| Fruit computer final [message #74302] |
Tue, 17 October 2006 11:23  |
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Messages: 1261 Registered: July 2007
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> I am no match for DJ when it comes to this but I am pursuing a =
>>controllable version of a monster setup.
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>> I have a master plan that is as simple as I can figure to pump Paris
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>>full of real-time processing juice. =20
>> Here it is.
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>> Comp #1: Paris is running very well on a XP P4 3.0 and all the =
>>goodi
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| Re: Fruit computer final [message #74306 is a reply to message #74303] |
Tue, 17 October 2006 11:43   |
TCB
Messages: 1261 Registered: July 2007
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Fear sells, but maybe, just
>>>>> maybe, we're better than that.
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>>>>> and a healthy fear of a real threat will keep you alive whereas you can
>>>>> die by living in the fantasy world of an idealistic anachronism, or you
>>>>> can face reality, deal with it for the time being and have something
>>>>> left to argue over once the dust clears.
>>>> Those are two of many choices. Black and white in a multi-colored world.
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>>>> Concern and awareness are useful when focused to motivate planning and
>>>> forethought that translates into appropriate action, no dispute from me
>>>> on that. You can call that "healthy fear" if you like, at the risk of
>>>> confusing it with unhealthy fear.
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>>>> It's dangerously possible, through fear, to react with insufficient
>>>> thought and understanding, and make a bad situation worse.
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>>>> Ask a military planner. Fear is the path to panic, not the basis for
>>>> sound policy or strategy. Ask any dictator, fear is an effective way to
>>>> enslave.
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>>>> "...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" FDR in another
>>>> context.
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>>>> At any rate, it would be inaccurate to imply that anyone who doesn't
>>>> agree with a particular course of action is blind, deaf and dumb to
>>>> potential threats. Not a true nor useful characterization. Divisive at
>>>> best. And dividing ourselves IS one
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