've never written anything in Fortran - I've just tried to get
other people's Fortran code to compile (with various levels
of success).  Anyway, I'm not complaining about you writing
anything - just pointing out your shameless act of self promotion.

As for the current tulip bubble, let it burst.  While values
may change the tulip-growers should still get the credit they
deserve for bringing beauty to the world.

As Don Marti quoted later in this thread;

> We knew from experience that the essence of communal computing, as
> supplied by remote-access, time-shared machines, is not just to type
> programs into a terminal instead of a keypunch, but to encourage close
> communication.                
>           -- Dennis Ritchie

I fully agree.  On the plus side we have;
	Creating mailing lists, BBS and chat software to encourage
	communication.
On the minus side we have;
	Discouraging community coding and cooperation by naming the
	project after one person.

	Bernard

-- 
Bernard P. Murray, Ph.D.
nutella at zork.net (Department of Desserts and Toppings, San Francisco, USA)