From: Paul Grant (shade999@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Jul 16 2003 - 23:03:21 MDT
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From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]
On Behalf Of Spike
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:38 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: RE: flame wars
>On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 07:26:37AM -0400, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>The list has a lot of software types, and surely the professional
programmers must be having a severe case of Custer Syndrome: "Where are
all these frigging Indians coming from?"
I wish :) I was let go and haven't even been able to get an interview
for a software position :)
>Dynamic and practical optimism has been more difficult in the last
couple years, has it not?
I don't necessarily agree; I'm optimistic insofar as I think that
eventually I'll
be able to extricate myself out of the current mess... and certes, it
doesn't
really effect my ability to read and contemplate current and "future"
technologies/paradigms in that the cost (at worst) is TV and other
mindless activities....
I do have to say though, as a person who is extremely dedicated
to pursuing his own ideas out to their logical conclusion, resources,
*particularly* people resources, are next to impossible to come by
[barring government/univ funding (where they get copyright/patent),
or being fabulously independently wealthy]. Plus, to do anything
significant, certain skills [which require a serious amount of effort
and time to pickup] are currently beyond my ken. Currently :) But
I do remain optimistic, that given enough time on this planet [- sudden
death or illness], I'll hit my critical point in a couple of years :)
More than anything else though, its the lack of a skilled [and
dedicated]
labor supply (read: architects rather than technicians). Unfortunately,
I have yet to actually find a good (reliable) source for such [people]
material.
omard-out
>spike
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