[geeks] Re: [rescue] It's official, the U.S. is screwed for

[Dave Fischer]

brian.dunbar at plexus.com writes:

>On Nov 9, 2004, at 10:43 AM, velociraptor wrote:
>>
>> Not trying to argue for one side of the morality fence or the other,
>> just noting that a discussion of morals is pointless without a
>> contextual framework--i.e. what's the situation--to my way of
>> thinking.

>I think that's why I prefer working on the technical side of things - 
>software isn't contextual, it either works or it doesn't, and there is 
>always a reason why.

James Clark had a nice quote about academia versus business along
those lines. Something about only having to impress real people
who buy hardware...

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